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by Mandatum 1421 days ago
Amazon does. And then they mix the stock in with regular stock.

Look at the hundreds of people online who bought Battlefield 2042 from Amazon. They ship a CD case with a slip of paper inside which has a code.

Hundreds of people tried to redeem codes that had already been used.

This happens to every code-consumption-based retailer. Thankfully Amazon still eats the cost of "doing business" currently.