Do amazon record kindle serial numbers?

[Banned]

Recently ordered a kindle from them and it never arrived so they sent me a replacement, which has been set up and synched, the original order turned up a week later, is it safe to connect and synch this up to my amazon account or will I need to keep it offline from Amazon, or just set up another amazon account?

[Larva]

No, they don't keep a shipping/SN registry.

Congrats, free Kindle.

Most of the time big companies don't even bother to follow up with the shipper regarding lost deliveries. If they do bother to re-check the tracking info in a few weeks and say it now shows delivered (which is highly unlikely in the first place) just repeat that didn't arrive. They must have delivered it to the wrong house, 'cause it still isn't there. (No need to say "maybe it was stolen..." )

If it was sent USPS they don't have tracking on it anyway.

[Banned]

Originally Posted by Larva

No, they don't keep a shipping/SN registry.

Congrats, free Kindle.

Most of the time big companies don't even bother to follow up with the shipper regarding lost deliveries. If they do bother to re-check the tracking info in a few weeks and say it now shows delivered (which is highly unlikely in the first place) just repeat that didn't arrive. They must have delivered it to the wrong house, 'cause it still isn't there. (No need to say "maybe it was stolen..." )

If it was sent USPS they don't have tracking on it anyway.

Should have clarified that it was from UK amazon and that it was sent standard mail with zero tracking, they must have a fair few stolen enroute I imagine too as the box its delievered in has kindle plastered all over it

[senshido]

Yup one of the easier scams around out there

[StarGoyle]

Actually, no. Amazon does keep a record of the serial number. Anytime I replace a Kindle it's deactivated so it cannot be registered. If it can be, then someone hadn't caught it yet.

The honorable thing is to send it back and we can close out accounts for fraud. Just a thing to keep in mind.

[senshido]

Originally Posted by StarGoyle

Actually, no. Amazon does keep a record of the serial number. Anytime I replace a Kindle it's deactivated so it cannot be registered. If it can be, then someone hadn't caught it yet.

The honorable thing is to send it back and we can close out accounts for fraud. Just a thing to keep in mind.

How about if I am an honorable thief and decide to keep it and you cant prove that I took it?

[aljasro]

no they do not keep records of SN kindles so your in luck free kindle you know what to give a reader for christmas

[theinvader]

ebay

[ripwog]

Originally Posted by StarGoyle

Actually, no. Amazon does keep a record of the serial number. Anytime I replace a Kindle it's deactivated so it cannot be registered. If it can be, then someone hadn't caught it yet.

The honorable thing is to send it back and we can close out accounts for fraud. Just a thing to keep in mind.

What's this guy doing here? Honorable? lol...

[Banned]

Originally Posted by ripwog

What's this guy doing here? Honorable? lol...

well that itself is a bad idea