FSK 18 rules - no monitoring whatsoever - violations are the order of the day | Members help members

bremen04 · 2025-10-20T11:55:56.548000Z

Are we actually one of the few sellers who offer FSK 18 films via legally required and eBay-compliant rules with DHL parcel shipping with age verification and can also prove that we ship them that way? What does eBay say?:"Sell films and games with age restriction "18 and over"As a private seller, under certain conditions, you are allowed to sell films and video games on eBay that are subject to an age restriction of 18 years and over ("FSK 18" or "USK 18"). It must be ensured that the item is handed over only to an adult recipient. This is handled for you by the appropriate shipping service provider.Ensure youth protectionWe take the legal provisions very seriously, because we want eBay to be a safe online marketplace where all users feel comfortable. So that items do not fall into the wrong hands, you must observe certain rules when selling age-restricted items.Select shipping method with age verificationThe corresponding shipping label can be purchased directly in "My eBay" via our eBay shipping label platform or via DHL Online Frankierung.To do this, select "DHL parcel with age verification 18 and over" in the sales form.In the quick listing tool, you will find the option in the drop-down list under the menu item "Shipping details"."If you then take a look at the listings, which are shown under "similar items", there are plenty of private fake sellers and even large mass sellers offering these items with free shipping for 3-7 euros. Since DHL shipping with age verification costs 8.18 euros in the cheapest version, every seller would end up paying generously out of pocket. No one is that stupid, presumably, except for those who are supposed to check this and assume everything will be fine anyway, even though of course no tracking is uploaded either - why would it be? So why are these eBay guidelines not enforced, so that they comply with the youth protection law and fair competition is ensured? Very thin ice. Test purchases have shown that the shipments were sometimes received as merchandise shipments, but reports to eBay were fruitless; the sellers even state that eBay allowed and tolerated it. The farce keeps going with these sellers despite the reports. PRIVATE SELLER: partly 600 items, NEW and in original packaging - without consumer rights and information and of course fee-free. And everyone at eBay headquarters is just watching... That is frustrating for honest business owners who stick to the rules... When will what once stopped this happen again... also to protect the "unaware" from cease-and-desist lawyers who already see a new field to harvest here...

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