Highland Park Hobbister - the keystones series for sale

[thelastdram]

Thanks sorren

[opelfruit]

For the record I hate the selling of whisky for a profit with an absolute passion. Whether it's to fund more bottles for consumption or just as pocket money. The reason for this is because people see whisky being sold for profit and want a piece of it, so they buy it up and limited bottles disappear fast. The distilleries notice this and also want to claw back some of that profit so next time the initial price goes up.

The process repeats next time and the bottles go up and up and disappear just as fast. This leaves the hard working, budget limited, drinkers of whisky like yours truly having to pay more to buy the whisky that I actually want to drink......all because someone wants to fund more bottles or pocket a quick buck.

This spreads away from limited releases to more of the limited core bottling such as those with a good age statement in5. What happens? They become ridiculous to buy or sell too many for people who just want to auction them off. We run out of old whisky, age statements disappear and we have to buy rubbish NAS stuff.


......and then we all complain about it.
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"Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whisky is barely enough."

[thelastdram]

Thanks sorren

[thelastdram]

i have paid more than retail for whiskys, I had the choice no one forced me to do it but j wanted certain whiskies and paid the money wether like it or hate it with a passion it happens if your not happy with the price don't buy it simple as that

In this day and age it's always going to happen no one is going to buy a cracking bottle of whisky keep it for a few years and then sell it for what they paid for it

[unblended]

to many hoovers around so I stopped collecting years ago
I personally agree with opel fruit
but everyone has a choice take it or leave but this is a forum
I have noticed the fixation on auction prices

[sorren]

🎣. Agree with Opel to a point but I'm afraid I'm on the dark side of the force..

[thelastdram]

So basically unblended if someone got a whisky that you never their a Hoover 😂😂

Nice logic 👍🏼

[unblended]

amazing your logic doh

nice logic

[thelastdram]

😂😂😂 Your reply


are you old enough to be on this

[dramblersanonymous]

Crikey. If you want auction prices, sell at auction. If you want retail prices, start a shop, if you want distillery prices, sit online all morning waiting for it to work (or go to the distillery!), if you;'re a collector, then stick it on your shelf and enjoy, if you're a drinker, woohoo! In my opinion £130 was an excellent offer. Nearly 75% return for logging on at the right time a few days back.

If you buy a new bottle then try and sell it within a couple of days the assumption is that you're out to make a bit of cash. Which is fine (or maybe not?!). Just don't pussy about. Be honest, state a price, deal with the fallout.

[thelastdram]

If you read a few posts back I said I didn't want to accept that offer and that I would just keep it

There was no pussying about the guy made the offer I didn't except end of

Why are some of you on this bit of the forum when it annoys you so much haha

[Fightingirish]

[thelastdram]

I actually managed to get two bottles as my wife also bought me one due to it being my bday so though I'd try sell one, maybe a fair offer to some I didn't think so didn't accept and now keeping

Of course I can see why people would get pissed off with people doing this, that's life i done what others done and phoned and managed to get maself a bottle and later found out my wife also did that's why put the bottle on so quick

The thing is that's life there's things i wanted to get when it first came out and am pretty sure some of these guys have sold whisky for a higher value than they bought it for so that's why I find it funny.

People can say what they want it's their opinion of course but that what stop what happens in not just the whisky world but ticket touts, as I also said the guy knew nothing about me but willing to judge me because I'm trying to sell one bottle and not willing to give him it for the price he wanted to pay

[eelbrook]

I don't buy into the argument that high secondary market prices inevitably drive up retail prices. Rather, I think that bottlers/retailers apply basic demand and supply principles.

Single grain whiskies are one example. It wasn't auction resuls that led to price hikes. Rather, the vastly increased demand that resulted from millions being spent advertising Girvan & Haig

[unblended]

sorry eelbrook I think your wrong
its speculators pushing up the prices anything that comes out and gets swallowled up then is sold at auction
I think the distilleries and independent bottlers have noticed it and put up there prices to get there share of the market

richard