Would you pay for it?

I would but I use few unique seeds. Corn and Beans is like Peanut Butter and Jelly, it works.

Most anything I could ever want is either available at one of the local co-ops within a reasonable drive, or they can order it for me. A person would need to be well out of driving range of any co-op type store to make it worthwhile I'd think

I voted yes. I’d pay $5 extra. But my need for rare seeds ended when I quit planting buckwheat. Now I plant wheat or rye, clovers and brassica. I now have two somewhat local sources for everything.

Think about the guys that don't have a farm store anywhere near them, nothing along their drive path from home to camp, or nothing that is open when they're able to drive through. There's a mix out there of guys that have easy access to about anything, and others that are limited to one store that carries almost nothing helpful.

Would there be any demand at all for access to seeds the other guys have, if it could be had for a much smaller premium vs shipping individual bags at 2-3 times the seed cost in shipping? I wondering about a logistical model that would create a hub in an area to group strangers orders together, and take advantage of pallet rates as their orders are pooled together.

There's one pallet going in late winter/early spring and you should order your seed for the season. If the pallet doesn't reach threshhold for shipping by the cutoff date, all orders on that pallet are cancelled and money returned. If it hits threshhold, the pallet ships to someone who will facilitate the distribution (ace hardware, feed store, seed dealer, gun shop, bait shop, Pequot QDMA etc). Whomever distributes it gets a cut, the logistics guy gets a cut, the customer keeps the rest.

Would there be interest in it? I'm wondering if/when an entrepreneur will build a logistics business to simply connect people like that. No buck on bag, no fancy claims on secret seeds, no outlandish premiums, just logistics. Think girl scout cookies, but for plot seed.

Would you be better off to just buy John’s business and alter or expand the model just a bit?

It's not really the same concept.  And just to be clear, this isn't something i have any desire to do.  I'm just spitballing ideas here.  This concept is about reaching specifically the guys that don't have any other options because there isn't a farm economy in their region.  

I used to get some stuff here....for whatever reason I can't hyperlink to Hohl's Farm supply.  Just Google Hohl's farm supply on hwy. 33 Most of my chemicals I got from the Landmark co-op in Cottage Grove.

Buying in 5 lb. increments isn't what's being discussed here though...right?  I thought we were talking about 50 lb. bags?

edit...the last few years I was down there I got my winter rye and oats from an organic farmer in the Cottage Grove area.  He'd post a listing on Craigslist sometime in August.