Grumpy said:
You can't buy a lot of gift cards directly with PayPal. Some you can, though.
But that isn't the method. You double your money here.
Let me guess.
Create 3 paypals.
#1 has original money.
#2 is a throwaway, made with canadian paypal or something so you can send without verifying.
#3 is a semi-throwaway
Put money on #1 and send it to #2. #2 sends money to #3. #1 takes money back putting #2 in negative. Now #1 and #3 both have the money and you just ignore #2, which has no details on it.
I don't know if this still works, I never this exactly but I theorized it when I used to use paypal.