Nice idea but a bit annoying in practice
You would be better off just giving the person cash for the following reasons:<br /><br />- If you want to use the gift card online, you have to register the card on a separate website first.  Otherwise, when you are asked to enter a billing address, you'll run into problems.<br />- If you want to pay for something that is more than the amount on the gift card (say, a $200.15 item with a $200 card), you can't use the gift card.  The amount has to be less than the value of the card or the card can't be used at all.  This will result in having weird amounts left on your card that you basically can't use.  I got around this problem by using the odd amounts on reloading my Amazon gift balance.<br /><br />Would not particularly recommend.
Rating: 3 stars