scratchline Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I finished ripping CDs so Mongo was put to work cleaning out boxes of old papers. I plucked this one out of the pile and was reminded of how things used to be. -Mike 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 hours ago, scratchline said: I finished ripping CDs so Mongo was put to work cleaning out boxes of old papers. I plucked this one out of the pile and was reminded of how things used to be. [snipped the pic. h in wdc] -Mike Great True Grit quote, BTW. I live with an anal retentive, and I do the taxes. Hence, we have almost every credit card receipt we've ever gotten stashed in the tax boxes in the attic (although circa 2005 I did winnow down the 1975-1990 files a bit, but I was mostly drinking beer and wine then). I stopped buying Lot B when the price hit $55. I wonder what those OTHER receipts show? I forget. More later if I remember. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richnimrod Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Never really saved receipts longer than the arrival of the next credit card statement; but, I recall more than a few Birthday Bourbons bought in the mid thirty-dollar range back when that was easy to find, and more-or-less reasonable for Bourbon that was a few steps up from the low shelves. I'll have to look in the bunker. I may have one or two that still have price stickers on 'em. Maybe I'll bring one or two to B'town in April, if anybody wants to sample some from 8-or-10-years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Richnimrod said: Never really saved receipts longer than the arrival of the next credit card statement; but, I recall more than a few Birthday Bourbons bought in the mid thirty-dollar range back when that was easy to find, and more-or-less reasonable for Bourbon that was a few steps up from the low shelves. I'll have to look in the bunker. I may have one or two that still have price stickers on 'em. Maybe I'll bring one or two to B'town in April, if anybody wants to sample some from 8-or-10-years ago. I take all price stickers off. It cuts down on the WTF ARE YOU DOING!!?? exclamations. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTen Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 9 hours ago, Harry in WashDC said: I take all price stickers off. It cuts down on the WTF ARE YOU DOING!!?? exclamations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUfan99 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 WT 101 in the early & mid 90’s. It was the coolest bottle on the shelf to a hunting and fishing obsessed kid like me. I paid for and received it but someone else had to carry my money into the store and get it for me. If I got the receipt at all it was probably used for campfire starter that day. There hasn’t been much of a price increase in 25 years, but one of those bottles today is worth quite a lot I’ve been told. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I take all price stickers off. It cuts down on the WTF ARE YOU DOING:angry:!!?? exclamations.Same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n811 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I lucked out on an Old Rip 10 year for $39 on 11/21/13. One and done 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul_cooperstein Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1998-2000 during my later years of college my go to was Evan Williams single battle which at the time was $20-25/btl. for special occasions would step up and buy VWFR12 at around $35-40 or for really special occurrences AH Hirsch 16 @$60-80. That was it for whiskey - other than that was just beer and wine for me those years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I’ll have some time on my hands in about a month, so I’ll delve into this topic a little more at that time. For now I’ll just post about a couple of nearly identical purchases. On December 19th, 2009 I went to a Binny’s and bought their ps Weller 12 @$24.99. I bought a case. I received a 10 % discount of $29.99 for buying a case. Add tax, and county tax, and my total was $307.08. On January 16th 2010, I went to another Binny’s and bought another case. Different county, so no county tax, and the tax rate was less. After adding in $7.00 for a miscellaneous item, and taking off the 10% case discount, the total this time was $296.26. This was pretty much when I first became a Weller Whore. Biba! Joe 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratchline Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 2/9/2020 at 6:43 PM, fishnbowljoe said: On December 19th, 2009 I went to a Binny’s and bought their ps Weller 12 @$24.99. I bought a case. I received a 10 % discount of $29.99 for buying a case. Add tax, and county tax, and my total was $307.08. On January 16th 2010, I went to another Binny’s and bought another case. Different county, so no county tax, and the tax rate was less. After adding in $7.00 for a miscellaneous item, and taking off the 10% case discount, the total this time was $296.26. Around the same time, give or take a couple of years, I did the same thing in Manhattan. I may have paid 29.99 a bottle. Weller 12. My wife's favorite bourbon. Bought a case downtown and dragged it to the UWS. Schlepped them on the subway because I ddn't want to pay for a cab. All those bottles are long gone now. Replaced by a case of liters that we drove back from Texas in 2016. 