What came in the mail for you today?

[Chorgey]

Thank you @troglodytes

 

[BrewMan13]

Received my Apera PH60 meter and extra cal solutions from Amazon. I had the meter in my wish list and it was >$100 for quite a while. Then it dropped to $79 and I pulled the trigger.

Now to spend some time playing with it. First meter so I have some learning to do. And it will be ready for the next brew day later this week.

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That's the same meter I use. Super easy IMO. The probe does have a shelf life though, I want to say 1.5 years? No complaints, keep it cal'd and you'll be fine.

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw, According to Amazon I've had a PH60 since October 2018 and I'm on my second sensor.
I'm religious about storage solution use if it matters...

Cheers!

 

[kingmatt]

A little Mosaic

 

[day_trippr]

Someone took advantage of the YVH Mosaic sale

 

[Rish]

FotD swap package. Ready to start tasting!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[whoaru99]

Six pounds roasted coffee from Sweet Maria's.

3lb Guatemala
3lb Rwanda

 

[MaxStout]

Nothing too exciting, just an Amazon shipment that included 20' of 1/2" vinyl tubing and some barbed stainless connectors.

 

[whoaru99]

A replacement/duplicate Driver's License for the one that went missing a few weeks ago.

Really sucked when I was at the liquor store and got carded (one of those places where carding is inherent to their checkout system for beer/wine/liquor sales), went to pull it out of the wallet and it was not there.

Worst part was the line of people behind me watching me dig through the wallet and pockets but they're probably thinking this bozo doesn't even have a license and is acting like it's suddenly gone missing.

 

[fourfarthing]

Ego boosts. Surprisingly nothing for winning best in show, but assume that has to do with living two time zones from the competition

 

[day_trippr]

I had mentioned in another thread (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...ability-testing-results.728124/#post-10348720) that I had ordered a package of black keg o-rings based on what was shown in an Amazon placement and assuming they were Buna-N/Nitrile, only to receive what turned out to be a package of silicone O-rings (tipped off by the fat white lid O-rings) that I did not want.

Well, today - and totally unexpected - a package from the same vendor arrived - with all black O-rings.
And after I dinged him with my AMZ review

Crap. Now I have to see if I can revise my review

[edit: I could and did, going from 1 to 5 stars with an explanification Now working on getting the AMZ credit cancelled so the vendor can get paid]

Cheers!

 

[mac_1103]

Now I have to see if I can revise my review...

Shouldn't be a problem but I wouldn't beat myself up over it too much. He changed the product without notice; he deserved a bad review.

 

[day_trippr]

I don't disagree with that. But, the vendor response did sound like it was an inadvertent mistake on his supply side, and I don't feel right not squaring things away now that he made things right. I edited my original AMZ review with a preface explaining what happened since - leaving the original as fair warning - and advising that the product page be updated to clearly state what type of material is being sold.

And I'm trying to see if I can have the credit-back cancelled so he gets paid...

Cheers!

 

[MaxStout]

I don't disagree with that. But, the vendor response did sound like it was an inadvertent mistake on his supply side, and I don't feel right not squaring things away now that he made things right. I edited my original AMZ review with a preface explaining what happened since - leaving the original as fair warning - and advising that the product page be updated to clearly state what type of material is being sold.

And I'm trying to see if I can have the credit-back cancelled so he gets paid...

Cheers!

Yeah, I've shot from the hip with AMZ reviews a couple times, only to see that they had fixed it a short time later. In both cases I went back to edit the review and bump up to 5 stars.

Sort of like dining in a restaurant. I don't care so much if my order is screwed up. If they fix it, I act as if it never happened as far as the tip goes.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

I don't disagree with that. But, the vendor response did sound like it was an inadvertent mistake on his supply side, and I don't feel right not squaring things away now that he made things right. I edited my original AMZ review with a preface explaining what happened since - leaving the original as fair warning - and advising that the product page be updated to clearly state what type of material is being sold.

And I'm trying to see if I can have the credit-back cancelled so he gets paid...

Cheers!

Secret 3rd option is that it was not a vendor issue but Amazon inventory issue. Amz is only as good as their team scanning and putting away materials.

I went back and forth with them about getting a size 3 soccer ball for my daughter in kindergarten. They kept sending me a 5. Clearly they weren't checking sizes when they received and put away the material to bin x, but the system thought that bin x was size 3 balls.

