[+4REP] Proof of ID when buying a game

[shizzle]

Basically I'm going to buy a 15 game and like they thing I'm underage even though I'm not so what proof should I bring hmm... but i'm not gonna bring a parent lol, what's the point, anything else apart from a passport lol. I'm not thinking deep into it lol.

[Neil]

Basically I'm going to buy a 15 game and like they thing I'm underage even though I'm not so what proof should I bring hmm... but i'm not gonna bring a parent lol, what's the point, anything else apart from a passport lol. I'm not thinking deep into it lol.

Passport is about all you'd have if you're 16, you don't get anything more believable until you're 17, which would be a driving license.

[Blue]

Perhaps try to wear more "grown up" clothes. A coat perhaps?
Or maybe get a friends who's fairly tall.

It may be best if you do drag your parents down to buy it :P

Or maybe take a national insurance number and say, if I wasn't 16 I would have this would I?

[scott]

Hmmmmm, up here we get Young Scot Cards yh you get until ur 18 which has ur pic nd age on, dont you get anything like that in england?:O!

[today]

Hmmmmm, up here we get Young Scot Cards yh you get until ur 18 which has ur pic nd age on, dont you get anything like that in england?:O!
nope lols

[scott]

Aww well that ideas no good
+ your ni card says on it that it isnt proof of age :)

[shizzle]

+rep to all, going to bring my PASSPORT to a shopping centre :)

[scott]

my mum wouldnt trust me wiv my passport :(

[Judge Judy]

If you have a school card (like for dinners etc) and it includes your DOB then you can use that.
Works this way for me xD

[5,5]

pay homeless man to get it for you.

[Jxhn]

Just get it. None of the staff ever care.

[shizzle]

my mum wouldnt trust me wiv my passport :(
lol.


If you have a school card (like for dinners etc) and it includes your DOB then you can use that.
Works this way for me xD
don't have a school card.


pay homeless man to get it for you.
er no, he will steal it :)


Just get it. None of the staff ever care.
Yeah they do care, this guy goes "ERR NOT IT'S 15" then points to it like i'm an idiot.

[Jxhn]

Yeah they do care, this guy goes "ERR NOT IT'S 15" then points to it like i'm an idiot.

Get it from HMV then. You normally get fat nolifes in the just-game-stores that think they're better than everyone else. If this is happenin in HMV or zavvi then I don't know.

[Meanies]

buy it online

[shizzle]

that's long and will cost P+P.

[MrNelson]

Birth certificate? College ID if your in college?

[J0SH]

Hasn't your voice broke to prove you're not under age? :S

[MrNelson]

Stand outside and ask someone to go in :).

[Sunny.]

Dont you lot have a B-Line, or Citizen card?
Thats what I use.

[Moh]

Only ID you could take is your passport or birth certificate.


my mum wouldnt trust me wiv my passport :(
haha, my mum would question what I'm using it for, and ask for it back as soon as I get home :P

that's long and will cost P+P.
Onlines the best bet, it only takes a couple of days, and most offer free p + p?

[mangle]

If you're going Game they'll accept a passport, a citizens card and a drivers lisence.

That's it, and the staff do care as if they serve you and you're underage and they're caught, they get fined 5k.

[Describe]

I hate when they think your underage when you actually aren't, theres nothing more undermining. You could give them your birth lines, your passport, you could take someone who's clearly 15+ to actually buy the game with you or you can use the cards you usually get from school (young scot cards for us scottish.) :D

[Kardan]

I'm 15 and my mum trusts me with my passport? I always take my passport with me o.O

[Twist]

Get someone to buy the game for you.
Sorted.

[Soy]

I bought a 15 game at GAME once and I just showed them my National working card thing that you get when your 15 which allows you to work part time

[Andeeh]

go wid mate that has id ;) my mate has id card to proove his age lol

[shizzle]

Birth certificate? College ID if your in college?