29.99 a piece. Still a couple of those left. -Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BourbonHog Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 December 11, 2008 Pappy 20 yr. $99.00 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Times were good. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 58 minutes ago, smokinjoe said: Times were good. So, did you use the 10% coupon code? Oh the suspense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dusty Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 8 hours ago, smokinjoe said: Times were good. That’s a really nice duo for a mere Benjamin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 It was only 4-5 years ago that I could find Weller 12 sitting on the shelf for 20.99. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 20 hours ago, 0895 said: So, did you use the 10% coupon code? Oh the suspense! Damn, I missed that!! I’m going back to Cali and DEMAND my discount!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richnimrod Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 8 hours ago, smokinjoe said: Damn, I missed that!! I’m going back to Cali and DEMAND my discount!! Hmmm. Not sure; but,maybe you can talk 'em into a rectal-active discount....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 The relevance of this receipt is the back story. This store which is right down the street from me did a private barrel selection of a Van Winkle 12 yr Lot B in 2005-6, which this receipt is from one of the bottles of it I purchased. At the time, Lot B was my favorite bourbon and you could find it just about everywhere in ATL for $27-$29. I was absolutely pissed that they had theirs at $39.99, and made a commitment to myself not to buy it. Dozens and dozens of bottles sat there for at least 2 years if not longer, with only 1 or 2 being sold per month. I would walk into the store and laugh as I watched them collect dust. Then, prices began to creep up elsewhere, VWs began to appear in smaller quantities if not disappear altogether, and I figured I had better start squirreling them away despite its $39.99 price tag. When I decided to make my move to grab as many as I could fit in my cart, I walked in...and they were completely gone...overnight. Just one of many dumbass coulda-shoulda mistakes I’ve made in this hobby. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richnimrod Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Yeah, hindsight is always 20-20, eh Joe. I feel for ya'. I've made a few similar "seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time" kinda bone-head decisions, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I have some pics that I look at now like "wtf were you thinking!" Back in 2011 (when I hadn't yet joined SB.com and was just discovering serious bourbon) I would take pictures of bottles that looked interesting, and then go try to do some research on them (ultimately what led me to SB.com). Didn't have the budget then to buy some, so definitely some regrets - like all three of these below. $50 at the time was basically my cap, and the one bottle I'd spent that much on (Bookers) to me was like drinking gasoline - didn't like it. So scoffed at these. Couple years later learned my lesson, and thankfully the FRSmBLE could be had at retail still easily enough. Bought two (one for myself, I think the other was for my Dad at the time) even at a 10% discount. And in 2014, have the receipt for what I expect is my last BTAC purchases (unless the bubble bursts and product quantities actually allow them to be put on shelves again). Was floored in 2014 to still see them on a shelf, and even then didn't completely clear it. Good times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richnimrod Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Ahhhhh. The Good Old Days, revisited. Such nostalgia runs to complete 'Bourbon Nirvana' at times, eh? I share your pain and regret; but will struggle along somehow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 This was only a little over 2 years ago but haven't gotten any since. I think that price ($22.99 if you can't see it) is long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/16/2020 at 7:56 AM, GaryT said:And in 2014, have the receipt for what I expect is my last BTAC purchases (unless the bubble bursts and product quantities actually allow them to be put on shelves again). Was floored in 2014 to still see them on a shelf, and even then didn't completely clear it. Good times. That receipt is heaven right there. 2014 was the last really great year for GTS and THH. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s all pretty good, but those two releases remain in my memory as some of the best ever of their respected brands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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