Amazon Maximum Purchase Quantity Limit, Is There a Work Around?

Sturt on 18/10/2020 - 22:43

Amazon has a purchase limit quantity of x1 on a product I want x2 of and provides the following message when trying to raise the quantity:

"Sorry, this item is sold in limited quantities. We changed your quantity to the maximum possible."

Is there a way to get passed this limit? I have read briefly that using a family members account to acquire quantities passed a limit can result in both accounts being closed and any subsequent newly created accounts closed.

I want to know:
1. Are quantity limitations time bound, ie buy 1 now, wait 2 weeks and buy again (if available)?
2. Possibility of account closure for using another account to purchase on my behalf?
3. Can i just buy a second copy of the item immediately following purchasing the first copy of the item?

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  • Hybroid on 18/10/2020 - 22:47
    +6

    Just order another one soon as previous one has dispatched. You're overthinking it.

    • Sturt on 18/10/2020 - 23:02

      I had hoped but honestly wasn't sure that I could do that… I had feared (and hence this post) that i would be entirely limited to just 1. I am definitely overthinking this, but i just have no use for just a quantity of 1. Thanks for your reassurance.

      • Slippery Fish on 18/10/2020 - 23:14

        I just do 2 orders, unless there is items it locks a second order for but I've never come across that. What item?

        • cheeseandbacon on 18/10/2020 - 23:19

          Amazon definitely enforce some purchase limits via the use of mandatory cooldown periods.

          Large packs of toilet paper, etc is/was a common one I've seen posted about around here.

    • apsilon on 19/10/2020 - 06:25
      +1

      That doesn't work, at least in some cases. I ordered one product that I wanted 6 of but was only allowed 3. Even weeks later I couldn't order more. The only products I've found this on are sold by a particular Amazon division that I can't recall the name of right now, Amazon Commercial Services perhaps?

  • SnoozeAndLose on 18/10/2020 - 23:04
    +3

    just ask your wife open an account to buy more or use your wife's account?

    if you are not married, you can use your imagination wife's account

  • leiiv on 19/10/2020 - 09:09

    Maybe easier to ask a friend to buy one for you?

  • John Kimble on 19/10/2020 - 09:10

    Do you have a friend nearby who could order for you?

  • PissLUR on 19/10/2020 - 09:15

    new accountssssss

  • [Deactivated] on 19/10/2020 - 10:08

    As someone else has mentioned just wait until your first order has been despatched, sometimes you may even need to wait a few days after that before you can order again. I would resist opening multiple accounts to the same address as Amazon do have some checks in its system to prevent this, or should I say punish later.

  • Tee Rex Arms on 19/10/2020 - 10:20

    Cool down time limit on delivery address.

  • Zippy7 on 26/10/2020 - 20:20

    Just stumbled across your post now.
    Have you tried making a second order and it failed?
    In my experience, I had this in January, and I wanted 2 items.
    So all I did was place a second order like all of 2 minutes later (after going through the cashback steps)
    The system allowed me to place the second order.
    I received both items.
    In fact, I saw the items were cheaper last week, so I did it again (the Amazon system is showing both as valid, and I'm expecting to receive them)

    • Sturt on 26/10/2020 - 20:30

      I got cold feet, and decided not to make the order via Amazon and went to another market place which conveniently was cheaper. So I can't follow up this post with my own experience I'm sorry.

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