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foothills
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Location: Hoodsport/Shelton Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 3372
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I'm considering buying a BUNCH of .50 cal ammo cans...Like 600 of them. I want 50 or so for my own use.
Curious if there's much interest in them to sell off the excess and what the fair going rate is for them? These are nice clean cans...
If I buy them I'd figure out where to set up a meeting place in the Federal Way area to disperse them.
Thoughts?
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olydemon
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What would the cost per can be?
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stompah
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Location: Renton Joined: Sat Mar 21, 2015 Posts: 2163
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olydemon wrote: What would the cost per can be? I'd be in for 3 if they were clean and reasonable priced.
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Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:18 am |
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james_green42
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Location: Kent, Washington Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 281
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depending on price, I could use 20+. Any lots of fat .50 cans?
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Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:42 am |
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ThermiteBasedToys
Location: Lynnwood Joined: Thu Aug 26, 2021 Posts: 28
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I could use 1 or 2 forsure if the price is right,
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Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:52 am |
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foothills
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james_green42 wrote: depending on price, I could use 20+. Any lots of fat .50 cans? No fat 50's closer than North Carolina right now or upcoming. Pricing is totally gonna depend on what the auction goes for. Closest source with any quantity is Colorado Springs at the moment. I'm trying to sort out if it's worth it to buy a large lot and supply my gun buddies for a reasonable price for all of us.
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Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:22 am |
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toys in the toybox
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Location: Tenino Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2011 Posts: 4396
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these always seem to sell just fine as long as condition is decent and price is around $10 + - a few Sheckels. almost everyone can always use a few more......
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Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:27 am |
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oldkim
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Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9266
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I looked at those auctions buying on quantity.
As you know be aware to account for some damaged ones. But the biggest is storage and freight. Either you pick up or have them ship. It’s going to costs and then factor storage here.
If you are looking at this route. Maybe have a few key distribution points. People willing to store and do the distribution at key locations around WA. 3-4 would be ideal so it will also go to decreasing the storage needs at just one location.
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shaggy
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Location: Snohomish Co Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2018 Posts: 1811
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I would think you could shop them around to gun/surplus stores and sell them pretty easy.
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Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:37 am |
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foothills
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oldkim wrote: I looked at those auctions buying on quantity.
As you know be aware to account for some damaged ones. But the biggest is storage and freight. Either you pick up or have them ship. It’s going to costs and then factor storage here.
If you are looking at this route. Maybe have a few key distribution points. People willing to store and do the distribution at key locations around WA. 3-4 would be ideal so it will also go to decreasing the storage needs at just one location. Yeah I figure the freight is gonna be around $3 a can if I go pick them up, plus average auction cost of $4+ a can.
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Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:41 am |
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foothills
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shaggy wrote: I would think you could shop them around to gun/surplus stores and sell them pretty easy. It's kinda curious why they rarely ever show up for auction at JBLM or the PNW at all. Unless they all get shipped to a hub for sale maybe. Colorado Springs and North Carolina have them quite often.
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Guns4Liberty
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Depending upon price and condition, I'd be good for 20+.
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shaggy
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foothills wrote: Yeah I figure the freight is gonna be around $3 a can if I go pick them up, plus average auction cost of $4+ a can. Looking at pics online, it looks like probably 120 to a pallet, so you are talking 5 pallets of them
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foothills
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shaggy wrote: foothills wrote: Yeah I figure the freight is gonna be around $3 a can if I go pick them up, plus average auction cost of $4+ a can. Looking at pics online, it looks like probably 120 to a pallet, so you are talking 5 pallets of them Usually 96 to a pallet, I can haul and store 13 pallets easily. Might try to buy 3 lots and reduce price per unit for shipping.
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oldkim
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Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9266
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If one can do it.
It’s like many things. It’s a numbers game. The more you buy the cheaper each item it is in the end. (Hopefully)
But that’s a lot to shell out to save a few bucks. Not just in funds but more importantly time and a pain to disperse.
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