Average Purchase Price

Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by TrojanHopHead, Jul 11, 2014.

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  1. TrojanHopHead

    TrojanHopHead Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2014 California

    I was at a bottle shop that I frequent and I know they have a tendency to mark up some of their beers, but you can get a good deal if you hunt.

    Anyway, this got me thinking that it would be awesome if each beer on here had a fair purchase price, akin to buying a car on Kelly Blue Book. This way, I would know if I'm getting taken or if $25 is just the going rate for a particular bottle.
     
    #1 TrojanHopHead, Jul 11, 2014
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  2. Iamjeff6

    Iamjeff6 Initiate (0) Sep 9, 2013 Virginia

    This might be tough with rarity, and the distrubution of each beer. There are so many different markets that charge different for the same beer.
     
    #2 Iamjeff6, Jul 11, 2014
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  3. RichardMNixon

    RichardMNixon Maven (1,431) Jun 24, 2012 Pennsylvania

    And takeout vs draft vs bottle in restaurant vs growler fill, etc.
     
    #3 RichardMNixon, Jul 11, 2014
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  4. TrojanHopHead

    TrojanHopHead Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2014 California

    Okay, so it was admittedly an unrealistic pipe dream. What I probably should have said was "this would be amazing" instead of "this would be helpful" - to avoid implying it was possible when it is probs not
     
    #4 TrojanHopHead, Jul 11, 2014
  5. rozzom

    rozzom Pooh-Bah (2,620) Jan 22, 2011 New York
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    Plus factor in trading and we may see some price-inflating by locals

    but I agree in principle it would be cool

    Edit - but beermenus could probably do this quite easily. They already distinguish between bar/restaurant/store and growler/draft/bottle/can
     
    #5 rozzom, Jul 11, 2014
  6. Hop-Droppen-Roll

    Hop-Droppen-Roll Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2013 Minnesota

    Well you said like KBB right? there could be a chart that denotes the price given certain factors :grinning:
     
    #6 Hop-Droppen-Roll, Jul 11, 2014
  7. TrojanHopHead

    TrojanHopHead Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2014 California

    Haha. Enter in how long you've aged it, at what temp, how "fresh" it is...problem is that after more than twenty minutes old, the calculator would start devaluing the beer for "severe hop aroma lost"
     
    #7 TrojanHopHead, Jul 11, 2014
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  8. HRamz3

    HRamz3 Initiate (0) Feb 9, 2010 Pitcairn

    Have you ever tried walking into a Dodge dealer, Kelly Blue Book in hand, and start asking questions about the price of the Viper?

    Just. Stop. It.
     
    #8 HRamz3, Jul 11, 2014
  9. charlzm

    charlzm Initiate (0) Sep 3, 2007 California

    Anyone ever use an app like Gas Buddy? That would be great for beer. Kudos to the OP. Unfortunately, it would require lots of consumer updates since stores would probably be unwilling to upload the data.
     
    #9 charlzm, Jul 11, 2014
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  10. Hop-Droppen-Roll

    Hop-Droppen-Roll Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2013 Minnesota

    They could always include MSRP for common packages. That wouldn't be that hard.
     
    #10 Hop-Droppen-Roll, Jul 11, 2014
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