The Half-Acre thread (2018)

Discussion in 'Great Lakes' started by wolfpac255, May 29, 2015.

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  1. Chris_H_2

    Chris_H_2 Pundit (995) Jan 3, 2013 Illinois
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    Well, on the bright side, Brown Paper Tickets was actually able to facilitate a beer release where the website didn't crash. So there's that.
     
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  2. Immutable_Dusk

    Immutable_Dusk Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2013 Illinois
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    Now lets all cross our fingers for that toppling Goliath email today haha
     
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  3. Nbrock24

    Nbrock24 Pooh-Bah (1,736) Mar 11, 2016 Illinois
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    Yeah we can't use up all of our lottery luck on Big Hugs right?
     
  4. croush

    croush Pooh-Bah (2,371) Mar 20, 2015 Illinois
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    You're including yourself in that group, right, since you were one of the many trying for tickets? :wink:

    But, like your more recent post stated, nobody should be surprised by this.
     
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  5. Hoppity1

    Hoppity1 Zealot (686) Apr 25, 2015 Illinois
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    Wow that sucked . :slight_frown:

    Well that $200 can go towards my KBBS & Assassin! :rolling_eyes:
     
  6. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,629) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    I think you guys just ensured that next years release will be pre-sale only.
     
  7. Barrylicious

    Barrylicious Aspirant (259) Apr 15, 2011 Illinois

    Honestly I just wanted to see what was going to happen. I'd been waffling for a while before I decided I had no interest in actually buying $200 of beer that I'm not too big a fan of.
     
  8. fmd

    fmd Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2015 Illinois
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    I normally have awful luck with these things (struck out for DLD this past year, for example) but miraculously got a presale. Had two browsers up (mobile was my 3rd but that crashed), a buddy had another (whom I'm splitting this with). Only got through on the one.
     
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  9. Benm2c

    Benm2c Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2009 Illinois

    Nah...they like the line out front on release days.
     
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  10. macewank

    macewank Zealot (666) Aug 28, 2010 Illinois

    This is accurate.

    I'm assuming there were not a bunch of these whole enchilada allotments available for this exact reason. They want folks to come party.

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    Sounds like they got the scoop. There were 200 allotments. Sold out in 10 seconds.
     
  11. Bbear

    Bbear Zealot (709) Oct 26, 2016 Illinois
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    It's also solid marketing for them. Just like Black Friday at Binny's for BCBS.
     
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  12. scjohnsonwax

    scjohnsonwax Devotee (333) Nov 30, 2014 Wisconsin
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    I honestly don't understand the anger at getting shut out. That being said, I don't understand Half acre's barrage of tweets, posts, etc hyping up this presale when there were only 200 available - only increasing the amount of eventual disappointment.
     
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  13. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,629) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    I'll respectfully disagree. :slight_smile: They get $50 more on the package! If they want people there to party and line-up and aren't looking to profiteer they could use that $50 per bundle premium they made on having a free party for the folks who bought the bundle. It worked great at Prop Day- where GI gave away free beer that was covered by the premium they got on Rare sales that day by cutting out the distributor and retailer.
     
  14. HDanielson

    HDanielson Initiate (0) May 1, 2015 Illinois

    Refresh spamming revealed an additional opportunity about 8 minutes in. I was not fast enough to get it in my cart.
     
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  15. Vitamin_Hop

    Vitamin_Hop Pundit (788) Mar 26, 2015 Illinois
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    It's provocative; It gets the people going
     
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  16. EROCK75

    EROCK75 Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2009 Illinois

    Not sure how, but I got one. Not sure when next week I'll pick it up, but am going to avoid the snow and cold Sunday makes it worth the extra money.
     
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  17. macewank

    macewank Zealot (666) Aug 28, 2010 Illinois

    Or, and I know this is a wild idea, but bear with me here....

    They could sell you a bundle, which cuts out the distributor and retailer. And then they could have a party, and people could buy the beer, which also cut out the distributor and retailer. And they could sell out of it regardless but then have money to show for it and since they're not an AB-InBev backed shop, they'd have like, tens or hundreds of thousands of money to spend on operating/expanding the brewery.
     
  18. Chris_H_2

    Chris_H_2 Pundit (995) Jan 3, 2013 Illinois
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    Among this, the MD release, the KBBS/Assassin release, and Prop Day, the beer gods are pissing all over me this fall. But I don't care -- I will NOT apologize for dumping the '16 Prop at FOBAB!!
     
  19. BeerDes

    BeerDes Devotee (344) Dec 8, 2016 Illinois
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    So what time does everyone recommend to head over on Sunday? I wonder how the weather will impact the release.
     
  20. HawksBeerFan

    HawksBeerFan Maven (1,354) Dec 24, 2011 Illinois
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    You expect to arrive on SUNDAY and get some?? You basically need to be in line right now!!!!
     
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