Operation: Find the Shittiest Deal on MyBeerCellar.com

[dontdrinkbeer]

People probably know about this site by now, in between burning copies of Action Comics#1 to light their Stradivarius Churchillses, the people who post on this site must have crazy whimsy in their valuations.

The purpose of this thread is to find the most outright ****** offers and determine which would be the absolute worst deal. Apologies in advance if you are the sack of foreskin asking $95.00 for a bottle of Bramble.

Here's my vote:

http://mybeercellar.com/?itm=6110

$800 for an 11 year old saison. SPF45. I know it has zero gots. I love saisons, but srs.

alternatively:

http://mybeercellar.com/?itm=6759

a $400 bottle of StB is enough to curl ones regal mustache at.

Let's find some ****** deals here.

 

[OakedCanuck]

http://mybeercellar.com/?itm=6841

 

[Treebs]

Besides the multiple Stone 02.02.02 available for $400 I think this one is pretty terrible:

http://www.mybeercellar.com/?itm=1557

Yes: I'd love that 2 year old DIPA and California Common. $200 you say? Done!

 

[Treebs]

Wow, ok.

http://www.mybeercellar.com/?itm=3964

 

[mixed_master7]

Tread lightly my friends.

This is exactly how we got banned from that other place. What's its name again?

 

[dontdrinkbeer]

Wow, ok.

http://www.mybeercellar.com/?itm=3964

Ahhahahaha

 

[StarRaptor1]

Besides the multiple Stone 02.02.02 available for $400 I think this one is pretty terrible:

http://www.mybeercellar.com/?itm=1557

Yes: I'd love that 2 year old DIPA and California Common. $200 you say? Done!

I think we'll be hard pressed to find a worse deal than that

 

[StarRaptor1]

Tread lightly my friends.

This is exactly how we got banned from that other place. What's its name again?

"I've got nowhere else to go"

 

[claaark13]

How do you judge a bad deal though? Anything over $0 for really old IPAs is a bad deal. That $500 KH is beyond laughable due to price. I'd say that for different reasons, they're probably similar on a shittyass deal.

 

[JM03]

How about a 50 dollar coaster
http://mybeercellar.com/?itm=169

 

[kscaldef]

http://mybeercellar.com/?itm=6841

Hmm... that might actually be below market value, honestly. It's just a big chunk of cash to drop at once.

 

[kscaldef]

I gotta say, the sales copy is getting a lot more enthusiastic over there. I wonder if that's also an effect of the bannings pushing more people out of BA.

 

[MordorMongo]

You realize this will sell more beer for these greedy mother fuckers, yes?

(please continue though, I like to laugh while I drink)

 

[evilc]

I'd pay $50 for King Henry. Love it. Ticked 4 times and worth that. $500? Um.....

 

[MULDER1010]

I should put this beer http://danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_697055/crown-ambassador-reserve-2012-750ml
On mybeercellar.com
It could fetch $1k on that site.
High end Michelob
Bottle number one each year goes to the flipping queen. That is rarity right there

 

[Hanzo1]

I found a link to the worst deals they have.

http://www.mybeercellar.com/

 

[cbeer881]

That site is unbelievably horrific, and I'm not even talking about the overpriced beers.

This has to be in the running:
http://www.mybeercellar.com/?itm=6107

Who even keeps this site afloat? Does Joel just keep buying everything that gets listed?

 

[kscaldef]

Who even keeps this site afloat? Does Joel just keep buying everything that gets listed?

I'll admit: I have both bought and sold on MBC. Trading is fun and I've built some nice relationships with people, but it's also an incredibly inefficient technique for redistributing beer to people who want it. There's a damn good reason why most transactions use currency rather than barter.

The prices look outrageous on the surface, but frankly, so is the trading market for a lot of stuff. Some beers are overpriced on MBC compared to the trading market, but a lot of others are underpriced.

 

[stupac2]

That site is unbelievably horrific, and I'm not even talking about the overpriced beers.

This has to be in the running:
http://www.mybeercellar.com/?itm=6107

Who even keeps this site afloat? Does Joel just keep buying everything that gets listed?

bensw has done some investigations on that site, if he wants to he could probably elucidate.

But regardless, I think they just charge $1 per listing, regardless of sale. So idiots looking for a payday are what keeps it afloat.

 

[BusinessSloth]

That site is unbelievably horrific, and I'm not even talking about the overpriced beers.

