Can I send something anonymously through Amazon?
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Anonymous
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I want to send a book to a person, but I don't want them to know I'm the source. Is this possible?
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Anonymous
| I would think not. that would creep a person out to receive something anon, which would in turn make Amazon look creepy for doing it. |
Anonymous
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Sure it is possible.
1) buy book. Have them send it to you. 2) remove book from all identifying packaging (wear gloves) 3) rewrap book in plain brown paper. 4) mail book to your intended recipient. Use a fake return address. Wear dark glasses and a wig when you drop it off at the PO and pay in cash. |
Anonymous
| Amazon doesn't include packing slips any longer, no? However, I suppose the recipient could ferret out the number for customer service and find out your name. The alternative would be to buy the book and mail it anonymously yourself. |
Anonymous
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Pretty sure it would be easy to trace through Amazon.
Maybe a little harder through the post office, but if you're one of the few people that person knows in a certain zip code, even that would become obvious. |
Anonymous
| Buy an Amazon gift card. Load it into an Amazon account you made using an alias. Send the book. |
Anonymous
| Or, buy a book for yourself on growing a backbone and read it until the urge to send anonymous books passes. |
Anonymous
| I thought about sending ex's new lady-who-lives-in-the-home-with-my-kid a book about positive stepparenting, because she was by all reports a terrible stepparent last time around. But I realized I would just be making trouble for myself and my kid, and I waited until the feeling passed. |
Anonymous
| Yes - I send gifts to my (estranged) sister all the time. I have felt really bad that our rift isn't going to be resolved and now that my mother died (she was my hope of reconciliation) I send things via amazon using a set of initials that mean something to me (referring to better angels I guess.) I "know" enough that she gets the packages and feel she'd confront me if she knew they were from me so feel confident that they remain anonymous. I send very nice things on birthday, Christmas for sure - sometimes just because. |
Anonymous
I'm sorry, PP. There are too many kids today have to deal with these kinds of circumstances. The effects are all too evident to those of us who hear kids describe their unhappiness with a parent's "fiance," "fiancee," or "girlfriend/boyfriend of the moment." |
Anonymous
Yes, I think it must be because I received a product via Amazon with no 'from' / gift info. It was around Christmas, and I didn't know who to thank. I think it was merely a mistake but it could be done on purpose I suppose! |
Anonymous
| Definitely yes. Send it as a "GIFT" at checkout. Amazon gives you space to write a note (optional). There's no other identifying info about the sender. In fact, people have complained that they don't know the sender and Amazon will not tell them. |
Anonymous
| Are you buying a mean gift or a nice gift OP?!!?? |
Anonymous
I don't know if it's mean or nice. Or even effective. It's for an estranged sibling who's in an abusive relationship, where the significant other has cut off all of my sibling's support network. It's a book to try and help sibling escape. |
Anonymous
OP, I could have written this. I thought to do the exact same thing for my sibling. But I didn't because I didn't want to be identified and figured my sibling would be able to find out. |