EBays Ridiculous Restrictions While Trying To Purchase SCISSORS !!! | Member To Member Support

madhousenutstick · 2026-01-29T18:47:49.798000Z

All I wanted was to purchase a new pair of scissors on eBay, simple enough or so you would think but NO !!!😮 Found what would be the perfect pair of scissors that would fit the bill, put them in the basket and went to the checkout to purchase them... Only to be presented by a ridiculous and absurd page from eBay telling me that I need to "confirm my age" by giving them "Credit Card" details !!! 🤔 As I don't own or use a credit card then I couldn't even get past this flawed and ridiculous page as it DOESN'T give you any other options whatsoever to even try and verify your age !!! 😳 Not sure who at eBay came up with such an incompetent concept and decided to discriminate against everyone who doesn't own a "Credit card" but whomever is responsible clearly doesn't live in the real world. Spent almost an hour on the phone trying to resolve this issue with eBay but with no luck and only to be told that is eBays policy on "bladed items" and there's nothing they can do about it. I get that here in the UK it's "government policy" to have some form of "age check" to be made when purchasing a "bladed item" but I also get that DOESN'T mean that for some unfathomable reason which eBay has decided that only people with a "Credit Card" can purchase such an item. Seriously eBay, why on earth are you discriminating against everyone who doesn't own or use a "Credit Card" and preventing people from purchasing what is after all a simple common everyday item ? Get your act together eBay and at least give EVERYONE the chance to verify their age and NOT just those who use a credit card. 😡

Discussions

EBays Ridiculous Restrictions While Trying To Purchase SCISSORS !!! | Member To Member Support | eBay UK