I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much
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People can ask what they want, doesn't mean anybody is buying them, especially given that shipping will take a few days (or more, if the seller's a crook and waits for the supply to stabilize before sending).

Oh, well. I had a couple vintage metal gas cans, I found on the curb. A
couple years ago, I gave them to a friend who has a repair garage. I'll
suggest he ebay them off.

Note, it's not legal to send through the US mail anything that has held
gasoline, ever. I got my shipment refused, when I tried to mail a carburetor
that hadn't had gasoline in it, in several years.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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"Diamond" wrote in message
eb.com...

I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:59:34 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Oh, well. I had a couple vintage metal gas cans, I found on the curb. A
couple years ago, I gave them to a friend who has a repair garage. I'll
suggest he ebay them off.

Note, it's not legal to send through the US mail anything that has held
gasoline, ever. I got my shipment refused, when I tried to mail a carburetor
that hadn't had gasoline in it, in several years.


I've sent and received several carburetors via priority mail. Maybe
you answered the question wrong when they asked what was in teh
box....

Honesty is seldom wrong.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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"Ashton Crusher" wrote in message
...

I've sent and received several carburetors via priority mail. Maybe
you answered the question wrong when they asked what was in teh
box....

Many questions have more then one correct answer.

On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:37:42 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Honesty is seldom wrong.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"Ashton Crusher" wrote in message
.. .

I've sent and received several carburetors via priority mail. Maybe
you answered the question wrong when they asked what was in teh
box....

On 11 Nov 2012 21:36:38 GMT, "Diamond" wrote:


I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much

Just about everything on ebay is overpriced these days. I quit using
ebay at least 5 years ago.

On 11 Nov 2012 21:36:38 GMT, "Diamond" wrote:


I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much

Just about everything on ebay is overpriced these days. I quit using
ebay at least 5 years ago.

Check the prices on the old "schick"razors?

--
I wonder:

Do Europeans, outside Southeast Europe, know the meaning of aman?

On 11 Nov 2012 21:36:38 GMT, "Diamond" wrote:


I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much

Maybe there are cheaper also?

Once they had a Kodak digital camera at an odd-lots store (Ollies) for
50 dollars, reconditioned. I checked what the price on line was and
found new ones for as low as 70, or maybe 50, and reconditioned ones
for as much as 150. Very same model and color and accesories.

On 11/11/2012 3:36 PM, Diamond wrote:

I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much

They may be reflecting the fact that a major gas
can maker in NE Oklahoma just went out of business.
They were supposedly making a large percentage of
the gas cans in the US.

Bill

Bill Gill wrote:
On 11/11/2012 3:36 PM, Diamond wrote:

I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much

They may be reflecting the fact that a major gas
can maker in NE Oklahoma just went out of business.
They were supposedly making a large percentage of
the gas cans in the US.

Bill

I was reading cans today. Kmart has Illinois made units. I bought one blue
water container, haha. I'm going to fill with kerosene. Walmart does not
have water or kerosene cans. I saw a yellow diesel can in kmart.

Greg

gregz wrote:
Bill Gill wrote:
On 11/11/2012 3:36 PM, Diamond wrote:

I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much

They may be reflecting the fact that a major gas
can maker in NE Oklahoma just went out of business.
They were supposedly making a large percentage of
the gas cans in the US.

Bill

I was reading cans today. Kmart has Illinois made units. I bought one blue
water container, haha. I'm going to fill with kerosene. Walmart does not
have water or kerosene cans. I saw a yellow diesel can in kmart.

Greg

My blue kerosene can, which my supermarket gas station gave me for free one
day, because I needed water for my car. Customer appreciation write off.
They let me fill it with water. After putting kerosene in it, I found the o
ring broke in the cap. Now when I pour, it comes out the cap and nozzle.
Stuff all over the place, and the nozzles screwed up too. The blue water
container, will serve me and my hand pump well. Why are water cans also
blue?

Greg

"Diamond" wrote in message
eb.com...

I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much
--


I did a quick internet search of some stores around here (middle of NC) and
they are about $ 17 to $ 20 for a 5 gallon plastic can. That is still way
too much for a gob of plastic. I forgot exectally what I payed for a one
gallon can at the start of the summer, but think it was over $ 10. I went
to several stores during some shopping as I could not believe the price at
the first store.

