[quote name='toomuchpie617']i just placed an order for a gift card and i used old gift cards to buy it. Its been a week now and when i check the balance on the gift cards used to buy it, it still shows their original amount. When will they be $0, when the card arrives? do i have to activate it?[/QUOTE]
You need to check your status on Gamestop.com to see if its been shipped or not. They don't charge until its shipped. So if the games are backordered or pending, then your gift card won't get "charged" for it yet until they ship the games out.