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Interesting find for Amazon accounts (just a theory)
 

Hi guys,

I had a seller account suspended last year due to poor seller performance (1 A-Z claim out of 72 sales, which the buyer tried to exchange the item in random retail store and got denied and become extremely mad to his purchase). I used my real info, name, credit card, address, phone #, etc.

Long story short, I recently wanted to purchase something on Amazon, so I set up a buyer account, using random name and address, but I used my other credit card to pay. So, other than the card #, I still input the same name, address, and phone # to the ones I had with the earlier suspended account. However, transaction went through with no problem. I did not apply seller account with this one.

So I began to think maybe it was OK to set up a seller account in the same way, using random names for the account with my other never-been-used-on-Amazon credit card for verification. I got new IP / MAC, clean out flash/cookies in a new user login, put in random name and address, use a fresh credit card # (still use my real name + address because it's my card), use my friend's phone # to verify, and successfully set up a seller account.

But after 2hr, it got suspended and the reason is "linking to a suspended account". I guess they took some time to match up my name and address on the new credit card with the info I had in earlier suspended account, which is not surprising. So I went to check my buyer account that I set up to buy stuff earlier, and surprisingly, it was still up, even though it uses the same name and address in credit card info.

In conclusion, I think Amazon doesn't really care if you want to buy stuff from them even though you got suspended accounts with them. They allow you to use blocked credit cards to pay, but if it's going to be stepping into seller side, it's another story. I think that's the way to do business, huh?

You need to use a gift card and have it registered in the same name and address as the stealth account.

Yes, I realized that after reading through the past postings, but thanks for the tips anyhow :lol:

When amazon suspends your account you are still allowed to buy things from the site. Ebay on the other hand completely blocks you from doing anything

amazon will not let you buy from the account if you use your same name and address. also if you use a stealth name and your address. they cancel the transaction. happened to me plenty of times..

I bought from suspended accounts.

This is very reasonable, but my order went through with no problem, even though I used the address that was previously blocked.

I guess sometimes they just don't care as long as your card is valid to pay what you order.

yep...Amazon treats buyer and seller on an account separately.

I buy off my main suspended account on amazon every so often.

Same here, I even had something dropshipped to a buyer on ebay from my suspended amazon account. He's gonna be a little confused when he recieves a package from amazon that he bought off ebay.

I've done that like fifty times jbuntz with other sites, to ebay, to amazon, back and forth never a peep from the customers. They think your part of a bigger sales system I guess.