Why do I have put in a my social security # and birthday to list an item?

[horn31]

Why do I have to put my social security number and bday in to sell an item? 

[redwick1]

You are on the UK site

Sign out of ebay.co.uk and then into ebay.com for the US

[ruby*tuesday]

You have wandered onto Ebay UK. Log out and back into www.ebay.com ask on their Community Boards.