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Wine, wine, and more wine.
Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for them!! I
could start a profitable business here...... bidding on wines at auction, then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit :-) Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, friends don't do that to friends. They might *think* about it, but they look after their mates :-) |
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PeterL2 > wrote:
>Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for them!! I >could start a profitable business here...... bidding on wines at auction, >then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit :-) >Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, friends >don't do that to friends. In my world, unlicensed sellers of alcoholic beverages are placed in jail. Steve |
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In article >,
PeterL2 > wrote: > Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for them!! I > could start a profitable business here...... bidding on wines at auction, > then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit :-) > > > Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, friends > don't do that to friends. > > They might *think* about it, but they look after their mates :-) If one of your friend's friends wants some wine, do they become your friend? I could get boatloads of friends by holding a free kegger in my yard everyday. I'd be the toast of the town till the cops shut me down. I wish I could mull over your dilemma. leo |
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Leonard Blaisdell > wrote in
: > In article >, > PeterL2 > wrote: > >> Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for >> them!! I could start a profitable business here...... bidding on >> wines at auction, then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit >> :-) >> >> >> Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, >> friends don't do that to friends. >> >> They might *think* about it, but they look after their mates :-) > > If one of your friend's friends wants some wine, do they become your > friend? I could get boatloads of friends by holding a free kegger in > my yard everyday. I'd be the toast of the town till the cops shut me > down. I wish I could mull over your dilemma. > > leo > LOL!!! Long time ago, as a young soldier posted to the hot as hell tropical town of Townsville, we young Diggers liked an odd cold ale or 17. Cartons (slabs/cases) of beer were about $9. Sitting under the mango tree in the back yard enjoying a few cold ales with a couple of mates , I hit upon a money saving idea. Buy our beer in bulk!! So we pooled some money and I went and approached the local pub where I worked off and on as a bouncer. They did us a great deal and we loaded up a ute with many slabs of beer at a bargain price of about $6 per slab. Word got around and pretty soon our 'beer club' had expanded exponentially. we started buying a 1/3 of a pallet of beer, and pretty soon we were buying a 1/2 pallet, and then a full pallet. The more we bought, the cheaper we could buy it for. I just told the pub that we were having *huge* parties quite regularly. So we were buying a pallet of beer and paying about $5 per slab, and then selling them to 'club members' for $7..... which was still damn cheap!! When each pallet was holding approx 80 slabs, we were making about $160 per pallet profit :-) We got up to buying 3 pallets of beer, and did that twice......... then we got a visit from the Licencing Branch :-) It was the late 70's/very early 80's, so we just paid them off with a couple of cases of beer each, got a slap on the wrist and were told not to do it again :-) Oh well......... it was good while it lasted :-) |
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PeterL2 > wrote: <snip profit> > It was the late 70's/very early 80's, so we just paid them off with a > couple of cases of beer each, got a slap on the wrist and were told not > to do it again :-) > > Oh well......... it was good while it lasted :-) You've already been there. What goes around comes around. Do what you gotta do ;-) leo |
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PeterL2 wrote:
> Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for them!! I > could start a profitable business here...... bidding on wines at auction, > then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit :-) > > > Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, friends > don't do that to friends. > > They might *think* about it, but they look after their mates :-) In the U.S. I believe it is illegal to sell alcohol (regardless of how you acquired it) without a valid license to do so. gloria p |
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Gloria P > wrote in
: > PeterL2 wrote: >> Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for >> them!! I could start a profitable business here...... bidding on >> wines at auction, then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit >> :-) >> >> >> Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, >> friends don't do that to friends. >> >> They might *think* about it, but they look after their mates :-) > > > > > In the U.S. I believe it is illegal to sell alcohol (regardless > of how you acquired it) without a valid license to do so. > Probably the same here, but here, mates look after mates. And screw the establishment!!!!!!!!! :-) |
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On Oct 17, 11:03*pm, PeterL2 > wrote:
> (Steve Pope) wrote : > > > PeterL2 > wrote: > > >>Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for > >>them!! I could start a profitable business here...... bidding on wines > >>at auction, then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit :-) > > >>Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, > >>friends don't do that to friends. > > > In my world, unlicensed sellers of alcoholic beverages > > are placed in jail. > > > Steve > > As light can be bent, so can a few minor laws. And besides, if I was to do > it, who would tell? > > As it is, all my friends pay is what it costs to get it to my door. Hi There is an old saying: "Commit a crime and the world is made of glass." A prominent winemaker here in CA was pouring wines where and when a winemaker could not pour. (ABC -Alcohol Beverage Control regulations). As it turned out, an ABC agent happened into the shop. The result - a $10,000 fine, and a black mark on his winery. Think about it. Jerry |
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:33:38 -0600, Gloria P >
wrote: >PeterL2 wrote: >> Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for them!! I >> could start a profitable business here...... bidding on wines at auction, >> then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit :-) >> >> >> Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, friends >> don't do that to friends. >> >> They might *think* about it, but they look after their mates :-) > > > > >In the U.S. I believe it is illegal to sell alcohol (regardless >of how you acquired it) without a valid license to do so. > There is nothing illegal about what he's doing. The way I read his OP, he's not making a profit. They are simply reimbursing him. He's thinking about how easy it would be to go into a for profit business, but he is not there at this point. -- I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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sf > wrote in
: > On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:33:38 -0600, Gloria P > > wrote: > >>PeterL2 wrote: >>> Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for >>> them!! I could start a profitable business here...... bidding on wines >>> at auction, then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit :-) >>> >>> >>> Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, >>> friends don't do that to friends. >>> >>> They might *think* about it, but they look after their mates :-) >> >> >> >> >>In the U.S. I believe it is illegal to sell alcohol (regardless >>of how you acquired it) without a valid license to do so. >> > There is nothing illegal about what he's doing. The way I read his > OP, he's not making a profit. They are simply reimbursing him. He's > thinking about how easy it would be to go into a for profit business, > but he is not there at this point. > > "This point" would come if friends of friends started hassling me to get theirs for them ;-) -- Peter Lucas Brisbane Australia If we are not meant to eat animals, why are they made of meat? |
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On Oct 17, 11:12*pm, Leonard Blaisdell >
wrote: > In article >, > > *PeterL2 > wrote: > > Now I have a couple of friends who want me to get their wine for them!! I > > could start a profitable business here...... bidding on wines at auction, > > then onselling to my 'consumers' for a small profit :-) > > > Most people would, but......... I'm not most people. In my world, friends > > don't do that to friends. > > > They might *think* about it, but they look after their mates :-) > > If one of your friend's friends wants some wine, do they become your > friend? I could get boatloads of friends by holding a free kegger in my > yard everyday. I'd be the toast of the town till the cops shut me down. > I wish I could mull over your dilemma. > > leo When I smoked weed....I had many, many friends. |
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