[Broskie333]

It's a pretty tough SE to DNA. The value is so high. PR might always be required OR you could do order it to a friends house and claim an unauthorized purchase from your CC. I'm going to wait for China to buy a bunch of them for AI stuff and buy the coreless ones on ebay and do a SN swap. Probably within a couple months of the 5000 series being released.

This is certainly a good idea, sadly I’m quite an impatient person!

I have a vacant drop house which could work, however this could flag up as a “high risk order”because the billing address doesn’t match the delivery address.

I think DNA/sealed box filled with crap to billing address -> straight up chargeback might work just to avoid the PR, as I’ve had one in the past year for a relatively high value item. Plus, the Amex has been built up with plenty of large legit purchases over the past few years, so hopefully they’ll back the customer.

Amex doesn't care how long you've been a customer with them. They look at the facts and more likely the seller will provide all the evidence to the bank.
If you are thinking of the other method. Do it clever, that's all I'm saying.