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Re: Source for Akro-Mils cabinets?
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Date: 
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:52:32 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, Eric Kingsley writes:

> I know what you mean.  The ones with the 3 huge drawers with smaller ones one
> the side are nice for certain things but often the large drawers are too
> large.

And the one with all small drawers is nice too, but often too small.

> I just wish
> they had a configuration with all medium sized drawers.

Akro-Mils does make these.  That's what I'm looking for.


> I actually wonder if it would be
> worth
> our while to contact Akro-Mils directly to see about a large wholesale order.

Beleive it or not, this is something I was thinking about a short time ago... I
wondered how much we would have to order at once....

Maybe if there are enough NELUG folks who want such drawers, we could actually
do it.

eric



Message has 5 Replies:
  Re: Source for Akro-Mils cabinets?
 
(...) I am not sure if this will help or if they will have exactly the shelves you are looking for but I do know they sell units similar to ones pictured at the Enfield model shop. The company is C and H Distributors and their website is (URL) sell (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
  Re: Source for Akro-Mils cabinets?
 
(...) I am not sure if this will help or if they will have exactly the shelves you are looking for but I do know they sell units similar to ones pictured at the Enfield model shop. The company is C and H Distributors and their website is (URL) sell (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
  Re: Source for Akro-Mils cabinets?
 
(...) I could use some of these. All of my Akro-Mils drawer units are either the 23-drawer or the 36-all-too-small-to-use variety. I definitely prefer the cabinets with the larger drawer sizes. I currently have a lot of empty small-size drawers, and (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
  Re: Source for Akro-Mils cabinets?
 
FUT org.us.nelug Would anyone else be interested in this... (...) If we have enough people interested it might be worth our while looking into this. I know some of the drawer configurations can be hard to come by. I personally don't care about (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
  Re: Source for Akro-Mils cabinets?
 
(...) I've noted that with most of the things I've run across when trying to secure volume discounts with a manufacturer, you wind up having to go to the "container" or "half container" level to get a discount that doesn't get eaten by shipping-- (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)

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  Re: Source for Akro-Mils cabinets?
 
(...) I know what you mean. The ones with the 3 huge drawers with smaller ones one the side are nice for certain things but often the large drawers are too large. I really like the one with 3 large drawers, 4 medium, 16 small. I just wish they had a (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)

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