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    From jon@reading.mostly@crap.org to uk.d-i-y on Fri Feb 20 12:28:51 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by the verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have been
    through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?
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  • From Max Demian@max_demian@bigfoot.com to uk.d-i-y on Fri Feb 20 14:05:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    On 20/02/2026 12:28, jon wrote:

    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by the verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have been through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?

    Just go to a Shop. Remember those?
    --
    Max Demian
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  • From jon@reading.mostly@crap.org to uk.d-i-y on Fri Feb 20 14:20:38 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:05:19 +0000, Max Demian wrote:

    On 20/02/2026 12:28, jon wrote:

    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by
    the verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have
    been through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?

    Just go to a Shop. Remember those?

    This is on special offer @ -u24 reduced from -u45
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  • From Jethro@jethro_UK@hotmailbin.com to uk.d-i-y on Fri Feb 20 16:30:26 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:28:51 +0000, jon wrote:

    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by
    the verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have
    been through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?

    No help, but it's axiomatic that if an age verification system is
    mistakenly rejecting an adult it will also be permitting a minor.
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  • From Sam Plusnet@not@home.com to uk.d-i-y on Fri Feb 20 18:57:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    On 20/02/2026 16:30, Jethro wrote:
    On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:28:51 +0000, jon wrote:

    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by
    the verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have
    been through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?

    No help, but it's axiomatic that if an age verification system is
    mistakenly rejecting an adult it will also be permitting a minor.

    You mean, ask an 8 year old for help?
    --
    Sam Plusnet
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  • From Paul@nospam@needed.invalid to uk.d-i-y on Fri Feb 20 13:57:50 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    On Fri, 2/20/2026 7:28 AM, jon wrote:
    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by the verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have been through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?


    You can see the issue has reached -- nowhere, on the support ladder.
    Amazon might as well be saying "we don't sell bladed items in the UK",
    with the response they are making. It's support-circles-in-the-mud
    for fun.

    https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/seller-forums/discussions/t/fb999205-9403-419c-ab7e-06c44877866a

    The local shops are especially nice this time of year...
    because they care about their customers, and...
    they care to HAVE customers.

    The very first time I did business with Amazon, they did
    a bait and switch on me, and an elephant never forgets.
    There have been zero subsequent attempts to do business.

    Paul
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  • From The Natural Philosopher@tnp@invalid.invalid to uk.d-i-y on Fri Feb 20 20:38:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    On 20/02/2026 14:05, Max Demian wrote:
    On 20/02/2026 12:28, jon wrote:

    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by the
    verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have been
    through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?

    Just go to a Shop. Remember those?

    And get arrested on the way out
    --
    Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the
    gospel of envy.

    Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

    Winston Churchill


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  • From Ottavio Caruso@ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com to uk.d-i-y on Sat Feb 21 14:50:08 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    Am 20.02.26 um 14:05 schrieb Max Demian:
    On 20/02/2026 12:28, jon wrote:

    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by the
    verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have been
    through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?

    Just go to a Shop. Remember those?


    Who buys at shops any more?
    --
    Ottavio Caruso
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  • From jon@reading.mostly@crap.org to uk.d-i-y on Sat Feb 21 17:12:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:30:26 +0000, Jethro wrote:

    On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:28:51 +0000, jon wrote:

    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by
    the verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have
    been through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?

    No help, but it's axiomatic that if an age verification system is
    mistakenly rejecting an adult it will also be permitting a minor.

    I got my daughter to buy it.
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  • From jon@reading.mostly@crap.org to uk.d-i-y on Sun Feb 22 09:46:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.d-i-y

    On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:57:50 -0500, Paul wrote:

    On Fri, 2/20/2026 7:28 AM, jon wrote:
    I am trying to purchase a kitchen knife, but keep getting rebuffed by
    the verification system. Tried customer services, but no help. I have
    been through the circular loop at least a dozen time.

    Has anyone been able to use the verification successfully.?


    You can see the issue has reached -- nowhere, on the support ladder.
    Amazon might as well be saying "we don't sell bladed items in the UK",
    with the response they are making. It's support-circles-in-the-mud for
    fun.

    https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/seller-forums/discussions/t/
    fb999205-9403-419c-ab7e-06c44877866a

    The local shops are especially nice this time of year...
    because they care about their customers, and...
    they care to HAVE customers.

    The very first time I did business with Amazon, they did a bait and
    switch on me, and an elephant never forgets.
    There have been zero subsequent attempts to do business.

    Paul

    Thanks Paul, the system is broken.
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