Rentmen requires Social Security to send 'gifts'.

[genomecop]

Was about to send someone on the site a 'gift' and it requires you to add you social security and or tax id.  Seems totally unsafe. Thoughts?

[+ KensingtonHomo]

Nooooope. 

[+ PhileasFogg]

I wouldn’t do it…

We don’t know who owns it.  I can’t think of a compelling reason like patriot act compliance or 1099 reporting….unusual

[BeamerBikes]

I’m guessing it’s due to foreign ownership.  Either they want to be 100% in compliance with some obscure IRS regulation 

OR it’s a European country thing.  In Brazil, I couldn’t buy tickets to a New Year’s Eve party because I didn’t have a Brazilian Tax ID. We had a local friend who helped us.  It’s not unusual in other countries to require tax ids for any commercial transaction.  
 

either way, agreed, I’d be less likely to “gift” a membership. 
also if you’re gifting a membership to an expired ad, it might be in bad form as the provider may be purposefully on hiatus.  

[TonyDown]

It's a German owner, right? 

Are other Website like that? 

e.g. If someone in the UK has an Amazon wish list, does that require to attached your Tax ID # to support a wish list item?