@CupCrusher40 wrote:
thanks
Yes!
Gift cards are activated once the buyer scans the card at the self-checkout cash register and finishes the transaction. If you're getting the card from a wholesale club like Costco where there are cardboard card "tickets" of such products, you can also use self-check out, pay for the gift card there, and then take the receipt and ticket to the merchandise pick up area where the clerk will activate the physical card.
For large denomination gift cards (e.g. $500) that I don't get from Costco, I would use a regular checkout lane so that the clerk verifies the transaction is all good, or use the self-checkout but have the self-checkout attendant clerk verify the transaction. I would also use the regular checkout lane for large gift cards purchased at the drug store like CVS whenever the self checkout area is not staffed.
