Better bottles $17

[claphamsa]

did you repalce the A or the AT

 

[kaiser423]

The first three customers, claphamsa, todd from zeeland, and michael from new mexico purchased a total of 13 plain bottles. That leaves one regular bottle left.

I'm a bit confused about the posts by 1234 and kaiser 423, since their transactions didn't show on my PayPal account.

All 14 of the ported bottles remain unclaimed, and one of the regular bottles (not accounting for the two aforementioned posts).

Michael from New Mexico is kaiser423....sorry for not including my screenname there

 

[Reelale]

Man, this is more trouble than it's worth. Can't accept PM, no response on shipping rates, wrong email/Paypal account. I'm out. I'll pay the extra 5 bucks and pick-up my bottle...from a real vendor.

 

[Jim Karr]

The "wrong" e-mail account happened to be someone's typing error. I've successfully received payment from four different purchasers. Let's not get our panties in a bunch, when we don't know what we're talking about.

As I attempted to explain in an earlier post, my other duties have been accelerated due to actually having to go to work, having to fix my and another guy's tractor (so we can plow ourselves out of over two feet of snow), and making sure my kids get to school and SWMBO makes it to work also.

I'm sorry if I'm such an underachiever.

 

[Reelale]

Nothing personal, just an unfortunate set of circumstances. Thanks for sharing a good deal on here though.

 

[1234]

I am the one who made the mistake, just a simple typing mistake. I lose out on the deal, no reason someone else should. I wanted 2, but he only has 1 standard one left.

 

[Sockmonkey]

Unfortunate. I thought there would be some priority for those of us that expressed our interest when the OP was judging interest in making the purchase of the lot.

 

[1234]

I does seem to me that the OP really didn't take into account the first ones to originally to post to this classified ad. That is the only thing that bugs me about what happened.

 

[Jim Karr]

I'm truly sorry if I have done anything to disappoint anyone, but the first responders to send an order via PayPal were the first in line.

I still have the one plain bottle available, and nine of the ported bottles left, as of 8:52 EST this morning.

 

[YellowDogBrewingCompany]

Jim,

To avoid confusion....

How much should I send to your paypal account for 2 ported bottles with the racking attachments. It would ship to 72714.

Thanks

 

[Jim Karr]

YellowDog:

Two ported bottles @$17 each=$34
Two racking kits @$22 each=$44
Shipping two @ 7.05 each= $14.10

Total comes to $92.10

Thanks for your interest!

 

[1234]

I still think that those of us who posted first got screwed in this deal. I don't work until the afternoon, but I am willing to bet that some of the first posters to this classified ad work the morning shift and never had an opportunity to see that you had set-up your paypal account. I PM'd you on Saturday and never got a response back from you.

As unhappy as I am with how this went down I didn't want to pass-up savings so I did pay for the last standard Better Bottle.

 

[IrregularPulse]

It's not this guys fault what shift you work. Sometime in life deals work out for you, sometimes they don't.
I personally never save stuff for people when selling online. First pay first get. I'm not going to save something for someone with the possibility of them backing out and me losing the sale to someone else willing to pay.
That's all I'm going to say. Some people feel entitled to stuff and don't realize nobody owes anyone anything on the internet.
Sometimes situations work in your favor, sometimes they don't.

 

[twohands]

I'm interested in 1 ported + racking adapter. Please PM my your paypal info if there are any left.

 

[Jim Karr]

All of the regular non-ported bottles are gone. Thanks to all who participated....... I still have a good number of the ported bottles (same price) and the racking device kits are still in good supply.

 

[CNote2]

I'd be interested in 2 ported bottles + racking adapters. Could you give me a price as to how much they'd be?

Thanks!

 

[Jim Karr]

CNote:

each bottle $17 x2 =$34
each racking kit $22 x2=$44
shipping on each $7.50 x2 = $15.00

Total for two delivered, $93

 

[CNote2]

Payment sent to your paypal account. Let me know when you get it.

Thanks!

