Queensland Knife Restrictions do not align with state law and are discriminative

[ozzyleo]

The new policy that eBay have imposed meaning any buyer residing in Queensland can not purchase any knife is not aligned with the actual legislation changes.

The only thing that has changed is that you need to be 18 to purchase a knife.

Ebay should just implement age verification and stop this ridiculous heavy handed policy that prevents legitimate users such as myself from purchasing legal items.

[themoviepropshop]

Ahh just tried to bid on a WW2 Katana handle... Not a blade, just the wooden handle... I am about to stop using eBay tbh. Over it handle... Not a knife and not a sword... What the...

[twyngwyn]

you could message the seller and ask them to remove the word 'sword' from the title......then you could buy???

[themoviepropshop]

Ok so I just spoke to an ebay rep. To make sure this doesn't happen being over 18 you need to add a valid credit card to your account and then you can purchase.

[hennohimself]

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@themoviepropshop wrote:

Ok so I just spoke to an ebay rep. To make sure this doesn't happen being over 18 you need to add a valid credit card to your account and then you can purchase.

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I've always had multiple valid credit cards on my account and I can no longer buy axe heads or handles or kitchen knives or anything of that sort despite being legally able to do so in the state.

[gutterpunkz05]

Sounds like a CS  BS,  

Likewise I use credit cards to purchase, but still get blocked from buying knives etc, not surprising as paying with CC does not rate a mention in the Qld legislation, as a valid form of ID or age verification.

[brenno.k1]

Queensland is being run by the 'safety' warriors, morally underdeveloped childlike Karen's who think the answer to all our social issues is restriction. A knife, is an edged piece of hard material. If you want to restrict knives to solve youths carrying them you are even stupider than you look. Ebay I am looking at you. 

You cowardly, self righteous, corporate controlled worms in govt and in companies like eBay who respond like this. You who signed off on restricting Queenslanders from buying knives. I can go to my kitchen drawer and take a knife that is deadly as a weapon. I can walk to the road and take a large rock that is deadly or make a spear from anything. I can still buy a concealable combat knife from ANYWHERE. Drugs are illegal and I don't see any drug addicts having supply problems anytime EVER despite huge busts all the time. Crackheads are still high and any youth who wants will still have a knife. You idiots! You think you can restrict my right as a free citizen to buy a pocket knife for hiking or a collector's knife over this. One of the first tools of mankind is illegal? What is next it's illegal to buy a fork? Pathetic morons.

You missed not just the point, you went full retard.

[gutterpunkz05]

Hope you feel better now, but your rant wont change a thing;

Have you noticed coles has removed all knives from sale, Australia Wide.  Other companies are bound to follow suit.

Many Qld retailers, no longer carry knives, restricted or not.  Vic has just passed laws to control the sale and use of machetes but as yet they don't have a definition of a machete, bet it will cover far more than most would consider a machete.

NSW  & WA have already implemented parts of Jacks Law and will probably implement additional parts in the future.

By the way, a spear meets the Qld definition of a knife

[brenno.k1]

Your point is what exactly? Trying to scold me for having a rant. "Blah blah there are restrictions here there and everywhere so you may as well just accept it". Some people are willing to fight for what they believe in. So YOU roll over and take it. This is part of a bigger movement that has already disempowered Australian people to become weak men like yourself. 

Not that a knife is even a weapon. It's a tool. As is a pointy stick. It becomes a weapon when a person employs it to do that job. So you can outlaw knives and spears and toothpicks all you want but real people will never bend down to such rubbish and will hold the companies and leadership accountable. 

There is a real issue here. We should be giving kids knives, and showing them how to use them. Teaching proper values, respect and discipline but we can't exactly because of bull**bleep** like this and the bull**bleep** safety warriors and those accept it.

You think that "the Qld definition" of a knife means anything to me? 

The reason eBay and legislators continue in their utterly delusional self righteous crusades that destroy our society... Is because you let them.

[gutterpunkz05]

If you bothered to read this thread in its entirety, you would know that I do not agree with  what is very poor legislation, and have been advising members from day one to complain to their local member,  ranting on ebay and blaming ebay will achieve  nothing.

You do not seem well informed on the subject, your pointy stick even meets the definition of a knife, but hey that means nothing to you.  Have you bothered to  read any of the legislation, did you make your objections known before any phases of jacks law were  introduced, or have you  just stumbled on it as an issue on ebay,

Are you aware  that the majority of Qld retailers  who still sell knives online, will no longer ship them and require them to be picked up from their nearest outlet.

When was the last time you bought an axe or any similar tool  in a B&M store in Qld.

And by the way there is nothing stopping you from giving a knife to a person under 18

[speer4000]

I can't even buy a Gerber Prybird Utility Multi-Tool. It's a Stanley blade tool with a prybar, absolutely ridiculous. Can't buy work tools.