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Import Shipper Asking for SSN and/or Other Private Info

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April 13, 2025, 12:53 AM
flesheatingvirus
Import Shipper Asking for SSN and/or Other Private Info
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Originally posted by V-Tail:
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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:

Update: I just received another email from DHL asking for an import duty payment of $393.46.
Is this due to the new tariff?


I’m still not convinced any of this is real yet. I contacted the shipper directly.


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April 13, 2025, 01:10 AM
flesheatingvirus
I went directly to the DHL main site:



That is a 30% fucking tax. Apparently, DHL pays all of that stuff for you, throws on a bunch of other, non-optional fees, then bills you for all of it.

Does that line up with the current situation with goods from Germany? If that’s what this is, I may just have to eat it. I don’t see anything getting cheaper once this tariff crap calms down, regardless.

The shipper also dropped the ball on my order by 2 months. They did apologize, but if they had gotten it shipped out in a matter of weeks like they originally stated, I’m thinking this would have been avoided. I informed them of the current situation and asked if a refund is possible if I refuse the shipment; we’ll see what they say.


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-- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. --
April 13, 2025, 01:43 AM
Andyb
I've had to provide my SSN to UPS and Fedex for imports, I assume DHL is the same. I thought it was weird too the first time. Went out of my way to talk to someone directly to confirm it.


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April 14, 2025, 03:40 PM
flesheatingvirus
The shipper offered to cover half the cost. I'll take it.


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-- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. --