i dont wanna give my address ((
(i dont buy illgeal stuff)
Big retailers may have options for local pickup. Amazon has delivery boxes, local pickup from store is available in bestbuy, home depot, Microcenter… I think you can pick up Walmart purchases in stores too (not sure about this one). But unless there is a delivery box they may ask for ID.
Or, a USPS PO box, as others suggested. You can rent one in person, pay cash, but they will require your personal information anyway. But that allows you to break the direct tracking - seller will not know your address, and in general they don’t need to know your real name. I receive packages on fake names via po box no problem. The problem can happen if USPS will lose your package. I guess returns or warranty calls may become more complicated…
Post Office Boxes are the solution.
In my experience, when I went online to rent a PO box, they force you to create an account and asks for a bunch of invasive information anyways including my address, so I gave up on that idea for now.
Maybe it’s dependent on the post office. Maybe I just need to go in-person and maybe they’ll ask less info of me?
Isn’t the PO box merely to hide your identity from the seller rather than the post office? Not casting doubt on your approach though, just curious if there was anything more to be aware of since I too am thinking about signing up for a PO box.
Correct, the seller wouldn’t know, I’m just saying that that data now goes to UPS or whoever your PO box provider is instead of the website you’re purchasing from
Yeah, if you want to receive packages that’s kind of necessary. Someone has to own the place where the drop happens. Whether that’s a separate piece of land, an apartment complex mailroom, or a simple PO box. If it’s not coming to you directly, then there is an owner of where it is going and that owner has to know who the package is meant for so they don’t allow anyone else to take it. Can’t have both a fully secure and fully private location. Some person or company has to secure it for the owner or everyone has to have access and thus ability to steal it.
The fucking USPS already have your address dude.
No duh bro. More than one person can live at a house though. So USPS knows who owns the house like you said, but not anyone extra unless that data is given to them, like for example when you create an account and include that you ALSO live at an address as the owner.
Moreover, if you read USPS privacy policy, they use Google Analytics, so guess what? Anything you do on USPS also goes to Google. They also allow tracking pixels from meta, LinkedIn, and several other companies.
So no, it’s not just “the fucking USPS already has your address dude”, it’s that several other companies also are getting that data when they dont need to be. That’s literally the whole point of this forum and the data I provided above is relevant. All I’m saying is if someone wants a PO box, it’s not as private as one may assume. The seller you’re buying from won’t know your address, but tons of tech companies will.
I honestly hate people like you. Learn to be more curious and ask questions instead of trying to be a smart ass. You could have asked “But why worry that USPS already has your address, aren’t they literally a delivery company?” That’s a completely valid question, yet you chose to be a dick. Go fuck yourself.
Anything you do on USPS also goes to Google.
Opening a PO Box in person should avoid this issue.
So, I went and fucked myself first like you asked. Was nice BTW, great suggestion, thanks.
How will you pay without providing the address for credit card validation?
privacy.com cards and prepaid Visa/Mastercard I believe let you enter any address of your choice. Of course, privacy.com would still know and some vendors might be a bit more restrictive, especially towards the prepaid cards in recent years.
yeah, I often some address like the simpsons family, or 85 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, Lambeth, London, UK for Mr. Bond
Ahh, neat. Yeah, some vendors do check the address. Ones that don’t end up paying more per transaction to cover the increased fraud.
I’d either rent a PO box or use those Amazon pickup locations
