Norfolk Virginia Army Navy Stores
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G I Joes Army Surplus
Avoid this Place
“Recently I needed a Vietnam era poncho for a client but was out so I bought one on ebay from Gi Joes Army Surplus in Newport News, Virginia. When the poncho arrived, I opened the box and it was a WWII Hoodless. I sent him an email immediately to let him know he had sent a more valuable poncho but that I needed to exchange it for a Vietnam era hooded poncho. I even told him that I knew the ponchos had come from SEICO based on the packing talc and the WWII Hoodless mixed in Vietnam era ones. I explained how I had received four of them in the past mixed in with about 120 of the 1959 dated ponchos I had purchased from SEICO. I included photos with my email as well. He insisted that the poncho had a hood as he could see the draw string at the neck. I responded that the WWII ponchos have the string at the neck. I sent the poncho back and expressed that I was in a hurry to get the correct poncho for a client. I was told that the replacement would ship as soon as the original was dropped at the post office. He never sent the replacement. Today he emailed that he had received the poncho and that I am attempting to deceive him. He states that there is no way he could have mistaken the ponchos, that he would have noticed color differences (I pointed out the WWII are rubberized on one side only), that I am a liar and trying to deceive him, etc. The man clearly is ignorant of the finer details of surplus and knows nothing of WWII goods. He insists that all USGI ponchos have hoods (no WWII ponchos have hoods). I tried to tell him to look at the ink stamps around the neck, he responded that it should have them at the corner (only hooded ponchos have them there). The ink stamp is very faint, but if he will wipe the neck area with a damp cloth he will see the Philadelphia QM info and manufacturer info. He is insistent I have sent him some foreign copy junk to cheat him and that he knows what he sent me. I am out a poncho and my money. The owner is a liar and ignorant.” -
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Ranger Surplus
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“overpriced goods,nasty clerks ,shoddy business practice.”
