Whats with all the age verification pop-ups?

[Light Seeker]

Seems like every other .... make that 95% ... of vape shops I browse to have that annoying 18+ year old age popup!

Some new regulation or something?

Worthless & aggravating. Like an age pop-up will stop a kid from entering a site

 

[James Wilson]

It reminds me of the age pop ups I used to see on porn sites when I was a teen. I would just click "Yes" and then laugh. lol

 

[Amraann]

In the scheme of life it is really not that annoying.

Annoying would be if we had to actually verify our age before we could purchase

 

[erikbal]

Yeah Lol like they can't just hit yes. It really is pretty worthless.

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[somdcomputerguy]

It's a 'Cover Our ....' thing. The business has and uses it, that's enough from a legal standpoint. It doesn't matter if the clicker is of a legal age or not.

 

[skoony]

Seems like every other .... make that 95% ... of vape shops I browse to have that annoying 18+ year old age popup!

Some new regulation or something?

Worthless & aggravating. Like an age pop-up will stop a kid from entering a site

voluntary self regulation.
mike

 

[ReigntheGamer]

Just for kicks on site I use a lot I put in 257 years old. So it's nice to know mod makers don't discriminate against immortals.

 

[VHRB2014]

Not even worth complaining about.

 

[Light Seeker]

In the scheme of life it is really not that annoying.

Annoying would be if we had to actually verify our age before we could purchase

I guess that's it .... I can fully understand, and agree, if there's some type of age verification pop-up when one goes to purchase items. And the results can & should be recorded into the seller's database/ecom system. And I'm sure there's many localities where selling vape gear to minors is forbidden, so its more than CYA.

But having age pop-ups just to view their site ... without a purchase ... is silly. Further, I've seen some really crappy web programming - having an age pop-up on every page. Or when browsing from a cell/tablet, the pop-up is off the view port where you have to scroll over, if even possible. And as a developer, know there's absolutely no way to ensure that the person who said they were 100 years old when entering the site is the same person buying the vape gear - especially on a public computer. The CYA the website owner thinks they're doing is not covering anything, just forcing extra user clicks from every visitor.

You're right, in the scheme of life, its trivial. But as a developer, I think its asinine, and terrible coding & design.

 

[Amraann]

I guess that's it .... I can fully understand, and agree, if there's some type of age verification pop-up when one goes to purchase items. And the results can & should be recorded into the seller's database/ecom system. And I'm sure there's many localities where selling vape gear to minors is forbidden, so its more than CYA.

But having age pop-ups just to view their site ... without a purchase ... is silly. Further, I've seen some really crappy web programming - having an age pop-up on every page. Or when browsing from a cell/tablet, the pop-up is off the view port where you have to scroll over, if even possible. And as a developer, know there's absolutely no way to ensure that the person who said they were 100 years old when entering the site is the same person buying the vape gear - especially on a public computer. The CYA the website owner thinks they're doing is not covering anything, just forcing extra user clicks from every visitor.

You're right, in the scheme of life, its trivial. But as a developer, I think its asinine, and terrible coding & design.

I agree with you about the coding and design!! I have been to a couple of sites where the age pop up happened on EVERY page. That is annoying.
Just on the front pag does not bother me

 

[Foggyroomz]

It is exactly this frame of mind that puts the vape industry in jeopardy of being outlawed because it is only a pop-up. We are under attack and I wouldn't care if we had to register with a site before having the ability to access it, if it meant we weren't regulated to extinction. Indiana is trying to make possession of a vape device possession of Paraffin alia and a criminal charge. So believe me a pop-up is the least of my concerns. We as a community and culture need to seek audience at the federal supreme Court level before our right to free commerce is abolished and who knows what civil liberties will be next.

 

[zoiDman]

Of all the Things that I think will be Coming in an FDA Regulated e-Liquid Market, pop-up age verification seems like it would be a Minor One.

Only being able to buy FDA Approved e-Liquids via Face-2-Face transactions ( NO INTERNET SALES ), now that would be a Major One.

 

[James Wilson]

BTW the cigalike Greensmoke actually required you to send a photocopy of your ID before you can confirm your order there. Got a "free" sample from them once. Had to pay shipping. Ahh the early days before I found out what a good setup was like.

 

[KC1BLE]

Well I for one would not enter any site that warned me that I must be 18 years or older if I weren't 18 or over.

 

[LMS62]

Well I for one would not enter any site that warned me that I must be 18 years or older if I weren't 18 or over.

Lol.....same here. I would be afraid that somehow they would know I was underage, and notify my parents, and even grandparents.

 

[amoret]

In the scheme of life it is really not that annoying.

Annoying would be if we had to actually verify our age before we could purchase

Madvapes does use some age verification service. Unfortunately it can't figure out that I'm of age. And let's just say that I smoked for over 40 years - and didn't start until my junior year of college.