Buying privilege. Come on, man.

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  1. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
    In Memoriam

    In general breweries do allocations to distributors based on sales. In general distributors do allocations to retailers based on sales.
     
    #41 drtth, Dec 22, 2015
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  2. LennyOvies

    LennyOvies Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2015 Mexico

    Hahahahahaha, I would immediately turn around and walk out. It's a beer, not some royal beverage infused with diamonds and unicorn tears.
     
    #42 LennyOvies, Dec 22, 2015
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  3. teraflx

    teraflx Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2013 Arizona

    I had to buy a 4 or 6 pack of another Founders beer this year in order to buy one KBS at a local shop. It is annoying but luckily I like other Founders beers so it wasn't terrible this time around.
     
    #43 teraflx, Dec 22, 2015
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  4. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah

    The price for bcbs was 11.99 which isn't bad, and their beers aren't bad I'm just not a huge fan and it wasn't about the money because I spend stupid amounts of money on beer all the time. Just making the customer do that seemed odd to me.
     
    #44 CJNAPS, Dec 22, 2015
  5. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah

    I would have been buying that 4 pack of Founders anyway hahaha
     
    #45 CJNAPS, Dec 22, 2015
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  6. bozodogbreath

    bozodogbreath Savant (1,128) Oct 19, 2006 Indiana
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    I will not buy beer in a place that holds special releases for ransom. I will overpay at times for the sake of convenience, but I refuse to buy something else in order to what I really want. I approach buying beer like I do other groceries. No supermarket makes me buy a pound of chuck to purchase a porterhouse.
     
    #46 bozodogbreath, Dec 22, 2015
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  7. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah

    Yeah just seem bush league to me.
     
    #47 CJNAPS, Dec 22, 2015
  8. assman79

    assman79 Pundit (838) May 30, 2009 Wisconsin
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    One of our shops here pulled this shit. Had to buy a 6 pack of goose island beers which were all 6 or more months old. They also decided to jack the price of a 6 pack of zombie dust to 19.99. We wont shop there anymore.
     
    #48 assman79, Dec 22, 2015
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  9. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah

    If any local store tries to pull this crap on me, it'll be my last time shopping there.

    Take your business elsewhere!
     
    #49 BMBCLT, Dec 22, 2015
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  10. lester619

    lester619 Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2009 Wisconsin

    I understand walking out just out of principle, I probably would too. But on the other hand, if this is one of the few places you have found it for a decent price, and you also buy other GI products on a relatively regular basis, this might be a good deal if you're able to leave the emotion out of it. All that being said, I would probably tell them to fuck themselves.
     
    #50 lester619, Dec 22, 2015
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  11. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah

    I can't they had IPA's on the shelf that long.
     
    #51 CJNAPS, Dec 22, 2015
  12. ThreeLloyds

    ThreeLloyds Initiate (0) May 8, 2014 Iowa

    I'm calling it BCBS(BullShit).
     
    #52 ThreeLloyds, Dec 22, 2015
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  13. Sparta

    Sparta Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2013 Oregon

    Correct. I should have said that for the most part, allocations are based on sales numbers. There are exceptions to that as there are exceptions to everything
     
    #53 Sparta, Dec 22, 2015
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  14. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah

    Yeah I really never buy other GI beers, and there is always another place lol
     
    #54 CJNAPS, Dec 22, 2015
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  15. NotAlcoholicJustAHobby

    NotAlcoholicJustAHobby Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2015 Vermont

    Goose Island Tea Party
     
    #55 NotAlcoholicJustAHobby, Dec 22, 2015
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  16. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah

    hahahahaha nice
     
    #56 CJNAPS, Dec 22, 2015
  17. surfcaster

    surfcaster Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 North Carolina
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    No one is "forcing" anyone to buy anything. You decide.

    The bottle shop has the right to do what is best for their business within the rules of each state. i'm fine with that. I have no "right" to anything.

    People have a choice to buy or not and choice to go back or not.

    Am I missing something?
     
    #57 surfcaster, Dec 22, 2015
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  18. rgordon

    rgordon Pooh-Bah (2,701) Apr 26, 2012 North Carolina
    Pooh-Bah

    Exactly. It happens at all "tiers". As a distributor selling both beer and wine, some of my suppliers would set "required" quantities of slower moving- or dead- goods to get a bit of the sought after items. I always despised the practice and would limit my business with the practitioners as much as possible.
     
    #58 rgordon, Dec 22, 2015
  19. Sparta

    Sparta Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2013 Oregon

    I am not saying its right, but I've seen it happen a lot. Not just with AB. I've seen this more withFounders KBS than I have with BCS.
     
    #59 Sparta, Dec 22, 2015
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  20. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah

    And he had a nice shipment of KBS and didn't pull this.
     
    #60 CJNAPS, Dec 22, 2015
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