Ebay UK total Ban on knives, Where next for UK collectors?

Atlantia · 10th February 2009, 11:10 AM

Just in case anyone hasn't seen the other threads mentioning this, or the watchdog announcement, to improve safety ebay UK is set to ban the sale of all knives escept the ones most commonly used to kill (Kitchen Knives):

"the laws surrounding the sales of knives are extremely complex and so we have decided that the best way to protect our members and achieve the safety guarantees they have come to expect from us is to remove and ban all knives, with the exception of cutlery knives, from our UK and Ireland sites. "

"eBay's marketplace structure means that it will take time to work with our sellers to remove the knives currently for sale and prevent new listings from being posted. However, we are committed to achieving this as quickly as possible."

So, my question is, where will all of us UK collectors go to buy and sell our knives?
Is anyone using any of the other auction sites?

ebay anouncement

10th February 2009, 11:10 AM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Ebay UK total Ban on knives, Where next for UK collectors? Just in case anyone hasn't seen the other threads mentioning this, or the watchdog announcement, to improve safety ebay UK is set to ban the sale of all knives escept the ones most commonly used to kill (Kitchen Knives): "the laws surrounding the sales of knives are extremely complex and so we have decided that the best way to protect our members and achieve the safety guarantees they have come to expect from us is to remove and ban all knives, with the exception of cutlery knives, from our UK and Ireland sites. " "eBay's marketplace structure means that it will take time to work with our sellers to remove the knives currently for sale and prevent new listings from being posted. However, we are committed to achieving this as quickly as possible." So, my question is, where will all of us UK collectors go to buy and sell our knives? Is anyone using any of the other auction sites? ebay anouncement Last edited by Atlantia; 10th February 2009 at 12:14 PM.