Guild Wars 2

My brother-in-law’s birthday is today.
He plays Guild Wars 2 a lot. I also own the game and was thinking about buying him some gems. I know how to purchase gems, but I keep stopping the purchase just before signing into PayPal because nothing is indicating that I’m going to be able to give the gems away once I’ve purchased them. Could somebody shed some light on this? I’ve Googled for an answer, and the only thing I’m finding is how to buy presents in the shop for other players. I just want to give gems. I don’t want to decide what he wants or needs.

Can’t you buy a gem card and give that to him?

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/gems-cards-now-available-at-select-retailers/

I appreciate the response, but he lives across the country. He wouldn’t receive the gift today.
Can I just transfer my gems to him after buying them??

“Yes” or “No” answers welcome.

Also the gem cards are actually scratchcards with a code on them. these codes can be redeemed in game. Cause I dont have a creditcard/paypall account and dont have a physical reseller nearby I use an online service in my country where i can pay in a different way (its something dutch called Ideal and it makes me pay directly threw my bank account on the resellers bankaccount). They then sent me a scan off a gemcard they scratched open. (And yes it is a bit spooky, but so far they never tricked me and showed to be very trustworthy)

Bottom line is that you can do something similar. Get a gem gift card, scratch it open and give your brother in law the code as the present. You don’t even have to tell him how much gems he gets, that will be a nice surprise when he redeems it :P

Not to plug an off site, but I have bought from these guys a number of times. They email you the code after telephoning to verify you are who you claim to be:

http://gametimezone.com

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Yes, I buy my gems like that too. I use a website that I trust that sends me the serial code.
That code I can then apply to my account or send it to a friend as a gift and have them use the code in game to add the gems to their account.

Why not just buy the GEM card at Wal-Mart or something and scratch it off then email him the code?

I don’t get why ArenaNet don’t just facilitate buying Gems in-game as a present for a different account. It shouldn’t be difficult at all to implement. Converting to in-game gold and back to Gems on the far side (for Gem-only items like bank slots) is a very lossy transaction.

As a customer who has spent money in-game frequently, I feel it’s a real let-down. After all, we WANT to spend money on the game!