Maybe it has to do with getting the things certified for some kind of
government regulations on not emitting any vapors or some such foolishness.
All I know is I spill a lot of gas out of that new type spout while trying
to fill up my weedeater.

On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:26:59 -0500, Ralph Mowery wrote:

I did a quick internet search of some stores around here (middle of NC)
and they are about $ 17 to $ 20 for a 5 gallon plastic can.

Same out here in Silicon Valley for the ubiquitous CARB-approved
Blitz five-gallon gas cans.

All of a sudden, the price seems to have jumped five bucks!

BTW, I HATE the nozzles on these new fangled five-gallon gas cans.
You can't pour five gallons into a vehicle anyway (too high up),
so, I siphon into a car.

Since I never use the nozzle that comes with the gas can,
I wonder if you guys know of a CAP that I can use to replace
the nozzle.

Any ideas where to find a replacement cap for my five-gallon
Blitz plastic gasoline cans?

"Danny D." wrote in message
...
BTW, I HATE the nozzles on these new fangled five-gallon gas cans.
You can't pour five gallons into a vehicle anyway (too high up),
so, I siphon into a car.

Since I never use the nozzle that comes with the gas can,
I wonder if you guys know of a CAP that I can use to replace
the nozzle.

Any ideas where to find a replacement cap for my five-gallon
Blitz plastic gasoline cans?

There are some interisting vidios on youtube about the gas cans. Start
looking here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnw...eature=related

wrote

The best source for caps and old style nozzles are cans you see on the
side of the road. Usually they have been run over and the can itself
is trash but there is a good chance the cap survived.

Durn fine tip. Thanks.

We did a HOA inspection a couple of days ago. There was a NEW plastic
oilpan that holds what you drain out of your engine. It was in the
dumpster. I dove in, and recovered it. The cap was crunched, but the rest
of it was new. Amazing what people toss.

Also, an old Cosco kitchen step stool with fold out step, probably from the
50's or 60's. I am going to strip it, and repaint, and it will sure look
nice in my kitchen.

Steve

"Diamond" wrote in message
eb.com...

I can't believe the prices for gas-cans on Ebay
most of 5-gallon cans are up to$50.00 plus shipping
a piece of plastic to cost that much

I have been finding some very good metal cans, including Safety Cans, and US
Military Jerry cans at yard sales. I have just about replaced every crappy
plastic one. I got a nice 2 gallon red one the other day that has the cap
and rubber pour spout with insert, and nice paint for $1. Got two military
ones for $5 WITH flexible spouts. No rust.

Steve

On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:46:10 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

Got two military
ones for $5 WITH flexible spouts. No rust.

Do they have a date? (maybe from WWII)

Oren wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:46:10 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

Got two military
ones for $5 WITH flexible spouts. No rust.

Do they have a date? (maybe from WWII)

I've mentioned this befo

While foraging through the neighborhood the evening before heavy trash day,
I scored a military jerry can.

Getting it home, I discovered the following stenciled on the bottom:

III Army
Sept 44

Maybe my humble jerry can helped George Patton liberate Bastonge. I like to
think so.

I have some 5 gallon gas cans that happen to use the same sort of lid
on a briggs and stratton mower, I swapped them by mistake.......

"bob haller" wrote in message
...
I have some 5 gallon gas cans that happen to use the same sort of lid
on a briggs and stratton mower, I swapped them by mistake.......

Fellow at work swapped his like that also.

His mower would run about enough to make one lap around his yard and would
cut off. He could get it started and make another lap. At work he asked
why and we told him to checkthe vent hole in his gas cap. The next day he
told us that he had swapped the two lids. The gas can cap did not have the
hole in it like the mower cap.

Did you have trouble running you mower after the swap ?

Per Steve B:
I have been finding some very good metal cans, including Safety Cans, and US
Military Jerry cans at yard sales. I have just about replaced every crappy
plastic one. I got a nice 2 gallon red one the other day that has the cap
and rubber pour spout with insert, and nice paint for $1. Got two military
ones for $5 WITH flexible spouts. No rust.

I fell out of love with steel cans after a 1-gallon can of lawn
mower gas rusted out around the bottom seam - allowing gasoline
to leak out over the floor.

It also validated my practice of always having a separate
building for combustibles and toxics.
--
Pete Cresswell