anyone used the cheap-o chrome oil pans from ebay?

seriously? i bet more than 50% of the items you own were made overseas. i appreciate the sentiment though.

so has anyone actually used one of these pans? worst case i cough up a few more bucks and buy a milodon.

Yeah, I was having a moment after reading all the "occupy" stuff. I would in your case spend the extra and buy a Milodon pan compared to the cheapo one.