Amazon asking for date of birth

He's got your name and address and giving him your DOB gives him more power to de-fraud. report it to Amazon and the police, and the delivery company name if you have it.

REPORT, REPORT REPORT, to both seller & Amazon. How many more are they doing this to?

Only for delivery involving alcohol.... and he did say that was why. They take a photo of the parcels they leave outside my door which is fine. I was asked for DOB by a DHL driver a while ago but gave a false one then realised later it would've made me 24 rather than nearly 70! He didn't query it though!

I haven't been asked for DOB but have been asked for a photo. In my case the man said it was fine for the photo to be of the open door but said some folk liked to be in it! I declined and just went for the open door photo.

Yes, I have, but only when there was alcohol in the parcel.

I think its the hand wipes, as they do contain alcohol- but clearly he could see you were over 18, or even 21 so shouldnt have mattered.The shopping delivery i ordered near beginning of lockdown did this to us- because id ordered antibac wipes- i was on way back from hospital (i still had to have blood tests done regular for warfarin) my son came to pick me up, leaving his brother, almost 17, at home) i knew I'd be back for shopping time I'd requested, We dont live far from hosp, but Asda shop arrived early and they wouldnt leave any of it- i rang as i knew i hadnt bought any booze- & they explained it was because of the alcohol in the antibac wipes! They couldnt leave the shop with my younger son! Crazy i know! (I pointed out he'd have had to suck a heck of a lot of wipes to get drunk!) Or they could've left rest of shop, and not the wipes! Just like they could have left you the bath mat!

They take photo of where they've left parcels to prove they've left it- mostly as we are not signing for them i think, as they take pic of parcels left in my porch cupboard! (though how that doesn't mean they still can't nick them after that I've no idea?

When taking delivery of a mezzaluna (sp? It's a herb chopping gizmo) I was asked to provide proof that I was over 18 so I threw my arms out, grinned and struck a pose - I'm 78 for goodness sake!! The chap had no sense of humour so I eventually showed him my Over 60s bus pass.

jadeolivia sorry can’t pass on the logistics number because I was put through to them from Amazon Customer Services. The customer services number is available on Google.

Asda also made my older son go all way back upstairs to get his drivers licence as proof once even though he had car keys in his hand as he was on his way to collect me (again, from hospital) and then they barely bothered to glance at it anyway.fair do's he is a young driver at 21 (passed at 19) but he had 3 days beard growth & looked at least 20! (That time id ordered very low alcohol g&t 'drink' (which means there's about 0.2% in!)

I’ve had hundreds of parcels from Amazon, before and during lockdown and never ever been asked for my date of birth! Seems very strange to me. If you know the courier company give them a call and check what their policy is!

Sounds strange to me too. Just had 2 parcels delivered, rang bell and left on step

Theres still a very low content of alcohol in some baby wipes i think strange as it would seem, but most have done away with it, but not all, perhaps not some cheaper brands.

I was asked this week to provide my date of birth to the Amazon driver as I had ordered a fancy new breadknife.

I gave him my "internet date of birth", i.e. the date I use for anything online. It's fairly close to my real dob, but the day is two days out, the month is two months out and the year is two years out. It's close enough for what he needed .

No have never had to give d.o.b. for amazon, they even cheerfully DO leave things with youngest son(17 now).Amazon do their own deliveries with their own drivers - they even had amazon drivers delivering the covid 19 testing kits on weekends.

How come Amazon delivery men get into your house ? Are they breaking in ?

You only have to prove age with alcohol / combustible or related goods. Amazon are also not getting you to sign for parcels at the moment because of COVID-19

i'm told it is needed for alcohol but just make up a date

Remind him of what Oscar Wilde said about a woman who tells her real age!

I have a fake date of birth for anyone that requires one ( unless it’s passport, driving licence , NHS or the like). It’s very close to my actual dob but I’ve swapped the 3s for 2s so it’s easy to remember. Job done. It still makes me over 18 ?.
In your post- it doesn’t seem right at all. No delivery driver for anything has ever asked me for that sort of info. Definitely report it.

Nope, not happened to me either !

I'm 74 soon and ordered a pack of craft scalpels - Amazon wouldn't hand it over til I provided proof of age - showed passport briefly and he seemed happy - handed it over. There was a big sticker emblazoned on the package that ID was needed - despite my standing there obviously WELL over 18 - sadly!

No seems very strange I definitely would not tell anyone my DOB especially when they know your name and address they could be using it .
Call Amazon Customer Service or we chat and make a copy of web chat

Yes, have been asked once before and again yesterday. I told him I am not giving it to him, as there is no need and there are limits of what I am prepared to tell them. The fact the parcel is addressed to me via my account with Amazon is enough. He promptly did something on his machine and left the parcel for me to pick up as usual.

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They take photo of where they've left parcels to prove they've left it- mostly as we are not signing for them i think, as they take pic of parcels left in my porch cupboard! (though how that doesn't mean they still can't nick them after that I've no idea?

This driver needs to be very tall to take a picture of where he left the package. If it's cut glass crystal, someone's in for a shock:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35XPC3VspIg