No issues with sending this direct as a gift
After reading the reviews I had concerns, all of the delivery options seem to have a risk that the gift card would be delivered with no money on it. Although sending it by text or email would be very fast and convenient, sending a physical gift card seemed to have the lowest risk so I went with that option. I had the card delivered direct to the recipient so I didn't see the actual gift card but they did confirm the amount was not on the card and had to add it to their Amazon account to see the value. It was delivered a day later than expected, but the card did have the expected amount on it. Overall happy with how things worked out.
Rating: 5 stars