Hasn't your voice broke to prove you're not under age? :S


Stand outside and ask someone to go in :).


If you're going Game they'll accept a passport, a citizens card and a drivers lisence.

That's it, and the staff do care as if they serve you and you're underage and they're caught, they get fined 5k.


I'm 15 and my mum trusts me with my passport? I always take my passport with me o.O


Get someone to buy the game for you.
Sorted.


go wid mate that has id ;) my mate has id card to proove his age lol

Lol thanks guys, good to hear i'm not the only one bring a PASSPORT lol. Would a photocopy of one do?

[mangle]

I was told it wouldn't work but you can try I suppose.

[e5]

my mum wouldnt trust me wiv my passport :(
LOL I thought the same thing!


Hasn't your voice broke to prove you're not under age? :S
How would that would? Mine broke at 12.. How is that proof you're 15 lol?

[shizzle]

I was told it wouldn't work but you can try I suppose.
What a photocopy of a passport?

[Lost_Addict]

passport, birth cetificate and if you have one a national insurrance card (im pretty sure that counts\)

[shizzle]

Yeah thanks +rep.

[mangle]

No, a birth certificate won't work.
It hasn't got a photo of you on it does it?
You could just have stole it from your dad.

And a photocopy often doesn't work.

[shizzle]

Oh ok, I'll ask them when I'm there, but I'll bring the original passport and say next time can I bring a photocopy so nothing happens to the real one.

[Cwmbran]

I can guarantee you can not use a photocopy, even if they have seen your passport already. They deal with thousands of customers a week they will forget your face pretty fast.
Passport is your best option.

[shizzle]

:o Thanks :) I'll check on that! +rep

[J0SH]

LOL I thought the same thing!


How would that would? Mine broke at 12.. How is that proof you're 15 lol?

I doubt yours broke at 12, most peoples break at 14-18 ;) Youngest person I've heard though is a boy from school, he's black and his voice broke when he was 13, but black people mostly have deep voices so that explains it.

Anyway just bring a passport, it has your picture and age to prove it's not someone else.

[Kardan]

A National Insurance card is not proof of ID.

The only option I think you'd have is a passport.

[shizzle]

oh ok, don't matter now I got it.

[Suck]

I know you've already got it, but for future purposes you can get a half price Citizens card when filling out a form through GAME. Ask your local store if they've got the form for it as it's only a fiver and that was you won't have to carry your passport about.

[shizzle]

I know you've already got it, but for future purposes you can get a half price Citizens card when filling out a form through GAME. Ask your local store if they've got the form for it as it's only a fiver and that was you won't have to carry your passport about.
Really?:P Thanks, link to it if possible +rep.

[Suck]

I had a brief look online for it through GAME and couldn't find anything. Our leaflets got thrown out/stolen a while ago. You can get the form here (http://www.citizencard.com/apply.php) however, but it'll cost you £12.

[shizzle]

Oh, thanks a lot.

[Mikey]

I went in game and tried to buy a tony hawk game [16] when i'm 14 and i didn't know and they asked me for ID and i'm like i don't have id, so my mum had to get it for me :s well embrassing

[Casual]

You can get a provisional license at 16 n they'll accept that!

[Gangster]

Perhaps try to wear more "grown up" clothes. A coat perhaps?
Or maybe get a friends who's fairly tall.

It may be best if you do drag your parents down to buy it :P

Or maybe take a national insurance number and say, if I wasn't 16 I would have this would I?
Since when was a coat grown up? LOL

[9y]

You can also get a Student Union card (NUS CARD) with any date of birth on, as long as you go to college, Order it online and get it delivered to college! Works everywhere too!

[Havoline]

No, a birth certificate won't work.
It hasn't got a photo of you on it does it?
You could just have stole it from your dad.

And a photocopy often doesn't work.
If you'd stole it from your dad it would say your like 40+...

[shizzle]

Lol, what a coincidence, he's 40.