Re: [MV] Aberdeen, mil surplus, and ebay

From: ken uhrick (kuhrick@home.com)
Date: Tue May 15 2001 - 02:46:01 PDT


>. There was a listing for a "intact, very old container FULL of 2,4,5T
>herbicide", which was being presented as "an antique tin container" in the
>same manner as an old coffee or tobacco tin from some general store.
>Several of us notified BOTH the seller and Ebay, and warned them that this
>substance is proscribed from interstate commerce, and may not be sold,
>shipped, or transported, and they responded that "...in light of the
>absence of credible scientific evidence of hazard....blah blah blah" they
>permitted this item to go to bid closing. The buyer got himself a nice can
>of Agent Orange! Hey, gotta supress the nazi marked surplus stuff, but
>let'em drink Agent Orange!
>Regards,
>Jack
if I had seen that sale i mite have been nasty and called the EPA
the seller would have gotten a bill for 5 men in paper space suites
to come out and take it a way i bet
and that mite have cost home one there home if they owned one



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