Ebay UK Bans all knives and swords

Atlantia · 23rd February 2009, 03:13 PM

This is such a huge announcement for UK members and those who buy from them on ebay that I thought it should be posted in both forums.

Looks like the announcement has been finalised:

From 10th March 2009, all knives and swords except cutlery will be banned from sale on eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie. The definition of cutlery includes those implements which can be used for eating, including cutlery sets, individual pieces of cutlery and antique cutlery.

All other items, including knives used in the preparation of food will be banned, including (but not limited to);
# antique knives
# bread knives
# craft knives
# Stanley knives
# camping/ survival/ hunting knives
# diving knives
# kitchen knives
# Swiss Army knives and Leathermans
# all swords

BBJW · 25th February 2009, 06:29 PM

Pull the other one! You are joking right?

bbjw

fearn · 26th February 2009, 07:00 AM

Nope. Still, the question is how eBay is planning on screening thousands of blades from China. My guess is that, if they're using a set of filters, someone will figure out a way around it, and something, say extremely large *blunt* letter openers will be sold in the UK. Or something like that.

Or the Jedi Church will start requiring its members to have real swords and it will become a religious issue...

Sigh.

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23rd February 2009, 03:13 PM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Ebay UK Bans all knives and swords This is such a huge announcement for UK members and those who buy from them on ebay that I thought it should be posted in both forums. Looks like the announcement has been finalised: From 10th March 2009, all knives and swords except cutlery will be banned from sale on eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie. The definition of cutlery includes those implements which can be used for eating, including cutlery sets, individual pieces of cutlery and antique cutlery. All other items, including knives used in the preparation of food will be banned, including (but not limited to); # antique knives # bread knives # craft knives # Stanley knives # camping/ survival/ hunting knives # diving knives # kitchen knives # Swiss Army knives and Leathermans # all swords

25th February 2009, 06:29 PM	#2
BBJW Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 228	Pull the other one! You are joking right? bbjw

26th February 2009, 07:00 AM	#3
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Nope. Still, the question is how eBay is planning on screening thousands of blades from China. My guess is that, if they're using a set of filters, someone will figure out a way around it, and something, say extremely large blunt letter openers will be sold in the UK. Or something like that. Or the Jedi Church will start requiring its members to have real swords and it will become a religious issue... Sigh. F