Selling brass

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  1. Captain X

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    Huh, so here I've been saving my spent casings in the hope of selling them on eBay, yet for some reason they're banned there. :shrug: Don't know why, because you can buy other gun parts there, and even inert rounds on there, and brass is literally just brass. :shrug:
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  2. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    you are aware the parody thread "Selling ass" was a big temptation - just sayin'
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  3. K.

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    Also bras, mass, and bass.
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  4. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Only in America would this be perceived as a "problem." @Captain X will now report this post.
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  5. shootER

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    evilBay is very weird about what they allow when it comes to guns. Some gun parts are okay, some aren't.

    Spent brass is just...brass, though, so I don't know why they would have a problem with it.
  6. K.

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    I guess class would have been too much to ask for. Some sass might be nice though.
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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    My guess is that they're concerned live ammunition might get bundled with the empty brass, subjecting them to liabilities.
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    I had the same thought.

    Also, some guy buys spent brass from evilBay, reloads it, uses it to murder someone, then the victim's family sues evilBay for selling him the "bullets".
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    I need to get a reloading kit, I've got a few thousand spent .308 cases.
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    I'm too lazy to do my own reloading. :shrug:
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    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    I suspect the spent gun powder might set off some of the bomb detecting equipment used on some air mail which goes through commercial airports.