Hiding Amazon E-mails

[MarkBarbieri]

I'd like to order something for my wife for Christmas from Amazon, but if I do, she'll see the confirmation e-mails they send. Any idea how to order something on my Amazon account (and using my Prime account) but with the confirmation e-mails sent to a different account?

 

[DrCavin]

Change the email on the account, place order.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

This is you email address? Tell her not to look at your email. Or set up your email client to automatically direct messages from amazon to a different folder. Or change the email address

If this isn't your account, set up a new Amazon account under your name and email.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

The e-mail address is one that we share for commercial activity. It goes to both of our computers, our laptop, and our phones. I don't want to set up a new account, because I want to use Prime for the shipping.

I could change it temporarily and then change it back. I'll have to keep it changed until after the last e-mail (order confirmation e-mail, shipping e-mail, any others?).

 

[HonnyDipp]

I'd change your email account and then place the order. Change it back after you receive the gift.

also, can you change the email settings on Amazon?

 

[lovesmurfs]

I'd change your email account and then place the order. Change it back after you receive the gift.

also, can you change the email settings on Amazon?

Receive is the operative word -- they'll send a shipping confirmation.

I would set up your own Amazon account and share it with your Corporate account: My DH and I have separate accounts on Amazon, but use the same Prime account.

More info here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...primeland_manage_share?nodeId=200444180#share

 

[HonnyDipp]

Receive is the operative word -- they'll send a shipping confirmation.

I would set up your own Amazon account and share it with your Corporate account: My DH and I have separate accounts on Amazon, but use the same Prime account.

More info here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...primeland_manage_share?nodeId=200444180#share

I meant just in case there's a problem with the order after its shipped, they will also send email confirmations regarding the return process. My point was after the item is been received the email address can be changed back to what it was.

 

[lovesmurfs]

I meant just in case there's a problem with the order after its shipped, they will also send email confirmations regarding the return process. My point was after the item is been received the email address can be changed back to what it was.

I understood what you'd meant -- wanted to emphasize to the OP not to change it back right away when the order confirmation email is received (which is what I would probably have done).

OP's wife (if she's crafty enough) will also be able to see the order in order history, so I still think the best bet would be to have separate Amazon accounts and share the Prime account.

 

[mamacatnv]

My DH made me promise and swear that I would not open any Amazon emails. I have been very good

 

[Bren's Mom]

Create a new Amazon account with a private e-mail address and join Amazon Mom (which is for any caregivers of children...if you've got any kids you're in!). It's free, so no addtl charge.

OR

Ask a friend who also has prime to order it and give them the money.

 

[scrapbookworm]

I think that I'm getting a Kindle for Christmas because I keep seeing emails on our home computer that say something like "Just for Your New Kindle" in the subject line. That's smart of you to be thinking ahead to hide the evidence.

 

[lovesmurfs]

I think that I'm getting a Kindle for Christmas because I keep seeing emails on our home computer that say something like "Just for Your New Kindle" in the subject line. That's smart of you to be thinking ahead to hide the evidence.

Will you act surprised?

 

[scrapbookworm]

Absolutely! But I do need to have DH talk to DD about her asking things like "Do you want the new A$$a$$in's Creed for Christmas?" when I know that DH went to Gamestop one day, and there was a mysterious package under the tree a short time later that is the exact shape and size of a video game. I had already made a educated guess what it is, but then she asks me that a couple days later...

 

[scrapbookworm]

I understood what you'd meant -- wanted to emphasize to the OP not to change it back right away when the order confirmation email is received (which is what I would probably have done).

OP's wife (if she's crafty enough) will also be able to see the order in order history, so I still think the best bet would be to have separate Amazon accounts and share the Prime account.

FWIW, I think that Kindle arrived 3-4 weeks ago. And still the home email gets these "Just for Your Kindle", "Just Released For Your Kindle", etc. So it might not necessarily be just an order confirmation and shipping confirmation. They'll have you for life. lol.

 

[HonnyDipp]

I understood what you'd meant -- wanted to emphasize to the OP not to change it back right away when the order confirmation email is received (which is what I would probably have done).

OP's wife (if she's crafty enough) will also be able to see the order in order history, so I still think the best bet would be to have separate Amazon accounts and share the Prime account.

LOL, I think its sweet that the OP is thinking this far ahead. Love the Holidays!

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

I'd like to order something for my wife for Christmas from Amazon, but if I do, she'll see the confirmation e-mails they send. Any idea how to order something on my Amazon account (and using my Prime account) but with the confirmation e-mails sent to a different account?

I'm pretty sure there is a section in the "manage your prime account" that allows you to add other people in your family to your prime account.

Make a separate Amazon account and then go into your main account and add the new account to the Prime section.

If your wife does this as well, you can then order presents for each other from now on without having to worry about the surprise being ruined.

 

[bballmom56]

I have just been forwarding the Amazon emails from my primary email to a secondary email that the family doesn't bother with. I then delete it from my primary email. Yeah, I know it's in the Amazon order history, but I am hoping they won't go that far. If they do, then it's their problem the surprise is spoiled, lol.

 

[Bob NC]

The e-mail address is one that we share for commercial activity. It goes to both of our computers, our laptop, and our phones. I don't want to set up a new account, because I want to use Prime for the shipping.

A lot of times, in life, we have to make choices.

If it's non-negotiable that you must use THIS account that you share with your wife to order her gift, well, she may stumble across an email ruining the surprise.

You could set up another account she doesn't have access to, and she will not be aware of these emails that may ruin her surprise.

Asking for suggestions then listing the reasons you can't do it any other way is kind of pointless.

 

[BeenHereB4]

My husband and I have separate Amazon accounts but share Prime. I got it first and then "invited" him in. People in the same house can share prime.

You'd have to set a new email (if you don't already have one) and amazon account and then invite yourself to join your prime membership...I think.

Good luck and happy shopping!

 

[MarkBarbieri]

I'm pretty sure there is a section in the "manage your prime account" that allows you to add other people in your family to your prime account.

Make a separate Amazon account and then go into your main account and add the new account to the Prime section.

If your wife does this as well, you can then order presents for each other from now on without having to worry about the surprise being ruined.

I did this. It looks like it worked well. I just hope that they don't drop ship the items in packages that say exactly what it is. If that happens, oh well.

A lot of times, in life, we have to make choices.

If it's non-negotiable that you must use THIS account that you share with your wife to order her gift, well, she may stumble across an email ruining the surprise.

You could set up another account she doesn't have access to, and she will not be aware of these emails that may ruin her surprise.

Asking for suggestions then listing the reasons you can't do it any other way is kind of pointless.

It wasn't pointless at all. By responding to the limitations I saw in the suggestions, people were able to suggest a workable solution. It turned out that the problem was that I assumed that Prime would only work with one account. Once people pointed out that I could invite a new account to my Prime account, I was in good shape.