Is Online Age Verification a Good Thing for the Industry?

[prophetic_joe]

Threadjack:

CC come to chat man, or clean out your pm box.

Sorry for the interuption.

JackOff:

[Iced T]

I'm 20 and routinely visit my local smoke shop, but almost all the online retailers I have visited say that you have to be 21 to do anything. This includes some brand websites that prohibit anyone under 21 from visiting (not that it really stops me). I guess they're just trying to protect themselves, but like casinos I can't go into because I'm under 21 (even though gambling is legal at 18), it annoys me. I've only got about 3 more months, and I don't drink at all.

[TheVitaleMob]

I'm 20 and routinely visit my local smoke shop, but almost all the online retailers I have visited say that you have to be 21 to do anything. This includes some brand websites that prohibit anyone under 21 from visiting (not that it really stops me). I guess they're just trying to protect themselves, but like casinos I can't go into because I'm under 21 (even though gambling is legal at 18), it annoys me. I've only got about 3 more months, and I don't drink at all.

Actually, the reason for this is that they sell alcohol to players, and are classified as bars.