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Risking your money and your privacy

Well, you won't meet anyone more keen on restoring privacy in the U.S. than I am. It's a joke, and in other nations, is actually quite good...as are many things we screw up in the U.S.

But in this case, I don't see the issue really. Any time you make a non cash purchase basically, you give the vendor your info. This is good in that you have a paper trail of purchase. It's been done since before the internet.
I think she mistakenly thought that while logged in to amazon, that the person she bought from didn't have her info..but why would they not? Because she used an alias on the comment? That hid her from the public, not the vendor...who values knowing that a verified purchaser had feedback. They seemed to professionally address it...we'll give you money back, amazon will give a credit (why?)? They asked her to remove the 1 star..she could upgrade it to a 2 (at least they made it right)? Is that so terrifying?

I think our loss of privacy is terrifying, I just don't think in her case it was a good example of it. I'm a killjoy, I'm sorry! :)
 
FRom the OP link:
"Write to Jeff Bezos, my son told me."
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Many many years ago through another source I learned that Bezos has absolutely no respect for people's privacy. He virtually laughs at the notion. Your information that you give him is for his use, in his opinion. Get over it or don't darken his doorstep. This by itself kept me away from Amazon for several years, until they eventually were able to lure me away with deals better enough to sway my decision. But by then it was my choice, and I walked in knowingly.

In this case I'm having a hard time finding fault with Amazon. You still purchase a product from X, even if Amazon fulfills it. I do not think it unreasonable for the seller to know who purchases from them.
 
Dont use Amazon. I dont. Go to the store. Problem solved.
 
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