It is funny how Apple manages to simply punish everyone for the bad behavior of a few. This would really frustrated me because the poor guy was not evening buying the entire thing using a gift card. He was only using it to cover a portion.
Which he can now get back in cash. No biggie IMO. In the world of Apple's many issues, this is a small one solving a "real problem" as much as you view shortages of popular consumer devices a "Real problem"