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Adolphus79

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Being in the planning & thinking stage of going commercial, I've been looking around for cheap (cheaper than homebrew shops) wine bottles. I was finally directed to a glass distributor in New York (Saint Gobain's regional distributor for New England). Waterloo Container, in Waterloo, NY, has 5 gallon carboys for $11.05, and 6 gallon carboys for $13.20. They also stock 12 oz. beer bottles for $6.35/case. There are no minimums on these prices, but there are price cuts for (I think) 5+.

http://www.waterloocontainer.com/index.htm
 
Prices look great- I wonder how bad they nail you for shipping.
 
No idea yet, but being a distributor, I'll assume that they charge exact shipping. They're making the money from the bulk sales (pallet/truckload at a time to the big wineries & breweries). I guess I'll find out when I place my first order.
 
HOLY CRAP!!!!.....That's the best prices I've ever seen on this stuff. I just submitted a quote...I'll let you know how it goes.
 
I smell group buy! Maybe several group buys...
Heck, I only have 2 carboys - I wonder how many come on a pallet - I bet I could use them all if SWMBO is ok w/the amount of space I'll be taking up - it's already an "issue"...
 
LouT said:
I smell group buy! Maybe several group buys...
Heck, I only have 2 carboys - I wonder how many come on a pallet - I bet I could use them all if SWMBO is ok w/the amount of space I'll be taking up - it's already an "issue"...

A pallet of 5 gallon carboys is 80 pieces, $780 for the pallet = $9.75 each...:rockin:
but WTF are you gonna do with 80 carboys? LOL
(6 gallon carboys is 36 pieces @ $428.80 & 3 gallons is 100 pieces @ $805)

I'm totally down for a group buy if anyone in Maine is interested... I know for sure I'll be buying from them in the near future. My current order is something along the lines of 10 cases of wine bottles, a couple cases of beer bottles, and a couple carboys. Shoot me a PM if yer in ME and interested in getting in on that...

P.S. If anyone else makes a group buy, let me know, cuz I ned to get in on some kind of a referral bonus... ;)
 
Adolphus79 said:
A pallet of 5 gallon carboys is 80 pieces, $780 for the pallet = $9.75 each...:rockin:
but WTF are you gonna do with 80 carboys? LOL
(6 gallon carboys is 36 pieces @ $428.80 & 3 gallons is 100 pieces @ $805)

I'm totally down for a group buy if anyone in Maine is interested... I know for sure I'll be buying from them in the near future. My current order is something along the lines of 10 cases of wine bottles, a couple cases of beer bottles, and a couple carboys. Shoot me a PM if yer in ME and interested in getting in on that...

P.S. If anyone else makes a group buy, let me know, cuz I ned to get in on some kind of a referral bonus... ;)

Cool, I work in ME very regularly (travel for work). Yeah, I'm up for some of the 6 gallon carboys. Maybe 4 of them. I'll PM you. There are some other folks from around here that might want in on this, too. I have a pickup truck, don't mind coming up to get stuff from you and bring it down here to MA, so I guess any NH seacoast area folks, and eastern MA folks could jump in on this, too.
 
LouT said:
Cool, I work in ME very regularly (travel for work). Yeah, I'm up for some of the 6 gallon carboys. Maybe 4 of them. I'll PM you. There are some other folks from around here that might want in on this, too. I have a pickup truck, don't mind coming up to get stuff from you and bring it down here to MA, so I guess any NH seacoast area folks, and eastern MA folks could jump in on this, too.

I live in Arlington, MA and I'd be up for 2 of the 6 gallon carboys.
 
I'm interested in a group buy in the Atlanta, GA area for a few carboys and bottles if anyone else is! Those prices are very nice.
 
jayhoz said:
I live in Arlington, MA and I'd be up for 2 of the 6 gallon carboys.

Maybe we can get a separate group buy going for our area. Adolphus is in "the county" in Maine, about 8 hour drive north of Boston...
 
I'd be interested in putting down for a few carboys in the Atlanta area. Maybe we could rally a few of the LHBS to split a pallet and we'll take our ones and twos.

Keep us posted on your commercial endeavours, Adolphus.
 
musikguru6 said:
anyone interested in the Ithaca, NY area?

Ithaka to Waterloo is only like 40 miles, you'd be better just driving there instead of shipping... lucky bastage... :mug:

nobes341 said:
I'd be interested in putting down for a few carboys in the Atlanta area. Maybe we could rally a few of the LHBS to split a pallet and we'll take our ones and twos.

Keep us posted on your commercial endeavours, Adolphus.

I was just thinking that yesterday... group buy a pallet of carboys, take what everyone wants, and sell the rest to your LHBS... LOL
 
Count me in for 2 6gallon carboys. I live in Waltham, MA, but my folks are in ME and I also have a truck I can offer for transportation purposes.
 
Hmm, just joined HBT today... and could use an extra carboy, here, in Needham, MA.

Is there a solid group purchase in Eastern N.E. at this point...?




- jl, beginner level
 
We could start a thread for eastern NE group buy...
Adolphus is about 8 hours drive north of Boston, so a bit too far, even though I go up there for work it's just a car not a truck.
I think for carboys, if we want to buy a whole pallet, we're going to need about 15+ people, depending how many carboys each...
 
It looks like ya'll should get a Boston/MA buy going, no point in a bunch of mass'ers going in on a buy with me, just to have it shipped all the way up here, then someone having to drag them back down there...

I think I'm just gonna be stuck with my own orders for now... one of you should start a 'Boston area group buy' thread...
 
I don't see any forties!

How am I supposed to pour one out for my dead homies on the streets!

:D
 
I'm out of pocket until Thanksgiving time, but looks like there are enough eastern MA folks for us to try to put together a GB. Will try to start a GB thread around then. Anyone from eastern MA can meanwhile PM me if you want to get involved with the group buy.
 
Lived in waterloo for 3 years while in school. Never knew it existed. I am always back at the college for seminars and business trips. Sent an e-mail to see if local pick up is ok. If anyone in North east PA is looking for bottles or carboys i am always in waterloo
 
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