For the first 40 years of my life, I grew up on and worked in farming, except for 3 yrs when I enlisted in the US Marine Corps. Starting in 1990, I started buying and selling military surplus. For the first 10 years, we dealt mostly in the vehicle parts, hydraulics, electrical, plumbing, hardware, etc. In 2000, I moved the business to Hawthorne in Mineral County, Nevada, changing the business to dealing more with clothing, personal gear and memorabilia. There is still a large quantity of the parts we orginally dealt in, in storage in the back, that we are slowly listing on ebay.

Not only do we sell our on inventory, but we sell on consignment items for people living in our community. We have many, many items listed from a local antique dealer, that has been in the the business of buying and selling antiques for over 30 years.

We have listed the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum Courtyard Inscribed Paver. The Hawthorne Ordnance Museum was founded by the Mineral County Development Corporation (MCDC), a non-profit Corporation. All money received from the sale of the inscribed pavers though our ebay store and auctions will be given to MCDC, except for any ebay and paypal fees. M J's Depot will not charge anything for selling these inscribed pavers for MCDC and the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum.

The inscribed pavers will be placed in the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum Courtyard. The MCDC and the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum are selling the pavers to individuals and groups that wish to create a lasting memorial to someone, unit, crew, ship, etc. that has had a special meaning to them in their life's.

One of the first things, I noticed when I moved to Hawthorne, was the large number of former Marines living in the area. The reason for this is that Hawthorne is the home to the largest ammunition depot in world, over 200 squares miles. The Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD) was founded on September 15, 1930. The Marines were stationed here to guard the NAD. Orginally and during World War II the Marines patrolled the NAD on horses. There is a rich tradition of patriotism and respect for our nation here in Mineral County. In 1980, the base was turned over to the US Army.

In 2001, local area residents and business owners (including myself) started the Downtown Revitalization committee. The local ecomony had / has been in a recession / depression due to the downsizing of the Ammunition Depot and the low prices paid for gold and other precious metals. Since mining is one of Mineral County's main industries. In 2002, we formed the Mineral County Development Corporation (MCDC) a non-profit corporation. One of the first projects that the MCDC has been involved in was the founding of the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum. (Ordnance is a fancy word for ammunition). The mission statement of the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum is "Remembering the Past to Educate the Future".

M J's Depot proudly supports the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum. We strong believe that every American should take the time to remember those that served our country. The Hawthorne Ordnance Museum is one of the ways that our local community remembers the individuals that have committed themselves to serving our country. The ammunition from the base has been an important part of nation's defense. In World War II the ammunition from the depot was used in conflicts all over the world, in the Pacific, African and European theaters of operation. Each time there was an amphibious landing, such as Iwo Jima, Guadacanal, Tarawa, and Nomandy to name a few, the ammunition used in these landing was from NAD. Not only the ammunition was used in the big guns of the battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines and other ships, it was also used by the Marines hitting the beach. In the fighter aircraft and the long range bombers. Through World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and Operation Enduring Freedom, the men and women that have worked and are working at the Hawthorne Ammunition Depot have made a great impact on our country's security. It is vitally important that all Americans remember the contributions that our military and civilians that work in the defense of our country has made over the years!

If you should ever have a problem with one of our transactions, please email us first, to see if we can work things out. Do not leave negative feedback, and then try to work things out.

To date (Jan. 29, 2005) we have had only one negative feedback. It was from an international customer that claimed it had been 3 weeks since they had purchased the item and had not received the item yet. We were their very first business transaction that they did on ebay. They purchased the item on Oct. 7th, paid for the item on Oct. 15th, and left negative feedback on Oct. 29th. They must of failed to read the description of the item, for in every one of our ebay items (except many the first 100 we listed in our ebay store) it clearly states that we will try to ship out our customer's purchase with 7 days from the time of purchase (payment). We shipped out their purchase on Oct 22nd, the 7th day from the time of their payment. Once they left the negative feedback, they started emailling us, asking about their purchase, we offered to replace the item (since we had more than one of them in stock). They never responding to our offer to replace the item, it is likely that their purchase arrived to their rural international location.

We include the following information in the description every item we sell on ebay (except for about 100 items in our ebay store, that were listed when we first started selling on ebay) ....

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Items are being added weekly, so bookmark this page & return often, for you will never know what we`ll have for sale!
Due to the increasing number of sales, it is taking longer for us to ship our sold items.
We will make every effort to ship within 7 days from the time of purchase (payment)!
Thank you for understanding this and we apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause you.
We tend to almost always leave feedback once we have shipped the item.
It is a simple way for our customers to know that their item is on it's way!
If you are an international buyer, please do not ask us to mark the item as a gift on the customs form, we will not do this!

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