Especially if the gouda is always resold on the internet for a profit and the grocery store want to make sure their regulars who actually eat the gouda get it instead of someone looking to make a quick buck right?
@@E_Don “we don’t like cherry pickers” wtf imagine waiters saying nope we got too much salmon in the fridge you gotta order that if you want steak what the fuck😭😂
“Nobody likes a cherry picker” alright guys I’ll just say he’s wrong about that. Never feel bad for leaving ANY store empty handed if they don’t have what you were looking for. Never feel pressured to spend your money on something you didn’t want.
If you're looking for rare stuff you aren't going to get it at some random place you've never been to. They may recommend good alternatives to what you need. At that point if you're just going to leave you will never find it because no one likes you as a customer and you wasted everyone's time. I sell suits and it's the same thing kinda concept. It's a 2 way street and no one likes working with a cherry picker.
Lmao seriously, imagine I’ve just went to 15 different stores and bought something at each one. This guy is trying to make us seem like the asshole and I get it, you can’t just waltz in and buy these things, but there comes a point when people just want to enjoy their hobbies. They don’t wanna spend 20 bucks every time a store doesn’t have what they want. A guy like me sticks to a few stores and asks everytime, I’m not buying extra stuff to sweeten the deal (if I wasn’t already planning on it). Sad times when you have to go through the most theatrics to get a bottle
@@yvnginfinity yeah alcohol is expensive. If it was some guy on the selling something on the street and they were really helpful but didn't have what I was looking for. Sure I would pick something up, but buying a bottle of alcohol from some corporate store because they didn't have what I was looking for no. I'm not gonna buy something
Blanton is $80-90 bucks that’s why it’s so rare and popular Here’s the tip If we don’t markup the bottle and it’s rare and popular it’s saved for regulars If we make money on it it’s on the store shelf
@@AJHart-eg1ysthis kinda stuff tends to get resold online quite a bit, so it is entirely reasonable to not sell it to random people you’ve never seen before. But if you know someone who’s a regular you can trust they aren’t just reselling
@@winghead9813 It is certainly put up for sale online. How many people pay the initial asking price is very much up for debate. I see a lot of things I'm also looking to sell or buy in places like eBay, etc. I see what people are asking. When they seem very high, the one thing I find they have in common is that they haven't found any suckers to actually bid on them at that price. Take care.
the way allocation works is you have to sell particular bottles to have a shot at getting allocated whiskey. I've even had breweries ask me "when's the last time you ordered something from us" when trying to order in allocated beer. who are you more likely to sell allocated whiskey to (at msrp) the guy who waltzed in for the first time ever asking for bourbons that go for thousands on secondary? or the guy who's a regular supporter of your business, and is the reason you can even get them in the store in the first place. theres always some triggered cherry pickers or people who don't know how allocation works whenever this is brought up.
@moe perry why doesn't everyone do first come First-serve I'm from a small town that only sells Jack Daniels and beer I have to travel to liquor stores I never been too, just to get rare breed for christ sake
Bro it exists literally every where. Those people who sit in toll booths have this sense of entitlement. Reddit moderators do. Every group does even catholics
@@Austin-rm9ip what? No. Other business will sell to whom ever is looking to purchase and doesn’t expect you to purchase something simply for walking through the door.
Not really how it works in the liqour game. Distributors are holding out on the stuff. We are gonna sell to the ones that supports my buisness that makes my store his liqour store and buys everything from it. Its really not hard to understand. If you want the good stuff buy a bottle of angels envy and after a few bottles of that angels envy ask for the allocated stuff.
@@vjsoeifi welcome to capitalism where if you got the money you'll be ok. Everyone loves a free capitalistic market untill that capitalism hits them where they hurt.
Ikr, I'm thinking dang, this the first time i feel this dude is dead wrong. I was figuring he'd say something about becoming a regular, building a relationship with a store to get them to hold a bottle or some shit. Not "don't even bother bro"
Hmmm, have a bottle to sell to a regular who will give you consistent business and might even come back more if you have good stuff ready. Or gamble on a scalper you may never see again. Toughy. :/
“Just make a purchase anyway. No one likes a cherry picker.” Yeah…no. I’m not going to go to a liquor store looking for a specific drink that they have but won’t sell to me because I’m “not a regular,” and then go on to still support them by buying something I didn’t even want
Seriously...anybody who's worked at a liquor store knows the "regulars" aren't the ones coming in looking for rare whiskeys and bourbons (and if they were, why would they even _be_ regulars since apparently you refuse to sell them?), they're the guys coming in for a case of beer and a handle of vodka at 10 p.m. on a Tuesday.
