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Just got the business doc request on a Canadian account. Guessing it will be similar to Inform in the US.

My concern is if they ask for ID. Used my passport for the separate US acct.

Was thinking of using health card if needed, or DL (banned address from 12 years ago) if necessary.

Question is, will they do facial recognition off of the ID to see if there are any other accounts under my "face"

Thinking no, because of the identical twins rule, but this is AZ.

Thanks
PhD

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Not sure either - only time will tell...

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I haven't heard that they have started this practice. But knowing AMZ, if they can do something to not have a human involved, they probably have done it.

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Highly unlikely.

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I think you're safe....

Good thinking for sure though

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Traffic on AZ.ca is not as heavy but doesnt mean it's highly unlikely...

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Retirement is still, kinda, on track. Just trying to sell the rest of our stuff off as well as building a bit of a safety net.

Bad news is we got double trumped. Lost 300K from our retirement fund through this craziness.

Plus 2/3 of our business was always in the US. Shipped myself into the states. 90% of those products are made in China. Can't afford to pay an extra 145%.

So our safety net is pretty thin right now, and retirement plans are being toned down a bit. Just hoping to hang tough for another year or so and have the markets recoup.

PhD

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Thanks for all the responses.

The Canada Identity Verification is way different than Inform in US.

Even need to submit a document to outline the structure of the company, similar to a flowchart with all names of people involved.

An absurd waste of space and time since this account is over 12 years old (not bad more a stealth acct).

PhD

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Sorry for your loss,you are not alone.
But there is no tariff war between Canada and China,can you still place order from China and take them across the border to AMZN US warehouse?

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Silver linings, eh? I hope you get this sorted PhD!

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Thats was he did in the past,for his AMZN USA account,he will drive across the border and drop off his inventory at an US AMZN warehouse

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Exporting is for product country of origin, not where the products are travelling.

I have checked with our broker, and yes, China tariffs would apply. If they didn't, China would ship into Vancouver, then ship into US without tariffs.

Still waiting to see if this changes and we can get our last orders into the US before moving to retirement.

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And yes, we are retiring. Just was trying to do a small year and build a safety net this year.

What hurts most is that we were going to go out on our terms.

It's all fun and games, until it's not!

PhD

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YOu mean you're part of the 6.4trillion of lost asset?

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Latest,China is willing to talk !

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Yup, without us, it would be down to 6.399998 trillion :clap:

PhD

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What happens if you load up your station wagon with goods destined for US AMZN warehouse,would US customs stop you?
Recently someone tried to bring eggs from Mexico and the US customs said NO?
Gold is up $84 now and Bitcoin $82,some said gold can easily go to $4000 and eventually $6000.
Central banks are ditching US treasuries and buy gold !

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I cross the border in commercial. Just like a trucker, just a smaller version. This includes transponder to cross and brokered paperwork to cross.

Our investments will need to stay where they are now. They do average 9% a year, and the window for moving them is now closed. It will come back though, it always does. But we have never faced this much uncertainty around the world since 1939.

Just playing a waiting game right now. We could just continue the selloff and fade away, or if China goods (at least toys) get a tariff drop, we can continue with our "safety net" before riding into the sunset.

But I will make the decision before the end of May. We are still in good shape. Just not the complete freedom in retirement yet that I had in place 10 weeks ago.

Thanks
PhD

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HK postal system just said they are not shipping goods to US,documents are OK.
Have not heard any thing from UPS or Fed Exp,Fed Exp is popular with Chinese sellers.
As for the stock market,gold miners are the only ones which are doing well,besides the weapon/arms manufacturers.

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That hurts.... can you make it back you think? THe market should rebound.

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not rebounding now,DJI is down 720 points,Nasdaq 100 just as bad

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It will rebound, but this is unprecedented territory. So unlike 2008/2020/2022, there is really nothing to guide the Feds through the potential chaos that may be coming.

All we can do is hope someone straightens what's his name out.

On the bright side, the business owes us just over 100K when we do shut everything down. With our government pensions, we should be able to stretch it out for 14-18 months.

PhD

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Fed chairman just said in an interview today with inflation,he would not be lowering rate any time soon. so market drops some more as he speaks.
Also Nividea announced a huge writeoff $5.5 billions as it cant sell some of its chips to China,it said so after hours yesterday.
Come to think of it,all these tariffs are good for Ebay and Ebay sellers,I find new,like new,used consumer goods on Ebay,there is no tariffs buying from them and many offer free shipping.
I have a suggestion-
Once there is this Canadian lady who lived near Niagara Falls,she sells DVDs and to save money,she will drive to US and ship them from the Niagara Falls post office(US post office)media mail and pocket a few dollars per DVD.
Unfortunately USPS post office said she must have a US return address as they will not be returning any of her packages to Canada,I dont know how she gets it resolved.
May be you can find someone who lives close to the border or someone in USA who will handle your AMZN sales for you.

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Returning packages to Canada is possible but buyer will have to pay more - which often is not used.

The way many sellers close to border get over this is use of a p.o. box in the USA. Hell, I have 2 spread out close to the border for returns and both online shopping if I feel like.

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USPS would not return packages back to Canada if it is marked 'undeliverable,package refused,address invalid),this is not a case of buyer wants to return the package.
Can a foreigner with no US address open a USPS mail box? or are you referring to opening a mail box with a private company?
PHD's situation is not the same as shipping a few DVDs,if he can find someone reliable in US,that person would need storage to stock his merchandise,there are companies which would fullfill his orders,but how is he going to move his merchandise enmass without the tariff issue?

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Agreed. There currently doesn't seem to be a good legal way.

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may be smaller load which fits in the trunk of a station wagon.
folks cross border every day to/from Mexico and Canada,to buy a used car and meet at a bank parking lot,to buy cigarettes,they used to have tourist package going to MEXICO to buy prescription drug and do some sight seeing,now there is internet.

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It will rebound, it always has. For the people that says "this feels different this time", will miss it or get shaken out unfortunately. For the people that stick to the plan, will come out of this recession with much more. Stay strong and fetch assets when it feels like there's no bottom.

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All the Lady has to do is get a postal box (USPS or UPS) for returns, and then pick up returns on her next trip over. I've been doing that for 17 years.

As far as for us, we purchase our product in Canada, and utilize the exchange rate on the dollar to profit.

If I were to buy in the US, have shipped to US, then legally I have a US business and all the headaches to go along with that.

By originating everything in Canada, I then only have a Canadian business. Since that's where I reside, it works this way.

Thanks
PhD

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That is very true, except, in our situation, we plan on retiring later this year, and will need to draw on our investments by the middle of next year.

PhD

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The $800 limit on goods passing over the border tax free will be removed at the start of May.

It would cost us more to ship small loads over multiple trips, than a large load at once.

We are playing the waiting game to see if CN tariffs drop. Then we will have a window to hurry and get everything in place, then ride off into the sunset.

Here's hoping.

PhD

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Foreigners with no US address can open USPS mail boxes as well as private mom-and-pop type of boxes, just fyi. The person just needs legitimate passport ID. I have done this.

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Amazon bots can't even read an invoice or answer a support ticket successfully half the times. How the hack are they going to do this?