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aa-surplus · ‎10-30-2004

Hi all,

not sure how many of you use a border brokerage service BUT I have been informed as of Nov 1, 2004 all my packages to residential addresses in the USA will have to have the customer social security number. I was just wondering if anyone else has ran into this yet???

Regards.

Mark

auctiondropnship · ‎10-30-2004

Nafta states you can place on the box . " Needed if Requested"

All through all Courier companies it been a requirement for a while

Item's under $200 it is not required

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tpman99 · ‎10-31-2004

SSN are confidential information which I do not think is a requirement in shipping. Full name, addresses, and phone numbers is what I heard.

Will keep an eye on this thread to make sure.

auctiondropnship · ‎11-01-2004

SSN are confidential

Actually there not . There is nothing that can be done with a SSN on it's own

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tpman99 · ‎11-01-2004

Yes you are right but shipping information would include name, address, phone number, and your SSN???

Now isnt that a recipe for identity theft? 🙂

discountlabelsupplies · ‎11-02-2004

I saw that too. I received a large order the other day and just split the order in 2 to keep each order under the 200.00 US mark. I don't have time to deal with customer complaints regarding brokerage etc. I'd rather eat the extra shipping and get on with business. When Electronic shipping tools asks for the customers PH# when I ship xpresspost I just put my own ph#.

phoebescollectables · ‎09-23-2005

It appears as though US CBP has changed the requirement for Social Security Numbers on shipments under $2,000 effective Sept 13th.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/cargo_summary/ult_consignee.xml

I know this may not affect a lot of you, but it makes a difference for me and the courier service that transports my goods to the US.

Michael