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

[thewizlings]

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

[tressygirl]

eBay ask for a credit card for these purchases as you have to be over the age of 18 years to own a credit card,  and over 18 years to buy any ' bladed item'.  

Anyone of any age can own a debit card.

@noorsaher 

[dantwocats]

And now they have removed a saw set with has nothing sharp on it ? but a  policy violation

[edwardian-dreams]

What’s a saw with no sharp edges? lol sorry made me chuckle 

oh it’s not a toy is it?

[kp9b_uk_vqnwoxp1]

Yes, can't buy one as I don't have a credit card either.

[smallbrookdesign]

But a credit card is not an acceptable proof of age, ebay are morons. They are breaking the law with this rule and its dangerous. Trading laws set what is acceptable forms of ID and a credit card is not. The government needs to deal with them they have broken trading laws so many times over the years. They are at it again 

[jonatjonatjonat]

The only bit I’ve found on this is the following which is unlikely to satisfy due diligence

• only accepting payment by credit card. Credit cards are not available to under 18s, but certain debit and prepaid cards are. Your payment systems are unlikely to be able to differentiate between the different types of cards, so it is essential that you have additional age verification in place

however, at this point in the process eBay aren’t only accepting payment by credit card, they are asking you to show you have a credit card on your name. This would show you have been through a check on a credit bureau which would have identified you are over 18. There is a fairly common age verification tool that does just that, checks your data against the credit bureaus.

i agree it’s bone headed not to accept ANY other form of proof and bone headed the list that they deem a bladed article, but the method they are using seems to just about cover their backs.

[smallbrookdesign]

Go on the gov website no where is a credit card listed as an acceptable form of ID. Also not listed on trading law website. You can't go into tesco and buy a knife with a credit card as an ID. How is it covering their backs? Its not legal form of ID never has been never will be. Just because you have to be 18 to have one dosnt mean its ID does it. Unsure why they don't feel they have to follow the law. 

[lucy_farmer]

I think ebay are relying on the credit card companies' ID process (to *not* give a credit card to an under 18) so they don't have to set up an (expensive) enhanced I.D. process of their own.

It is quite obvious that ebay have no confidence in their own, current ID process. Or they'd just use the fact that an ebay user has to be over 18 to have an account!   (ebay obviously know users are lying about age, but don't care...)