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To be honest MREs aren't east to find.
This is because for along time the
gonvernment said they were illegal to
resale. According to wikipedia |
Each MRE is labeled:
U.S. Government Property
Commercial Resale is Unlawful
However, there are no specific laws that
forbid the resale of MREs , and although the
government has attempted to discourage
sellers from selling MREs, auction sites
such as eBay have continued to allow
auctions of the MREs because the Department
of Defense has been unable to show them any
regulations or laws specifically outlawing
the practice. According to a spokesman for
eBay, "until a law is passed saying you
can't sell these things, we're not going to
stop them from being sold on the site"
The recent growth of MREs listed on eBay
(2005) has resulted in a government
investigation of whether they were intended
for Hurricane Katrina victims, and the news
media nickname "Meals Ready for eBay."
Some cases are being sold from
Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and other
Gulf states affected by Katrina. The
internal cost of a 12 pack case of MREs is
$86.98 (approx. $7.25 a meal) to the
government, much higher than what is
actually paid to vendors. As a result of
earlier unauthorized sales to civilians, the
Department of Defense had required that
"U.S. Government Property, Commercial Resale
is Unlawful" be printed on each case of
MREs.
That said, MREs can be purchased by
civilians directly from the contractors who
supply MREs to the U.S. Government. These
MREs are very similar to genuine US
Government MREs, differing only in minor
details (i.e. design of case and bag or type
of spoon).
Flameless Ration Heaters are prohibited
on commercial airlines unless sealed in the
original MRE menu bag, due to the hydrogen
fumes yielded by the chemical process of
cooking with them. |
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So What Is The Best Way To
Purchase MREs? |
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that sell civilian MREs, which are decent,
but they are not nearly as good as the
military ones. Some sites that sell
good civilian MREs are: |
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http://www.thereadystore.com |
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http://www.campingsurvival.com |
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http://beprepared.com |
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| Now if you want Military
style MREs, the type this site is all about
you have to search in a different place.
Ebay is a great source for finding MREs
including our eBay store where we sell MRE
supplies. You can find anything for
MREs from cheese spread to 3 full MREs, to
entire unopened cases. Most of the
MREs on eBay probably came from soldiers who
they were issued to, but never ate.
They also could have been MREs give to
civilians from the military. Finally,
they could come from a government surplus
sale. I've never heard of the actual
company that makes MREs selling to anyone
except the US government, but
http://www.mredepot.com has a great
selection of military MREs. If you
don't trust eBay try
http://www.mredepot.com for lots of MRE
supplies. |
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