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cyclotron Apr 10, 2014 2:53 pm


Originally Posted by frequentflyingpenguin (Post 22684236)
You sued amazon and won? *High-five!

Lol. I wish
First I was taken aback by your comment and did not understand what you meant. Then I re-read my post and realized my typo.

daprophecy Apr 11, 2014 8:38 am


Originally Posted by hamokmonky (Post 22683513)
Did you check the cards to see if they had a $1 authorization on it? Thats the most likely reason.

When I tried the first like 8 times I took the total balance -$1 and it still failed. I tried again last night the same way (total -1) and it worked. I don't know maybe it was just crapping out on me. Thanks for replying. I thought I was getting shut down :confused: and was so scared.

cyclotron Apr 14, 2014 1:50 pm

I have used of GCs from Staples over the past year. Now somehow even though I have 12 Credit Cards in my Amazon and Amazon Payments Profile, I am able to use only 6 of those to send Payments. Even when I add a new card, it does not show up as an option on the drop down menu on the payment screen. I have been checking every day for the past week and this is not going away. So essentially I can only use those 6 credit cards and I can not use any other. I have also deleted several cards hoping it will resolve it but that has not worked.

Anyone else had similar issues? Any recommendations? Any prior reports of such an issue?

ericdabbs Apr 14, 2014 3:55 pm


Originally Posted by cyclotron (Post 22703783)
I have used of GCs from Staples over the past year. Now somehow even though I have 12 Credit Cards in my Amazon and Amazon Payments Profile, I am able to use only 6 of those to send Payments. Even when I add a new card, it does not show up as an option on the drop down menu on the payment screen. I have been checking every day for the past week and this is not going away. So essentially I can only use those 6 credit cards and I can not use any other. I have also deleted several cards hoping it will resolve it but that has not worked.

Anyone else had similar issues? Any recommendations? Any prior reports of such an issue?

Are you deleting the VGCs off your payment option list after you dump them? If not, why aren't you doing so? Why do you have 12 CCs linked to your Amazon account? Overkill much?

ajacks108 Apr 16, 2014 10:08 am

Would this situation work has anyone tried it?
Setting up 2 accounts with one under me and one under my gf but using my bank accounts. Two separate bank accounts both nude my name. So when I pay her from my account I can just deposit it into my own account on her end.

For example AP 1 would be under my name AP 2 would be under hers. I have 3 bank accounts. 1 at PNC 1 at Chase and 1 at PNC which is a joint account with her.

AP 1 verified with 1st PNC account sends to AP 2. AP 2 deposits into either Chase acct or Joint account. I would prefer using the chase account because most of my cc payments come out of it but it doesn't have her name on the account so not sure if that would be a red flag.

PainCorp Apr 16, 2014 10:59 am


Originally Posted by ajacks108 (Post 22713852)
Would this situation work has anyone tried it?
Setting up 2 accounts with one under me and one under my gf but using my bank accounts.

Did you read the wiki? I don't think so.

ajacks108 Apr 16, 2014 11:50 am

Well I did read it and I do see a b c a is the best. But reading through the posts I see sone people said they do ab. Just wondering if ab can be set up like that.

birdhands Apr 16, 2014 12:11 pm

Yes, I've done it successfully for 3 months, FWIW.

ajacks108 Apr 16, 2014 12:44 pm


Originally Posted by birdhands (Post 22714628)
Yes, I've done it successfully for 3 months, FWIW.

for your 2nd ap account. do you use a bank account that is yours? Joint with your name on it? or the other persons completely.

jazzmailman Apr 18, 2014 3:38 am

Hi folks,

so I went on a bit of a crazy Amazon Payment accounts creation frenzy (to meet 35k spending after the death of VR and Serve), so I just want to double check a few things (I have found a few answers in this thread, but it's good to double check for this kind of things):

1) I will only receive a 1099K form if i "transfer" more than 20k AND more than 200 transactions, right?

