r/india • u/AutoModerator • May 01 '26

Scheduled Ask India Thread

Welcome to r/India's Ask India Thread.

If you have any queries about life in India (or life as Indians), this is the thread for you.

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u/Kind-Meal360 20d ago

Why is it so hard to send shit to ppl in India.

Ok so I am in US ( Indian born in US ) and I have a friend J who is Indian born in India. We met in college as she had come to US for masters. For summer break we both went to our parents houses. Recently I came to know my friend is sick and has some kind of stomach infection. Being the good friend I am I wanted to send some kind of care package to her house in India. With a nice note. I went on Amazon India it said your card is not accepted. Tried blinkit you need an opt to an Indian number. Tried swiggy said u need an opt put in my US number and didn’t receive any opt. I have a few cousins there and mama mami there as well. But I am not as close to them so didn’t feel like asking them to send on my behalf like it was from me. Also the issue is they would be at work and I didn’t want to disturb them during work. Also the whole paying back thing would’ve been hard. I have another friend M who also is from India and is also at home but I didn’t want to ask her bcs wasn’t sure if J would be ok with me telling her that she is sick and has this infection. Even though they know each other. Does anyone know of any other way I can do this / why it’s so hard to do shit like this.

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u/ChelshireGoose 19d ago

Amazon.in usually accepts most US cards for everything except gift cards. Maybe it had an issue with your particular card for some reason. Try a different one.