# You can check your Amazon.com shipping history going back 10 years! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800 "2009-01-04T07:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/1 "2009-01-04T07:54:29Z")
Yes it a little thing, but I had no idea it allowed viewing back that far. Checking out the things I was buying in 1998 is kind of an interesting exercise and somewhat bittersweet as there are several items I was getting and shipping to some people dear to me who are no longer alive. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/2 "2009-01-04T08:39:50Z")
I hope the FBI doesn’t know about this. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/3 "2009-01-04T15:30:32Z")
I recently had to check on something from an order 6 years ago, and was surprised by this, too. [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) was where I made my first ever online purchase, back when it was just books. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/4 "2009-01-04T23:20:44Z")
Yep, just waiting for the tax bill from Newegg and Amazon, just like they did to online cigarette buyers. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/5 "2009-01-05T00:56:09Z")
I bought some books off of Amazon back in 1997 when my town didn’t have a book store, and they were just another upstart that advertised on The Howard Stern Show. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/6 "2009-01-05T01:58:02Z")
I can’t think of a better reason to never use Amazon. Really. Think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy8467](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Cowboy8467](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy8467)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/7 "2009-01-05T03:11:42Z")
I’m trying to find it but for the life of me I can’t figure it out. The farthest I can go back is 2007, what am I doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/8 "2009-01-05T03:13:29Z")
> [@Cowboy8467](#): > > I’m trying to find it but for the life of me I can’t figure it out. The farthest I can go back is 2007, what am I doing wrong? Umm… what happens when you look in a mirror? Might be another _sure sign!_ ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/9 "2009-01-05T03:13:40Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Checking out the things I was buying in 1998 is kind of an interesting exercise and somewhat bittersweet I’ve just been tracking a recent purchase from Amazon, and I had a look back at everything I’ve ordered since 2002. I agree. It certainly brings back some mixed emotions. > [@usedtobe](#): > > I can’t think of a better reason to never use Amazon. Really. Think about it. I have and I don’t understand you. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/10 "2009-01-05T03:15:39Z")
> [@Cowboy8467](#): > > I’m trying to find it but for the life of me I can’t figure it out. The farthest I can go back is 2007, what am I doing wrong? Go to “View Older Orders” under “Purchase history”. Then use the drop down menu to look at the older years. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/11 "2009-01-05T08:05:46Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > I can’t think of a better reason to never use Amazon. Really. Think about it. > [@Cunctator](#): > > I have and I don’t understand you. Likewise. My comment about the FBI was tongue-in-cheek. I really have no idea what you’re talking about ( **usedtobe** ). Very mysterious reply. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/12 "2009-01-05T08:18:58Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Likewise. My comment about the FBI was tongue-in-cheek. I really have no idea what you’re talking about ( **usedtobe** ). Very mysterious reply. Call me old, but I lived through the Nixon years, the Shrub years (not as paranoid, but equally convinced)… You cannot now predict what will be viewed with suspicion 10 years down the line - and having ANY trail is iffy, and having one that ANYBODY can see is, to my way of thinking, unwise. 10 years ago, I could by 10 cases of pseudophed without problem. Now, if somebody finds out you bought a ton of used-to-be-harmless stuff, well, just invite the nice cops to come in and poke around, right? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/13 "2009-01-05T10:14:36Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > Call me old, but I lived through the Nixon years, the Shrub years (not as paranoid, but equally convinced)… > > You cannot now predict what will be viewed with suspicion 10 years down the line - and having ANY trail is iffy, and having one that ANYBODY can see is, to my way of thinking, unwise. > 10 years ago, I could by 10 cases of pseudophed without problem. Now, if somebody finds out you bought a ton of used-to-be-harmless stuff, well, just invite the nice cops to come in and poke around, right? You need to have a password to access your account so ANYBODY would have to be “anybody” who’s gotten ahold of your online passwords, and at that point you have much bigger problems than someone knowing about your ordering that extra large jar of “Butterball” anal lube in 1999. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/14 "2009-01-05T10:46:24Z")
People often record their lives in diaries or scrapbooks. Efficient people, however, use blogs or camcorders. And really efficient people, of course, make Amazon do it. Seriously… what a trip down memory lane! Like an old friend, Amazon was there in the beginning, it was there during the best times and the worst times, it’s still here, and I’m hoping to be a customer till the day I die. Hopefully they’ll have gotten into the casket business by then. Talk about “getting 'em hooked while they’re young” – I started buying as soon as I graduated from those Scholastic catalogs – and it’s followed me across cities and countries over the years and I still use it way too much. Damn you, Prime and One-click! Amazon is the anchor tenant of the web, that one, cozy store that’s been there since you were a kid, always ready to welcome you into its warm, soft carts even as the outside world degenerated into a hellhole of burst bubbles and depressed economies. It’s familiar and comforting… chicken soup for the world-weary shopper’s soul. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/15 "2009-01-05T11:24:50Z")
Definitely a trip down memory lane - the first thing I bought was a 128Mb compact flash card. Anyone remember $1= 1mb? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/16 "2009-01-05T15:09:14Z")
It looks like the state sales tax police are catching up-I fully expect that the states 9(which have been salivating at the prospect of taxing on-line sales) are getting ready to pounce-beware! ---
**Author:** ![JackofHearts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JackofHearts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackofHearts)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/17 "2009-01-06T00:13:44Z")
I actually found this to be really useful a few weeks ago. I was filling out a security background investigation and they were asking for every place I’ve lived in the last 7 years. I’ve moved A LOT in that time, and could not accurately remember dates and addresses. The Amazon order history saved me a lot of work tracking down addresses, so my rule of thumb is now “order something from Amazon whenever I move!” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/18 "2009-01-06T02:06:11Z")
In the beginning there was Amazon…and the SDMB. The very first thing I ever bought on Amazon was a book by our very own **Eve** , which was a holiday gift for my sister in 2000. Amazon has spoiled me, because I’m so used to being able to see my entire order history that I’m always annoyed when other sites only go back a year or two. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/19 "2009-01-06T07:36:16Z")
Earliest item on my list is the CD _Crescent_ by John Coltrane, ordered 8/21/02. I know I was using Amazon well before that, though, since at least 1998 and probably '97. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800/20 "2009-01-06T18:22:06Z")
Ha-ha! My first order: > [@](#): > > Order Date: January 10, 2001 > Order #: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Recipient: TroubleAgain > Items: > 1 of: The Last Unicorn > Sold by: [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com), LLC > 1 of: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado / D’Oyly Carte Opera Company > Sold by: [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com), LLC > 1 of: The Lady’s Not For Burning. > Sold by: [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com), LLC [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-check-your-amazon-com-shipping-history-going-back-10-years/479800.md?page=2)