User Panel
Posted: 10/22/2004 9:42:36 AM EDT
OK, I have what I think is a great idea.
Many of us remember the A&E/History Channel special "Story of the Gun" and loved it but aren't quite willing to pay $59.95 + s/h for the 4 DVD set. store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=70772 So my idea is kinda a "group rental" of sorts. We get 10 people who each pay $7.00 (about the cost of 2 DVDs at Blockbuster IIRC) which will give us a total of $70.00. I order the DVD and each participant can keep it for up to a week before sending it to the next guy in line on the list. When each participant has had it for a week (or less if they only need 2 days to watch it) then it can go to the general population of AR15.com. In other words it gets shipped to the next person in line on the list and each of them can have it for up to a week. Couple safegaurds. Each person is responsible for the cost of shipping to the next person and is responsible for proof of shipping. Anyone who has the DVD set lost, stolen or damaged while in their care must repay $7.00 to each of the original members who paid for the set. If at any time the DVD set stops circulating due to lack of interests it will become the property of one of the original 10 paying members to be decided by random drawing. If we can get 9 more people who are interested I will get this done. If successsful we can do this with other titles of interest. RULES: DVD will deliver to members in ORDER of their posting on this thread Edit your post when DVDs are IN your possession. 10-18-04 DVDs have been in my possession and were mailed out today to fallingwrench. Here is the list so far. Person in RED should have the DVDs. 1. SteyrAug Florida 2. fallingwrench Arizona 3. captainpooby Florida 4. Jetlag ? 5. USPC40 Alabama 6. Bigheadcal Florida (SCRATCHED) 7. dannonly Oregon 8. labrat454 North Carolina 9. lowammo ? 10. Longtrail Alabama 11. cfbigdaddy West Virginia 12. gus Pennsylvania 13. Medic08 Pennsylvania 14. ROKIT88 Kalifornia 15. GoGop Missouri 16. Mordak Massachusetts 17. Red-Leg Ohio (Only wrote TAG in his post) 18. bulldog1967 Virginia 19. calafro Connecticut 20. heathen Ohio 21. ByteTheBullet Georgia 22. cyrax777 Arizona 23. AZ-K9 Arizona 24. KA3B ? 25. supersix4 Texas 26. gunsmithdude Kalifornia 27. sherrick13 Oklahoma |
|
just ask to borrow it from somebody here that already owns it................
ooooooh, ARFCOM DVD sharing, cool |
|
I'm not sure anyone would be willing to put their copy into general cirrculation indefinitely. |
|
|
if you're gonna pay a bunch of money for a circulating DVD set, wouldn't it be un-arfcom of you for it not to be BoB??
ARFCOM DVD SHARING: Now We Can Collectively answer, "What Gun did Al use in Heat?" |
|
(inside joke, don't know if Tex was standing there ) |
|
|
|
|
Oh well. I'm out. |
|
|
I have the Band Of Brothers Boxed set I will put into this "community DVD", prefer only Team Members with + feedback though. |
|
|
I discovered an extra copy of 'The day after tomorrow' in my library, so that's up for 'rental'.
|
|
Hey, SA, you have to think bigger! How about an additional $10 - 20 per year on the membership fees, & then buy a library of titles. When they aren't in use, they go back to a central library. I bet that you could buy the titles cheap if you bought enough of them or set up a blanket purchase to buy a certain number in a specific time. The library could be kept by Sgtar15 because he has so much time on his hands that he plays with dolls... er, um, I mean "action figures."
Seriously though, since it would be a PITA to administer, I bet that an out side service could be hired to send out the DVDs for an inexpensive fee. All speculation, of course. |
|
I'm in
ps steyrAUG- why'd the 50 gb thread get locked? one of the ee mods find it? when is the gb gonna start? edit- first 20 requests for team members only |
|
3 to go. .50 topic got moved to EE then to Trash. I get the impression that means it won't get approval. Wish I had known before I wasted my time getting it ready. |
|
|
www.netflix.com Course we are gonna stick to titles they would never stock and are expensive enough we probably wouldn't buy them. |
|
|
Ok, since I can't help in the funding of this (wish I could!), I will take the name of the first person who wants BoB, cost: $5 for Priority Mail shipping. (Yeah, I am that broke....) 1 Month to view (Or a Saturday Marathon), then pass to the next on list. Those who have contributed to SA and haven't seen BoB are first in line (Tex?), post below.
