Radboud
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Can't find these on AliExpress any more.
This guy removes them from his store once in a while, probably when out of stock. Ordered one from him, got here (EU) quicker than most orders from China.
Can't find these on AliExpress any more.
True but they are still over 20% higher than what I bought mine for direct, yesterday on aliexpress...(just pointing it out) and morebeers 20% off price is the same as williamsbrewings regular price which is not encouraging.If anyone is in the market, Intertaps are 20% off at More Beer today as part of their 12 deal of Christmas special:
https://www.morebeer.com/category/12-deals-christmas-1.html?ref=2A
True but they are still over 20% higher than what I bought mine for direct, yesterday on aliexpress...(just pointing it out) and morebeers 20% off price is the same as williamsbrewings regular price which is not encouraging.
Ok good point on the price. But as I see it you are still ordering from china.. Your just going through an extra middleman with a markup on the same Chinese made intertap. Aliexpress is a division of alibaba... last year at Christmas time they did 7 times more $$ in sales than eBay and Amazon combined... they are not some shady fly by night outfit..Can't speak for Aliexpress as I've never shopped there; however, both More Beer and Williams have the same base price for all the Intertap models (as of me writing this anyway).
At More Beer you have to enter the promo code "TAP20" during checkout, which will take 20% off the faucets.
So, as it stands now, the faucets are 20% cheaper at More Beer than Williams, and the sale is valid until 9 am PST this morning.
It's also free shipping if you spend over $59. A pretty good deal in my opinion, especially for folks that don't like to order from China.
Ok good point on the price. But as I see it you are still ordering from china.. Your just going through an extra middleman with a markup on the same Chinese made intertap. Aliexpress is a division of alibaba... last year at Christmas time they did 7 times more $$ in sales than eBay and Amazon combined... they are not some shady fly by night outfit..
It's crazy that so many people have such a stigma against buy from china yet they had no problem with buying that same Chinese stuff for much more money through an American frontman.. There's nothing wrong or shameful for buying something directly from the source and giving more of the money to the people doing the work making them while still saving quite a bit yourself.
I just bought a couple of these https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/element5500_ripple_tc.htm but instead of paying $75 I paid $16 each... That's a pretty crazy markup if you ask me considering if I ordered a hundred they are only $14 each... I'm kind of disappointed because if the markup wasn't so unreasonable I wouldnt have even looked elsewhere although I have to admit I found them likley the same way Bobby did because I bookmarked them on alibaba before Brew hardware even started carrying them. They also make the elements that EBrew supply sells for $45... only they sell them for $7.50 or for as little as $3 each depending on how big an order is placed I'm sorry I feel a 500% markup is unfounded. Especially on somthing that costs less than $3 to manufacture and still make a profit.
Ok good point on the price. But as I see it you are still ordering from china.. Your just going through an extra middleman with a markup on the same Chinese made intertap. Aliexpress is a division of alibaba... last year at Christmas time they did 7 times more $$ in sales than eBay and Amazon combined... they are not some shady fly by night outfit..
It's crazy that so many people have such a stigma against buy from china yet they had no problem with buying that same Chinese stuff for much more money through an American frontman.. There's nothing wrong or shameful for buying something directly from the source and giving more of the money to the people doing the work making them while still saving quite a bit yourself.
I just bought a couple of these https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/element5500_ripple_tc.htm but instead of paying $75 I paid $16 each... That's a pretty crazy markup if you ask me considering if I ordered a hundred they are only $14 each... I'm kind of disappointed because if the markup wasn't so unreasonable I wouldnt have even looked elsewhere although I have to admit I found them likley the same way Bobby did because I bookmarked them on alibaba before Brew hardware even started carrying them. They also make the elements that EBrew supply sells for $45... only they sell them for $7.50 or for as little as $3 each depending on how big an order is placed I'm sorry I feel a 500% markup is unfounded. Especially on somthing that costs less than $3 to manufacture and still make a profit.
Care to share a link. I wouldn't mind having one as a spare and not familiar with aliexpress can't seem to find them.
Of my three Intertap SS faucets - one has developed an annoying drip. I saw my drip tray (always dry) was pretty full with Belgian Strong last night. ugh...
I need a rebuild kit, I assume?
I would suggest cleaning it first...
For anyone with the flow control faucets: Does the flow control completely stop the flow? I have a curious dog at home and would like to use the flow control as a safety feature if possible.
Ah, great, thanks. Sounds like I'll need some other method of protection, should be easy enough to design a "pet lock" so the taps don't get knocked open by accident.
Intertap sells springs that go between the tap and the shank, closing them when the handle is released. This should solve any unwanted pet spills.
I was looking for these on aliexpress and noticed they do not ship to the US? Is this a recent change?
Also, one other question. Does the stout faucet work fine with Co2 or is it more for nitrogen stout setups?
I was looking for these on aliexpress and noticed they do not ship to the US? Is this a recent change?
Also, one other question. Does the stout faucet work fine with Co2 or is it more for nitrogen stout setups?
Was the seller named "brewmaster" that's who I placed my order with along with some other stuff which was ordered in separate orders which I received. I use the stout faceut with nitro only.
Looks like they no longer ship to the U.S. I would suspect there are some patent issues at play here.
Edited to Add: It appears that the only items they won't ship to the U.S. are the actual faucets.
The most likely scenario is a distributor like possibly Williams saw this thread and complained to the supplier that they were undercutting them. There's no patent issues because these aren't knockoffs.. The intertap facuets are made in China.. these came in intertap /kegking retail packaging..
But there is a patent issue if the holder of said patent is not getting paid his licensing fees....
Otherwise they probably wouldn't be shipping any of the accessories either.
Understood... If it was a patent issue would they be allowed to sell to other country's though?
This guy pulls them once in a while, might be he got overwhelmed by orders from the US. Still up for delivery to the Netherlands.
You can still buy the all stainless intertaps with the shanks for $25 each including shipping as well elsewhere.I searched back a couple of pages and didn't find this, so I'll post it... right now, you can get $5 off of any of the four styles of Intertap faucets from MoreBeer with the code that was published in Brulosophy's blog. BRUTAP5 is the code. Shipping is free >$59.. so that's two faucets plus, I dunno, a couple of bags of hops or grains, or some other crap you need. I just bought two Stainless FC's from them.. I'll pust some pictures and stuff again when I get them. For beginners, the $13 cost of the chrome plated brass is much better than most LHBS's sell the cheapest POS rear seal faucets...
(Blog post reference: http://brulosophy.com/2017/01/12/intertap-forward-sealing-faucets-product-review/)
You can still buy the all stainless intertaps with the shanks for $25 each including shipping as well elsewhere.
just like the flow control ones I bought below Im still not sure how any patent laws were broken if they were the genuine product in retail packaging? just because they were sold with less than half the markups..
Because Vent-Matic is very aggressive about defending their patent here in the U.S. (as you have to be as a patent holder) It is mentioned in the Brulosophy article that a licensing deal was made with Intertap, as I suggested previously. If there is a product at market that Vent-Matic feels infringes on a patent they own, they can either stop it's sale in the U.S. or issue a license to a manufacturer to produce it.
Now, the ones that you bought from aliexpress were likely brought into the U.S. without having payed Vent-Matic any of the licensing fees they are owed. That is likely the infringement. And it's not up to you to pay those fees... That's why Brewsmaster on aliexpress was shut down from shipping the faucets to the U.S., I'm sure. You can currently purchase anything but the actual faucets from them. (If in the U.S.)
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