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kazinator 9 hours ago

Has this person tried it?

Doesn't Amazon shipping have to go to the billing address on the credit card?

Being able to purchase on a credit card and have it sent anywhere makes it that much easier to use stolen credit cards.

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AnssiH 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Doesn't Amazon shipping have to go to the billing address on the credit card?

No, I've had stuff shipped to plenty of addresses.

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kazinator 6 hours ago | parent [-]

It looks like the billing address restriction was a "thing" years ago, but is simply too impractical for modern day e-commerce. People want to do gifting, or get things delivered to temporary accomodations like vacation spots. They are relying on approaches like heuristics (sudden purchase for something expensive going to an unusual address), plus CVV verification to help ensure that the purchaser physically has the card (still allows theft, but adds a layer).

	▲	astura 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		No, it was never a "thing," "mark as gift" has always been an option on Amazon to send gifts to family and friends.

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toast0 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You have to provide the billing address for the card. But you don't have to ship there.

Plenty of people ship to the office. I buy stuff for my parents from time to time. When I'm on vacation, I might ship to the hotel or a friend I'm visiting or ...

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SoftTalker 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Pretty sure if you buy something as a "gift" (which is what allows the inclusion of a message) then you can send it to a different address. I rarely use Amazon and never have used it to send a gift so could be wrong.

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umanwizard 7 hours ago | parent [-]

You can send things to other addresses regardless of whether it's a gift or not.

	▲	kazinator 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Like so many awaited packages, it is neither here nor there. :)

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umanwizard 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Doesn't Amazon shipping have to go to the billing address on the credit card?

No and that would be crazy. I'm not aware of any e-commerce site that has a restriction like that.

> Being able to purchase on a credit card and have it sent anywhere makes it that much easier to use stolen credit cards.

Well, it's probably one fraud signal among many, but it's absolutely not generally prohibited. I've sent things from Amazon to other people (or to myself while staying in a hotel), and other people have sent things to me, many times.