Right now, on related topic: Canon 80-200 2.8L Lens I have in the "ARF Community". If you need a fast long zoom lens for Canon SLR to use for a while (2 months has been typical of the past two holders), IM Me. (Team Only, preferably that I have met, or somebody I met will vouch for, sorry, it is a spendy piece of glass...) On both: You Damage, you replace. |
|
i have no idea what all DVDs that i have, i'll have to take inventory today...........
|
|
Hell, I've got seven bucks! I'm in!!!
I also have BoB (purchased NEW on ebay a year ago) but two of the discs look like the Dinks at the warehouse dropped them and walked on them. The two won't play in my player. Brass- I may have to get the two discs that I can't watch from you, just so I can see what I've missed out on. |
|
I'll give you a dollar for that, I need to practice skeet... |
|
|
I have a pretty good sized library of tapes and DVD's. Maybe we could have an exchange forum....
Folks could "loaner swap" with each other. |
|
How's your truck doing? |
|
|
1 more needed and we are a go.
And if you guys want to do a DVD exchange that is also a good idea but could you please start another thread so this one doesn't get confusing. Brass seems like the guy to get that project going. |
|
'Seven Bucks? IM Me the paypal addy. --- Edit: Sorry bout the pseudo-hijack |
|
|
since i've missed out on the nonevent armalite 50 buy, do you think you could ask about doing this one? please? |
|
|
I've done everything I can. I negotiated it, set it up and contacted staff for approval several times. They told me approx 2 weeks then the inquiry in the .50 forum got moved to the EE then to the Trash. I'm still ready to do the second I get approval but I can't make them give me approval. I've done everything I can up to this point. |
||
|
Count me in
Edited to vote for "first 20 requests for team members only" |
|
Success. OK, I'll IM the 9 particpating people on where to send $7.00 and I'll request shipping info from the person who is gonna get the DVDs first. They will ship in order of participation. When the DVD gets to Longtrail he will have it for a week and then it goes to teh next person to request it First question is do we want to limit the first 20 people to get it for "free" to team members only? You guys (the 9 people putting up $7.00) decide and your decision is fine with me. Edit your post to say either "first 20 requests for team members only" or "first 20 requests for all members." |
|
|
OK, all participants have been IMd with contact info.
Hopefully have everyones check or MO in a week and we'll make this happen. |
|
TDA is a fairly good movie, though slightly tedious. |
||
|
I'm leaning towards this one. store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=70870&browseCategoryId=&location=&parentcatid=&subcatid= |
|
|
Didn't you feel the introduction paragraph about the M-16 DVD went a little over the top? "The M-16 is the most powerful assault rifle ever used in combat. But its significance goes beyond its unrivalled force. And its overwhelming efficiency as a killing machine has put it firmly in the spotlight of the ongoing debate over gun control." |
||
|
Leaking Thanks for asking! How's life treating you??? |
||
|
Sorry, I was just making a suggestion. I wasn't planning on starting it up in this thread, just floating the idea. Hell, I can't even organize my thoughts... much less a loaner library or exchange thread. Please send me your Paypal info and I'll get the 7.00 plus 3% sent out to you. |
|
|
I haven't received an IM. Am I still in??? Try emailing the info to me. Thanks! Thanks Longtrail!!!!!! And everyone else who is involved! I just watched the HoG AK-47 episode yesterday on the H-channel. EDITED TO ADD: First 20 team members only. Nothing personal against the members... It just goes to show how "Team Membership" has its privaledges... now go sign up for Team membership! |
||
|
Email sent |
|||
|
6 of 9 have confirmed payment to be sent.
Waiting for Jetlag, Bigheadcal and labrat454 to confirm payment sent and I'll get this ordered. I sent just emailed all 3 for confirmation in case they never got the IM. |
|
payment sent.
ps- you should order it now, i'll cover if someone fails to provide. but then i'd want to be the happy recipiant at the end of the line for long term storage |
|
I mailed my check Saturday. The same day I got the IM. I'm in AL, so it shouldn't take too long to get there.
Just my opinion...I think we should move this to the Team Member's forum for any future trades. |
|
I read that the North Korean leader Kim Jung Il has over 50,000 movies in his collection.
I didn't even know there were 50,000 movies made in the world. |
|
I'm actually going to be selling the Tales of the Gun series on my site. I can only get it on VHS though...
|
|
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.