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Business, Economics, and Taxes: Capitalism. Yay? >=(

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I've worked enough retail and service to know that if I earned $5 for every time I heard "you just lost a customer," I could retire right now and move to Seattle or MSP without even thinking about it.
 
Handyman said:
Single Barrel is overrated. I bought my buddy the Sinatra Signature one for his 40th and that was $120 and pretty good.
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How can it be overrated at 50 bucks. I haven’t seen sinatra around here but I’d like to try it. For that matter I’d like to try some pappy van winkle but I can’t afford it :) ; )
 
walrus said:
How can it be overrated at 50 bucks. I haven’t seen sinatra around here but I’d like to try it. For that matter I’d like to try some pappy van winkle but I can’t afford it :) ; )
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Don't. Pappy is pretty mediocre. If you like bourbon any $30 bottle is better than Pappy. My buddy won the right to purchase a bottle and watching him pretend it was worth the price he paid was hilarious.

Single Barrel Jack is fine but it isn't worth $50 imho. It should be priced around what Gentleman Jack is.

Honestly best value used to be Evan Williams Small Batch. Until last year I could but it did $20 a bottle and it blew the doors off the expensive stuff like Blantons. (Which is just higher quality Buffalo Trace anyways)

The perks of being a bartender :^)
 
walrus said:
... For that matter I’d like to try some pappy van winkle but I can’t afford it :) ; )
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My boss is a huge Bourbon fan and he is upset with how the secondary market has jacked up the price. Mostly by collectors who think sitting on these bottles makes them.... something?

He's a drinker of them; doesn't let a bottle sit around too long. Midwinter Nights Dram don't last past Spring with him. He's is upset because he loves Blantons but refuses to pay the secondary market price.

I'm not a bourbon/whiskey snob by any stretch of the means but I'd much rather have a Costco size bottle of Basil Hayden or Makers Mark than ever drink Jack Daniel's or Jim Beam ever again.
 
I like Basil Hayden, not sure why I haven’t tried Makers Mark. Bought a bottle of Horse Soldier, kind of sweet. Woodfords Reserve is decent . Buffalo Trace would be favorite inexpensive bourbon
 
walrus said:
single barrel jack costs 50 bucks or so and you tell it from black label jack.
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Honeslty, best bang for your buck is either a home wrecker of Evan Williams bottled in bond or Knob.

$50 is typically my limit on any whiskey save for special occasion stuff. I used to go for the expensive stuff, but honestly, it's not worth it (again, except for special occasions).
 
aparch said:
My boss is a huge Bourbon fan and he is upset with how the secondary market has jacked up the price. Mostly by collectors who think sitting on these bottles makes them.... something?

He's a drinker of them; doesn't let a bottle sit around too long. Midwinter Nights Dram don't last past Spring with him. He's is upset because he loves Blantons but refuses to pay the secondary market price.

I'm not a bourbon/whiskey snob by any stretch of the means but I'd much rather have a Costco size bottle of Basil Hayden or Makers Mark than ever drink Jack Daniel's or Jim Beam ever again.
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Blanton's is the most overrated bottle I have ever purchased. Won't ever make that mistake again. And I got it at retail for like $45. I'll never understand why people pay secondary prices for it when spectacular bourbons go for a fifth what blanton's does on the secondary. It's not taste, it's status among a bunch of dweebs.
 
aparch said:
My boss is a huge Bourbon fan and he is upset with how the secondary market has jacked up the price. Mostly by collectors who think sitting on these bottles makes them.... something?

He's a drinker of them; doesn't let a bottle sit around too long. Midwinter Nights Dram don't last past Spring with him. He's is upset because he loves Blantons but refuses to pay the secondary market price.

I'm not a bourbon/whiskey snob by any stretch of the means but I'd much rather have a Costco size bottle of Basil Hayden or Makers Mark than ever drink Jack Daniel's or Jim Beam ever again.
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This.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Blanton's is the most overrated bottle I have ever purchased. Won't ever make that mistake again. And I got it at retail for like $45. I'll never understand why people pay secondary prices for it when spectacular bourbons go for a fifth what blanton's does on the secondary. It's not taste, it's status among a bunch of dweebs.
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Status. To say they have it. I loved our back when I could drink it for free!
 
Proud2baLaker said:
So $150 for a "fancy, rare, special" bottle of Jack is...nothing. It sounds more like something to fleece the rubes like this guy. Spend $150 on this bottle of Jack that you will probably not be able to discern from a standard bottle.
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Yes there's absolutely more expensive bottles out there, but I was speaking less about value and more about what an average rube can afford to toss around. Some could spend $500 and more a month and not sweat it - that's not everyone's reality though.
 
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Kepler said:
Conservatives are criminals.
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Not all. Most are just little children throwing temper tantrums til mommy and daddy relent and let them have their way.

Best to ignore the tantrum until they cry themselves out. And then the next tantrum starts.
 
rufus said:
Not all. Most are just little children throwing temper tantrums til mommy and daddy relent and let them have their way.

Best to ignore the tantrum until they cry themselves out. And then the next tantrum starts.
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As a behavioral technician:

Extinction (eliminating unhealthy bids for attention in this case) only works if everyone is in on the plan. As long as someone is providing attention, the behavior will continue.
 
Half of the culture wars boil down to older people being very upset that products and services are no longer being marketed to their generation. Companies care much more about appealing to a 22-year-old than they do a 70-year-old.
 
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