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03-10-14, 23:27
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Not just hassle, but very few customers are lined up for the older stuff. In the meantime, it costs something to store it and keep it in preservation, all the while the equipment just keeps getting older and in a poorer state.
We had our M113s, C1 howitzers and AVGPs up for sale for quite some time through a re-marketer. Not many takers in the end. Customers can be quite picky, even when it comes to freebies. Wikopedia reports that the recipients of the AVGPs were not happy with their maintainability. Even in Afghanistan, the Afghan military returned our 2500 (IIRC) "foreign aid" C7 rifles. 
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04-10-14, 16:17
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You really hit the salient point here Rob. Especially when it comes the Armoured Vehicles. I think the reason ex-Soviet eqpt is so popular in these developing countries is due to its ability to be maintained on a shoe string by people with little to no training.
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04-10-14, 18:35
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Part of it may be our fault too. We say we are going to contribute X milliion dollars, then try and give them our older crap at full book value to account for the donation.
Would anyone here pay $26,000 (original book value) for a slightly worn out Iltis?
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04-10-14, 22:05
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On that note Rob, why would anyone pay $500 for one either???
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05-10-14, 02:09
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I think the remarketing people have perhaps dropped the ball when you consider how much the Latvians are paying for CVR(T)s that have just come out of service.
I suggest sending someone to Withams for a lesson in MV sales tactics, they seem to do well enough out of the game. Sad to see it takes a member of this forum to know what is and isnt ITAR regulated and not the Guberment du Kanadeer, sad. R
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