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Some good discounts
Posted: 20:24 Mon 02 Jul 2007
by RonnieRoots
I was scanning the shelves of a Gall&Gall (=the Dutch version of Oddbins) and noticed that a couple of VP's had a 25% discount: Graham's 1997 (from 60 to 45), Dow's 2000 (from 55 to 41) and Passadouro 1999 (from 40 to 30). I was tempted to buy the Dow's 2000 when I spotted a loose bottle of Quinta do Vesuvio 1997. It didn't have the discount sticker, but when I asked, the shop manager was friendly enough to give the discount anyway. Instead of 60 I paid 45. Good service and a very happy customer!
Posted: 20:27 Mon 02 Jul 2007
by StevieCage
Thanks for the tip Ronnie! Let's see what I can find in Amsterdam...
Posted: 20:42 Mon 02 Jul 2007
by Conky
What a shame it wasn't a 94, but well done anyway. Thats the sort of deal that would cause us lot over here to go in the Command Bunker and start organising raids all over the Country!
You should have seen the fuss when Derek found the Warres 95 LBV for £5 in Asda!
Alan
Posted: 09:33 Tue 03 Jul 2007
by RonnieRoots
Stevie: I think this was an individual action. When I made a little chat with the shop manager he talked about not wanting to have these kind of bottles in his shop for too long. Well, I don't mind about that... Now, if I only had some money to spare (and didn't waste all on a stupid renovation of our house
) I could buy the Dow's and Graham's too...
Posted: 09:53 Tue 03 Jul 2007
by RonnieRoots
Alan: Indeed a pity it wasn't the '94... That one is extremely hard to find for a decent price. I'm still cursing myself for the one time I passed on a great deal on a full case. I thought I had already bought enough (in the same deal I bought 11 bottles of Taylor 77, 10 bottles of Fonseca 85 and two mags of Taylor 70), and when I came back after a couple of months, the Vesuvio was -of course- sold...