New Info From very reliable source

[estrada]

Amazon is charging cards that you used to open the account at random, if the charge process fails, they will just delete your account and keep your money. They are charging the cards AFTER account opening, so if the balance of your card goes low, bye bye acc!

Typically this will happen just before your reimbursement date, sneaky sneaky!

[Gamefreak]

This isnt new that is the reason why you need to keep a good balance on your cards. They charge me every once in awhile I know cuz I check my bank account daily and constantly see authorization charges from amazon

[estrada]

Thanks for the heads up bro! How much do they try to charge?

Also another note for anyone using OpenVPN for goodness sake right click and run as administrator! And just to be on the safe side check you IP address religiously each time you connect. whatismyipaddress.com should be the first site you visit! Of course clean up and restart browser after checking IP.

[TonyAlmeida]

Use this site IP Burger - Track Your IP Address!

This site from the man here

[Kelly441]

I have been using $25 gift cards, but on some of my stealth accounts I only have $5. Should I buy another $25 gift card for that account and change the card? Is it OK to change the card on file before you account has been under review?

[Kelly441]

What is the most anyone has seen Amazon put a test charge on their card?

[rsot]

They can charge as high as 15-20 - need a good amount to keep on the card

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by Kelly441

What is the most anyone has seen Amazon put a test charge on their card?

rsot is right on in his post.

amazon pulled $20 which was not usual.

No dramas as the balance was higher.

Sneaky though

[Kelly441]

Originally Posted by GreenBean™

rsot is right on in his post.

amazon pulled $20 which was not usual.

No dramas as the balance was higher.

Sneaky though

So back to my question. If I change the card on file now will that be suspicious?

[slim jim]

Why would it? Cards expire, get lost

[Kelly441]

Originally Posted by slim jim

Why would it? Cards expire, get lost

OK, makes sense, I will get a new one today. I would have got a re loadable but I heard that Vanilla Visa reloadables were no good. I always get the $25 gift card.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by Kelly441

So back to my question. If I change the card on file now will that be suspicious?

Should not be.

No conspiracies after all

[Freshman]

idk what u guys talking about, many times i seen this
POS PIN Transaction Pre-authorization 0.00
always 0 charge, never higher

[rsot]

You can replace the card without issues.

[Jonesla9]

I didn't think this was anything new, thought they been doing this.

[dallasreed]

For my accounts I haven't seen them charge over $10, so that is how much I keep on the cards and they have been going for about a year like that.