Amazon customer phone number anonymization May 2, 2019

[Southern Jewel's Fab Finds]

Customer phone number anonymization

May 2, 2019
You or your delivery carrier may only contact the customer via phone for delivery issues through our phone number anonymization system.

When calling a customer, use the temporary phone number, including the extension if provided, and follow the prompts. The phone number will expire once the package is delivered. This system is scheduled to be rolled out over the next few weeks.

As a reminder, in accordance with our Communication guidelines, you should only contact customers to fulfill an order. If you need to contact a customer for any reason other than package delivery, please use the Buyer-Seller Messaging Service.

Refer to the Prohibited seller activities and actions policy for information about appropriate use of customer phone numbers.

[uncleleroy]

It is okay, I do not need the customer's number. When the customer doesn't realize what is going on with this whole new anonymization thing and they refuse to answer the phone, nothing will get accomplished. Eventually customers might start blocking any number from Amazon's area code.

Speaking of which, I might just do that (block all calls from Amazon's area code). I am on my way to class yesterday and I notice that I missed this call from Amazon. I don't have any cases open I am thinking that Amazon might be using this same system to allow buyers to directly contact sellers via phone. If that is the case, then I am NOT a happy camper

[Southern Jewel's Fab Finds]

If they want to contact me via an order that FBA fulfills... that is what the buyer seller messaging is for.
If I self-fulfill an order my business card is enclosed with my business number.

From what I've ascertained, this last year plus worth of sellers were harassing buyers by phone for feedback and more.

[uncleleroy]

That would explain everything.

[Southern Jewel's Fab Finds]

One look at the Amazon forums shows sooooo many newbies that think this is eBay.
Uh huh.
Gotta follow those rules.

[uncleleroy]

One look at the Amazon forums shows sooooo many newbies that think this is eBay.
Uh huh.
Gotta follow those rules.

Uhh yeah. Gotta love those new daily suspension threads being posted by them. Brings a smile to my face every time I see them 

[Southern Jewel's Fab Finds]

Laughing in FL.
DAILY!!
Or the can someone tell me what I need to invest in so I can make money.

Nope.
I learned and you can put in the same effort I did over a decade ago.

[uncleleroy]

Or even better yet:
"How do I get started in FBA?"
"What companies do you use to buy products?"
"How do I ship my stuff from China to an Amazon Warehouse?"
"Why did I get a trademark, patent, or other IP infringement violation?"

[WayOutWest]

Bless those Amazon reps that have the patience to deal with these people. 

[Southern Jewel's Fab Finds]

Bless all of you who 'work' the Amazon Forum.
I do NOT have the patience.
Nope.
Nope.
Nope.

[uncleleroy]

It is okay, I do not need the customer's number. When the customer doesn't realize what is going on with this whole new anonymization thing and they refuse to answer the phone, nothing will get accomplished. Eventually customers might start blocking any number from Amazon's area code.

I noticed on a thread awhile back that UPS and FedEx are trying to use the new phone system to contact customers about delivery issues and most people aren't answering their phones. I wonder why?

How could anyone with an IQ slightly higher than a door knob not see this coming?

[Southern Jewel's Fab Finds]

True True

[uncleleroy]

Bless all of you who 'work' the Amazon Forum.
I do NOT have the patience.
Nope.
Nope.
Nope.

My patience has been exhausted. I go to the forums to talk to some people in PM but it has been about two weeks since I've posted. I don't know how long I'm going to be MIA but it has just gotten so dagum awful crazy that I am just sick of it. If the forums disappeared tomorrow, I don't know that I would be sorry. Let all of those Ebay-ers that watched those get-rich-quick you tube videos fend for themselves. Heck, a lot of the new sellers who are being temporarily suspended for verification purposes don't even know what Amazon means when they are asked for a utility bill. Not just foreign sellers, but ones here in the good ole U. S. of A.