BCBS variants value

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  1. Imperial_Sapient_Groat

    Imperial_Sapient_Groat Initiate (0) Oct 3, 2012 Michigan

    Figuring out a trade to put out there, just curious what everybody has paid for the variants coffee, bramble, cherry rye, vanilla, thanks for your time.
     
  2. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    I think in the $14 - $18 range.
     
  3. Treebs

    Treebs Pooh-Bah (1,728) Apr 18, 2011 Illinois
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    They all used to run roughly what minnesotaryan said above. This year the going retail price was $19.99 for both Coffee and Cherry with most non-chained places jacking it up to around the $22-$25 range. Some stores however didn't look at their invoices for Coffee this year and still charged the lower price from last year so you got lucky if you A)were even able to find Coffee or Cherry Rye and B)find some Coffee at a lower price than. I'm speaking strictly about the Chicago and surrounding suburbs here.
     
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  4. NYCBUCKEYE

    NYCBUCKEYE Initiate (0) Jan 21, 2013 New York

    $20-25 range
     
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  5. cbeer88

    cbeer88 Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2007 Massachusetts

    They're honestly all over the place. Coffee is the cheapest at a sub-$15 average price, and I'd safely use $15 for the trade value on coffee. Others range well into the 20's, but $20-$22 is probably about a "fair" trade value price.

    Coffee is definitely cheaper. We got a lot more coffee this year than in the past, so there were many stores that had never even had it before, so they couldn't have possibly made a mistake like that on pricing. And Coffee prices around here ranged from $14-$17, with most on the lower end. Cherry prices were $20 into upper 20's.
     
  6. stxSS07

    stxSS07 Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2010 Illinois

    Not here it wasn't. $19.99 was the lowest I saw as well.

    Guess that confirms both Treebs and yourself: $20 around Chicago for Coffee and prices do indeed range all over the place.
     
  7. kapkenobi

    kapkenobi Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    Philly coffee ranged from 15 to 30. Cherry was 25 if you bought a four pack of GI as well
     
  8. cbeer88

    cbeer88 Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2007 Massachusetts

    I'm not saying it isn't the same $20 or whatever in Chicago or elsewhere, I'm just saying that Coffee definitely has a lower wholesale cost than Cherry. Anyone selling Coffee at $20 is putting one hell of a markup on the bottle.
     
  9. phishphorce

    phishphorce Savant (1,023) Aug 4, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    I bought I think a total of 8 coffee's in the philly,ny, nj area and not one of them cost less than 19.99 . Some of the bottle shops in the area were selling it upwards of 30.
     
  10. stxSS07

    stxSS07 Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2010 Illinois

    I thought I remembered Vav saying his invoice on Coffee went up something like $5 this year right after it was released and everyone was a little stirred up. Eh...not worth arguing over anyway.

    Definitely not debating that it was most likely lower than Cherry though.
     
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  11. minnesotaryan

    minnesotaryan Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2010 Minnesota

    What is coffee trading for? Just traded for one, but it was part of a larger trade.
     
  12. t4haughton

    t4haughton Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2013 Illinois
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    I paid between $22-26 in the Chicago area. I saw prices higher than that, but passed. One store I follow got a case of cherry rye. At $45 bottle and still sold in an hour. I can't believe this is sitting on shelves in places at all, especially <$20.
     
  13. tofuspeedstar

    tofuspeedstar Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 Texas

    If anyone has BCBCS and BCBS they'd like to trade. I have texas beers available. I put up an ISO, but got thread shitted for whatever reason :|
     
  14. Imperial_Sapient_Groat

    Imperial_Sapient_Groat Initiate (0) Oct 3, 2012 Michigan

    Thanks for the help everyone, its time to hunt down some Cherry Rye!
     
  15. karink

    karink Initiate (0) Nov 28, 2009 California
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    Should I drink my bottle of cherry rye now or age it?? Which is better?
     
  16. pmoney

    pmoney Initiate (0) Apr 15, 2011 Illinois

  17. karink

    karink Initiate (0) Nov 28, 2009 California
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  18. Stevedore

    Stevedore Grand Pooh-Bah (5,096) Nov 16, 2012 Oregon
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    Are there even any variants left in Chicagoland available for purchase?
     
  19. Shakory

    Shakory Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2013 Wisconsin

    was there a week ago went to 5 shops they all said its been gone a while..bcbs and all variants
     
  20. Shmeal

    Shmeal Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2009 Oregon

    I traded with someone in RI who got it for around $12....
     
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