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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: CheapestCocaine on July 06, 2013, 11:58 pm
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Getting a prepaid gift card and signing up for stamps.com on tor.
What are your thoughts on this regarding safety/security/risk?
Also, any tips on how to carry out bulk shipments(to multiple people, not large orders)?? I was thinking putting a bunch of packages in one of the blue drop off USPS boxes, but would that raise any flags having many identical packages in one bluebox??
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I don't know about the stamps thing but as for the blue boxes:
1. Drop them off at various blue boxes
2. Drop in the same box but perhaps package them differently
3. Package them the same and drop in the same box but use business return address. It is completely normal for a business that ships things out to drop off several packages at once.
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Is it possible to sign up for Stamps.com on TOR? Many sites are not TOR friendly & even if you manage to sign up I imagine that account could be flagged. If you're using an anonymous laptop just take that to a place w/ free wifi, boot it up normally, and sign up there. (Hard to argue w/ the a free digital scale they hand out ;D ).
Treadlight has the right idea. It depends on your shipping strategy & what your parcels look like & how many you're sending etc. Be careful about dropping identical packages in different blue boxes, tho - the same postie might be picking them up & you don't want him to start wondering why someone would bother driving around the city to drop off their mail when they could just as easily use one box. If a blue box rarely gets parcels but then all of a sudden there's a dozen from apparently different people that might look weird too. Ironically when it comes to shipping it's often the stuff people do to disguise themselves that gets packages flagged. :)
Tip: Be careful but don't overthink it - if you pretend you're a legitimate business or someone selling mail order products out of their home you'll blend in better. Do a little eBay & (used) Amazon shopping to see what's normal, or start buying stamps at the post office so you can see the sort of packages that other people drop off. imo the shipping strategy you end up w/ should be customized to your sales volume & location & the size of your orders & any number of other details that you might not want others knowing, so tho the forums can help with some questions the details need to be up to you.
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Is it possible to sign up for Stamps.com on TOR? Many sites are not TOR friendly & even if you manage to sign up I imagine that account could be flagged. If you're using an anonymous laptop just take that to a place w/ free wifi, boot it up normally, and sign up there. (Hard to argue w/ the a free digital scale they hand out ;D ).
Treadlight has the right idea. It depends on your shipping strategy & what your parcels look like & how many you're sending etc. Be careful about dropping identical packages in different blue boxes, tho - the same postie might be picking them up & you don't want him to start wondering why someone would bother driving around the city to drop off their mail when they could just as easily use one box. If a blue box rarely gets parcels but then all of a sudden there's a dozen from apparently different people that might look weird too. Ironically when it comes to shipping it's often the stuff people do to disguise themselves that gets packages flagged. :)
Tip: Be careful but don't overthink it - if you pretend you're a legitimate business or someone selling mail order products out of their home you'll blend in better. Do a little eBay & (used) Amazon shopping to see what's normal, or start buying stamps at the post office so you can see the sort of packages that other people drop off. imo the shipping strategy you end up w/ should be customized to your sales volume & location & the size of your orders & any number of other details that you might not want others knowing, so tho the forums can help with some questions the details need to be up to you.
I dont think i am eligible for the free scale seeing as how I couldnt put my return address on there, right?
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Do not print postage from stamps.com or USPS.com using TOR :o
Are you trying to get your customers flagged? ???