I bought a couple of “milk crate” style storage boxes at a shop, and they are prominently labeled (molded right into the plastic):
“Use by Other Than Registered Owner is Punishable Under Law.”
Yeah, sure. Is this some kind of quirky joke, or something left over from Blue Laws of the 1910s? Is this like getting thrown in jail for cutting the tag off my pillow?
Worth noting, I never “registered” my purchase, so these boxes are still “registered” to the store I bought 'em from. Do I need to pack my toothbrush and report to state prison?
Milk crates as used by milk companies and other companies are not give away storage boxes. If these are your milk crates do you want someone else coming along and taking them?
Those things are worth money, they’re very valuable to people who recycle the polypropylene. They get stolen a lot because they get left outside behind stores and restaurants.
From the linked article: “It’s true. Pennsylvania code does indeed criminalize unauthorized ‘use for any purpose’ of a milk crate stamped with the name of another company (as mine are).”
The crates I have aren’t stamped with any company name, so this particular idea isn’t the explanation.
Missed the edit window: I’ve just sent a question to the customer service department of the store where I bought these. I’ll let y’all know what they say.
Best to pay a [del]coyote[/del] etoyoc to sneak you into Mexico, then go overland to El Salvador, get false papers, then travel onwards to, say, Thailand to hole up while the federal Milk Crate Police seach in vain for you back in the US of A.
