I still don’t see how the new policy is a problem if you can ship to anywhere (to yourself or as a gift) and if you can pay by multiple methods - gift card, credit cards, paypal. More steps maybe to load a gift card or change the shipping address, but seems like it can be done. If they limit each household to one payment method, that would suck.
I got an email from REI this week asking how I like the products I bought. I didn’t buy anything but knew my daughter was shopping there. She said she used my account ‘for the discount.’ Later in the week I got another email with a $20 off coupon. She told me she’d already used her $20 coupon so wanted to use mine, so just entered my phone number.
Trained my kid right!