Trade Profiteering?

I'm not big on trading. But it sounds to me like you guys had different expectations, couldn't agree, didn't trade, and everything turned out fine.

edit: Yeah, I wouldn't pay $30 for a 4-pack either, though.

 

Beer is worth what people will pay for it.

I concur, though, as I wouldn't pay $30 for a 4-pack of Heady.

 

There's too many good traders to deal with aholes like that.

 

Keep your wits about you because there are people who want to take you for a ride. The way I see it, you were smart enough to say no and no harm done. Just remember , your local bottle shop can keep you knee deep in delicious beer for the rest of your life. So only trade with nice people.

 

that's standard for a lot of jackholes. They'll get theirs. If you don't trade with these people, you're doing everyone a huge favor in the long run.

 

$30 for a 4-pack of Heady is crazy! Shit, I'm giving mine away!!!

 

Trade Profiteering Is Killing Us All

 

I agree with your course of action by saying no. I never want to trade with people who try to tack on gas money, cost of brewery tickets, etc etc. Same for if people were getting ripped off at bottle shops and trying to pass it onto me. That particular externality has nothing to do with me or the beer itself; it's you choosing to do whatever it took to get that beer, including being ripped off- doesn't mean you can expect to be allowed to rip me off. Let's be reasonable here.

Anyways, obviously you should just trade with a Vermont resident who lives nearby and has access to fresh Heady.. it'll be easier and cheaper that way. And I think getting banned from that group is probably a good thing- it stands to reason that you wouldn't want them at your regular bottle shares anyway..

 

The right thing....it twas done by you. Cheers!

 

Gas money is never a part of the trade value.

I repeat.

Gas money is never a part of the trade value.

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But what about walking up hill both ways, then waiting in 10 ft of snow for 12 hours just to get 1 bottle?

 

You're not wrong for turning it down...a beer is only worth what consumers will pay for it. Obviously $7.50 for a can is too much for you. It isn't too much for others. So they will get to enjoy the beer, and you will not. So be it. You will live without it.

And no, he isn't an asshole. He has no obligation to charge you the price you think is fair. It is his beer, and it was a pain in the ass for them to get, and an expensive endeavor given gas and hotel and other costs.

And it seems that you've not considered that perhaps he doesn't want to sell, but is begrudgingly willing to do so if the price is right.

 

So you went to the HF Anniversary party, eh?

 

No, but that's all it ever seems like when people mention going there.

 

no one owes it to you to trade with you. if you don't like what they're offering, ask someone else.

 

Was there last Thursday, albeit just a regular day in VT, and it was smooth as silk. Gonna head up for the bottle release next Thursday, hope it goes as smoothly.