Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Request for SS Number???
John Halstead
>I reveived the following e-mail from cabinetmaret Inc. I have not ordered mdse. from Canada before and I am not sure I should comply to this request in fear of ID theft. Your thoughts please??
Your order is being held at customs at the border, because they need your social security number in order to clear customs. Please get back to us with this information ASAP.
Re: Request for SS Number???
Trish B
>NEVER send your SSN via email. call the company directly. your SSN shouldn't have anything to do with merchandise being released from customs.
Agree - NEVER
Dave Bonde - Iowa
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NO! *LINK*
Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey
>You may be the purchaser, but you are not the importer of record. You have paid any duty as included in the price charged. You have no debt to U.S. Customs. If you have any doubt, contact U.S. Customs Service directly See the link and the contact numbers there.
US Customs
Tell them you don't have one.
Rod Peterson -- Ormond Beach
>I've had this argument (about giving my SSN at doctor's offices, etc.) a lot. I realized some time ago that the efficacy of the argument that they shouldn't have any need for it if they're not going to be giving me any money is lost on the minimum wage clerk at the desk. She's been instructed to get it and doesn't have any authority to accede to my arguments.
However, once I realized that there are plenty of people legitimately in this country who might be standing in the same place as me (Canadians in Florida in January comes to mind) and not have an SSN, I started telling them I didn't have one. That seemed to satisfy them—they'd made the effort. Even after I gave them my Government Health Insurance card, they didn't bother me any more.
Only once has it ever gone beyond that. I had a dermatologist that insisted I give him one despite my arguments. There are lots of dermatologists around. I found another one.
Unless you're going to be giving me money, you're not getting my SSN. Period. Says right on my original, ancient card: “not to be used for identification.”
Rod