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Contributor: Kimbertrees Kimbertrees
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Originally posted by mariah
well when i was in high school. EVERYONE just went to spencers to get them. maybe its just oregon? idk. but ya just go to spencers and walk in there and get one then leave... they never cheaked ids or anything.. and i herd rummors that u can go into ... more
Really? I've never been in a sex store in Oregon that didn't ask for my ID.
12/08/2010
Contributor: Waterfall Waterfall
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Originally posted by cherryredhead88
Don't worry Tori, I hardly get carded and I'm only 22! I actually like when someone cards me..
Me too, 22 as well and I love getting carded because it doesnt happen often.
12/08/2010
Contributor: Illusional Illusional
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Originally posted by Viktor Vysheslav Malkin
I get carded all the time when I buy booze. especially when I am not rocking a beard. I had a women think I was 16... Never shaving again... NEVER... Or cutting my hair again... I'll look like a mountain man before long!
Yeah, I get told I'm sixteen.. and scolded about low cut shirts and stuff.
12/08/2010
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by Viktor Vysheslav Malkin
I get carded all the time when I buy booze. especially when I am not rocking a beard. I had a women think I was 16... Never shaving again... NEVER... Or cutting my hair again... I'll look like a mountain man before long!
Beards are sexy as hell. Hope your girlfriend fully appreciates it! Sorry, if that sounds like I'm hitting on you, I'm not... I just love beards.
12/08/2010
Contributor: cherryredhead88 cherryredhead88
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Originally posted by mariah
i guess i put that there as a joke?
That isn't a joke, it's a red flag. I am curious as to why you are trying to find out where and how to buy sex toys, if you are 18 and on a sex toy website.

Eden could get shut down and in ridiculous amounts of trouble if any MINORS are here. And you don't want to know what would happen- I think an Apocalypse would come because I would FLIP OUT if some tween got half my world shut down...
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    I am personally offended by this
12/09/2010
Contributor: cherryredhead88 cherryredhead88
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Originally posted by BBW Talks Toys
Beards are sexy as hell. Hope your girlfriend fully appreciates it! Sorry, if that sounds like I'm hitting on you, I'm not... I just love beards.
this lol.
12/09/2010
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by cherryredhead88
That isn't a joke, it's a red flag. I am curious as to why you are trying to find out where and how to buy sex toys, if you are 18 and on a sex toy website.

Eden could get shut down and in ridiculous amounts of trouble if any MINORS ... more
I think I love you. Because I spend so much time here with you awesome folks, I would go crazy... I think a LOT of people would.....
12/09/2010
Contributor: ZenaidaMacroura ZenaidaMacroura
My bf has a beard... The ladies love it.
12/09/2010
Contributor: KnK KnK
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Originally posted by ZenaidaMacroura
My bf has a beard... The ladies love it.
Lovely side tangent ladies. Lol Yes, I like beards, but they're not necessary. I don't like excessively wooly ones though.
12/09/2010
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
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Originally posted by BBW Talks Toys
Contact your local congressman. It's a federal and state imposed law. I don't mean that in a snarky way, really. Since EF is a website and therefore nationwide, there would have to be law revision in every state to allow them to make a ... more
You're absolutely right! Good luck getting a conservative elected official voting on it though!

Unfortunately, no one wants to be seen as "a friend of the porn industry" in Washington...sadly. People get screwed by banks/credit card companies all the time!
12/09/2010
Contributor: Kayla Kayla
Spencers isn't an adult store. They sell "adult novelties" inside their store, but their policies state that there can't be nudity on any of the products they sell. In fact, Pipedream Products actually repackages some of their line just so it can be sold in Spencers.

They aren't "supposed" to check ID just to let you into their adult section (which, I don't know about your Spencer's stores, but mine stores have the adult section right along with everything else.), but some require ID to purchase. Mine doesn't. Which, honestly with all of the crap that Spencers sells, the adult toys really are the least offensive and worrysome. Some of that crap is just godawful.

As for changing the 18+ rule, it's a law, not a rule. All adult sites must abide by it.
12/09/2010
Contributor: LavenderSkies LavenderSkies
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Originally posted by Airekah
Thank you. I was hoping you would say something about this before I felt the need to.

