Perhaps you hear the rumor... A man collected ten million (10,000,000) shares for $1,000 in a company that seemed worthless, at a price of $0.0001 per share. Then years later this company became tradable and the stock went to $0.10 (ten cents) and the person sold and obtained a million dollars. My view is that $1,000 does not really have much buying potential as folks can spend this on lottery tickets and obtain zero in return. The cheapest new car is $15,000.
If you are successful obtaining ten million ASPTs shares for $1,000 it might cost you paying the broker $500 or more.