Have not a credit card to buy cutlery

[pippydog0160]

I do not own a credit card and I don't want one.  I wish to buy cutlery but it won't let me. I have used Ebay since 2008 and I am in my 70s

[tressygirl]

I'm afraid there are strict rules on eBay to buy any sort of bladed item / knife which includes those in cutlery sets.

The only form of verification that a member is over 18 years of age is to have a credit card on file,  it matters not how long an account has been opened with no card on file,  a minor could be using it to buy an item and it's UK law not eBay's,  that proof is need to show you are over the age of 18.  Anyone of any age can hold a debit card.

I fully appreciate you do not wish to own one now, and the only way round this, to buy that cutlery set,  is to ask a friend or family member who does have a credit card on file,  to buy this item for you.

@pippydog0160 

[pippydog0160]

Its ridiculous, there must be other ways to prove age. Normally I would use photo ID.

Why should anyone without a credit card

be penalised.  I have been using Ebay for 17 years with a PayPal account. It's obvious I am over 18 or whatever the age is.

[tressygirl]

I am a member like yourself, and can only pass onto you eBay's rules for age verification , required to buy certain items, and currently, and has been for a long time,  a credit card on file is the only form they will accept.

@pippydog0160