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<blockquote data-quote="HerefordSire" data-source="post: 399331" data-attributes="member: 4437"><p><em>Cash flow, not total cost, is what I would be concerned with so play along with me if you please.</em></p><p></p><p>To collect a 1000 straws of semen expect to disburse between $1250.00 to $2000.00 Then theres 3 to 5 cents storage per month which could be $50.00 per month. </p><p></p><p><em>Since I am interested in 100,000 units, I should be able to receive a volume discount. Since you mentioned $1,250 let's make it $1K even, as long as I fork over $50K deposit. My collection cost per unit for the entire 100,000 units, would be approximately $1.00 per unit or $100,000 half of which has already been paid. If I had a sledge hammer slammed against my head and you needed 10,000 units for your commercial herd in Argentina, would you pay $2.00 per unit? In other words, would you be willing to invest $20,000 for a bargain that you would normally pay $10 per unit or $100,000 as long as I had the right bull? If so, I would have 90,000 units remaining and be committed to repaying $80,000 or $30,000 after applying the deposit. My cost per unit drops from $1.00 to $.80. Get the drift?</em></p><p></p><p>Take that times 100 see if you care to gamble 100 times over. The storage on 100,000 straws would be $3,000.00 to $5,000.00 per month. Let alone 125 to 200 thousand to get that many straws collected. I don't care whos check book it is it's not chump change. </p><p></p><p><em>Negative. In cash flow management, the idea would be to never accumulate more units than you could sell the prior month.</em></p><p></p><p>Course a man could buy a tank big enough to store a couple hundred thosand straws for 30 to 40 thousand. Then it would only be about a thousand or so amonth for the liquid nitrogen. </p><p></p><p><em>I don't want to manage semen. I manage intellectual content because it pays better.</em></p><p></p><p>If anyone has a bull of that calliber sell the collection rights to genex or someone. </p><p></p><p><em>Negative. Why let them make the money?</em></p><p></p><p>Thats my take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HerefordSire, post: 399331, member: 4437"] [i]Cash flow, not total cost, is what I would be concerned with so play along with me if you please.[/i] To collect a 1000 straws of semen expect to disburse between $1250.00 to $2000.00 Then theres 3 to 5 cents storage per month which could be $50.00 per month. [i]Since I am interested in 100,000 units, I should be able to receive a volume discount. Since you mentioned $1,250 let’s make it $1K even, as long as I fork over $50K deposit. My collection cost per unit for the entire 100,000 units, would be approximately $1.00 per unit or $100,000 half of which has already been paid. If I had a sledge hammer slammed against my head and you needed 10,000 units for your commercial herd in Argentina, would you pay $2.00 per unit? In other words, would you be willing to invest $20,000 for a bargain that you would normally pay $10 per unit or $100,000 as long as I had the right bull? If so, I would have 90,000 units remaining and be committed to repaying $80,000 or $30,000 after applying the deposit. My cost per unit drops from $1.00 to $.80. Get the drift?[/i] Take that times 100 see if you care to gamble 100 times over. The storage on 100,000 straws would be $3,000.00 to $5,000.00 per month. Let alone 125 to 200 thousand to get that many straws collected. I don't care whos check book it is it's not chump change. [i]Negative. In cash flow management, the idea would be to never accumulate more units than you could sell the prior month.[/i] Course a man could buy a tank big enough to store a couple hundred thosand straws for 30 to 40 thousand. Then it would only be about a thousand or so amonth for the liquid nitrogen. [i]I don’t want to manage semen. I manage intellectual content because it pays better.[/i] If anyone has a bull of that calliber sell the collection rights to genex or someone. [i]Negative. Why let them make the money?[/i] Thats my take. [/QUOTE]
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