TruSnow E-Gift Certficates-

I'm looking at the TruSnow E-Gift Certificates and i noticed the deal on there that you can save some money the more amount that you buy. I want to get 1 or 2 e-gift cards for my brother and my girlfriend. But I heard that the gift cards are not transferable to another person if they don't have an account? I don't understand that. Also lets say i do buy a gift card for $400, I'll give it to my brother and He wants to get a board that is $420, can he pay the difference or the product must be $400 and under? I also heard that whatever amount you don't use, its gone forever? Because if thats the case, I want to know if i get a $400 gift card, buy a board thats $380 and then buy a hoodie thats $30, would that $400 work if i add the balance of the $10?

And one last question. If i buy a e-gift card through my account, do i get the member shopping points for it? or if i buy the e-gift card and USE it and get points? Or both works, i get points for buying the card and points again for using the card?

Oh i see, makes sense. So even if i were to buy a e-gift card myself, it would be a win-win situation right? I buy a $500 gift card for the price of $450 and i earn the Member Points of 3points per $10, and i buy a 2013 board thats $500, i pretty much save $50 on the board, kind've a loop hole?

EDIT: Nevermind, i just got what you mean by the member discount being a glitch. They should really fix that, I kind've told my brother i'd get him a TruSnow gift card for christmas, and i thought i was going to benefit from it by getting a discount on the purchase and giving away a gift card thats worth more. I think i'll just rather have my brother order something through my account and i'll just pay for it so I can earn the points. I still have some points that weren't credited to me from past purchased.