Complain to your MP about the law that is forcing Valve to do this. Complain to the Financial Ombudsman that your debit card (which can be applied for by children) cannot be used to prove you are over 18.

Oh, that is happening, however, the company gets to make the choice of how at applies the law. The reason Steam went with a Credit Card is because there is already a Law in the UK that requires you to be over 18 to have one, so the total amount of effort being made by Steam to help its customers is zero. The CAN verify age using a Debit Card, but that would require effort.

Originally posted by eram:

what game are you trying to purchase?

I'm not looking at any game, as I've said before, I'm not interested in those kinds of games, but, consider this, I have a 20 year service badge and yet I'm being asked to prove I'm over 18.
That stinks of laziness.

This is not a purchasing complaint, as you are well aware, it's an age verification complaint.

Originally posted by MrFlipside:

I have a 20 year service badge and yet I'm being asked to prove I'm over 18.

Your Steam account has a badge that shows the account is a certain age. That, however, does not mean the person using the account is the person who originally created the account. In other words, that Years of Service badge does not prove that you are over 18.

But, again, the only reason Steam use a Credit Card is because there are already Laws in place that require people to be over 18 to have one. There's been no effort made on behalf of helping customers prove their age, despite the fact that Steam are STILL happy to take money out of their accounts if they have a Debit card. So that's fine, apparently.

The fact is, I'm not getting onto the Credit Card train, Credit cards are a financial risk, and it worries me that Steam is forcing people to use them for ANY reason.

Originally posted by eram:

Originally posted by MrFlipside:

This is not a purchasing complaint, as you are well aware, it's an age verification complaint.

where are you being asked your age?

ive not been asked to confirm my age to post here.

what product are you having issues with?

You're kind of getting tiresome, you want me to post something like "I was looking at Barmaid Titty Bouncer Supreme!"" or the like. Not quite sure what you expect to gain from that, maybe you have maturity issues.
Again, sorry to disappoint, this is not a purchasing issue.

Originally posted by MrFlipside:

There's been no effort made on behalf of helping customers prove their age, despite the fact that Steam are STILL happy to take money out of their accounts if they have a Debit card. So that's fine, apparently.

If there is a law in your region that states Valve (and similar stores) are not allowed to sell to persons under 18, then inform Valve of it. And they will be sure to remove your ability to purchase all titles until you get a credit card to prove your age.

Except for the fact that they know if they did THAT they would lose a fortune, so they won't, that's kind of the point. Absolute minimum effort on behalf of the customer. That's why I'm here saying this, if you hadn't noticed.

You could be 11 and lying.

Banks issue debit cards to people as young as 11.

Originally posted by eram:

if you cant even point to where the issue is i think you are trolling and/or are just making it up and youve not been asked at all.

what game , what forum etc where on steam asked you to verify your age?

You DO know these games will pop up in generated lists and 'new releases' and ''best sellers' without prompting don't you? By this stage you are literally trying to talk in circles and it's getting a bit stalky with your constant demands for information I've already given you or is irrelevant to the point I am making.

Originally posted by Pocahawtness:

You could be 11 and lying.

Banks issue debit cards to people as young as 11.

Again, the company is pushing people towards Credit Cards and using no other methods for verifying age. THAT is my point. There ARE other methods available, and I'm not being forced into getting a credit card just to prove my age even if I wanted to buy those sort of games.
That is my complaint. Not that I cannot buy sex-games, don't care about that, but that this company is basically forcing people to take on a financial risk in order to continue having full access to a site I've been paying for games for over 20 years.

Originally posted by eram:

Originally posted by MrFlipside:

You DO know these games will pop up in generated lists and 'new releases' and ''best sellers' without prompting don't you? By this stage you are literally trying to talk in circles and it's getting a bit stalky with your constant demands for information I've already given you or is irrelevant to the point I am making.

if you want to buy a game and it asked for verification then verify yourself. your point is moot.

Are you even READING the replies?

Originally posted by eram:

Originally posted by MrFlipside:

Are you even READING the replies?

yes i didnt see anyone with an issue in this thread and the person that started the thread wasnt trying to make a purchase they just came here to say they dont own any id

Funny how I've said this isn't a purchasing issue twice and you haven't noticed.

Look, it's quite clear looking at your other posts to me and others that you are just here to troll, it's not really working, you're just coming across as kind of repetitive and deliberately refusing to understand any points being made. It's definitely just tiresome by now.

Originally posted by MrFlipside:

Except for the fact that they know if they did THAT they would lose a fortune, so they won't, that's kind of the point.

Except, they will. Or did, for example, the sanctions against Russia completely fly off your radar? Or, for that matter, the complete removal of adult titles from Germany to comply with German law. Valve could very easily have opted to do that for the UK, too. Instead, they are using an accepted form of payment that can be used to prove age. It is not Valve's problem if you don't have a suitable payment method. You either get one, or wait for Valve to consider an alternative. In the meantime, though, you could voice your complaints to the relevant people in your country -- something you should be doing already.