18 to 25 age verified?.

skipper847

skipper847

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Hi I look way younger then i am but im actually 45 and 2 deliveries have refused to give me neighbours package as they say i dont even look over 18 on a age verified package. I always accepted neighbours package and put it next to door in apartment with no issues. If i looked over 18 would the delivery driver just give me the package or still refuse?. Oh and deliveries where from royal male and amazon so cant be that age restricted either.

I just hate looking so young it does have it annoying sides to it. Like below are in there early 20 and im old enough to be the dad but as they look there age would they just give it?.

Royal Mail* :P
 
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I too have that problem or at least it was a problem till I got up to 50+ and now at 66,
I am all too happy to look younger so take it easy and enjoy it (and maybe carry around your ID).
 
Could be as simple as an 18+ movie. In all honesty if it's for your neighbours I wouldn't worry about it, if you are that bothered then show them ID and they should be fine with it.
 
I'm sorry, but what?
I've never heard of a courier refusing delivery based on the age of the person answering the door, having bought stuff for years since the dawn of ebay and before that as a kid, I've never heard/experienced this?
How do the couriers know that the porn games that you've bought inside the parcel, are age restricted?
Since when is it up to a courier to verify the age - when this is done at checkout before it's even dispatched?
 
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deviation said:
I'm sorry, but what?
I've never heard of a courier refusing delivery based on the age of the person answering the door, having bought stuff for years since the dawn of ebay and before that as a kid, I've heard/experienced this?
How do the couriers know that the porn games that you've bought inside the parcel, are age restricted? Since when is it up to a courier to verify the age - when this is done at checkout before it's even dispatched?
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There is a big sticker saying Age verified 18 to 25 on the package. Think they have ramped it up as now you can buy alcohol etc on it.
 
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skipper847 said:
There is a big sticker saying Age verified 18 to 25 on the package. Think they have ramped it up as now you can buy alcohol etc on it.
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But why does a courier care, that isn't their job? Anyone can answer a door/accept goods for whoever lives there?
Is this something new and specific to Amazon, I'm guessing?
 
Worthy said:
Been this way as long as I can remember for Amazon for things like booze, always have to verify your age.
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See I get that if it's the shop that you're buying from, delivering it themselves, I'm just shocked that RM have done it, when it's technically nothing to do with them.

I never use Amazon, so I didn't even know that you could buy booze from them :P
 
deviation said:
See I get that if it's the shop that you're buying from, delivering it themselves, I'm just shocked that RM have done it, when it's technically nothing to do with them.

I never use Amazon, so I didn't even know that you could buy booze from them :P
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Amazon got its own grocery store section. From Morisons mainly.
 
deviation said:
I'm sorry, but what?
I've never heard of a courier refusing delivery based on the age of the person answering the door, having bought stuff for years since the dawn of ebay and before that as a kid, I've never heard/experienced this?
How do the couriers know that the porn games that you've bought inside the parcel, are age restricted?
Since when is it up to a courier to verify the age - when this is done at checkout before it's even dispatched?
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It's become much more common in the last few years. In the industry I work in especially, particularly with cooking knives/sharps. A lot of our items (even things like Oyster knives) now have to fall under the same regulations.

There are some couriers we cannot trust to use because they don't follow through on the age check when the item is delivered - but someone like Fedex etc. are worth the additional cost as a supplier because their check rate was 100% during the sample test we ran.

Evri had an awful run - once delivering a knife block with 9 knives to one of my colleagues 11 year old daughter who answered the door without as much as asking how old she was. This is even with us paying Evri for the age check service and the package have a giant 'AGE VERIFY 18-25' sticker on the top and side of the box.
 
The recent changes with knife laws have propelled a lot of it, and it is the delivery driver's job - in some cases they even have to enter details to prove they've verified it now, others will be randomly tested on it. Packages should be made up with an age verification sticker now and depending on courier, etc. it should show on their manifest though some consignments do slip through.

Mostly though they won't even do more than glance at your driving license or whatever, assuming you have at least one form of ID it isn't a big issue really.

EDIT: Also even if you look old enough the policy for a lot of places now is to lean towards checking as they don't want to fall foul of any auditing, etc. though generally if you are obviously old enough it shouldn't be an issue.
 
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Rroff said:
The recent changes with knife laws have propelled a lot of it, and it is the delivery driver's job - in some cases they even have to enter details to prove they've verified it now, others will be randomly tested on it. Packages should be made up with an age verification sticker now and depending on courier, etc. it should show on their manifest though some consignments do slip through.

Mostly though they won't even do more than glance at your driving license or whatever, assuming you have at least one form of ID it isn't a big issue really.

EDIT: Also even if you look old enough the policy for a lot of places now is to lean towards checking as they don't want to fall foul of any auditing, etc. though generally if you are obviously old enough it shouldn't be an issue.
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Yup

I've had a few from amazon where the driver has asked for something as simple as my birth date, i'm fairly obviously over 25, but they still check.
And as you say a lot of places will lean towards getting their staff to check everyone because if you have the habit of checking anyone and everyone regardless of how old they look, you're far less likely to forget to do it on someone you should do it on.

My regular postie had a minor chuckle about it the first time it happened, he's been delivering to us for most of the last 10-15 years.



skipper847 said:
I wasnt preprepared to give delivery guy ID for neighbours
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All they do is glance at it.

They're not taking a picture of it, I've got no issue with it at all, I get mildly more annoyed by being disturbed by the unexpected knock on the door:p
 
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