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help. locked out of amazon account
« on: June 24, 2020, 06:05:40 PM »
ive had this more than once in the past, after a quick phone call to customer service it has always been taken care of. problem is now that all the cs numbers are saying there is no one to answer because of covid 19 (amazon never heard of working online???!!!)
i cant chat either because i have no access to account.
i tried emailing the cs addresses i have used in the past, but on all of them i get this auto reply saying the inbox is not monitored.
what do i do?

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Re: help. locked out of amazon account
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2020, 12:09:22 AM »
Maybe try opening another account just to chat, or have someone else chat for you?

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Re: help. locked out of amazon account
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2020, 01:09:29 AM »
Maybe try opening another account just to chat, or have someone else chat for you?
they would let me chat from one account about another?
also am i risking a screw up if i chat from another account that i use on the same name?

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Re: help. locked out of amazon account
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2020, 01:17:34 AM »
they would let me chat from one account about another?
also am i risking a screw up if i chat from another account that i use on the same name?
You can explain that you couldn't figure out how to chat without getting in to your account so you made a new one just to chat, and ask them for help getting your real one opened so you can close the new one. (Or merge them or something.) If you have a valid, understandable reason for opening the new account (which you do) I don't see why they would have a problem with it.
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: help. locked out of amazon account
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2020, 08:38:53 AM »
Try this phone number: 1 (206) 922-0880

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Re: help. locked out of amazon account
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2020, 08:52:37 AM »
Try this phone number: 1 (206) 922-0880
as all the other phone numbers, they are not answering calls at this # "because of covid 19".
they are busy "helping the elderly and the vulnerable"
go figure...

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Re: help. locked out of amazon account
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2020, 08:57:32 AM »
thanx @agoodyeshivabachur for youre advice.
i ended up resetting the password, and hocus pocus the account is not closed anymore!
they should say something like "youre account is locked" instead of "youre account is closed"
it would sound alot less scary that way

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Re: help. locked out of amazon account
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2020, 03:24:42 AM »
1 (800) 383-9484 is working
thanx @a good yeshiva bachur for the info

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Re: help. locked out of amazon account
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2020, 11:04:48 PM »
1 (800) 383-9484 is working
thanx @a good yeshiva bachur for the info
Thanks for the number. It helped me.
I got locked out of my account bc i disputed with chase a partial amount of a charge that I was promised to be refunded but the amazon rep didn't follow up. Even though I was responding with the dispute team- they only work via email - sucks:(- they still had the chutzpah to lock me out..

WARNING: Never dispute a charge with the credit card company! huca with amazon until you get what you were promised/want.

Aftermath: I said no to a $5 and $10 promo credit from 2 different reps for the inconvenience of being locked out of my account for close to 12 hrs (I was lucky - they said it sometimes takes 48 hrs to reactivate..) and spending long calls on the phone with amazon
I finally got to a superviser that understood my request of compensation and gave me $40! promo credit:)