shibumiseeker
Grandmaster
Update 5/14/2013: My May 1st deadline for payment has come and gone and with some folks who didn't make good on their orders, I have 4 cases left for sale. The price is now $60 per case as I have floated payment on my credit card long enough. I would like to remind folks that this is a group buy where I paid for them in advance and I did not buy them to sell to make a profit, I floated the money in advance to buy the pallets so people (myself included) could have the opportunity to buy them at a lower price.
At this point they are first come-first served until they are gone and all of the payment and meetup-details outlined in the OP stand. If I still have them unspoken for in a couple of weeks the price is going up.
The last two pallets sold within days and there's a little over half a pallet of stand-by orders for a third pallet, so if we can get enough orders for another pallet I will do one. I'm going on vacation for a week, but will have intermittent net access so I will update this thread as I can. When we have enough orders I will do the third pallet after I get back, and if we don't get enough by mid April we'll call it a wash.
Please read this entire post. I am NOT RESPONDING TO PMs that ask a question that is answered here, and I am NOT taking orders via PM.
MREs - APack Ready Meals - Self-Heating Emergency Meals Ready to Eat
Please note these are not the military packaging, but the food inside is the same, just in the civilian packaging (Ameriqual makes the military MREs).
I will buy the pallet UP FRONT and ONLY collect money once I have MREs in my possession: no lynch mobs showing up at the Ranch because I've been holding money for several months like happened to a certain member here a while back. Obviously this means I would have the risk of not everyone making good on their promises to buy and I could potentially be stuck with extra cases of MREs. Not a huge deal for me since we buy several cases a year anyway.
So, here's how I'm going to run it: I will buy 1 pallet. That's 48 cases. WHEN I have the MREs in my possession I will collect payments via paypal+3%, or cash/check. No checks in person, and only once the check has cleared will the MREs be released. Once you have paid, your username gets written on the case(s) and they are yours until the supply chain can get them to you. Payment will be within 2 weeks of my having the pallet in my possession. I am buying these on my credit card and I do not like to carry a balance on the card.
Since I am buying these up front it's going to be first come, first served. ie, you post IN THIS THREAD, "I want 2 cases" then you have committed to buying 2 cases. Until I actually have possession of the pallet you can change your mind or quantity. If you cannot make good on your interest (this means actually paying for them) within 2 weeks of when I have MREs in my possession, then you go to the end of the line for availability. Last couple of times I had people jerk me around with "check is in the mail" including someone who ignored the repeated PMs requesting payment then got huffy a couple months later when they were sold to someone else.
Sorry to be a hardass but I can guarantee there are at least a few folks who will have unexpected expenses and won't make good on their commitment. I try very hard not to be that kind of person and I have little patience for others who do it.
If I am stuck with 20 extra cases of MREs at the end, I will be selling them for a profit here or elsewhere. To be clear, if you get in on the buy early, I am not making any profit at all. The only way I would profit from this deal is if I end up getting stuck with a bunch of people backing out once I have paid for them and there's not enough people standing by with requests at which point I'll be selling the remaining ones at a higher price.
As far as distribution, it's up to each purchaser to pick them up or arrange the supply chain to pick them up. I am in Bedford and Bloomington weekly and get down through Louisville every month or so. I would be picking them up in Evansville and can meet folks down south the day I pick them up, and once every couple months or so I get up to Indy. I am NOT going to be a delivery service running around the state as I can spend a bunch in gas for something I make no money doing. You can arrange for someone else to pick yours up. All details of these transactions will be made public on this post so there is no question.
At this point they are first come-first served until they are gone and all of the payment and meetup-details outlined in the OP stand. If I still have them unspoken for in a couple of weeks the price is going up.
The last two pallets sold within days and there's a little over half a pallet of stand-by orders for a third pallet, so if we can get enough orders for another pallet I will do one. I'm going on vacation for a week, but will have intermittent net access so I will update this thread as I can. When we have enough orders I will do the third pallet after I get back, and if we don't get enough by mid April we'll call it a wash.
Please read this entire post. I am NOT RESPONDING TO PMs that ask a question that is answered here, and I am NOT taking orders via PM.
MREs - APack Ready Meals - Self-Heating Emergency Meals Ready to Eat
Please note these are not the military packaging, but the food inside is the same, just in the civilian packaging (Ameriqual makes the military MREs).
I will buy the pallet UP FRONT and ONLY collect money once I have MREs in my possession: no lynch mobs showing up at the Ranch because I've been holding money for several months like happened to a certain member here a while back. Obviously this means I would have the risk of not everyone making good on their promises to buy and I could potentially be stuck with extra cases of MREs. Not a huge deal for me since we buy several cases a year anyway.
So, here's how I'm going to run it: I will buy 1 pallet. That's 48 cases. WHEN I have the MREs in my possession I will collect payments via paypal+3%, or cash/check. No checks in person, and only once the check has cleared will the MREs be released. Once you have paid, your username gets written on the case(s) and they are yours until the supply chain can get them to you. Payment will be within 2 weeks of my having the pallet in my possession. I am buying these on my credit card and I do not like to carry a balance on the card.
Since I am buying these up front it's going to be first come, first served. ie, you post IN THIS THREAD, "I want 2 cases" then you have committed to buying 2 cases. Until I actually have possession of the pallet you can change your mind or quantity. If you cannot make good on your interest (this means actually paying for them) within 2 weeks of when I have MREs in my possession, then you go to the end of the line for availability. Last couple of times I had people jerk me around with "check is in the mail" including someone who ignored the repeated PMs requesting payment then got huffy a couple months later when they were sold to someone else.
Sorry to be a hardass but I can guarantee there are at least a few folks who will have unexpected expenses and won't make good on their commitment. I try very hard not to be that kind of person and I have little patience for others who do it.
If I am stuck with 20 extra cases of MREs at the end, I will be selling them for a profit here or elsewhere. To be clear, if you get in on the buy early, I am not making any profit at all. The only way I would profit from this deal is if I end up getting stuck with a bunch of people backing out once I have paid for them and there's not enough people standing by with requests at which point I'll be selling the remaining ones at a higher price.
As far as distribution, it's up to each purchaser to pick them up or arrange the supply chain to pick them up. I am in Bedford and Bloomington weekly and get down through Louisville every month or so. I would be picking them up in Evansville and can meet folks down south the day I pick them up, and once every couple months or so I get up to Indy. I am NOT going to be a delivery service running around the state as I can spend a bunch in gas for something I make no money doing. You can arrange for someone else to pick yours up. All details of these transactions will be made public on this post so there is no question.
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