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1 hour ago, carini26 said:

Tried another small LEGO order a few days ago using something other than red card and it went through. 

This for sure is an issue.  They especially do not want the Red Card (5%) used for reselling.  I have such a ridiculously low credit limit because of non-use that's it's a "non-issue" for me but I have received letters in the past to that effect.  I imagine my $2k - 3k orders helped me get flagged as well, but the letter specifically stated improper use of the Red Card.

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22 minutes ago, gmpirate said:

This for sure is an issue.  They especially do not want the Red Card (5%) used for reselling.  I have such a ridiculously low credit limit because of non-use that's it's a "non-issue" for me but I have received letters in the past to that effect.  I imagine my $2k - 3k orders helped me get flagged as well, but the letter specifically stated improper use of the Red Card.

i have/had been using red card w/o issue for last $40K since the gift card deal.  for me, bans have always been around getting carried away and having too many orders of the same set waiting in preparing shipment state.   the circle thing was different and basically neutralized my ability to order from the app in the middle of the night when i get a stock alert 😕 .  i am currently experiencing a ban since those damn duplo mickey birthday parades came back in stock for $10 yesterday.  reseller venus flytrap.  i can get orders through on my wife's account but giving up on what's currently available hoping we get a 50% off blowout on some of the retiring target exclusives. 

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2 minutes ago, cladner said:

i have/had been using red card w/o issue for last $40K since the gift card deal.  for me, bans have always been around getting carried away and having too many orders of the same set waiting in preparing shipment state.   the circle thing was different and basically neutralized my ability to order from the app in the middle of the night when i get a stock alert 😕 .  i am currently experiencing a ban since those damn duplo mickey birthday parades came back in stock for $10 yesterday.  reseller venus flytrap.  i can get orders through on my wife's account but giving up on what's currently available hoping we get a 50% off blowout on some of the retiring target exclusives. 

Do you only buy LEGO? or do you buy normal stuff at Target?

I have not been banned but I think its because we spend alot of money there on things other than LEGO. All using Red Card , All using Circle.

I also do most of my items by store pickup.

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8 minutes ago, glostik said:

Do you only buy LEGO? or do you buy normal stuff at Target?

I have not been banned but I think its because we spend alot of money there on things other than LEGO. All using Red Card , All using Circle.

I also do most of my items by store pickup.

yes i buy tons of normal stuff at target.  i do a lot of instore pickup but i also buy $40K in lego since the giftcard deal, so....  all using red card - they up'd my limit from $2800- $3400.  like i said, get carried away and have 6 or 7 open orders for the same set and don't be surprised when the hammer comes down.

 

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4 minutes ago, glostik said:

Do you only buy LEGO? or do you buy normal stuff at Target?

I have not been banned but I think its because we spend alot of money there on things other than LEGO. All using Red Card , All using Circle.

I also do most of my items by store pickup.

Gets tricky using the same credit card (redcard) for business use purchases and also personal purchases.  I only use my redcard for my toy business purchases.  Did everyone have their redcard switched to the Red Card "Mastercard" that works anywhere now?  

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1 minute ago, cobrakai said:

Gets tricky using the same credit card (redcard) for business use purchases and also personal purchases.  I only use my redcard for my toy business purchases.  Did everyone have their redcard switched to the Red Card "Mastercard" that works anywhere now?  

no - i have the standard old red card works only at target.

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So, I was banned from target.com in June and tried a week ago to see if I had been unbanned -- instant cancellation in two minutes.

My wife set up a new account with her email, phone number, and CC and used it for pick-up orders only and they haven't connected her account to mine.  Made sense since they don't ask for your home address for pick-ups so the only information they could possibly tie the accounts would be the internet IP address.

Well, I thought I would try to circumvent their detection on the basis that they may not be looking necessarily at the IP address.

I created a new account with:

New email -- free from Microsoft

New phone# -- using a phone number that is on an emergency phone we give to my daughter when we go on trips.  The account was from USMobile.com and I'm able to keep the number "snoozed" except when I need to enable it for trips for $3 a month.  I don't think Target needs to send a message to the line, but if they did, I could unsnooze temporarily.

New CC# -- brand new debit card for a new bank

Incognito browser session.

No Circle, or Red Card.

Used the exact same shipping address and name though.

Ordered one LEGO set.

20 minutes in and the order is in Preparing to Ship status with an expected delivery date.

It'll be interesting to see how long this lasts.

But at least there might be hope.

I'll update when it ships.

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I know I could go back and look through this thread, but how does one get going with Barnes & Noble again?  I got banned years ago because there was fraud associated with a gift card I bought from one of those sites.  I think someone said to just create a new account with a new cc and address?  Same name is ok.

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Is there a poste restante service in the US? I use that in the past to direct mail to a post office near my office, if it's not sent via the national mail usually the private carrier will notify you that the address is undeliverable and you can then redirect to somewhere else for pickup.

 

Ok seems like poste restante is known as general delivery the US. Don't try it for big orders though...

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9 minutes ago, zads said:

Is there any way to circumvent Lego.com's order limits if you are limited to 1 address?

No, but there is a way to get permabanned if you try too hard. 

Best opportunity is if they change the limit. Sometimes that resets you back to 0. 

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I spent about 4 hours going through successive holds and transfers through Kohls regarding my current ban (which was a reasonable ban lol). I finally got to what must have been someone in management. Long story short they associated my name with my Amazon seller account due to Amazon's change to expose your your name on your selling profile. 

Based on my preliminary research, Amazon will not let you change your Business name on your account unless you have a legal business entity (DBA's don't count as far as i can tell). If someone has any information on the best way to change the seller profile business name that would be appreciated. I'm guessing most online retailers will use this information to ban you at some point in the future. It would be smart to have a different address and name compared to what name/address you purchase with.

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1 minute ago, cmartin33 said:

Anybody having trouble ordering from Walmart.com. I keep getting the following error when asked to choose my delivery address. Sometimes the system lets me bypass the delivery address step, which allows the order go through just fine. Any thoughts?

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Have you logged out, cleared cache of browser, re-sign in.  Do you still get error? 

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10 hours ago, cmartin33 said:

Anybody having trouble ordering from Walmart.com. I keep getting the following error when asked to choose my delivery address. Sometimes the system lets me bypass the delivery address step, which allows the order go through just fine. Any thoughts?

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I had the same problem a couple of days ago, but now works fine.

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