Let me join the group of non-Disney messed up gift cards. Bought three phone cards yesterday and got a call from my dad that none of them are activated. I have the receipt and he has the cards, so I can't fix this until next weekend (or at least I hope I can fix it).
This really is unacceptable. Of course folks here are upset (understandably so) that the Disney cards they bought for themselves don't work. But what about gift cards actually given as gifts that aren't activated. Smaller amounts than the Disney stash, to be sure. But how many gift recipients are going to be like "hey, that gift you gave me didn't work". And then who gets that money? Target probably ends up with that somewhere on their balance sheet. Since they didn't activate the cards, I'd guess the money isn't going to the 3rd party merchant. And for those that never try to fix this issue (don't realize it in time, lose the receipt, give it as a gift), how much is Target pocketing?