 

[Sockmonkey]

It's not this guys fault what shift you work. Sometime in life deals work out for you, sometimes they don't.
I personally never save stuff for people when selling online. First pay first get. I'm not going to save something for someone with the possibility of them backing out and me losing the sale to someone else willing to pay.
That's all I'm going to say. Some people feel entitled to stuff and don't realize nobody owes anyone anything on the internet.
Sometimes situations work in your favor, sometimes they don't.

You're skipping an important piece here. It's not like he already owned the bottles and was looking to sell them, in which case I would agree with you... first come first served.

The fact is, he had an opportunity to buy the lot and sell them to others for a profit (which is fine) and came here to line buyers up before he purchased the lot. In my opinion, those people that spoke up when he inquired were the "first come" and should have been the "first served."

But then again, you're right. None of us are entitled to anything. We're all just a bunch of nameless, faceless people on the "internets". None of us will ever meet or interact with each other in "real life" so there's no need for common courtesy right?

 

[IrregularPulse]

Just because people "show interest" doesn't mean they'll follow through. I would sell to the first people that sent money. I do show courtesy to people on this forum and have met a few in person as well.

 

[1234]

Just because people "show interest" doesn't mean they'll follow through. I would sell to the first people that sent money. I do show courtesy to people on this forum and have met a few in person as well.

I think you are missing our point. The OP didn't have the product when he originally posted this to the classified section. So he asked who wanted what and we all spoke up. Since he, like me, doesn't have a big private message box and didn't have his paypal set-up we all spoke up to make sure we had dibs. I went so far as to send a PM on Saturday to let the OP know I wanted to pay now! I admit it was my mistake that led to me losing out on 1 of the better bottles, but the point that both Scutmonkey and I are trying to make is that you sought us out to see if we wanted them and we assumed we had the priority. Kind of like what was done for the group barrel buy.

I understand if someone fails to pay after they have been notified that they can now pay, but what happened here what that the OP opened his account and some of those who spoke up first lost out just simply because they were not online at the time the OP posted to say you can now pay.

 

[Jim Karr]

Packages all went out yesterday and today.

 

[claphamsa]

Jim thanks! should I be worried? I got 7 notifications, not 8.....

 

[Jim Karr]

I shipped out 8 to you yesterday.

 

[claphamsa]

ok, cool! thanks for reasurring me

 

[-TH-]

I think you are missing our point. The OP didn't have the product when he originally posted this to the classified section. So he asked who wanted what and we all spoke up. Since he, like me, doesn't have a big private message box and didn't have his paypal set-up we all spoke up to make sure we had dibs. I went so far as to send a PM on Saturday to let the OP know I wanted to pay now! I admit it was my mistake that led to me losing out on 1 of the better bottles, but the point that both Scutmonkey and I are trying to make is that you sought us out to see if we wanted them and we assumed we had the priority. Kind of like what was done for the group barrel buy.

I understand if someone fails to pay after they have been notified that they can now pay, but what happened here what that the OP opened his account and some of those who spoke up first lost out just simply because they were not online at the time the OP posted to say you can now pay.

I don't know, when I read the OP again it looks to me like he was putting feelers out there, not taking orders.

 

[Sockmonkey]

I don't know, when I read the OP again it looks to me like he was putting feelers out there, not taking orders.

I certainly don't dispute that. And those "feelers" were the people that allowed the OP to purchase the lot and make a little money for himself. Certainly, those "feelers" weren't entitled to anything, but I think the courteous thing to do would have been to give those folks priority on the bottles.

Maybe you missed my sarcasm, IrregularPulse, but I was implying that this place feels more like a community to me than an internet message board or classifieds. That's because of the general friendliness and courtesy of the members. I guess that's why my expectations were, in your opinion, overly high.

Anyway, enough has been said on the subject. I'm not upset that I missed out on the "deal". I've paid about $17 or $18 for each BB I own, so it's not like I missed out on something spectacular. I was just a bit irritated on how it was handled and a bit more irritated that someone felt that I (and others) weren't entitled to that opinion.

 

[kaiser423]

Received my first one Friday! I'm hoping that my next two show up early this week. :rockin:

 

[CNote2]

Got my two last week and used one for the first time yesterday. Thanks again!

 

[kaiser423]

Received my first one Friday! I'm hoping that my next two show up early this week. :rockin:

Rest of mine made it today.