ridiculous age verification problem | Buying

futurusticwoodworkin · 2025-10-04T14:46:02.035000Z

just spoke to an ebay agent about age verification: all I want to do is purchase a japanese saw blade, which I've done several times before (they last about 8 months before I replace it). I don't want a credit card and as a pensioner, I wouldn't get one anywayebay can see that I created my account 9 years ago - this would mean that if I was under 18, I would have had to have created it at the age of 9... it makes no sense at all to only use credit card numbers. I know that 'bladed items' fall under the new law, but since when has that stopped a minor taking a knife from the kitchen drawer?anyway, it seems the only option ebay offers is to enter a credit card number etc... debit cards don't workthis seems to me to be quite ridiculous, and is preventing lots of purchasesI really think ebay should rethink this policy and include other forms of age verification

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