[TR] eBay

Rye Livingston ryel at mac.com
Sun Jan 31 08:59:09 MST 2021


Yes I agree, something isn’t right here.  eBay is not going to ask for a SSN number to buy something any more than the local grocery store.  

Rye




> On Jan 31, 2021, at 7:46 AM, John Linney <john at linneyweb.com> wrote:
> 
> The SSN is only needed if you are setup as a seller so they can report income as required by the IRS. It’s no different to becoming an Amazon seller. The SSN is provided on a government W9 form. Any other reason or form of request may be a phishing scam.
> 
> 
>> On Jan 31, 2021, at 7:26 AM, Paul Tegler <ptegler at verizon.net <mailto:ptegler at verizon.net>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> �hadn't heard that yet.
>> 
>> Fisrt off it is ILLEGAL to have any company require your SS number for ident. Even hospitals etc can not legally require you supply that info.
>> BTDT� way too many times. Your SS is NOT ana 'national ident' number. Bt Fed law it is ONLY a SS usage number.� I work for DoD and they even changed over a couple years back from using your SS to having full up employee numbers. 
>> 
>> ptegler
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 1/31/2021 5:37 AM, dave wrote:
>>> eBay is requiring a bank account and a social security number.� i'm done.
>>> �
>>> what other avenues are available for buying and selling?
>>> 
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