The only time I've heard of any agency becoming suspicious (and this is through the grape vine, so probably exaggerated) is when large volume glassware is purchased. By large volume I mean, 1 or 2L round bottom flasks, 5L Erlenmeyer, giant heating mantles, large condensors, and even then I think it was all purchased in a short time frame, from the same ebay user, throwing up some flags. But honestly it could have just been a story I don't even remember where I heard it from.
I don't think ordering some beakers or a 500mL distillation apparatus would warrant an investigation by the men in black.
-- I've seen some of our universities older glassware, probably from the 60-70's, just collecting dust on the shelves in the store room, but it's really crazy to see the scale they used to make things on. I think I saw a Buchner funnel a foot across, 5 ft long glass columns for packing silica into, at least a 1L round bottom, a MASSIVE condenser, crazy stuff, and really neat to look at, took a skilled person some time to make them I am sure.
I've always wanted to know where and when states auction off their old laboratory supplies. It seems you have to be a big spender and be willing to take large lots to be "invited", or that's what I've been told.
We wanted to sell some of the old glassware that had been collecting inches of dust for decades to raise money for our department since we are a low endowment state school, but sadly we were told it all belongs to the state and the only option they gave us was to give it to them and then they process it and ship it off to some other store room to sit for another few decades or be auctioned off.
Now to find out where state schools auction their old belongings...would be a treasure trove for people looking to get things on the cheap.
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