BCBS and Bundle Trade Value

Are these kegs? If not, then he seems to be charging a "finder's fee" of about $70 or so.

 

I wouldn't say that's a good deal-

heady (4.00) + BCBS (24.00) + head hunter (4.00) + jai alai (4.00) = $36.00

And I'm overestimating the prices

 

Sorry, I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek with the kegs comment, because he is grossly overpricing the bottles. You should trade with someone else. You might not be able to find all of those beers easily on your own, but you can certainly find someone who won't gouge you for them.

 

Is this local fellow on BA?

 

That's more than just shipping costs, unless the box was shipped overnight from Antarctica with lead weights inside. If you still want to pursue this, at least ask him to break down the cost he's assigning to each bottle. Maybe one of them has a $50 bill taped to it.

 

Jeez, did he offer you volcano insurance, too? Good for you for cutting off negotiations.

 

Wow this is great news, I have $240 worth of BCBS! I'm RICH

 

If he is your buddy I would trust him but a canned date of 10/30 to San Diego is pretty fast...

 

Definitely agree with avoiding this one.

 

your "buddy" is trying to rip you off... doesn't sound like much of a buddy

 

I can't tell if this is serious or not. I'm leaning no.

 

BM me, I'll give you a BCBS IP SD

 

HT doesn't have a canned date. And since shipping from VT to CA is a week, it's almost certainly bs that that is how fresh the HT is.

 

He sounds very generous throwing in a 2 month old Head Hunter as an extra.

 

Fish vs. fishing...You got the answer already, but I figured I'd give you the "formula".

You can pretty much Google the price of any beer. You'll get some variations, but you can get a sense for an average price per can/pack. Considering you can trade for pretty much any beer out there, unless the beer is "whale" or "near whale" status (something new traders probably don't look for anyway), you can bet that you can trade for it closer to average price. As for shipping cost, 10-15lbs box coast-to-coast costs about $15-20.

Last, but not least...never buy/trade for any IPA that is older than 4 weeks. There are very few exceptions, Heady being one, but I'd still want Heady fresher than 4 weeks.