Sierra Nevada Sampler Pack

That’s a much better way of saying what I was trying to.

 

For the record I think that is also the answer to the question of why they don't work harder to ensure our idea of freshness. Its a thin market segment that cares or notices at all

 

My favorite part about this is everytime SN gives them the same answer but posters either dont believe them or dont like the answer. Hint: it's up to the distributor. That's the official answer from the SN rep and has been for years now, but please keep hammering the same question in every SN thread.

 

And re: dates SN is like SA now and the "macro" of the craft world so the average person drinking SNPA probably isn't too up on everything craft and just knows that they like it better than a Bud and they feel a little trendy drinking it too; a four month old SNPA isn't going to bother them and they probably won't notice. Most of us aren't regularly drinking SNPA anymore and this is evident by the, "Gee I haven't had that in a long time and need to pick some up," posts that we see frequently.

This is not meant to be an insult and is quite the compliment, there's definitely something to be said for putting out a widely available consistent product.

 

Serious question back to you, Why would they fight to reduce prices if they aren't having issues moving product? You make it seem that SN is oblivious to pricing in PA, they're clearly not bothered by it.

 

Would you rather sell 1,000 units at $15 or 2,000 units at $10? That only addresses the first question.

Clearly SN doesn’t care to weigh in and make a change, that’s ok too.

I’d like to see a distributors invoice from PA and another from DE, MD, NJ etc. I know it’ll never happen but would provide some clarity at least.

 

Man you guys are something else. One person wants to see an invoice from distributor( lol?) to confirm what we already know (the PA one is clearly adding extra margin or PA some high taxes somewhere in the pipeline).

And you are claiming there's no proof that they are selling product? What's your theory here, they arent selling product because of inflated prices? Only members on this board have figured it out and SN is in the dark?

 

Suppose a "unit" costs $9?

$1 profit X 2000 units sold = $2000.00
or
$6 profit X 1000 units sold = $6000.00

 

Lol, ok dude. SN isn't moving in PA and SN has decided to spite the great people PA by colluding with a local distributor to price gauge. Can we all now move on?

 

But it has been said here that it is the PA distributors that are marking the items up. Someone asked why Sierra Nevada would care that the price is incredibly higher in PA than other states. My answer, to that, is they would move more units and, in turn, make more money themselves. My comment had nothing to do with the distributor. Maybe the PA distributors are the only ones in the country that feel SN deserves a higher shelf price?

 

Proof of what? You have been asking about price in PA and SN gave you the answer. I made the logical statement that price would probably be changed if product wasnt moving. You claim without proof you cant assume product is being sold in PA (lol wut?). Just let it go man.

 

Clearly SN has no problem with what distributors are doing with their beer in PA. Probably cause.they sell enough there and don't see any reason to rock the boat with their partners in the state.COULD they do something about it? Probably. Would it be worth the cost in distributor good will? Probably not. Their arrangement is clearly working for everyone involved. Sorry you guys in PA don't get sierra beers a few.bucks cheaper, luckily you all have tons of other options available to you so you'll get.by. you can also apparently always make.the quick drive to another state if you need the fix

 

I'm going to stop watching this "SN Sampler Pack" thread that once again was taken over by the PA pricing guys. Great job!