Breeders getting together to purchase discounted Dry Shippers!

[Daventry]

For those that saw the post on COTH in regards to Mare Owners getting together and purchasing discounted ultrasound machines, we are now going to do the same thing with frozen semen Dry Shippers from sementanks.com

Regular price on the SC 4/2 V - Vapor Shipper is $999 US. sementanks.com will give us a multiple buyer discount of $705 US + freight. If you would also like to purchase the protective cover for the dry shipper, regular price is $344 US. sementanks.com will discount it down to $250 US + freight. If purchasing both, that is a total of $955 US + freight and a savings of $388! Anyone interested can contact me directly at info@daventryequestrian.com

[RunningwaterWBs]

http://sementank.com/sementanks.htm

This company offers a vapor shipper for $599. Cover is free/ included. 5 yr guarantee.

Just sayin’…

[Daventry]

[QUOTE=RunningwaterWBs;7435403]
http://sementank.com/sementanks.htm

This company offers a vapor shipper for $599. Cover is free/ included. 5 yr guarantee.

Just sayin’…[/QUOTE]

Thanks for your comments.

For those that don’t know much about dry shippers, the tank RunningwaterWBS posted above is an inferior dry shipper with thin walls…and the “cover” she refers to is just a cloth covering and not appropriate for shipping…which is why it is so cheap. Definitely not something I would want to ship my valuable and perishable frozen semen in.

The dry shipper we are getting a discount on is this one: http://store.sementanks.com/sc42v-vaporshipper.aspx
Sturdy, thick walled, high quality materials and well made.

And here is the protective cover we get: http://store.sementanks.com/protectivecover.aspx
It is sturdy and PROTECTIVE.

Here is the protective cover RunningwaterWBS recommends:
http://sementank.com/CT3D.htm

Of course, we are not twisting any Mare Owner or Stallion Owners arm and they are free to choose what they want to purchase…but I will take the sturdy, protective cover any day over the pretty blue cloth cover! Just sayin’

[RunningwaterWBs]

Wow, such ire. For the record, I’m not saying MVE tanks are “bad” or that the link I’ve posted is for a better tank. All I’m saying is there are other companies out there that don’t charge so much, and your post seems directed at people looking for a deal.

I’ve actually been through this before on this bb, when I argued that tanks marketed to the bovine industry can be found at cheaper prices than those marketed to horse people. (Believe me, people in the bovine industry would be no less upset at losing frozen semen, regardless of the price per straw, and would have ZERO brand loyalty to a company selling failing tanks.)

Check out this thread, if only for the entertainment value:
http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?309687-How-long-does-frozen-semen-keep-for/page2&highlight=semen+tank

My point is there are other options out there. I don’t understand your vehemence at me for letting people know there are other manufacturers with lower prices.

What kind of guarantee comes with MVE tanks? Why do the they require (or recommend) a $344 cover?

I make no claims for the tanks I posted about, but I’ve heard the “thin-walled, made in China” argument before. Here’s what I found out about MVE tanks:

MVE tanks are manufactured by Chart Industries, whose headquarters are in Garfield, Ohio.

Semen tanks are listed under their “Distribution & Storage” division, which has US service centers in Georgia, Texas, and Minnesota. This division has sales centers in Shanghai, China and Solingen, Germany.

The distribution and storage division has “Operating Units” in the US in Georgia and Minnesota as well as Decin, Czech Republic and Changzhou, China.

The company also has a location in Zangjiagang, China not attributed to any one division. So it looks to me that MVE tanks – or at least parts of them – may be manufactured in China too.
http://www.chartindustries.com/Locations-And-Contact-Us.aspx

[RunningwaterWBs]

PS – There are three of the big plastic shipping covers for MVE dry shippers on ebay right now for $199-$225:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=liquid+nitrogen+dry+shipper&_osacat=12576&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xmve+dry+shipper&_nkw=mve+dry+shipper&_sacat=12576

[Daventry]

Sorry you took my post the wrong way. I’m definitely not angry…which is why I included several in my post, as it’s so hard to convey tone on here. What you are recommending is just $100 dollars less than the cost of a tank that is established as being a good quality tank. As you pointed out yourself, this was already discussed with you at length on the old thread from 2011.

I’m just not willing to take a risk on a tank that doesn’t have the reputation of an MVE or a Taylor Wharton dry shipper. You are more than welcome to buy whatever dry shipper you choose. I’m simply trying to organize a group deal for this particular brand with a known reputation and the protective outer cover shipping.

I’m not interested in getting in an argument with you or having a repeat of the 2011 thread, in which you said yourself was an “entertaining read”. I’m just trying to organize a group buy for Stallion Owners and Mare Owners who are interested in purchasing a well-made tank from a company that has the reputation to back it up.

If you would rather purchase from another company or from eBay, that’s your choice…but not the point of my thread.

[RunningwaterWBs]

Can you demonstrate the specifications you talk about? I’d like to see proof that the walls are different widths. It sounds a lot like hearsay to me, especially since the rhetoric you use is exactly the same as in the thread I linked to.

[Daventry]

Sorry, this isn’t a thread about the pros and cons of one tank or another. This thread is about alerting Stallion Owners and Mare Owners and getting together and receiving a group discount from a reputable company that has offered us a group discount, plain and simple.

If you would like to know the difference on the specs between various tanks, I suggest you contact the companies directly and speak with their sales agents.

Anyone else looking to get a deal from a company that has offerd it…and doesn’t have a sadistic need to poo poo all over everything…give me a call!

[RunningwaterWBs]

Yeah, I’m not being sadistic, but, you know, tone is hard to read. :winkgrin:

Just saying if you want to maintain that one tank is so much better than another, you ought to be able to prove it. You haven’t made a very good case for your cause. It’s buyer beware, you know, and we all have the right to ask questions.

[Kyzteke]

[QUOTE=RunningwaterWBs;7436147]
Yeah, I’m not being sadistic, but, you know, tone is hard to read. :winkgrin:

Just saying if you want to maintain that one tank is so much better than another, you ought to be able to prove it. You haven’t made a very good case for your cause. It’s buyer beware, you know, and we all have the right to ask questions. :)[/QUOTE]

Seriously…are you working for one of the other dry shipper companies? I mean, what’s up with all of this?

I have no doubt that anyone who is interested in the OP’s deal will do their research and get specific spec on all units. I personally just don’t “get” why this is such a big deal to you.

Do you make dry shippers or something? If you prefer a different unit, then purchase it. Are you even interested in buying a dry shipper or are you just being a PITA?

This is SO what I hate about COTH…take a perfectly innocent thread and turn it into a firestorm…

[Daventry]

The order will be placed this week, so if you are interested in getting in on this deal, now is the time.