It’s unfortunate that some individuals believe that they must flatter and cater the the owner's ego in order to receive proper service. This perception implies that the store owner's self-importance takes precedence over providing fair and equitable service to all customers.
Business is business and if business owners operated under being fair and equitable virtually every single business would go under. Also using nice vocabulary doesn’t mean what you said is right; self-importance? Are you referring to self esteem? That has nothing to do with building a good rapport with a customer base and determining who to sell what stock when stock is low
@@ryan83r7 just because his vocabulary is "nice," doesn't invalidate what he's saying. He's right. I like this channel, but the idea that you should proverbially eat the owner's ass to get a nice bottle is ridiculous.
@@ryan83r7 that's empirically not true. If businesses sold their products to everyone who came in looking for that product, they would do more in sales, not go under. That's the stupidest shit I've ever heard 😂
@@Warriormedic68 Are you thinking they are sitting on high demand product and not selling it at all? If they get 6 special bottles and hold them for loyal customers who buy low demand product they're increasing sales.
@@bluz9951no one’s worried about scalpers bruh 😂 People who are trying to try the rare bourbon know it’s gonna be hard to find so they’ll ask around store to store for a specific bottle.
I call them Buffalo hunters. I'm not selling you an allocated whiskey if I've never seen you before. Or if you don't ever buy anything else. Those bottles are for my repeat/good customers.
@zachsimpson2008 no its not. He didn't say "These rare bottles I set aside for my repeat customers as a thank you for supporting the store." That would be fine. He basically said "ohh no we don't have have that. But maybe it will appear if you buy something dumbass" It's the vibe he gives off.
I’ll be a cherry picker if I want too, if I’m looking for a particular bottle and have to go 6 different liquor stores I’m not gonna waste my money buying something at every store that I don’t even want
As someone who works in a liquor store. A lot of these allocated bottles you could find a cheaper version or a better version just looking around most liquor stores. sometimes the hype just isn’t worth it.
You can be a cherry picker if you want to lmao, but you aren't gonna get that bottle. Your best bet is to build a rapport with the owners of the store, give them some business, and exercise patience. I'm not selling an allocated bottle to some scalper, or to someone I've never seen in the store before. Why? Because my store is family-owned and I have the right to refuse to sell a bottle of limited stock to someone who I don't think can appreciate it. Allocated liquor is exactly that- allocated. I may only get a half-case of a certain bottle once every few months. That's 6 of 'em, and each one of them is gonna go to someone who deserves it.
Bro I travel for work and me and my wife both have the same hobby or sharing expensive bourbon together while we play pool at the house. A house which I am never at. And she also travels for her job frequently too. We only see each other one weekend out of the month. And we don't have time to set up a report with liquor stores who may or may not even have what we want. Get down off your high horse and sell the shit for msrp and promote the bottles that are affiliated with it. Stop running game on your customers you rat.
Cold calling got me a bottle of eagle rare for 35, Blanton's for 60 and eh Taylor for 45 at 2 separate stores. Cold calling only works on stores that have useful workers.
Honestly, none of that stuff is that difficult to get. I am a purchasing agent at a resort, we buy all the food and beverage in my department. We only had trouble getting Eagle Rare for about a month, but we never ran out. I mean maybe some smaller liquor stores would have trouble getting that stuff, but if we don't have trouble I can't imagine a decent size liquor store would. We really don't buy that much booze because we only have a couple of bars
It only works if you call at very precise times, like the mornings the trucks come in. It's not really much different than just popping in at those times.
“Don’t cold call, if you come in person make sure you make a purchase if you find the liquor you’re looking for or not”💀💀💀 yeah that just makes me wanna call beforehand more often, ain’t no one buying shit to make the cashier feel happy dawg.
You're not buying it to make the cashier happy. You're buying it so you have a reason to bullshit with the staff and build rapport. People take care of the people they like. If you don't have the personality to just talk to strangers and make them like you then I'd advise trying bribery. I don't have to like a person to take a $50 tip and a phone number. I'll honor his request in hope there's more $50 tips in my future. Nothing in life comes free, for nice stuff you occasionally have to buy your way into the circle to even gain access. If you don't wanna buy your way in. Talkings cheap, bullshit with the shop keep regularly. After a while you might be considered a "friend" and exchange numbers that way.
