The GameStop gift card film is still there, and the phone says invalid
A GameStop card, film still on. The balance phone line said invalid and did not give an amount. The reply guessed expiry. An intact film only shows that the holder has not scratched it. It does not show whether the card has expired, and it does not show whether any money is left. GameStop is not one of the brands in the client, and this page has no check entry for it.
An old Michaels gift card found while cleaning
An old Michaels card, film unscratched, found while cleaning out a drawer. The phone and the website both said invalid. Staff said invalid at the register usually means there is no money left, and the way to confirm is to have the store scan it. That is staff describing the register's sentence. It is not an amount that was already read.
Invalid is not $0
Neither card's invalid came with an amount. A sentence with no amount cannot be rewritten as $0, and it cannot be rewritten as not activated. Expiry was a guess in a reply. The guess does not replace the word invalid on the phone.
GameStop and Michaels are not brands the client checks. What the two cards share is an intact film, the word invalid on the phone or the website, and no amount. Expiry and "no money left" are someone else's judgment. The judgment does not replace the word invalid.