This has to be in the running:
http://www.mybeercellar.com/?itm=6107

Who even keeps this site afloat? Does Joel just keep buying everything that gets listed?

It's paid for by the sellers alone. You buy "Credits" to list things.

 

[jmarce]

I think my favorite part about that site is that literally every person has a proper cellar that stays at a constant 55 degrees.

 

[cbeer881]

I'll admit: I have both bought and sold on MBC. Trading is fun and I've built some nice relationships with people, but it's also an incredibly inefficient technique for redistributing beer to people who want it. There's a damn good reason why most transactions use currency rather than barter.

The prices look outrageous on the surface, but frankly, so is the trading market for a lot of stuff. Some beers are overpriced on MBC compared to the trading market, but a lot of others are underpriced.

I can understand the selling mentality. Not a fan of it and what it does to bottle releases, but I understand it. Where there are desirable goods, people are going to profit.

As a buyer though? Those prices are insane. Sure, if you really want a bottle of Dark Lord and don't have the means of easily attaining/trading for it, then $50 or whatever isn't going to break the bank. But much of that site seems to be $100+ per bottle. I've never tried a beer that was worth anything close to $100, and I've had most of the supposedly "best" beers out there. Then you pile the questionable storage conditions on top of many of these aged beers, and the whole thing just seems like a big inside joke.

 

[Bill2]

I can understand the selling mentality. Not a fan of it and what it does to bottle releases, but I understand it. Where there are desirable goods, people are going to profit.

As a buyer though? Those prices are insane. Sure, if you really want a bottle of Dark Lord and don't have the means of easily attaining/trading for it, then $50 or whatever isn't going to break the bank. But much of that site seems to be $100+ per bottle. I've never tried a beer that was worth anything close to $100, and I've had most of the supposedly "best" beers out there. Then you pile the questionable storage conditions on top of many of these aged beers, and the whole thing just seems like a big inside joke.

Is anything really worth $100 a bottle?

 

[cbeer881]

Is anything really worth $100 a bottle?

Of beer? No, I don't think so. Utopias maybe, but that's more liquor than beer.

Liquor is more easily justified at $100/bottle because it is 15 servings inside one bottle. A $100 bottle of beer equivalent in liquor would be more like a $750-$1500 liquor bottle, which is equally insane.

 

[Bill2]

Of beer? No, I don't think so. Utopias maybe, but that's more liquor than beer.

Liquor is more easily justified at $100/bottle because it is 15 servings inside one bottle. A $100 bottle of beer equivalent in liquor would be more like a $750-$1500 liquor bottle, which is equally insane.

What about an expensive Barolo or Bordeaux?

 

[cbeer881]

What about an expensive Barolo or Bordeaux?

Wine is a slightly different ballpark, as there are certain styles you're just not going to touch at lower end prices. There is almost no style of beer you can't easily have for under $30.

I'm not trying to come up with a grand manifesto on reasonable alcohol costs here, but given how few bottles of beer out there even retail at the $30 level, $100 for a bottle of just about any beer is absurd.

 

[stupac2]

Wine is a slightly different ballpark, as there are certain styles you're just not going to touch at lower end prices. There is almost no style of beer you can't easily have for under $30.

I'm not trying to come up with a grand manifesto on reasonable alcohol costs here, but given how few bottles of beer out there even retail at the $30 level, $100 for a bottle of just about any beer is absurd.

I shouldn't show you my receipts from Akkurat, then...

(FWIW I agree with you, by and large. But I'm a big believer in spending money on experiences, and I do a lot of that with beer.)

 

[Bill2]

Wine is a slightly different ballpark, as there are certain styles you're just not going to touch at lower end prices. There is almost no style of beer you can't easily have for under $30.

I'm not trying to come up with a grand manifesto on reasonable alcohol costs here, but given how few bottles of beer out there even retail at the $30 level, $100 for a bottle of just about any beer is absurd.

I'm just confused, because I know quite a few beers I'd pay $100 to drink entire bottles of to myself, not because they'd be great ticks, but because they'd taste better than literally anything.

 

[bensw]

I've done some analysis (scraping). One user (Wolverine) has spent over 10 grand in the short time the site has been online.


Also, CAPITALISM. GET OFF MY LAWN YOU SOCIALIST HIPPIE

 

[Bill2]

I've done some analysis (scraping). One user (Wolverine) has spent over 10 grand in the short time the site has been online

ON WHAT!?!