@@SirTorchariteyoure acting like its a golf club. Its a liquor store, calm down. Anything this dweeb wont sell me, ill buy elsewhere. Capitalism is an amazing thing, isnt it?
@@SirTorchariteAt that point just buy it from the secondary market, what the fuck? That is the most stupid shit I've read. If I want a product, I want THAT product. You can miss me with that "buy garbage to build rapport". Why would I tip someone (for doing nothing) while buying something I didn't want (to build "rapport")? Sounds like shit in one hand and hope in the other. I wonder which one will fill up faster?
@@SirTorcharite yeah that's fucking stupid. You don't smooth talk the cashier at taco bell to get them to sell you something they took out of the POS but have in the cooler still.
@@jacobgiles2268your not criticizing them because you dont carry what they want, your doing so becaue they want a rare, very valuable thing and thats the only thing you are willing to buy. As the other guy said it makes you worthless as a customer.
@@tuckertardif1162 it sells and makes them the same profit no matter who buys it. Plus, it's illegal to lie about your stock and refuse them service because "they aren't a regular"
Say what you want, but he’s the guy with the bottles you want. He’s giving you a tip on how to build rapport and put yourself in a position to get offered allocated bottles when you come in. This isn’t that crazy of a concept. If you’re a shop owner and have a limited supply of stuff that you know your best customers will want, are you just going to sell it to some new guy or take care of your best customers/regular customers? It’s pretty simple “take it or leave it” advice. If you don’t agree/like this dude, then don’t shop at his store. He won’t care.
Nothing like gatekeeping against people looking to get into this. I watch plenty of brewzle vids about getting allocated bottles, but only recently got my first one and only then because the clerk asked if I liked Weller at the register. I wouldn't even know where to begin figuring out what has been allocated where, so my first instinct would be to call liquor stores in my area asking what they have.
Okay but even if that was your first instinct, how is him telling you you have better odds in person, ( which clearly did work for you). Is gatekeeping?
@@brandonpoole3361 I mean it was just awkward. I was in a giant eagle, I drink more beer than anything but appreciate bourbon on occasion, so I went in for a bottle of rye to make manhattans. I spent like 20 minutes looking over every bottle they had to see if there was anything interesting, and she just happened to ask me at the register if I wanted a bottle she had that wasn't on the shelf, but was sitting next to her on the counter. I'm not saying going in person doesn't give you better odds. In another of LS352's videos someone did go in person. And straight up asked for what they wanted. And got lied to. So even then the impression is that if you aren't buying a bottle a week or more, go fuck yourself. At least that's how I feel. I called a bunch of stores today to ask what their drop day is in my are, and most were pretty helpful.
@Weatherman Codes I can understand how you get the impression that they're saying if you dont buy a bottle a week, it won't work. But personally I get the impression that when they say 'knowing your liquor store and not being a "stranger"' they really mean it like someone who runs in grabs their one brand of rum and runs out is a stranger, even if they do it once a week. Conversly, someone like yourself who looks over every bottle checks flavor notes and percentages and age. They're the ones that aren't seen as strangers even if you've never been in that liquor store before. Once again, exactly as you described it happened for you.
@Weatherman Codes I always chat with my liquor store clerks and they see me buying different bottles for my home bar all the time. So if they get a nice bourbon or whiskey in (which just today was some 25 year Appleton estate) they almost always offer me it to the counter cause they know even if I have 3 bottles with me ill probably get that one too. Especially over someone who just runs and grabs their bud light and gets out without even giving the bottle at the cash a second glance.
@@brandonpoole3361 That makes me feel a little better. If all I have to do is go in and stare at a shelf for 15 minutes being interested in everything they have sitting out, then walk up and tell them I'm just getting into bourbon and know a bit but not a whole lot, and want to know if they have any store picks or recommendations, I'm fucking set.
@@TheRealSponathan “I’m not gonna sell you the product we have and you want just in case one of my loyal customers want it” and I’m suppose to feel bad when liquor stores go out of business? Ok.
@@cosmonauthal7651 Who would the distiller give the rare bottles to? The store who only wants that one? Or the store who buys a lot of their other bottles?
Yes because thats how it works out. I gotta grow my buisness by selling the crap stuff unfortunately to be able to get more bottles of the good stuff. Talk to a liqour rep, theyll tell you a liqours stores ability to get allocated stuff depends on their volume at that place. Its only fair.
