Can you sell mres

I heard from at least one seller who received an email from the DSCP asking him to stop his auction. This e-mail is being sent to all sellers of Operational Ration Items on Ebay.

Immediate auction termination is requested based on the rationale presented below:. All Operational Rations are procured by the Defense Logistics Agency with taxpayer dollars and are Government owned until consumed by authorized personnel or disposed of if appropriate. Your cooperation in this extremely important matter is greatly appreciated and your voluntary termination of Government Owned Operational Rations auctions is anticipated.

Any infringing auctions which remain after formal notification of sellers will be identified and acted upon by appropriate Ebay personnel or referred to DCIS for further investigation. Questions may be addressed to the official e-mail address below. Again, your cooperation is appreciated. After this request was made, MRE auctions dropped off dramatically on eBay.

However, after a few weeks, cases of MREs began to reappear and that was the end of the dry-spell. They seem to be sending notices to MRE sellers informing them that the heaters and matches included in military MREs are considered hazardous materials see this page for a link to the FRHs and cannot be shipped by certain carriers. Some sellers mention this in the auction and some sellers freak out and cut open the MREs to remove the heaters but the majority seem to be conducting business as usual.

One note:. If your local commissary does not sell MREs, you can ask them to do so, as they are eligible to purchase them from us. However, the note had changed somewhat. This e-mail is being sent to on-line auction site sellers of Operational Ration Items.

This is a request for the voluntary termination of all sales of Government Operational Ration items. Auction termination is requested based on the rationale presented below:.

All Operational Rations are procured by the Defense Logistics Agency and are Government owned property until consumed by authorized personnel or disposed of, if appropriate. Sale of such expired food products is prohibited. Thank you in advance. Your cooperation in this important matter is appreciated.

Remember, this is what they charge internally — not what they actually pay for them from suppliers. Unfortunately, these are also where the MREs are the most expensive. Gun shows: you can usually find MREs at a local gun show. You can find a whole range of MREs types, dates, cases, quantity, etc. Auctions with pictures — preferably the auction will have a picture of the actual case you will receive. Below is a picture of the kind of information you want to see on an auction listing.

Auctions with lots of information. Another giveaway is when the auction listing contains either of these lines:. Fixed shipping costs can work for or against you depending on the auction.

Buying U. How much to pay? Where to find them? These are the ones used by our military. They are good for 5 years if stored properly.