Honestly, Mariah.. rules are in place for certain reasons. You may feel like people should be allowed to own sex toys at any age, but for others it just ... more
Very well said.
12/12/2010
Contributor: Alicia Alicia
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Originally posted by Kayla
Spencers isn't an adult store. They sell "adult novelties" inside their store, but their policies state that there can't be nudity on any of the products they sell. In fact, Pipedream Products actually repackages some of their line ... more
I absolutely agree that the adult toys are the least offensive thing in that store! I wanted to get my daughter a scarf that they had there for Christmas, but I didn't want to bring my son with me to get it (it was going to be from him) becuase he's just starting to read and so he sounds out every word he can find..that and then all the pictures on the shirts and stuff they had there, no thank you! I'll have to go back myself some time though because they had a bright green mighty mite pocket rocket that I NEED to have and Eden doesn't sell!
12/12/2010
Contributor: null null
In my local sex shop, they card you to get into where all the products are displayed, but the lobby area you walk through to get to the entrance has all sorts of porn movie posters. I'm not sure how they can get away with this, there is nudity throughout. Any ideas?
12/16/2010
Contributor: ScottA ScottA
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Originally posted by null
In my local sex shop, they card you to get into where all the products are displayed, but the lobby area you walk through to get to the entrance has all sorts of porn movie posters. I'm not sure how they can get away with this, there is nudity ... more
Either they've had their attorneys find a loophole or else they've decided that the risk is worth it, similar to the companies that violate the law because if and when they're caught the fine is less then the additional profits. Not sure which it is, and I think a lot of it would depend on local laws.
12/16/2010
Contributor: kawigrl kawigrl
honestly i don't really care if people buy or review as long as they do it safely- other than legal issues of "you're not supposed to" people are sexually active at really young ages...I do think there should be like a limitation like high school aged or something
01/14/2011
Contributor: MrRainybowbow MrRainybowbow
That takes away from a persons freedom. Saying you can buy this but your input doesn't matter. If you put it that way saying they should be able to buy them then they should be able to post as well. Like giveing someone the right to vote but not letting them is how this comes off to me.
01/20/2011
Contributor: ScottA ScottA
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Originally posted by MrRainybowbow
That takes away from a persons freedom. Saying you can buy this but your input doesn't matter. If you put it that way saying they should be able to buy them then they should be able to post as well. Like giveing someone the right to vote but not ... more
This is a legal issue, so matters of EF policy don't really apply. The main interest of government in this is to ensure that minors are not abused or harmed, and so a discussion would need to be aimed at your representatives and address the concerns of the government.
01/31/2011
Contributor: markeagleone markeagleone
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Originally posted by mariah
in my opinion the 18 and over rule should be

you can buy toys
but you can not talk in fourms or write reviews if you are under 18
Under 18 is a juvinile and that area belongs to the individual parents.
01/31/2011
Contributor: Crystal1 Crystal1
I can't help but wonder if the law against buying sex toys if you are under 18 is a little outdated.

The main reason that I feel like younger teens should be able to legally purchase sex toys is that there's a fair chance that if they don't have access to an actual toy, they are going to find something else to use, and chances are it isn't going to be anywhere near as safe.
01/31/2011
Contributor: BluePixi BluePixi
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Originally posted by markeagleone
Under 18 is a juvinile and that area belongs to the individual parents.
I agree. It is the Parents responsibility to educate their children, which includes answering questions about toys. To the kids out there with prudish parents I say, too bad. Go talk to an older friend who is more open about sexual health.
01/31/2011
Contributor: BeautiFullFigured BeautiFullFigured
Personally, I think it's more harmful than beneficial to deny teens between the ages 15-17 access to sexual aids, because of the more dangerous routes they might take to alleviate their sexual frustrations...HOWEVER that does not under any circumstance mean that EF should suddenly start breaking laws to assist said teens. Since the laws are in place EdenFantasys should abide by them 100%.
02/09/2011
Contributor: BeautiFullFigured BeautiFullFigured
On a side note, I used to go to Spencer's when I was as young as 13. They kept their sex toys right alongside all the other merchandise. They never asked for any ID to enter the store or to purchase a sex toy. I had friends who would walk in, buy a pack of condoms and a toy, and walk right out with no one saying so much as a word. I don't know if they have any age policy in place, but I never saw anything of the like being enforced.
02/09/2011
Contributor: Illusional Illusional
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Originally posted by cherryredhead88
That isn't a joke, it's a red flag. I am curious as to why you are trying to find out where and how to buy sex toys, if you are 18 and on a sex toy website.

Eden could get shut down and in ridiculous amounts of trouble if any MINORS ... more
LOL, I love this.
02/19/2011
Contributor: BadassFatass BadassFatass
Personally, I think it's a good idea to keep the rule in place. The only time that it ever really bothered me was when I started college at 17. My friends would take a trip to the local sex shop and I'd have to be left behind.
02/21/2011
Contributor: lamb0luv3r lamb0luv3r
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Originally posted by Owl Identified
I think that it's stupid to make buying sex toys illegal for those under the age of 18. I honestly do not see any reason why this law needs to exist. However, it does, so Edenfantasys abides by it as it should.
I agree I mean wouldn't someone feel more comfortable with say their daughter using a sex toy on her own than risk having her get pregnant underage.
02/23/2011
Contributor: SapphirexIce SapphirexIce
I agree with you on the idea of having adult only 18 + forums but then again people would fake there age and stuff probably to get in so I think it should be useless anyways. I mean look at spencers they say you have to be 18- up but hell I got a dildo from there at age 14. What makes anyone think people are gonna abide by this is outrageous lol, especially since teenagers are the most horny people.
03/02/2011
Contributor: Eden C. Eden C.
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Originally posted by Throwingawaysoon
Well Spencers isn't exactly the "caring" store. They really don't give a rat's ass about anything other than they are getting more money. Sex shops EVERYWHERE are supposed to be checking the IDs, but again, most don't or ... more
Spencer's was a God-send when I was 16 and sexually active, although the selection isn't great.

I think the rule should be 16 and older. 16 is the age of consent in many places, so I think it makes sense.

I'm on the fence about pornography. I am of the generation that looked up porn freely as children, when NetNanny did not work AT ALL. I would definitely say that such extensive exposure to pornography made me bored of sex before I even tried it.
03/02/2011
Contributor: Eden C. Eden C.
I, for one, am disturbed that 2% of respondents are under 18.
03/02/2011
Contributor: Illusional Illusional
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Originally posted by Eden C.
I, for one, am disturbed that 2% of respondents are under 18.
Hmmm, I just noticed this.
03/02/2011