Setting up trade without beer in hand=Lesson Learned

Discussion in 'Trade Talk' started by Hanzo, Sep 28, 2012.

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  1. Hanzo

    Hanzo Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Virginia

    Well, it finally happened to me. Two months ago I could get '10 World Wide Stout off the shelf coated in dust at several different stores (WWS moves very slow around here due to price), mentioned as much in a thread and had a BA ask me to grab him a couple bottles. Said no problem, worked out the details of the trade and exchanged addresses.

    After hitting up four different shops packed to the brim with '11s I managed one single bottle of '10.

    Has this happened to you guys before, where you just knew you had something available only to find out later you were wrong after you set up a trade?

    This is also the first time I've done this without verifying I could get what I said I could get, so I won't be making this mistake again.
     
    #1 Hanzo, Sep 28, 2012
  2. infi

    infi Savant (1,072) Apr 4, 2009 New York
    Trader

    Yup, with some zombie who promised vintage DL's after DLD.
     
    #2 infi, Sep 28, 2012
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  3. Rempo

    Rempo Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2010 Indiana

    No.
     
    #3 Rempo, Sep 28, 2012
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  4. glitchedmind

    glitchedmind Initiate (0) May 8, 2012 California

    Recently happened to me with KRBC class V stout. I had seen it everywhere in town, until I set up a trade for it. It suddenly became very popular and disappeared from every shelf. I felt extremely embarassed when I replied that I couldnt find it. Luckily, that trade wasnt centered around it and we were able to work something out. I haven't done it since, even with beers I saw on the shelf hours prior.
     
    #4 glitchedmind, Sep 28, 2012
  5. immobilisme

    immobilisme Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2005 Illinois

    Last year I set up a trade with me sending BCBS for some Redbud saisons... the guy shipped to me before BCBS came out and I very nearly missed out on finding BCBS. It caused a great deal of stress and it is something I won't be doing ever again. Not worth it.
     
    #5 immobilisme, Sep 28, 2012
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  6. JM03

    JM03 Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2010 Ohio

    I dont set anything in stone until I have beer in hand. I've told people before that it is something I should be able to get, and we then work out details after I pick it up (or cant pick it up anymore)
     
    #6 JM03, Sep 28, 2012
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  7. maximum12

    maximum12 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,686) Jan 21, 2008 Minnesota
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    It happens to most frequent traders once or twice, it's almost a rite of passage.
     
    #7 maximum12, Sep 28, 2012
  8. Kaydogg

    Kaydogg Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2011 Pennsylvania

    this is the answer...its Murphy's law that when you set up trade on bottles not in hand...said bottles will disappear of the shelf
     
    #8 Kaydogg, Sep 28, 2012
  9. Gosox8787

    Gosox8787 Maven (1,254) Jan 24, 2009 New Hampshire

    If I am ever possibly trading with something not in hand, I always make it clear I don't have it and don't negotiate specific bottles until I have everything in hand. Being transparent is always the best policy with pre-trades. Most people are pretty understanding if everything is on the table upfront.
     
    #9 Gosox8787, Sep 28, 2012
  10. nanobrew

    nanobrew Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2008 California

    if this trade was more like "gotpickitupformebro", then no worries on not having it on hand. However, if you set up a FT: WWS 10' ISO: XYZ, then yeah you should have picked up the beer ahead of time.
     
    #10 nanobrew, Sep 28, 2012
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  11. stupac2

    stupac2 Pooh-Bah (2,031) Feb 22, 2011 California
    Pooh-Bah

    Nope, can't say it has.
     
    #11 stupac2, Sep 28, 2012
  12. bryanole27

    bryanole27 Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2011 North Carolina

    Happened to me with CCB Guava Grove. Watched it sit on the shelf for months, set up trade for mulitple CCB bombers, went to pick everything up...no Guava Grove. I hunted and eventually found 1 out of the agreed two. Luckily the trader was cool and l subsituted and through in a couple extra extras cause I felt like a jackass.
     
    #12 bryanole27, Sep 28, 2012
  13. JM03

    JM03 Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2010 Ohio

    Well this thread sucks now if we arent going to hear the MordorMongo rant. Whats gotten into you? You Ok?
     
    #13 JM03, Sep 28, 2012
  14. Hanzo

    Hanzo Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Virginia

    Not sharing your rant is a dick move.

    I deserve to be chastised
     
    #14 Hanzo, Sep 28, 2012
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  15. FunkyMacGroovin

    FunkyMacGroovin Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2009 California

    It's happened a few times with friends I occasionally send beer to, but I've never set up a trade around a specific beer and then been unable to deliver.
     
    #15 FunkyMacGroovin, Sep 28, 2012
  16. JM03

    JM03 Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2010 Ohio

    Diabeetus? Drinking ST Creme Brulee last night?
     
    #16 JM03, Sep 28, 2012
  17. tacosandbeer

    tacosandbeer Pooh-Bah (1,760) Sep 24, 2010 British Indian Ocean Territory
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    It just happened to me with Fou' Foune. I'm two bottles shy of what I thought I was getting, so I'm trading what I had set aside for myself. I do have more set aside in Brussels, however I won't be getting it here til December. Lesson learned.
     
    #17 tacosandbeer, Sep 28, 2012
  18. celticfutblclub

    celticfutblclub Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2010 Massachusetts

    I did that once but the beer was for pschul4 so I was actually happy when I had to renege on my original offer and hang him out to dry.
     
    #18 celticfutblclub, Sep 28, 2012
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  19. chriltz

    chriltz Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2010 Illinois

    This thread got me to check the bottle i still have...wasn't sure what year it is.

    How will the 2009 be now?
     
    #19 chriltz, Sep 28, 2012
  20. Rempo

    Rempo Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2010 Indiana

    Hot.
     
    #20 Rempo, Sep 28, 2012
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