No GTP's but a little something for everybody

[herptrader]

Customs siezed goods auction.

I hoping they might have included some seized (native) herps but alas it is not the case.

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=6369

But hey,

1. Handcrafted Venetian glass sculpture "Tartaruga in Calcedonio" by Dino Rosin ## Every herper should have one
2. 25,000 ball point pens ## Useful for doing your returns
3. 7,000 key rings
4. 6,800 kitchen scourers ## Useful for cleaning enclosures
5. 400 safety glasses ## In case you have spitting cobras
6. 300 smoke detectors ## definite must
7. 104 steam vacuum cleaners ## for doing the astro turf in your enclosures
8. 21 cartons of wooden coat hangers ## could be refashioned in
9. 11 cartons of lacrosse mitts ## for handling elapids
10. 4000 blocks of mulch ## substrate
11. 2 pallets of golf umbrellas ## Icoonanoo
12. Greek and Indian musical instruments ## A snake charmers must

 

[SLACkra]

wait a tick, some on tried to smuggle 25,000 ball point pens into australia!? i mean common. maybe smuggling in some decent marshmellows or those 30 second microwave hotdogs but pens?

More than 8,000 bottles of whisky, brandy, gin, rum, vodka and wine as well as gold and diamond jewellery are among several thousand abandoned, forfeited and seized items being auctioned by Customs in Melbourne this week.

you could melt down the gold to make it very pure then turn it into gold leaf! herptrader your geckos could have golden poles to dance on

 

[moosenoose]

Yeah I often get frisked coming through the airport because they think I'm trying to smuggle an imported salami into the country. They all get red-faced when they find out it's actually part of my anatomy! :shock: :wink:

.....anyone else have this problem?? :wink:

 

[Vat69]

Yeah yeah moose, we all know it's a cucumber wrapped in alfoil :roll: :lol:

But I noticed there's spirits in that list....cheap vodka you say? Interesting...

 

[Hickson]

In most cases those imports are sold as lots, the vodka won't be sold as individual bottles or cartons - if you want it cheap you'll probably need to buy a dozen cartons or more.

The last Customs auction in Sydney that I heard of was about three years ago, and they had (amongst other things) a brand new BMW 735i, a Mercedes, two pallettes of Hawaiian Shirts and 8,000 toilet seats. There were about 250 lots and most of it was alcohol or clothing.



Hix

 

[krusty]

i'll give them $1 for the pens.