A search on eBay for glassware will net shitloads of results. Even items on the public DEA special surveillance list--like heating mantles, Parr hydrogenators, and even fucking tablet presses (as in high-throughput electric ones)--can all be had from eBay with great selection.
eBay has to be the biggest online retailer. Good, you say, because it's more easy to blend in. But this is not some shop where you can pay with cash and get out. Every transaction is recorded, passed around various national agencies and their analysis programs, and stored on multiple hard drives for eternity. If your shipping info or account is/can be linked to your identity, every purchase can be considered as transparent as a Sudafed purchase. Every government agent and their dog could find out the brand name of your round bottom flasks.
Let's say you think you're pretty smart and buy a pre-paid debit card (with cash) to do all your purchases. You still have to get the stuff shipped someplace. And I'm sure "paid with pre-paid card" is a criterion for a red flag by whatever programs they use. I don't think anyone will notice if you buy a little glassware, but anything more useful than that or any patterns seems like a trap.
eBay has to be the biggest online retailer. Good, you say, because it's more easy to blend in. But this is not some shop where you can pay with cash and get out. Every transaction is recorded, passed around various national agencies and their analysis programs, and stored on multiple hard drives for eternity. If your shipping info or account is/can be linked to your identity, every purchase can be considered as transparent as a Sudafed purchase. Every government agent and their dog could find out the brand name of your round bottom flasks.
Let's say you think you're pretty smart and buy a pre-paid debit card (with cash) to do all your purchases. You still have to get the stuff shipped someplace. And I'm sure "paid with pre-paid card" is a criterion for a red flag by whatever programs they use. I don't think anyone will notice if you buy a little glassware, but anything more useful than that or any patterns seems like a trap.