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As others have noted it's illegal to sell pill presses unless you're registered with the DEA, and eBay has gotten slammed for millions of dollars over this. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ebay-pay-59-million-settle-co... Their treatment of this seller sucks, but they are also forced to cover their asses by the government on this. So they are in a somewhat difficult position. I'm not defending eBay, mind you. As the s…
The regulations concern any manual, semi-automatic, or fully automatic equipment which may be used for the compaction or molding of powdered or granular solids, or semi-solid material, to produce coherent solid tablets. If the device in question is non-functional, I would dispute the "may be used for" requirement of the definition.
After all, you could sell a perfectly functional pill press with a single crucial $.02 screw missing and accurately call it "non functional"