Talking with a coworker (a manger that came over from Amz) she said it was was not uncommon for that to happen. Amz was not going fall on the sword for the vendor, and the vendor was about to challenge amz and lose that distribution channel.

I am slow to point at vendors for mistakes ordered through Amz, but if it is the right product and , I will likely escalate that.

 

[day_trippr]

I had a cordial messaging with the seller and he said he had resupplied with silicone without knowing it might not be received well. What he didn't let me know was he was working on getting things straight again. Blind-sided me bigly

Cheers!

[edit] For anyone interested I posted an update/close-out here with a possibly interesting development (anyone remember "kegkits.com"? )
[edit2] And it is indeed, "that" Tom Hargrave. Effin' amazing after 16 years to cross paths with him again...

 

[MaxStout]

My official AHA card, after being a member for several years.

Had to use some rubbing alcohol to get all the adhesive off the back, but at least now I'm official.

 

[Deadalus]

I got two sets of Nukatap minis today with their mini shank kits. Happy to report that the threads on the tap handle screw are M6 x 1.0 not M6x0.75 as listed on the Kegland site. I don't know where I might have saw that the threads were M6x1.0 but I had ordered this set of inserts, which convert to standard tap threads. Thought I made a mistake after buying but they do fit! The inserts are short but my initial check shows they fit fine. The pack comes with five inserts so I could just use two per handle as I only have two taps. Building a new more portable jockey box!

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Got my NorCal Brewing @Jaybird false bottom. Fits like a glove, and I can't wait to brew with it!

 

[JAReeves]

Got a couple issues of beer porn *cough, cough* in the mail yesterday.

 

[Langerz]

My official AHA card, after being a member for several years.

Had to use some rubbing alcohol to get all the adhesive off the back, but at least now I'm official.

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Nice. Mine came today

 

[whoaru99]

 

[day_trippr]

Nice haul - but 1/4" beverage tubing?

 

[whoaru99]

Bevlex 200. Replacing some CO2 lines and making a couple transfer hoses.

 

[Bobby_M]

A few goodies from Brew Hardware, including some Lalbrew Koln yeast with an expiration date of Oct 2023.

You know it’s still good, but it should have been at a discount and with your knowledge.

We would never intentionally send any product past it's BBD without first checking in with the customer.

If we pull it and notice it's past that date and it's the first time we've became aware of it, we ask if you still want it and offer it at half price.

If we ship one past it's BBD and we failed to notice on packing the box, AND the customer makes us aware of it, we refund for the yeast or offer to ship fresher ones. We know full well the customer will still use the older yeast as well, but it was our mistake so we own it.

Any additional packs we find in the fridge with that older BBD is proactively offered at half price as a separate SKU.

This mistake is not very common. Of the four people that can possibly pick and pack your order, three of them are active brewers and are more likely to think about perishable items. Unfortunately, the one non brewer is less likely to remember to check the dates and we're addressing that.

Running a store with 4500 unique SKUs, about a third of which are actively aging out is not an easy task and mistakes are obviously going to happen. All of our distributors make the same mistake with us and every other store as well. I've gotten entire cases of dry yeast that were 2 weeks away from the BBD. As we've entered the age of customers clawing their way to the bottom line price as the deciding factor on where to shop, we've had to increase our bulk purchase quantities to compete and sometimes we over estimate how many we can sell as the clock ticks.

The bottom line is that all vendors make mistakes and I think it's more important to judge them via how they deal with it once they are made aware of it. I own the company and as a homebrewer for the last 18 years, I treat my customer exactly how I would want to be treated if I were on the purchasing end.

Did you ever get in touch with the shop to make us aware of the mistake? If you did and someone blew you off, that's a completely different story.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

The physical card is in hand. I plan to use it at a Flying Saucer soon for 25% off food.

 

[deuc224]

Grabbed a 55lb bag of vienna from LHBS, i pray they stay open cuz they have great prices and i keep buying bags from them, only place get bulk grains from.

 

[MaxStout]

Just got the new Zymurgy today, will give it a read tonight.

But that cover is creepy af.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

A roll of EVAbarrier and a new CO2 Taprite regulator for the 20-lb. tank I bought to refill the other tanks and push stuff from one keg to the other.