Delcampe Is Officially Run By Morons

Having been the victim of ID theft there is ZERO way I would ever give Delcampe an image of my license or passport. That is insane. Once they are inevitably stolen from Delcampe they will be for sale on the dark web saving some scumbag from time and effort building it from scratch.

I am not sure that I would give that level of personal information to most any company, never mind an online stamp venue that is nowhere near my part of the planet.

God forbid if I had an issue and needed to seek recourse, the logistics and costs of doing so halfway around the globe would be totally out-of-reach.
Don

Eff that. A freaking stamp market doesn't have the right to ask for, and keep on file, my personal ID data.

I do not think Delcampe has the right to ask for such identification under EU law, where they are located. And, the certainly will be breaching European regulations if they store the copy.

So how is this going to work out for all those buyers who live in Latin American countries who have a p.o. box in Florida?

Delcampe just need to get their act together and implement tax collection and be done with this issue instead of cutting off the nose to spite the face. There are software solutions to hand this.

Let's be honest. Nobody has to use Delcampe. If it doesn't work for you, go elsewhere. Take your money to other places. Sellers there will suffer and move to other platforms.. Don't support dumb decisions. Vote with your wallet.

Is it only me who wonders how one gets to be the victim of an ID theft?

Lately, I have noticed that Delcampe is actively encouraging users to change their password frequently. Any connection to this?

I don't think Delcampe made a "dumb decision", although it could have communicated it better. It simply chose not to act as a free tax collection service for certain US states.

Maybe. It is quite common. Plenty tv programmes have aired that discussed this.



Interesting. I have not had any such message from them.

@NSK



The link leads to this blog article: https://blog.delcampe.net/en/change...er-security/

Ah, yes. That is the part I ignore when l log on.

In my case it started with a hack by China of the US Government. They hacked millions of files that were for security clearances. That gave them everything you would fill out for obtaining a security clearance which means everything. Since then, Marriot, Best Buy and almost a hundred other companies have been hacked and my info stolen. It is sold on the dark web and used to attempt to open bank accounts in my name, purchase vehicles, obtain SBA loans, get COVID money and the list goes on.

I can guarantee you that if you are reading this somebody has stolen some of your personal data. Guaranteed.

The LAST thing you would ever want to do is give a website your ID images. Just leave your wallet on the subway. It is safer.

@rogdcam, I see. For a minute there I thought the ID theft happened via your Delcampe account. I empathize with your situation.

Where I am (in the EU) we have legislation that regulates data protection (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gener...n_Regulation ) which gives an individual the right to inquire what data a public institution or a company has stored and even the "right to be forgotten" by (most of) them.

Furthermore, since 2015 I avoid using the Big Tech American (and Chinese) companies, so no Alphabet (Google), Apple, Meta (Facebook) or Microsoft services for me. I was told and have read that data in the US has very poor rights when it comes to private individuals.

And if in fact Delcampe can track sales by individual states located within the USA, then it has the ability to do a cost benefit analysis to determine if continued business in those states is cost effective.

Likewise they need to determine if sellers not located within the USA but selling in the USA will change their habits and depart Delcampe.

Finally remember that Delcampe and or it payment processors need to provide USA Fed 1099-K forms for anyone getting over $600 in payments from sales in the USA as well as for those located in the USA making sales anywhere in the world. This requires US Tax ID information be collected. If they cannot nor will not collect such information, cutting off those sellers is the correct business action.

All that said, a non-USA company located outside of the USA may simply choose to stop doing business with the USA if it makes financial sense. Attempts to globalize tax collection as are now underway may change Delcampe's decision later.

Times change. Plans rearrange. Disruption of markets occurs.

I am not sure how you could be avoiding using US or Chinese Big Tech if you use internet websites (like the one you are on right now) since the vast majority (74%+) of all websites in the world are being hosted on cloud infrastructure owned and controlled by AWS ( Amazon US), Google (US), Azure (Microsoft US), Alibaba (China), IBM (US), Salesforce (US), Tencent (China), and Oracle (US).
Don