What Bourbon Did You Purchase Today? - Fall 2012

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Originally Posted by aea6574

$10 more than the state minimum, I can deal with that. Although I did find a VWFRR that the guy wanted $199 for which is a bit to rich for me.

Best regards, Tony

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If you have a facebook account, post a message to Old Rip Van Winklle and tell them about the $199 price for the VWFRR. They are attempting to deal with price gouging issues and they want to hear from their customers.

EW SB 97. There was a bottle of 98 there too, will grab that soon.

OGD BIB, I really enjoyed a pour last night!

Saz Jr x 2, opened 1, stored the other

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Originally Posted by DPPSmoker

... tell them about the $199 price for the VWFRR. They are attempting to deal with price gouging issues and they want to hear from their customers.

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Increase the supply to match demand and ... presto ... the price "gouging" will end.

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Originally Posted by DPPSmoker

If you have a facebook account, post a message to Old Rip Van Winklle and tell them about the $199 price for the VWFRR. They are attempting to deal with price gouging issues and they want to hear from their customers.

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Thanks for pointing this out, I have posted there and will send an email to them.

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Originally Posted by DPPSmoker

If you have a facebook account, post a message to Old Rip Van Winklle and tell them about the $199 price for the VWFRR. They are attempting to deal with price gouging issues and they want to hear from their customers.

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Several independent shops I've talked to in SD have told me that the only way they can get a Van Winkle bottle is by purchasing say $3000 worth of crap vodka from their distributor. The expense associated with obtaining the VW is one of the major factors in these ridiculous prices I have seen. Of course the other major factor is they are sometimes able to actually sell a PVW20 for $400.
One guy I talked to said he would never again bother with getting a VW for a customer as he was still sitting on 10 of the 12 cases of vodka he had to purchase two years earlier.
Do you think the Van Winkles would be interested in what these distributors are doing?

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Originally Posted by portwood

Increase the supply to match demand and ... presto ... the price "gouging" will end.

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Yes, they should just move the lever at the instantaneous bourbon production/aging/tasting facility to "OVERDRIVE." Or take the tanked product and just use science to multiply it.

Seriously, though. If they do that, quality goes down. Part of what makes these releases special is that they are selected for outstanding qualities.

On topic, picked up another WLW, Saz18, and ER17. This store usually gets them late, but only $65, so I try to hold out a bit.

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Originally Posted by savagehenry

Several independent shops I've talked to in SD have told me that the only way they can get a Van Winkle bottle is by purchasing say $3000 worth of crap vodka from their distributor. The expense associated with obtaining the VW is one of the major factors in these ridiculous prices I have seen. Of course the other major factor is they are sometimes able to actually sell a PVW20 for $400.
One guy I talked to said he would never again bother with getting a VW for a customer as he was still sitting on 10 of the 12 cases of vodka he had to purchase two years earlier.
Do you think the Van Winkles would be interested in what these distributors are doing?

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I've heard the same story in LA. The place said they stopped carrying it a few years ago because they can't move all the crap vodka they have to buy. They quoted similar dollar amounts too. I don't blame them, I wouldn't carry it either.