Linear germicidal lamps are not made of quartz; instead these are made of soft glass with a certain dope to make it transparent to the 254nm wavelength while intransparent for the ozone-producing 185nm wavelength.

Fake or not: I would not take my chances with this uncoated lamp when it comes to the unshielded eye and skin. A UV-C test card may yield inconclusive results.

My biggest issue with pot is DO IT AT HOME !!! Now that it's legal here I frequently smell it while driving and while "out and about" !

I’m sure High St in Columbus is pleasant, hopefully the Subraford’s windows roll up reliably.

That would make it more expensive to send the incriminating package i guess...

Nice case of paranoia going wild, heh Such bans always work on the wholesale level, or with Ebay which runs before the locomotive trying to cover their corporate bum. But see, people are still getting those metal halide and mercury lamps today even off Ebay.

Reminds me a story of 1970-1980's vintage, when American distributor of Mamiya photo equipment (sitting on their monopolistic position in the US and setting inflated prices accordingly) spread the rumor that everyone (even private persons) bringing Mamiya gear to US bought considerably cheaper in Japan (even somewhat used) will be sued on the copyright (!!) reasons by them! So far no one is known to be actually sued, but this was a loud scandal, and you see it is remembered till today Doing such things certainly ruin brand's reputation of course, though.     

@Ash. Sure for poor little mercury lamps, of course, BUT imagine if someone sends you a nice box of cocaine by post you may quickly get in a pretty deep legal sh&% ! 

Indeed, I should have specified, AT HOME, or the park, somewhere private.

Could part numbers also be a potential work around this?

 Simple way around all of this . List your "Contraband Lighting" by using vague generic terms that the eBay A.I. sensors won't catch !

 EXAMPLES I'VE SEEN :  Incande$cent , "not LED" , high intensity lightbulb , lightbulb , tube light , light .

 As for the extrodinarily high prices , NEVER GONNA HAPPEN !! All that is is fear mongering ! NO ONE will list something for a crazy price like that knowing damn good and well that NO ONE WILL PAY IT !!

I haven't got an issue with smoking, or weed for that matter. it's nice enough. Vaping tasted horrid, makes you look stupid, and still has nicotine 9/10 times. Smoking things is bad for your health, and everyone who does should know the problems and risks.

 My biggest issue with pot is DO IT AT HOME !!! Now that it's legal here I frequently smell it while driving and while "out and about" ! Also , there's someone here at work who has one of the "pot vapes" There's days I can clearly smell it at work but can't determine who exactly is using it . When I do , I promise that HR will find out and the user WILL wind up unemployed !!    Last thing I need is to wind up hurt by some dumbass who's high at work !

OK, now I doubt that non-LED lamps will ever become that expensive. Chances are a new, better lighting technology will come around before non-LED lamps will become that expensive, and maybe then us lighting collectors will start collecting LED stuff.

@xmaslightguy, highly agreed. I actually had to take apart literally every socket in all five of the "LED ready" fixtures in my upstairs loft, to get them prepared for the wiring of each HPF magnetic Rapid Start ballast that I installed. I had to open up the "back door" of each socket, force the tabs up to release the LED ready wiring, insert the copper portion of the ballast wiring, then re-bend the tabs downward to further guarantee official contact with the tabs and the copper portion of each wire. After that, I'd close the "back door" of each socket. After applying power supply to the ballast, using only one lamp, I checked for visible electrode filament heating on both sides of each ballast. I did this with all of my fixtures, and all of them passed the test. (Except for that one ballast I told you about in the middle fixture. That is the only one that had an issue with filament heating. I'll be checking that ballast soon.)
But all 11 of my fixtures are working flawlessly with each and every start up so far, although I know for a fact there was probably an easier way for me to handle the "LED ready" socket wiring during ballast installation.
But yeah... the tabs making contact with the copper portion of the ballast wires... that's a big deal. It may seem as if the wire is snug in place, but that does not mean the copper portion of the wire is making contact with the tabs, @Emersyn.