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Old 05-20-20, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by evosil98
I know this is an old thread but I recently ordered from ProBikeKit and was asked to provide a scanned image of my US Passport.

Has anyone experienced this?
Did you buy a lot? I ordered about $100 back in January and didn't need to do that.
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Old 05-20-20, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by surak
Did you buy a lot? I ordered about $100 back in January and didn't need to do that.
No, just about $200 USD. Got an email from DHL and Probikekit asking for my passport information.
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Old 05-21-20, 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by evosil98
No, just about $200 USD. Got an email from DHL and Probikekit asking for my passport information.
I wouldn't scan my passport and send it anyone for 10 grand, let alone 200 bucks.
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Old 05-21-20, 09:49 AM
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This sounds really really sketchy.
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Old 05-24-20, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by nomadmax
I wouldn't scan my passport and send it anyone for 10 grand, let alone 200 bucks.
Yeah WTF? Under what justification do they want/need that? Answer: ZERO.

Passport to buy some bike *****? wtf
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Old 08-17-20, 06:19 PM
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I've ordered lots of stuff from PBK....they usually have pretty good deals if you don't mind the shipping times. Always paid the extra few bucks for tracking/insurance when I ordered something expensive, though.
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