Amazon Account for Alexa

caveman38

Although I had an account many years ago. I closed it as I had fraud problems. It was before OTP and I was left not out of pocket. My son now buys all my Amazon purchases on his account, but.
Now I would like to add an Echo Dot for Alexa to my extend my home Smart Switches. 
Can I open another Amazon account but not make any purchases. Unfortunately an Amazon account is necessary for the Alexa App. 

RumRat

Yes, you don't need a Prime account or buy anything to use your Echo Dot.

caveman38

Thanks for the reply. Can you register for an account without furnishing bank details and would Amazon allow an inactive account?

flaneurs_lobster

An Amazon account does not need bank details (nor card details).

What do you mean by an inactive account? Using Alexa on the Dot would keep it active.

caveman38

flaneurs_lobster said:

An Amazon account does not need bank details (nor card details).

What do you mean by an inactive account? Using Alexa on the Dot would keep it active.

Inactive as in no purchases. I would be using it purely to download the Alexa app. 

flaneurs_lobster

caveman38 said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

An Amazon account does not need bank details (nor card details).

What do you mean by an inactive account? Using Alexa on the Dot would keep it active.

Inactive as in no purchases. I would be using it purely to download the Alexa app. 

Amazon will have no problems with that. They will make more than enough money selling all your voice communications with your lightbulbs to the Chinese.*

*Not true.**

**May be true. 

debitcardmayhem

flaneurs_lobster said:

caveman38 said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

An Amazon account does not need bank details (nor card details).

What do you mean by an inactive account? Using Alexa on the Dot would keep it active.

Inactive as in no purchases. I would be using it purely to download the Alexa app. 

Amazon will have no problems with that. They will make more than enough money selling all your voice communications with your lightbulbs to the Chinese.*

*Not true.**

**May be true. 

It’s not just the chinese, but also the left / right / other parties 👁️

RumRat

Paranoia seems to rule these days...🫣