Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Discussions about US MREs and other US rations
Fallout420
Posts: 107
Joined: Mon May 27, 2019 6:13 pm
Location: Tampa, FL

Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by Fallout420 » Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:08 pm

Well fellas, I managed to snag myself an entire crate of that canned coffee that’s been going around lately. I am beyond excited, it’s coming from Italy so it’ll be a bit before it arrives. While having a complete, unopened crate would be amazing, I’m considering opening it and selling some of the cans to recoup the very costly investment. The crate itself and the majority of the cans will stay with me of course. What are your guy’s thoughts?
Attachments
IMG_1162.jpeg
IMG_1161.jpeg

texrdnec
Posts: 248
Joined: Thu Oct 24, 2019 7:00 pm

Re: Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by texrdnec » Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:00 pm

i think you should just suck up the cost because you'll regret it not being complete later on

Jim_M1988
Posts: 153
Joined: Wed May 27, 2020 11:49 am
eBay name: Jim_M1988
Location: United Kingdom

Re: Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by Jim_M1988 » Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:27 pm

That's awesome man! Amazed how many cases of this stuff there are though seems a tad fishy to me.
I do have the wooden crate and about 6 cans for myself. I have 3 more for friends but I'd say soak up the cost if you can. Sell something else or figure out another good investment as that's a unicorn right there.

User avatar
Smitty
Posts: 630
Joined: Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:25 pm
Location: AB, Canada

Re: Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by Smitty » Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:18 am

I disagree with the last two posts only in one condition: you send me one of the cans… ;)

Haha awesome find! Very cool.
All the best, Gents.

- I'm also making videos mainly for my own enjoyment, but hey, maybe you might want to check them out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-9gp ... C1dSyPX0w/

User avatar
Faraway13
Posts: 33
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:17 pm
Location: Baltimore, MD, US

Re: Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by Faraway13 » Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:13 am

Super cool! Would love to buy a can - maybe sell a few to people who promise to either keep it intact or to treasure it and save the can…?

Fallout420
Posts: 107
Joined: Mon May 27, 2019 6:13 pm
Location: Tampa, FL

Re: Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by Fallout420 » Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:40 pm

Thanks for the advice guys, I’m really leaning towards keeping it whole. I know buying a full crate just to open it seems silly at first, but I really wanted the crate itself and an empty crate wasn't an option. Obviously I wanted the cans inside as well, but you know what I mean lol. It will certainly be the gem of the collection unopened so I might have to keep it that way and find other parts of my collection to move to recoup funds. Either that or this will be my last ration purchase of the year :lol:

I’ll decide when it gets here I suppose. I would really love to share it though so others here can have a can for their collection, and they would be much more reasonably priced than the eBay ones

texrdnec
Posts: 248
Joined: Thu Oct 24, 2019 7:00 pm

Re: Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by texrdnec » Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:03 pm

your property so your call but... faust coffee is everywhere right now

i can go buy a can in 3 or 4 places right now. with multiple sellers they're competing for buyers with price.

if a nice borden's coffee popped up right now on ebay do you think it'd go for $65? nope, because there's not cases of it out there for sale right now.

never sell in a saturated market. the longer you can hang on, the more money you'll get. surplus gluts don't last forever.

but they're all out there opening up these cases and selling off the cans... be the guy that doesn't do that if you can help it

Fallout420
Posts: 107
Joined: Mon May 27, 2019 6:13 pm
Location: Tampa, FL

Re: Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by Fallout420 » Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:21 pm

texrdnec wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:03 pm
your property so your call but... faust coffee is everywhere right now

i can go buy a can in 3 or 4 places right now. with multiple sellers they're competing for buyers with price.

if a nice borden's coffee popped up right now on ebay do you think it'd go for $65? nope, because there's not cases of it out there for sale right now.

never sell in a saturated market. the longer you can hang on, the more money you'll get. surplus gluts don't last forever.

but they're all out there opening up these cases and selling off the cans... be the guy that doesn't do that if you can help it
You are completely right Tex, thanks for putting it like that. She’s gonna stay sealed for the foreseeable future. I have a couple of loose cans already, so I’ll let those go here to share what I can and save the crate.

User avatar
Faraway13
Posts: 33
Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:17 pm
Location: Baltimore, MD, US

Re: Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by Faraway13 » Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:26 pm

Much respect!

Fallout420
Posts: 107
Joined: Mon May 27, 2019 6:13 pm
Location: Tampa, FL

Re: Bought a crate of 1945 coffee

Post by Fallout420 » Thu Jun 29, 2023 4:40 pm

After some trouble with customs and two weeks in a warehouse in Philadelphia, it came today! Crate looks great and I’m definitely going to leave it sealed, it will display very nicely. Pictured with a can I already had as an example to what’s inside.
Attachments
IMG_1430.jpeg
IMG_1429.jpeg

Post Reply