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11) What if I do not have a smartphone and want to use Amazon Cash? It is not necessary to have a smartphone to use Amazon Cash. You can use our Print-at-Home
by protomyth 10y ago
11) What if I do not have a smartphone and want to use Amazon Cash?
It is not necessary to have a smartphone to use Amazon Cash. You can use our Print-at-Home option by visiting www.amazon.com/cash on a desktop browser and selecting “Get your barcode”. After logging into your account, you will be given an option to print out your Amazon Cash barcode which can be brought into the store for scanning.
Nice. This solves the internet at the library / school problem for a whole group of people. Still a lot of folks with the cheap LG phones for prepaid service. If they expanded to allow bill paying it would be an interesting challenge to Walmart.
[edit: also allows the "send me your code and I'll get you some money" like many use Paypal for like parents sending money to college students]
- ge96 10y agoGet it tattooed on your body. Or smart watch. I wonder though if a paper copy is a vulnerability. Do they ask to verify your ownership of the bar code for example "What is your pin?"
- aembleton 10y agoWhy would it be a risk? The barcode can only be used to deposit money, not withdraw.
- protomyth 10y agoYep, and also it would less useful if you had to verify you owned the account to deposit in it. The classic "sending money to college student" scenario would be problematic. Thinking about it, this might be interesting from a community funding effort. Put the bar-code on your site, plead your case, and hope people send a donation.
- jedimastert 10y agoAmazon also said that about adding a credit card to someone else's account, and that didn't work out too well.[1] People are weirdly clever [1]https://www.wired.com/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/ https://www.wired.com/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking...
- ge96 10y agoAh that's right, I guess it would be weird "hey here's a random account let me deposit into it"