do vendors need your address to look up tracking?

vendor asked me to send my address again to "look up" tracking suspicious? or am i just being paranoid


Comments


[4 Points] dastampmasta:

a destination zip should be enough..


[3 Points] d4rkedge:

Most vendors destroy addresses once they print it, and probably link tracking to addresses using some limited identifiable information. You should be fine, standard protocol I would think. But be sure to follow your gut feeling, have other people received their goods recently? In what context do you need the tracking number? Have you ordered from him before?

If he wanted to do anything with your address he probably would have done it as soon as you sent your address.

Stay safe


[3 Points] None:

No, not if they were smart. They should save your order # with your tracking number before shipping, that way all they have to do is sift through a bunch of order numbers, find yours, and boom. Unless they're incompetent.


[3 Points] chapparelli:

don't need, only need the tracking number. if the vendor hasn't kept tracking with the buyers name he has no way of telling which number's associated with which order until it's delivered


[3 Points] Throwaway_concept:

Most ask me for the zipcode. DM asked me for the last 3 digits of the zipcode.


[-1 Points] None:

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