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Are you sure this information isn't required because of your government? That's the case at least in the EU, and the EU gets angry if they miss people. Aliexpre
by emteycz 5y ago
Are you sure this information isn't required because of your government? That's the case at least in the EU, and the EU gets angry if they miss people. Aliexpress tries to do what the regulators want, sadly they don't have user experience in mind.
- OJFord 5y agoI didn't deal with that from the UK (which was at the time of my AliExpress orders in the EU).
- emteycz 5y agoThat's a long time ago. Aliexpress started asking me for this stuff only few months ago, which I believe is when EU made getting the info mandatory - that was definitely post-brexit.
- OJFord 5y agoWell.. I suppose that's a matter of perspective, but if that's such a recent change then fair enough! What's the purpose of it? Does it have to be recorded & kept (in case police want to ask 'who bought x' or 'what did y buy' or something?) or is it just to check that the purchaser matches the billing details (fraud prevention?)?
- emteycz 5y agoIt's because of collecting VAT and import taxes and then redistributing the money to the relevant countries, I believe. Companies used to pay customs and import taxes in the port where a shipment arrived, often under favored terms, which the other countries didn't like.