TSTO Tips now promotes a third-party cheating scheme

supertuffy wrote:

AlterBlackbird79 wrote:
It IS legal because EA is still getting paid in-full for the content being provided. Consumers get a discount, but that's because buying in bulk, the middle man gets a price break. Nobody is being cheated out of any money.

Apple does not give discounts to bulk purchases of iTunes gift cards. Period. Google it or check Apple's website. If someone is reselling bulk iTunes cards at a discount, they were obtined somewhere other than Apple, and likely in an illegal manner (credit card scams, hacked iTunes accounts, possibly even a cracked algorithm). With all the fraud that is going on, it's hard to believe this is legit.

You're totally right. Although it's always possible that someone else obtained them from Apple (at the end of the day, ALL iTunes gift cards come from Apple) and then turned around and sold them however they saw fit (which is not illegal).

HOW this other (I'll call them) "supplier" got these gift cards could be questionable (like you suggest), on the other side, they could also obtain them completely legitimately. That's a question I don't know the answer to. I just know that they don't say that they got the gift cards FROM Apple. They really don't have to tell us how or where they get them at all.

There may be other legalities in play that I'm not aware of, and they could possibly be violating them if they exist. Looking at it on the surface, there appears to be no wrong doing by GameZino, nor does there appear to be any damage being done to either companies, financially speaking.

If there's any wrong doing or illegality in any of what they're doing, they won't be around for much longer. The more the spotlight shines on them, the stronger the microscope. If they're breaking a law, they'll be taken down. If they're acting within their legal bounds, they'll be here for as long as they can keep their business going. :)

It'll be interesting to see what (if anything) comes from this.