Not to mention isn't a lot of the advantage of selling gift cards that they go unclaimed?
I'm not really sure what is the real advantage of a virtual currency system. I don't want to put any substantial amount of money in virtual currency. Also in order to buy something with a virtual currency there has to be a market for the currency, and the virtual currency is always going to be worth (substantially) less than regular cash. Maybe I'm missing something big here, but I don't see how this could ever be workable.
I'm not really sure what is the real advantage of a virtual currency system. I don't want to put any substantial amount of money in virtual currency. Also in order to buy something with a virtual currency there has to be a market for the currency, and the virtual currency is always going to be worth (substantially) less than regular cash. Maybe I'm missing something big here, but I don't see how this could ever be workable.