Dissident in TX?

I really wish Deschutes was distributed by Ben E Keith in Austin. It would probably be on the shelves by now.

 

Yep, the Specs guy comfimred that the Corpus Dissedent was meant for San Antonio. I guess I really lucked out.

 

I bought 2 at Central Market Plano. When I left there were 4 left.
They said they got one of fifteen cases in the state.

 

Soooo frusturating...unless they got it in the last 4 hours the douche I talked to said they weren't getting it when in actuality it was probably sitting in the back. Without naming names (Specs, Central Market, Whole Foods) so many employees are either uniformed or straight up lying.

I've had more then one incident where the beer was there (all of the places mentioned above) and they told me it wasn't or had no idea what I was talking about.

This is precisely why I avoid all of those stores unless absolutely necessary. F 'em, AND NO I'M NOT PISSED OFF!

 

My father in law went to Total Wine in Fort Worth yesterday and one of their employees was holding bottles for Himself. He was also a total dick to me on the phone asking if there are any in and he told me I had to come up there and see. Don't really care to go back there again.

 

What a f'in ********er. If he told me that I would be tempted to go up there and "see" just to go postal on his ass. I know there are a few guys on here that work for some of the bigger stores and they are in the small minority of employees that are helpful and know their shit.

The smaller "mom and pop" stores seem to want and appreciate your business more than the big box store therefore most are more knowledgeable and go out of their way to help you. Unfortunately, those stores are getting cut out of the loop of the more limited releases because the distributors give them to the big box stores since they sell more beer overall (in most cases).

I'd rather spend a few extra bucks at a smaller more personal store than give my money to the ignorant, rude and uninformative stores. Not that they care what one person thinks and my business doesn't matter to them but if I were to ever shop there again on a regular basis (I'll go there if I "have" to) they can start training their employees in customer service and general beer knowledge.

They're like Wal-Mart. They undercut everyone elses prices because they do so much business, they run the the smaller shops out of town and they don't give a shit about pleasing the customer because its such a large store they don't care about a few people being unsatisfied. I hate to say this, but there might be a day coming soon when there isn't an S&K or Kegs and Barrels. Ie see Mr G's

End rant...for now.

 

Nice rant.. I feel the same way. The guy also asked me on the phone "what's the big deal about this beer anyways ?" I mean come on, you are the beer department head and u don't even know what you're selling. I don't get it

 

It's still there but its owned by Specs and they still have your sammi's

 

S&K had them for about 30 to 45 minutes yesterday.

 

I'm not sure if the prices are lower at Mr G's. Does your reference to the "people" not caring as much mean the employees? If so, I never said they had to care. I just want them to know what the hell their talking about and not be rude. Alot of people don't "care" about their jobs but know what they're doing.

Also, yeah, I'd rather pay extra to have good customer service and knowledgeable staff. Seriously, when I call a store that is known for selling alcohol and talk to someone who works in the beer department I'd expect them to know whether or not they have a certain beer available. I almost consider it a positive when they even know what beer I'm talking about let alone whether or not they have it.

Maybe it just me, my standards must be too high asking someone to be knowledgeable in their profession and perhaps have decent customer service when they're in a customer service oriented job.

 

Agreed, see 2nd rant, lol.

 

I've never been but have read/heard alot of great things about them. Let's hope they continue to succeed and don't get put under or bought out by the giants.

My call is Total will become the ultimate victor, just give it another 10 years or so. There won't be many if any other options, it will be a monopoly. Specs will last awhile but forget the rest.

 

If it makes you feel any better, all the Dissident at CM Plano was gone by the time I got there on Saturday

 

Pretty funny, when I was there on Fri the guy either didn't actually know or "acted" like he didn't know and said something along the lines of "I've never heard of it, we're not getting any".

 

That's the I'm not telling ya that it is here and I have a buddy coming to pick up the case response. As he slowly slides the case behind the shelf while answering your question.

 

Yeah, he kinda gave me the quick "uh..no, never heard of it, we're not getting any" response. It's like he knew exactly what I was talking about. If he didn't, like most smaller places, you'd think he may say something like "oh, I've never heard of that, let me write that down and see if my distributor knows anything about this".