how long does it take to get gift card activated when bought from tesco ?

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how long does it take to get gift card activated when bought from tesco ?

Bought a £50 gift card from Tesco and still not activated yet ?

Posted on Aug 1, 2023 8:43 AM

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Geordierobert50 Author

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Aug 1, 2023 9:29 AM in response to Geordierobert50

Receipt states could take up to 24 hours for card to get activated , went to apple store in Newcastle city centre and they checked card and there was no balance on card but card hasn't been redeemed by anyone ?

Will i be able to get full refund if card is not redeemable from store that i bought card from ?

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Jeff Donald

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Jun 27, 2024 12:47 PM in response to Cotedepablo

Sounds like you’re the victim of a scam.

https://youtu.be/ghyLO45RmGA?si=jrS72935l787bxH3

The merchant is responsible for selling a legitimate product and for security of the products they sell.

Report the scam to the store manager, local police and FTC.

FTC Complaint Assistant.

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Mac Jim ID

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Sep 24, 2024 3:29 PM in response to peterson53

peterson53 wrote:

My brother got me Apple Card of £125 today around 12:03 afternoon at tesco shop and the card is bad Do I have to wait until after 24hours before I can use the card

Review the information provided here. There is no error message that says your card is bad, but there are several that you may see and the actions you should take.

If you can't redeem your Apple Gift Card or App Store & iTunes Gift Card - Apple Support

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Sep 24, 2024 3:11 PM in response to Geordierobert50

My brother got me Apple Card of £125 today around 12:03 afternoon at tesco shop and the card is bad Do I have to wait until after 24hours before I can use the card

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Jeff Donald

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Aug 1, 2023 9:22 AM in response to Geordierobert50

The merchant you purchased it from should have activated the card in store. Apple cannot activate gift cards. You may need to return to the place of purchase, with your receipt, and have them active your Apple Gift card.

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Aug 2, 2023 12:28 AM in response to Geordierobert50

I bought gift card from tesco store , went to apple store to check to see if it was activated properly ?

found out someone else redeemed card not the person the card was intended for - meaning i have lost £50.

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Aug 2, 2023 4:38 AM in response to Geordierobert50

Contacted apple.com to ask them how long it takes for card to be activated and they checked card on their system and informed me the card was activated immediately - then when i sent code to my nephew someone intercepted the code and redeemed it into their own account

Meaning i lost £50 and my nephew is furious i didn't him nothing for his 18th birthday ?

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Mac Jim ID

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Aug 10, 2024 9:25 AM in response to olarewaju36

olarewaju36 wrote:

My Apple gift card 100£ is not yet activated

Gift Cards are activated at the retail location where it was purchased. Take it back along with the receipts to have them resolve the problem. Usually you will also have an Activation Number on the receipt when it was correctly Activated.

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Jeff Donald

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Aug 2, 2023 4:40 AM in response to Geordierobert50

Apple provides email gift cards. That is safer than method you chose. Sorry for your nephew. 😢😢

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Jeff Donald

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Aug 2, 2023 4:34 AM in response to Geordierobert50

How do you know it was redeemed? Did you use the information in the support article I linked below?

If you can't redeem your Apple Gift Card or App Store & iTunes Gift Card - Apple Support

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Jeff Donald

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Aug 1, 2023 2:28 PM in response to Geordierobert50

Where did you purchase the card, an Apple Store? How is Tesco involved? I don’t understand what is going on?

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Jun 27, 2024 12:29 PM in response to Jeff Donald

A friend of my bought me a card from taco and they activated it with a wrong code now they say apple is at fault and apple says the fault is from tacos

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Aug 10, 2024 9:22 AM in response to Geordierobert50

My Apple gift card 100£ is not yet activated

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