Proof of age. Neither my husband nor I own a credit card

Neither my husband nor I own a credit card and I want to bid on some cutlery, but as that includes a knife I have been asked to prove my age using a credit card. Is there another way to prove my age? 

Thanks, Liz

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I've got the same problem. Been an Ebay member for more than 18 years! Trying to bu some vintage cutlery knifes. My wife also failed, she was trying to buy spoons!!!!

 

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Yep. No help at all. The idea I get a credit card for proof of age is
ridiculous.
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@scrimpyblack wrote:
Yep. No help at all. The idea I get a credit card for proof of age is
ridiculous.

Then don't try and buy knives on ebay.  Buy them where the chosen method to check you are over 18 is something other than a credit card.

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I agree and there are different levels of DBS checks.   A very close family member has to regularly have one as he works with children.....the most in depth check

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i am having the same problem  without much luck  they even said ask to use someone elses card !you have to be 18  to join ebay  i do not and will not have a credit card  im a pensioner and have used ebay for years without a problem and only recently bought a letter opener of which i collect   i find it so frustrating  

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Exactly the same problem i am 68 response i got was a joke 

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My advice to anyone having this problem would be to just shop on Amazon for age restricted products. No messing around with credit cards to verify your age. They just need to see proof of age (driving license) when they deliver it. Was considerably less hassle.

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yes a problem which i never had before bought many letter openers on ebay
im 68 and its my old hobby
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I am having the exact same issue with trying to buy an antique silver letter opener (which the seller has given me a very good discount on) and before anyone says it, it can not be bought on Amazon or I would have gone there too. I am 55 years of age and I refuse to have a credit card just to pander to eBay’s nonsensical rules, there are other good options to prove age and identity without having to jump through these ridiculous hoops that eBay insists on for its customers.

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But, why must people have a 'Credit Card' to prove their age?

What is wrong with a Driving Licence or Passport. This is where the problem arises.

People cannot be expected to go through the rigmarole of applying for a credit card which they will Never use. 

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No one is disputing about the law on age, just the fact that ebay will only accept a 'Credit Card' as proof and nothing else. 

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World has gone mad and so has ebay. 
They'll let counterfeit items that you put inside your body (nothing 'adult' just electric tooth brush heads, but still, if fake who knows what quality control is like, there's a health warning in the UK out on them) sell, will refuse to look into reports, when asked to call me they say "Well seller's feedback looks okay" (even though leaving negative feedback takes longer than positive, making negative feedback rare and when asked to view chat logs where I've posted irrefutable proof that the seller (2023, I've been on ebay for >10 years, don't sell) that the items are counterfeit (no NFC chip, despite having the claims on the box and markings) they view them, say "yes there are pictures showing they are fake, but the seller has said if they are fake the seller will pull them down and the seller has ~80 good pieces of feedback" which is an absolute joke. I didn't give the girl at the call centre a hard time as she's likely on a script (and watched by AI to make sure she sticks to said script, look it up if you don't believe me) but the company has gone from auction site to half auction half sales to Amazon with even less oversight, which is saying a lot

Yet if someone wants to carve a turkey for Christmas they need a credit card? Wut? Surely the whole "ageverify" thing used for tobacco products could be used, which accepts all forms of ID and also facial age estimation. But no, a credit card. 

Yet the majority of stabbers in the UK get their knives from supermarkets (usually nicked) or their parents knife block. 

F this place. It isn't what it was a decade ago. You no longer find bargains, half the items are scams or sold/dropshipped out of China with a "Ships from UK" badge.

Last knife (or knife like item, it was a pair of straight razors) were bought from a local auction. No nonsense, I bid online, drove down, picked them up same day. There's little point in eBay anymore. 

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Yesi have missed out on several items now having no problems buying
previously ,guess ill have to look elsewhere now after ebays response
that i should use someones elses credit card i refuse to have a credit card
! 68 YEARS OLD
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I just tried to buy some TEA SPOONS! Was asked for credit card details which I don't possess. I'm 84. Has eBay caught dementia?

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There is something seriously wrong on ebay so it seems certainly do not
give credit details out sounds very dubious to me
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I too had the same problem trying to buy a vintage cutlery set for my Mum. I don't have a credit card because I don't want one, I don't have a passport because I don't need one and I don't have a driving licence because I no longer drive!  These days modern technology can verify age with name and address, there are cameras in stores and paper trails via receipts and banking details.

As much harm can be inflicted with so many other objects other than a knife if that is one's intention. One can go to a pound shop and buy a craft knife, a screwdriver , a hammer or a rolling pin, all of which could inflict bodily harm. 

So I bought my Mum a set of six steak knives from TKMaxx, I would have rather bought her the vintage set from a private seller on eBay, she would have preferred that but heyho, never mind, it is what it is! Namby pamby rules, regulations and laws.

I have a superb vintage Opinel french camping knife, lovely wooden handle and thick leather hand-crafted belt case that I was intending to auction on eBay, alas I can't...not allowed! 

 

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i have stopped looking on ebay for antique letter openers albeit
previously i had no problem buying them i am 68 years old but it seems ebay
do not care as i have tried several times to contact them to confirm my
age its like talking to a brick wall
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LOL, Imagine the damage you can inflict with a teaspoon, perhaps eBay are worried you might stir up trouble.  Idiotic company!

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Had the same idiotic problem and my account is already older than 18 years so it's literally impossible for me to be underage at that point even if I magically signed up somehow as a baby. Much like the pepole trying to buy spoons I'm not even trying to by something pointy that you can use for the crime they pretend to care about as it's an item completely useless for crime and we all know that this will make zero difference. People won't suddenly stop being criminal and violent because of something ebay does. Every kitchen already has a drawer full of knives that could finish me off easily (and cave men could make pointy and sharp things to kill mammoths) but every kitchen doesn't have a violent murderer in it thankfully. The latter is the real problem.

 

All these restrictions make it feel like we're in a prison and begging the commisary or warden to be allowed to buy something.

 

I've bought and even sold products like these in the past too with less problems, amusingly.

 

Ebay in other countries btw happily sells all these things and more.

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I suppose it's because "butter knife" has the word "knife" in it.

 

A few years ago, on another platform, I bought a sheath for my swiss army knife. The knife wasn't included, only the sheath was for sale. The sale was restricted to adults only and I had to prove my age to the delivery driver. I expect I couldn't have bought to start with without having a pre-registered credit card = I was over 18 years old because I had a credit card. I suspect it was because the product name included the word "knife".

 

Some years ago, on another platform, I bought a set of breadmaking accessories that included a "lame" (e with an acute accent). In case you don't already know, it's an extremely sharp thin blade for slicing plain or decorative cuts into bread dough. The open design and extreme sharpness meant it could be used as a lethal weapon. Came with a very necessary sheath. No age restrictions or any restrictions on buying it. Scores of lames available, without any restriction, as I browsed a lot before buying one. The only "safety" feature of a lame is that someone trying to use it as a weapon is likely to cut themselves.

 

Oddly, I've bought a couple of 'craft knives' recently, elsewhere, and faced no age restrictions. Such knives are really sharp, designed to cut through thick cardstock, vinyl, silicone, set resin... However, modern ones are designed to be as safe as poss, including one model I have which is designed so you don't touch any part of the blade (not even the spare blades as a mechanism swaps in a new blade without exposing any of it) unless you specifically decide to touch the end of it when using it. But, like "butter knife" the word "knife" forms part of the description.

 

Knife rules seem inconsistent!

 

 

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