American Surplus store

[CADPAT SOLDIER]

Hey,
I'm just headed across the states right now and hitting up all the surplus stores along the way and I'm just asking how much I should be expecting to pay.
I'm looking for a full marpat uniform and maybe some molle gear (which I saw today at a flea market in San Jose for $60 and was vert temped to buy)
any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[kyleg]

Not that I have any first-hand experience with the many US surpluses (sp?) but I would imagine that you should expect to pay about the same as in Canada, maybe a little less. If something seems like a good deal, I say go for it.

Good luck, hope you find some cool stuff.

Cheers,
Pinky

 

[the 48th regulator]

Wow,

sounds like quite the Jack Kerouac adventure. . . . . . . please post us your diary of this said, surplus of america adventure..

On the Road

dileas

tess

 

[CADPAT SOLDIER]

Well I'm going from Winnipeg   to San Fransisco, along the way I'm hitting up anything that slightly resembeles a surplus store. By day 2 I had crossed into bonners ferry Washington and found a little shop that said "Army Surplus" over the door. As soon as I walked in I knew.... this was no ordanary surplus store, I had found the surplus store that the "Back Woods Revolutionarys" shop at. Somewhere between the Automatic weapons and the Anarchist cookbooks I found what I was loooking for MARPAT fulll combat uniform complete with the NSN tags unissued, this was the "Real Steel Deal". It wqas listed at the rock bottom price of $20 for the pants and $15 for the top. I figured "Hey, I can  do better" so I walked away and I haven't found any since, but not all hope is lost I'm heading back through the type of country where I just might find another one of those shops.

 

[BDTyre]

The odd time I've seen the genuine stuff listed on eBay, it tends to go for $40 + USD.  Much of it hovers around $60 -$70.

I lucked out a few years ago and got an unissued hat for around $15.

It wqas listed at the rock bottom price of $20 for the pants and $15 for the top. I figured "Hey, I can  do better" so I walked away and I haven't found any since, but not all hope is lost I'm heading back through the type of country where I just might find another one of those shops.