I think I'm done trading

I have two things to say:

1) You are a great trader and you will be missed.
2) It's hilarious and fitting that shipping a huge box of White Birch to me made you give up on trading.

 

Found this out when I took a trip to South Lake Tahoe in late December. You would think in a high mountain town as such there would be an awesome beer scene. That place was a wasteland.

/good looking women though

 

more than happy to go shopping for you (or anyone who doesn't come across as a profiteer/ebayer on this site) for cost and shipping label. i have more than enough boxes and packing material and my wife would be really pleased to see some of that go away and not get replaced in a few days. all i ask is you let me know when everything arrives and say thanks...or pay it forward. if you are someone who likes to send thank you boxes, i wouldn't turn them away, but at the same time, i have enough beer so it isn't really necessary at all. i'm even happy to do this for limited releases if i can get ahold of them (without having to go store hopping, but sometimes even that is fun). i proxied at least 8 rares when they hit town. LI, NY gets really nice distribution IMO and i like to throw as much business to my favorite retailers as i can.

who you calling a n00b?

 

That definitely helps... I choose not to look at my bill (the wife handles the finances) and she hasn't said much...

Seriously though, with Surly and Town Hall what more do you really need?

 

Not as into it as I used to be, have a couple trading partners from across the country that I hook up with regularly, but that's about it. Tasting group is well travelled, we can typically acquire a variety of things without much effort. Really struggle to follow the trading forum too, which doesn't help.

 

WHY ARE YOU STILL TRADING FOR WHITE BIRCH????

 

What ^^^ said. I was wondering who in the world was getting punished by shogo with that box and I can't believe its you...I see a lot of Fs and Ds in your reviewing future.

 

I encourage it... clears out shelf space for other beers.

 

I wonder if the lack of interest in trading is partly responsible for the fall-off of this site's web traffic numbers. According to Alexa.com, there's been a gigantic downward shift for beeradvocate as a whole over the last six months. Time spent on site down about 20%, traffic from search engines (rather than dedicated users) up 30% ... every metric sinking faster than a White Birch beer's trading value after the first report of an infection crops up.

Could also be disgruntlement over still unresolved technical woes or people tired of their posts getting deleted for no reason, or maybe people are burnt out a bit. Ratebeer is down as well (though not as dramatically). Trading probably drove a lot of site traffic.

 

could be a vicious cycle of an increase in bans/timeouts due to the current state of the trade forum. we are killing each other off slowly by fighting about "value" which degrades into personal attacks and other TOS violations which results in bans and timeouts and ultimately people either not being allowed on the site or being sick of getting attacked when they point out the actual cost of a beer or bottle count.

 

I was wondering who the poor bastard was that was getting that box.

 

1414 NEVAR FORGET

 

lol. is this the new BA Coton?

i'll let you know if it is worth the hype...got a bottle coming to me from a previous trading partner who didn't want to rake me over the coals for a $10 1000 bottle release (LOL).

ps. fixed your typo

 

heh, is this the one where you refused to trade a $13 17,000 bottle release for it?

that was intentional.

 

Have the forums been up for six months yet? That seems like the most likely cause to me, people went away and didn't come back, came back, didn't like, and left, etc. Could also be that the continuing economic shittiness means fewer people can afford this dumb hobby.

 

which one is that? can't think of any $13 17,000 bottle releases that i've ever gotten ahold of? the only thing that comes to mind that "might" fit the bill was KH which was $18 locally - $20 plus after tax/bottle dep, but i trade them at $18 (and i know you were watching those threads).

would love to know of anyone in NY (or IL) who got that one for $13. i traded more than my fair share of KH for locals, BIF'ed it, gave 3 for 2 hunah and a glass, etc (i'm all about fair). perhaps your anger should be more directed at the profiteers and you should stop sweating me? aren't you out of the trading game anyway these days? you should really read some of your posts concerning beatification (pot meet kettle) before you go and start attacking people who are actually helpful to the community and if you think i'm not helpful to the community then why continue to sweat me? i'd really like to put you on ignore and leave you there, but the attacks are just uncalled for. get a life.

reminds me of pee wee's big adventure - "i meant to do that"

 

yep, king henry, a large-batch beer you bought off the shelf as recently as a couple of weeks ago...

it's like you're totally oblivious.

is ba the only site you visit on the internet? here's an example.

 

for $13? let's go mrs. facts...show me a store that sold them for $13.

and yeah, you bet i got them off the shelf a few weeks ago at a special goose island rare beer release event (i got rare, coffee, king henry, bcbs). they sold for $18 plus tax deposit which was about $20/$21...why is that a fair 1 for 1 trade with a $10 beer? and you forget to mention my offers of $15 brewery only releases that had lower bottle counts, were those unfair offers? selective amnesia's the story, eh?

what about them off the shelf beats that you had access to that you jumped up and down about when people were looking for fair/even trades? i've yet to hear your reply on that.

you really consider me a profiteer??? REALLY??? check my refs. facts don't do what you want them to!!! honestly...your badgering skills really could be used for good. why not go after ebayers or start patrolling the ISO/FT forum. i know you aren't a fan of mine (or are doing that kindergarten pull my hair cause you like me thing), but seriously...what's your obsession with me? i re-iterate "get a life."

pretty much, how many sites do you visit and harass people? don't you have a job or a husband/family or something?

you are like benjy on the stern show...i got sucked into the vortex AGAIN (shame on me - and just when i was laughing with a tasting partner today about how i've chilled out with fighting with you). so rather than derail this thread even further into the cosmic levi fight (part 1 million) i'll just leave it at the facts stand as they are...my post history, references, and bottle shares with locals reflects on me, and your post history, references (oh wait, you have none), bottle shares with locals (oh wait, you refuse to meet people in person) reflects you. if people want to hate on me because of your posts, they can...if they want to get great boxes or share great bottles locally with me, they can trade with me or converse with me to set up a local share (perhaps you missed the thread where i've openly offered to mule for pretty much anyone - at cost - offer is ongoing and open to any BAs who don't have a post history of profiteering/ebaying...something you rail against when asked of you). if people want to hate on you they can (or they can wait until you attack them)...if they want to get great boxes or share great beers...well i guess if they want great boxes or share great beers they'll have to look elsewhere?

---edit---how come i can't like my own reply? cause hot dawg i like that one!!!

 

i was wrong about $13. but man... you sure like to complain that 1,000 is a lot and ignore the fact that 17,000 is more.

you must be doing this on purpose to troll me. no one is really THAT oblivious. -_-

http://beeradvocate.com/community/t...would-it-take-to-get.12967/page-2#post-226959

"despite what some nonsense above would have you believe, beatification has been absurdly easy to trade for
...
it's not a wale, it's not hard to get..."

i think your cognitive dissonance is amusing and i like to point it out.

but i know, i know. you're always the victim, whether it's me, the mislabeled keg, or those angry deer-hunting wisconsinites. life is so hard for cosmicevan.