He has a bunch of kit listed you don't normally see come up, and this is the first PLGR I've seen show up in Canada. Check out his other listings too. When I've seen this come up before it's usually somebody who's had it kicking around in a dufflebag after coming back from a tour which nobody ever bothered to ask about or for. Happens.
Happens, but it doesn't make it ok. I doubt anyone will ever actually get popped for having it, but surely if someone in recovery saw that post they would be raising a flag. Each of those items is serialized - if it still belongs to the military then I wouldn't want to spend money on it.
Its a sensitive item. Same thing as a rifle. CID will be contacting him. -Jay
Kind of closing the gate after the horse has bolted though as tons of PLGR and PLGR II have been sold already - even through GL and GSA - and some even from China. I can think of four PLGR auctions over the last year-plus...no CID interest...or they just don't keep regular tabs on the E-place. Don't really know which. Not sure what happens if you buy them from another country, either, as they each have their own demil codes and accountability systems in place. Dunno what Canada does.
(Bunch of tan PLGR and green PLGR went over to China in bins of scrap electronics thanks to local disposal before PM GPS put the word out they were all supposed to back to Rockwell irrespective of condition. Now the rules have changed a bit and they can locally dispose of early generation tan PLGR through DRMS - but green PLGR still goes to Rockwell for disposal. Ideally anyway. You just know the odd unit custodian is simply binning them as 'all this old junk'.)
Im guessing CID dont follow stuff that that as through as we thought. kinda crazy lol . If its Canadian Military or was then the US would have no intrest in it. Guess its like giving M1114 up armours to the Iraqi's.- Jay
They are watching , I have had them show up twice for items I got off Ebay. Usually months after the sale and all they say is too bad, it's ours and hand you a leaflet on how to take the seller to civil court to recoup you loss. You will know it's them when the dark crown vic with the small hub caps pulls up at your house.
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I do know an individual in California who bought a PLGR off of eBay and was visited by CID folks who confiscated the GPS. The sad part about it is that as a GPS, the PLGR is difficult to operate, the display sucks and the battery life is surprisingly short. Even if it is the green variant.
I'd much rather have my old Trimpack going instead of the PLGR.
If you really want a GPS, buy a nice Garmin. Moving map displays are so much easier to follow and you won't get busted for owning it!
Up here they could not give a rat's anus, unless a proper loss report was filed. At that time the matcheads, MIGHT action the complaint, but only if sufficient leverage was applied. Not being an "A" class item, it gets low priority, unless a ranking officer has his butt in a sling for discrepancies in his "DA" holdings.
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Go to a buddies' place where he can hold your beer and get it on video!
Last edited by Stan Leschert; 02-25-2010 at 02:32.
Reason: Speeling, as usual! Doh!
They are watching , I have had them show up twice for items I got off Ebay. Usually months after the sale and all they say is too bad, it's ours and hand you a leaflet on how to take the seller to civil court to recoup you loss. You will know it's them when the dark crown vic with the small hub caps pulls up at your house.
PLGR on Ebay Canada ( AN/PSN-11 )
kinda crazy lol . If its Canadian Military or was then the US would have no intrest in it. Guess its like giving M1114 up armours to the Iraqi's.- Jay
