AK COLLECTORS MUTUAL FUND (AK Site. WTS/WTB Board.)

AK COLLECTORS MUTUAL FUND
Author: MrG	February 16, 1999 at 10:17:15

> As an AK collector, I would love to keep up with the latest
> styles and traditional past materials and furniture that
> make our pre-ban and class 3 AK's original and original
> looking. ...But as we all know the parts we can use are
> difficult to obtain and rare in occurance-here in the
> United States. However, in the CIS and colocated Ukraine
> these items/parts are plentiful and inexpensive or cost
> effective for the US collector/consumer.
>
> Therefore I propose if we can maintain a
> group/consortium/membership of at least twenty five (25)
> persons who are willing to purchase en masse, as a group 25
> of any item, we can have someone like Val Shilen purchase
> and deliver each item that we agree
>
> to obtain as a group. Each part or parts set would have to be purchased
> in orders of 25 or more. This is an idea I believe would work and satisfy our collective desire to maintain our
> specific AK collections. I believe the
>
> most any part or part set should not exceed a ceiling of
> $300.00, so none of us would be required to shell out real
> money at anytime....For example if we all wanted plastic
> dragunov fixed stocks....25 of us would provide someone
> like Val Shilen $3750.00 in US Dollars...and he would
> obtain the minimum order of 25 and we would be
>
> happier than pigs in their native element. So you get the idea...we
> form a minimum order group and agree on one item a month to keep our supplier working and our collections placated. Let me know what you think about this!
>
> MrG

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Re: AK COLLECTORS MUTUAL FUND Packrat 16:52:46 2/16/1999 (1)
- I LIKE THE IDEA TOO, BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS ARE YOU IN OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS?(NTX) MrG 11:23:27 2/17/1999 (0)

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> > As an AK collector, I would love to keep up with the latest > > styles and traditional past materials and furniture that > > make our pre-ban and class 3 AK's original and original > > looking. ...But as we all know the parts we can use are > > difficult to obtain and rare in occurance-here in the > > United States. However, in the CIS and colocated Ukraine > > these items/parts are plentiful and inexpensive or cost > > effective for the US collector/consumer. > > > > Therefore I propose if we can maintain a > > group/consortium/membership of at least twenty five (25) > > persons who are willing to purchase en masse, as a group 25 > > of any item, we can have someone like Val Shilen purchase > > and deliver each item that we agree > > > > to obtain as a group. Each part or parts set would have to be purchased > > in orders of 25 or more. This is an idea I believe would work and satisfy our collective desire to maintain our > > specific AK collections. I believe the > > > > most any part or part set should not exceed a ceiling of > > $300.00, so none of us would be required to shell out real > > money at anytime....For example if we all wanted plastic > > dragunov fixed stocks....25 of us would provide someone > > like Val Shilen $3750.00 in US Dollars...and he would > > obtain the minimum order of 25 and we would be > > > > happier than pigs in their native element. So you get the idea...we > > form a minimum order group and agree on one item a month to keep our supplier working and our collections placated. Let me know what you think about this! > > > > MrG
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