I am purchasing a 500$ gift card on Localbitcoins.com and I was wondering how easily are these charged back? I know they are cheaper than stated value for obvious reasons but, how easy is it to charge back these?
My personal experience with Vanilla Gift Cards is that as long as you get it from a good source, a person that is trustworthy you shouldnt have a problem with them. However, you should definitely seek to buy these Vanillas for a lot under spot price, as they are perceived as quite risky and are pretty hard to cash out.
Id say that the best way is to spend the gift card first, before you released the escrow from Localbitcoins.
Also, make sure that you get a photo of the Vanilla card in real life with a few words saying something along the lines localbitcoins purchase with their contact details and name on it.
Good luck dude.