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I'd rather not spread out personal info like credit cards to more parties than necessary while Amazon has excellent and consistent customer support.

pocksuppet 4mo ago
Credit cards are pretty locked down, you can't connect to that network without a verified identity to be sued when unauthorized charges are made.
SilverElfin 4mo ago
Most of the time you’re giving that info to stripe or Shopify. But also credit cards are protected - you can dispute charges - so it’s not a huge risk IMO
madibo3156 4mo ago
> Amazon has excellent and consistent customer support We've been dealing with different Amazons. Also, credit cards in my experience are built to deal with that stuff. Have you encountered protection issues by using your credit card? The only chargeback I've initiated was against Amazon and my credit card company handled it swimmingly.
- Cider9986 4mo ago
  Every time I talk to them I ask for a gift card for compensation for whatever problem and they give it to me.
- BorisMelnik 4mo ago
  agree - amazon is awful, I'll never purchase an item from them worth more than $100 again. stolen iphones, broken computer equipment, cheap products in expensive boxes. they want you to file a police report and spend so many hours project managing and dealing with their AI customer support / the ticket it makes it not worth it
Retric 4mo ago
Many CC let you generate one time use CC numbers if you’re actually concerned about manufactures information security.
lostmsu 4mo ago
I feel like a better solution would have been anonymized/single use card numbers.
BorisMelnik 4mo ago
I was the same way and got tired of it so I keep a layer in front of my life just like I do on the web with multiple identities, emails, VPNs, etc. I pay $100 per year for a private mailbox near my apartment, registered under an LLC with a registered agent (not in my name and in another state) where I get deliveries in that name. that llc uses a fintech bank where I can spin up as many debit/credit cards as I want, I rotate them just like api keys. I also keep a twilio phone number that only receives texts with a webhook that goes to my discord. any sort of loyalty card etc goes under that number. I can enable phone calls if I need to, and of course a 2nd/3rd email account attached to this.

pocksuppet 4mo ago

Credit cards are pretty locked down, you can't connect to that network without a verified identity to be sued when unauthorized charges are made.

SilverElfin 4mo ago

Most of the time you’re giving that info to stripe or Shopify. But also credit cards are protected - you can dispute charges - so it’s not a huge risk IMO

madibo3156 4mo ago

> Amazon has excellent and consistent customer support We've been dealing with different Amazons. Also, credit cards in my experience are built to deal with that stuff. Have you encountered protection issues by using your credit card? The only chargeback I've initiated was against Amazon and my credit card company handled it swimmingly.

Cider9986 4mo ago
Every time I talk to them I ask for a gift card for compensation for whatever problem and they give it to me.
BorisMelnik 4mo ago
agree - amazon is awful, I'll never purchase an item from them worth more than $100 again. stolen iphones, broken computer equipment, cheap products in expensive boxes. they want you to file a police report and spend so many hours project managing and dealing with their AI customer support / the ticket it makes it not worth it

Retric 4mo ago

Many CC let you generate one time use CC numbers if you’re actually concerned about manufactures information security.

lostmsu 4mo ago

I feel like a better solution would have been anonymized/single use card numbers.

BorisMelnik 4mo ago

I was the same way and got tired of it so I keep a layer in front of my life just like I do on the web with multiple identities, emails, VPNs, etc. I pay $100 per year for a private mailbox near my apartment, registered under an LLC with a registered agent (not in my name and in another state) where I get deliveries in that name. that llc uses a fintech bank where I can spin up as many debit/credit cards as I want, I rotate them just like api keys. I also keep a twilio phone number that only receives texts with a webhook that goes to my discord. any sort of loyalty card etc goes under that number. I can enable phone calls if I need to, and of course a 2nd/3rd email account attached to this.