2) Does the 200 transactions limit include both "send" and "receive"? Or just "send"? Is the 200 transaction product specific? (Like 200 for Amazon and 200 for Serve)

3) I'm also using Serve for MS purposes ($1500/month CC and $1000/month Debit), is that 20k limit product specific? (Like 20k for Amazon and 20k for Serve)

4) I have many accounts under my SSN, so I am assuming that all my Amazon Accounts will be tracked under my SSN for tax purposes, and not just one account each right? (so that'd be 12k maximum per account per year and never reach 20k anyway)

Thanks!

exmike Apr 18, 2014 4:55 am


Originally Posted by jazzmailman (Post 22723428)
Hi folks,

so I went on a bit of a crazy Amazon Payment accounts creation frenzy (to meet 35k spending after the death of VR and Serve), so I just want to double check a few things (I have found a few answers in this thread, but it's good to double check for this kind of things):

1) I will only receive a 1099K form if i "transfer" more than 20k AND more than 200 transactions, right?

2) Does the 200 transactions limit include both "send" and "receive"? Or just "send"? Is the 200 transaction product specific? (Like 200 for Amazon and 200 for Serve)

3) I'm also using Serve for MS purposes ($1500/month CC and $1000/month Debit), is that 20k limit product specific? (Like 20k for Amazon and 20k for Serve)

4) I have many accounts under my SSN, so I am assuming that all my Amazon Accounts will be tracked under my SSN for tax purposes, and not just one account each right? (so that'd be 12k maximum per account per year and never reach 20k anyway)

Thanks!

I cant answer your question, but basically you are in the situation where you'll have to pay the CC fee to amazon to meet your spend since you're overextended? I think this is a cautionary tale that reminds us not to bite off more than we can safely chew when signing up for cards.

exarkun Apr 18, 2014 8:32 am


Originally Posted by jazzmailman (Post 22723428)
Hi folks,

so I went on a bit of a crazy Amazon Payment accounts creation frenzy (to meet 35k spending after the death of VR and Serve), so I just want to double check a few things (I have found a few answers in this thread, but it's good to double check for this kind of things):

1) I will only receive a 1099K form if i "transfer" more than 20k AND more than 200 transactions, right?

2) Does the 200 transactions limit include both "send" and "receive"? Or just "send"? Is the 200 transaction product specific? (Like 200 for Amazon and 200 for Serve)

3) I'm also using Serve for MS purposes ($1500/month CC and $1000/month Debit), is that 20k limit product specific? (Like 20k for Amazon and 20k for Serve)

4) I have many accounts under my SSN, so I am assuming that all my Amazon Accounts will be tracked under my SSN for tax purposes, and not just one account each right? (so that'd be 12k maximum per account per year and never reach 20k anyway)

Thanks!

What does serve have to do with AP?

DaveInLA Apr 18, 2014 10:03 am

I know a single gift card can't be used on multiple AP accounts at once, but what if I remove it from one account before adding it to another? For ex, use a $3000 AMEX gift card to send $900 from my wife's account to me; then remove it from her account and add it to mine so I can send $850 to my sister. Any data points in this?

john doe iii Apr 18, 2014 10:16 am


Originally Posted by DaveInLA (Post 22724730)
I know a single gift card can't be used on multiple AP accounts at once, but what if I remove it from one account before adding it to another? For ex, use a $3000 AMEX gift card to send $900 from my wife's account to me; then remove it from her account and add it to mine so I can send $850 to my sister. Any data points in this?

Where did you get that from? I use the same 5k gift card from AMEX on 5 different accounts.

DaveInLA Apr 18, 2014 12:24 pm


Originally Posted by john doe iii (Post 22724804)
Where did you get that from? I use the same 5k gift card from AMEX on 5 different accounts.

When asked to enter your name and address on AP, you just use different info depending on who is sending the funds?


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