Re: Using Local Credit Union Prepaid Cards for Stealth Quote:
Originally Posted by GhostOfAmazon When your package is scanned at the UPS/USPS/FedEx Facility, it shows the zip code it's first scanned in. If I drop off my packages in Atlanta, Georgia, my tracking will show as much.
Uploading the tracking to Amazon, they will be able to see this.
I've read here that this can cause account linkage. Is this not correct? | I have wondered about this in the past and do suspect that it can be a FACTOR. I strongly believe Amazon uses a "points system" to get stealth sellers, similar to how your email uses points to filter spam. It probably isn't good to have your origin zip code same as a bunch of your old suspended accounts - however, this ALONE definitely doesn't get ya or we'd all be canned. I've done it where my ships from address is halfway across the country and never had an issue with tons of accounts at same origin and check in time.
Also, I've been taking my packages directly to the airport lately since it seems to be faster and it's 20 minutes away. Can you imagine the thousands of sellers with the same airport zip code...
I think the card is more likely to link an account than the shipping. Mainly because your bank is so small that you could be the ONLY person on Amazon with that BIN for your card. But I actually doubt this would be automated - would probably only come up during a manual review and even then I just can't imagine someone thinking of looking for that for no reason.
These are exactly the things I think about when I (probably unnecessarily) have VMs with different OS, browsers, fonts, plugins, canvas ID random, and accounts with different VPN suppliers, phone suppliers (all tracfone now though), etc... because even though Amazon doesn't currently use something doesn't mean they won't at some point and I'd rather not have my mortgage payment depend on a bad assumption...
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