

So why not use a pre-paid credit card? These are still legit cards but don’t usually send statements to your house and won’t leave a trace that can be found by others. You could use a second credit card but then you still leave a trail. If you’re an normal user opening a second account could be tricky. You can open a personal and a business account. Just above your list of previous orders, you’ll see a search box. If you’re self-employed, a contractor or something else, that’s easy. To search your Amazon order history, open Amazon on the web and click Orders in the top right corner. You will need a second credit card and a reason for a second account though. If you regularly buy things that you don’t want found, you may find running a second Amazon account more useful. If you’re already imposing on the kindness of friends and family, maybe you can just store the gif there. You can then either use cash or do a bank transfer to pay the purchaser so everyone is even and you’re all set!Īgain, as long as you know how or where to hide the gift, you should have no problem here. If you trust them not to let on, this is an excellent way of buying online without leaving a trace. That usually means using a family member or a friend to make the purchase. If you’re gifting to curious types, you will need a degree of separation between you and the gift. As long as you have a good hiding place for the gift, you’re home free! There is no trace and no record of what has happened.

You can hide the receipt, have the present gift wrapped or wrap it yourself and hide the gift until it is time. Nothing is stopping you from going to a brick and mortar store and buying a gift.

#Amazon open orders series#
I impulsively preorder books and Blu-rays all the time ('OF COURSE I need the complete series The Shield on Blu-ray the day of release') and I like to review my Open Orders regularly ('Then again, I'm WAY behind watching things and The Shield will. Go old schoolĬash is still legal tender and still used pretty much everywhere. 'Open Orders' disappeared for me on a USA account (it's still on my UK account) and this is what a chat agent told me. If you want to keep the mystery alive and your gifts secret, there are still options to hide that gift order for your significant other. So while shopping may have gotten easier and more convenient, hiding your Amazon orders, and your overspending, hasn’t! Where we once could use cash to buy a product and then either hide or trash the receipt, we now have a record on our credit card statement, an email confirmation, email statement and an account statement with the retailer. With most of our shopping now happening online, there is a trail of electronic evidence that follows our every purchase.
