
Usually, buying a gift card is a simple transaction. You pick the one for the store the recipient would like best, or a Visa Vanilla if you want to give them the most choice, and head over to the checkout line where the cashier activates it for you. Simple, right? Well, not always. One Walmart shopper says trying to buy seven gift cards for the busy “Maycember” season almost turned out to be more hassle than it’s worth.