sleepystevenson
Well-Known Member
Guess this is just a rant....but I am hoping it will make me feel a little better. Feel free to move this if it belongs in a different location...
So, I won two pounds of hops off of e-bay. #1 whole leaf Centennial @ 10.5%AA and #1 of pellet Galena @ 13.4%AA. Came from Hopsdirect, last year, guy never used or opened them, supposedly stored correctly. So, I am thinking, hey $20 a pound, sounds good (IPA time!!).
Yeah...well, it would be....if the hops were f'n usable!!!
The shipper/seller just slapped a priority mail label on the 1 lb. mylar bag of whole (leaf) hops and let 'her go...yep...no other bag or box around it to protect it at all on its journey from TX to PA. This thing is the size and shape of a bed pillow, for crying out loud....
So the the mail lady just walked into my office with it and says, "this smells funny...."
Ah...no wonder....there is a two inch rip in the bag with hops tumbling out...
Then my secretary says...."Wow...that smells like CHEESE!"
GRRRRRRRR.
So I thought I better check out the other pound.. (which actually did come in an envelope, albeit one of those really thin std. priority mail envelopes..) Anyway, that pound has a few small holes in it....with the wonderful scent of Parmesan wafting out....
Obviously not stored right or shipped right.
What a PITA. I guess the best route is to get a hold of the seller and try to settle it outside of e-bay. I will gladly ship the hops back to him...if he gives me my money back. They are DEFINITELY NOT usable and RANCID. It is such a pain to file a claim with Paypal. The only good thing about that route is I KNOW I would get my money back - Paypal always sides with the buyer. (But....that's another rant for another time....)
Also frustrating because
I had the hoppy pale ale and IPA recipes all ready to go with these high AA hops..
Live and learn....Never again on ebay...It's only gonna be Nikobrew, freshops, or hopsdirect for me.
So, I won two pounds of hops off of e-bay. #1 whole leaf Centennial @ 10.5%AA and #1 of pellet Galena @ 13.4%AA. Came from Hopsdirect, last year, guy never used or opened them, supposedly stored correctly. So, I am thinking, hey $20 a pound, sounds good (IPA time!!).
Yeah...well, it would be....if the hops were f'n usable!!!
The shipper/seller just slapped a priority mail label on the 1 lb. mylar bag of whole (leaf) hops and let 'her go...yep...no other bag or box around it to protect it at all on its journey from TX to PA. This thing is the size and shape of a bed pillow, for crying out loud....
So the the mail lady just walked into my office with it and says, "this smells funny...."
Ah...no wonder....there is a two inch rip in the bag with hops tumbling out...
Then my secretary says...."Wow...that smells like CHEESE!"
GRRRRRRRR.
So I thought I better check out the other pound.. (which actually did come in an envelope, albeit one of those really thin std. priority mail envelopes..) Anyway, that pound has a few small holes in it....with the wonderful scent of Parmesan wafting out....
Obviously not stored right or shipped right.
What a PITA. I guess the best route is to get a hold of the seller and try to settle it outside of e-bay. I will gladly ship the hops back to him...if he gives me my money back. They are DEFINITELY NOT usable and RANCID. It is such a pain to file a claim with Paypal. The only good thing about that route is I KNOW I would get my money back - Paypal always sides with the buyer. (But....that's another rant for another time....)
Also frustrating because
I had the hoppy pale ale and IPA recipes all ready to go with these high AA hops..
Live and learn....Never again on ebay...It's only gonna be Nikobrew, freshops, or hopsdirect for me.