Thanks ;)

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cross posting this from another forum:

i've been unable to add my di$cover card to AP all month long. put in all the details, and it shows up on my AZ account, but it does not show up in the drop down menu of sources to send from on AP. is this some sort of AA?

Let's add random characters to cards names to make it easy to find them when searching!

So much code to decipher. :eek:

Strange - somehow Amazon added the same credit card to my account and my wife's AP accounts. Now all transfer fail. She never used that CC to pay for anything on amazon. I saw two of the same CC listed in my account. Not sure how that happened, but I guess that ends me using AP.

The issue is when other people with a similar issue try to search the thread, they won't be able to. Instead we might see the same question asked repeatedly. Everyone will suggest searching, but it won't appear in results.

Since this isn't anything like VRs, I don't think you need to speak in code. I hardly think asking why a particular card isn't showing up on Amazon Payments will tip off Amazon or your CC about anything.

This especially makes no sense when you consider how big the financial institutions we're talking about are. If you think their brand name notifications don't account for $ and S being the same thing then you're out of your mind.

Totally speculating now (because of course that's what we do best here) but I wonder if it would be almost better to have the exact same amount being sent every month. If one were using AP for its intended purpose -- such as paying someone a monthly rent -- the amount would almost never change. Perhaps the randomness of the amounts draws eyeballs.

Tags for this post: conjecture, hypothesize, random guessing, talking out of my butt...

That's always been my thought too. I've sent exactly $1k monthly for over a year to the same person every month and so far its never been an issue (knocks on wood)

Having a bad week on the shut down front! Not sure if AP is now on that list as well after a failed payment yesterday

I am pretty conservative with AP: a-b-c only. Yesterday a-b failed. No reason given. No email. The account limits still show 1000 for the month available. After reading and searching thru the thread, I'm unclear as to what the lag time way, if any, between a failed payment and shut down? I read talk of accounts 'blocked' and receiving an email, but nothing that discussed the timeline.

It's been about 18 hours since the fail. Given no email, no block and $1000 still showing available, am I still ok, or is it too early to tell? The card used has been used frequently in AP and is a saved source. Nothing has changed with the card. No fraud alert, address change, etc.

Debating whether to try with a different card or just resubmit this card. This account is a relative's, who I've only got 2 AU cards for. If I use the other, then I'd be cross pollinating (using her AU card from an account that already has an AU using their card for AP)- so probably better to not try the other card. FYI: this account can't receive money (it CAN, but logistically it doesn't work), so I can't reverse the flow.

Does the name you listed when you added the Discover card to AP match the name you have on AP exactly?

yep. it's weird because I add the card, even see the $1 auth appear on the discover website, but then it does not get added to the AP drop down menu.

i'm wondering if two things may have caused the problem.

1) i have about 10 cards associated with my Amazon account (only 2 of which are currently showing on AP).

or 2) i recently added one of my wife's cards to my Amazon account. i've heard this can cause problems if you do it with AP, but I did not add that card to AP. either way I have removed it from my Amazon account entirely.

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or another possible reason could be 3) I recently changed my default Amazon shipping address, which no longer matches my Discover billing address.

blah ... im considering asking AP customer support. (if such a thing exists.)

Is there a list anywhere on FT that states which cards treat AP as a Cash Advance?

Take a look at the wiki. :)

So far no card has treated it like a CA. I assume because we select it as a "purchase of goods."