Not everything in relation to verification is to do with blades products.

Ebay should tell you how to submit docs if they need them.

But ebay STILL doesn't make this easy to do, after so long that this has this been a problem for those that don't have ebay's preferred option of photo I.D.

WHY IS THAT if, as we are told these verification checks are required by legislation ?

It's not that long ago that ebay was saying that ONLY photo I.D was acceptable, which was never true.

Now they grudgingly accept that there are other (non photo) ways  to verify and even tell sellers about them.  But still make verification as tortuous as possible without giving ebay what it really wants, photos of sellers. 

As these have now proved to be un-necessary, the only reason for ebay to continue making life difficult is because it gains something by doing so.

So what is this really all about?  Site security OR handing ebay yet more info. that it can exploit (sell) for its own benefit ?

Amazon require exactly the same photo ID as ebay do. They also make it extremely difficult for you to use any other method. In my case, as a business seller,  they wanted a letter from HMRC and the bank, a utility bill, a copy of a full birth certificate (not the short one), and marriage certificate.  Over the years I went through verification twice, however when they decided to verify me for the 3rd time I pulled the plug on them.

It’s KYC and nothing else. Loads of financial institutions need to do it. Amazon need to do it. And generally, passport and driving licence is what is suggested because MOST users will have this. So it makes eBay’s life easier if you can provide this. There is a way to provide a birth certificate and you can, you just need to jump through more hoops as you are an outlier. Most people will have what eBay would prefer.

to think eBay are for some reason doing this to data harvest your passport photos for some nefarious purpose is a wild, wild reach.

Thanks for comments.

Is it ?

As amazon doing the same has been brought into the conversation I'll just quote an amazon exec. from years ago.

"Amazon is a data collecting enterprise that just happens to sell books."

Just like ebay just happens to sell all sorts of stuff for others, but lately it could be said that ebay has lost interest in selling anything and is more interested in advertising revenue and data gathering.

 I will leave you to your beliefs on this matter.

Hi so if I take a photo of my seventy ## year old flimsy bit of paper that looks like a doctor's prescription writing format practice sheet will be accepted ! as opposed to my only photo card ID that is a Bus pass that is acceptable throughout England that , clearly shows Name address & date of birth ! is not acceptable, can I ask which planet goes your organisation stems from. a clear answer it would appear welcome for many users and enlightening to your own representatives

Put simply, under current due diligence rules for Know Your Customer Anti Money Laundering checks (not eBay’s rules this btw) the bus pass is not an accepted document.