ID verification

[theshimmeringrabbit]

Hi,

I recently was prompted to verify my account with photo ID, I dont have any of the documents listed and have read on here that Ebay will sometime accept a birth certificate and recent proof of adress ie a bill, These i do have. I contacted Ebay support and was told to go get photo ID instead of adressing my message which i found quite rude and i wanted to ask if there was a way of veryfying with this information or who i would need to talk to to use the alternate method.

Thanks

[myriad*seller]

Birth certificates are not proof of ID

Anyone can apply for your birth (or death or marriage) certificate

They are publicly available documents that anyone can apply for 

I have a drawer full of birth certificates I applied for when doing family tree research (for people both dead and still alive)

Therefore it does not prove your ID 

You can get a provisional driving licence that has a photo ID that is accepted by eBay 

[theshimmeringrabbit]

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Payments/Photo-ID/td-p/7553658#:~:text=This%20is%20a%20normal%20veri....

This is one of the ones i found that mentioned being able to use other documents