topic Re: Pen Knives in Buying

Pen Knives

rubsmyt1 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 06:23:25 GMT

I am appauled that eBay are allowing sellers to sell kives concealled as pens (Pen Knife).

They are cheap and kids have been buying them and taking them to school. I am outraged and this either needs to be stopped or reported to themedia.

Re: Pen Knives

padi*0409 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 04:57:04 GMT

I agree, eBay should force the seller to remove the blade so that kids can only stab each other with the Biro bit..........

Seriously though, it's an Asian seller so even if you report the item in the "report" link on the listing, eBay Australia will do nothing about it citing that it's an ebay.cn problem - and guess what, they won't pull the listing either.

Re: Pen Knives

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 05:04:38 GMT

Even more alarming customs do not stop them coming in at all

And that so many people don't know their child is taking weapons to school

Or that kids are evn buying on eBay in the first place when are suppose to be over 18 to do so

eBay do not read this forum though, so you need to contact them,and then report it to the media

Also important to report children under 18 buying on eBay when you do contact them, so that the illegal accounts can be shut down and those parents allowing their children to buy such things can also have their accounts suspended

Let us know how you get on,please

Re: Pen Knives

padi*0409 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 05:09:06 GMT

Go get 'em bear......................

Re: Pen Knives

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 05:13:15 GMT

I 'even' lost an e, I am that steamed

Re: Pen Knives

imastawka — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 05:17:44 GMT

Good grief!

The listing even has a pic of a guy being stabbed!

Re: Pen Knives

padi*0409 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 05:22:00 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I 'even' lost an e, I am that steamed

You should use ~~"spell chuck" "spell chick"~~ "spell cheque"..............

"The listing even has a pic of a guy being stabbed!"

And chopping up something supicious Stawks...............

Re: Pen Knives

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 05:25:08 GMT

Does not surprise me, the seller knows they are among the great untouchables

Re: Pen Knives

lyndal1838 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 06:10:29 GMT

@rubsmyt1 wrote:

They are cheap and kids have been buying them and taking them to school. I am outraged and this either needs to be stopped or reported to themedia.

How do you know that kids are buying these knives and taking them to school?

If you have proof of this your first step should be to report the items to Customs.

All the outrage in the world is useless.....what do you expect the media to do except to report it to Customs, which you should do if you know the items are getting into the country.

The items are for sale on ebay but that does not mean they are legal to import. There are thousands of items that fit that criteria but that does not mean that they are flooding into the country.

Re: Pen Knives

gutterpunkz05 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 06:12:05 GMT

@rubsmyt1 wrote:
I am appauled that eBay are allowing sellers such as stunner1975 , to sell kives concealled as pens (Pen Knife).
They are cheap and kids have been buying them and taking them to school. I am outraged and this either needs to be stopped or reported to themedia.
So kids today, don't know how to make a deadly weapon, from a pencil, pencil sharpener + rubber, ruler, pocket comb etc, what the hell are they learning in manual arts (or whatever it is called these days). I remember Me and my mates all making cross bows. I supplied the plans, the school provided the timber for the stocks, and one of the kids fathers provided the sprung steel.
No one died!!

Re: Pen Knives

gutterpunkz05 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 06:16:33 GMT

@padi*0409 wrote:

Go get 'em bear......................

Is that rubber stopper to protect the blade.

Re: Pen Knives

maranock — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 07:04:52 GMT

We are showing our ages, I think. When I went to school it was common for every child to have a pocket knife on them. I suppose being a farming community made a difference though. KNives were simply useful tools and never thought of as weapons. *sigh* it is a changed world - great in many ways, but sad in a few others.

Re: Pen Knives

gutterpunkz05 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:13:57 GMT

I think the best thing we learned as kids was responsibilty. I remember one of the other classes making a movie, I think it was a robbery), anyway they had a real car chase around the oval, and the guns were real (No Ammo). Try getting away with that now days,

Re: Pen Knives

gutterpunkz05 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:14:51 GMT

Oops I think I learnt to spell from the new $50 Note

Re: Pen Knives

padi*0409 — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:18:53 GMT

I can relate to that, growing up in the UK we could have a shanghai at any age, an air gun from 8 years old and a shotgun from 10 or 12 years old (I think it was a 410 at 10 and a 12 guage at 12, and none of them required a firearms permit - just a 10 shilling licence), and I still always have a knife on my belt.................

Re: Pen Knives

imastawka — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:09:33 GMT

I think the stupidest thing I did as a kid was store the lead pellets for my air gun in my mouth!

That being the case....I'm glad I didn't have a shotgun - 410 or otherwise.

Re: Pen Knives

padi*0409 — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 01:19:03 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
I think the stupidest thing I did as a kid was store the lead pellets for my air gun in my mouth!

That being the case....I'm glad I didn't have a shotgun - 410 or otherwise.