@@unclerico1106 that's horrible for consumers IMO Why sell crap stuff at all 😅. If it's not an extremely limited release or sth, i don't get why stores act like that Currently you can't even get a spot on the waiting list for most rolex models. Ya can't tell me that a few hundred dollars worth bottle of spirits has the same "waiting list" as a limited production luxury product that fails to evenly distribute product to their dealers
@@unclerico1106 well congrats im sure turning away potential customers will increase your volume. As a shop owner im sure my customers would love to hear "if you want an oil change then you must buy a head gasket replacement first". Its a fucking scam and if you think its actually good for the business then you will never grow.
@@unclerico1106I don't get what difference it makes to a supplier whether you sell what you have or not . Once they sell you the stinky bottles who the fuck cares what the store does with those bottles
@@someguy9520 it's all from the distribution centers of these liquor company's (Sazerac). And partly of bourbon hunters. Sazerac simply doesn't make enough of these products ( they only make so many barrels). If a bourbon hunter comes in buys a case of Blantons that I sell for MSRP and he buys it and sells it at an insane mark up how is that fair to normal people who wants to taste it? It's not fair to the average Jo like us. This is why liquor stores hold on to these bottles for the average Joe. Because if we didn't youd simply be out priced of the market of it. Because the sentiment is right whoever I sell to has no barring on me I'm not losing sleep over not having Blantons. I don't drink been clean for 7 years. It comes down to buying power. And I can tell y'all right now, whatever you have isn't enough.
If you're in the market for a luxury car but can't find the high end trim on the lot, just buy a base model! Don't call the next dealership, go to another dealership and repeat the process lol.
I've worked at a liquor store for 2 years and it was my favorite job. I NEVER judged anyone who came in and bought nothing. I do it myself! I wouldn't care at all if you just peruse the whiskey selection. I do it all the time myself!
As if we owe them something just for walking in the store. As someone who doesn't drink often anymore and when I do I prefer the good stuff, I'm not going to continually buy subpar product until the cashier feels I have earned it. I get holding back for loyal customers but don't expect me to buy anything but what I came in for.
Im good with jameson and openly available bourbons no way in hell im gonna camp outside of a liquor store for 6 days to buy a $600 bottle of anything 😂
As a retailer if you call and ask if we have it we will tell you. We even post on a whisky/Bourbon site on Facebook if we get in something we know people are looking for. We sell out quick, but we are a retail store, not a museum.
So basically don't go into a store that sell something and ask for it because they won't just sell it to you you have to be what they want you to be in order to sell it.
So that's why the tire shop wouldn't sell me snow tires. I gotta help them make their quota of All Seasons for a few years first, then they'll be willing to sell me the good stuff. It all makes so much sense, now.
I remember when I walked into the only liquor store in my city to have the Crown Blue Lasall Distillery XR for $500 that was a crazy experience that required calling the store manager to show up just to open the case it was locked behind and it required 3 different keys to open it…I haven’t even drank half of it and now that bottle goes for $700-$1000
My local store likes to help people out if they buy their special barrel buys. I got a bottle of Dobel Maestro and they offered some allocated stuff on the sly. If I had the bread I would have bought it in a heartbeat
So waste my time, and gas, driving up there to ask in person just to not being taken seriously, and buy something i dont want. Are you sure you're not the scalper/scammer?
I don’t know what “allocated” whiskey is but this video makes me so glad I never got seriously into drinking. Weed man will just sell you what they have; they want money.
Nah, it's desire for 'passive income' within certain people (hilaripusly they call themselves investors) and the flawless ability of the internet to hype up everything to everyone at the same time. For some reason a lot of people are fine with the idea of scalpers. Where in most countries it is technically illegal and those where it is, it is done through shady loopholes. There is no shortage and whisk(e)ys are rarely worth anything over MSRP. However, don't fault a genuine business owner for making a little more out of a bottle that actually does give them a ton of work.
Assuming you're older than 50 (because you come off that way lol), didn't you guys and even your dads grow up collecting baseball cards or comic books? Or fucking stamps?
Totally fair if you want to build up rapport with the local community and encourage loyalty among your consumer base by offering them perks for shopping at your store, especially if it guarantees you consistent business. It's also totally fair for someone to leave the store empty handed when you either don't have or won't sell them the specific thing they want. Consumers have to realize that keeping the regulars happy is super important for the long-term financial success of any local business. What happens if somebody who spends an average of $50 a week stops coming in because you sold the rare bottle he always gets to some guy who'll never shop at your store again. You lose 3 or 4 of those regulars and suddenly your yearly profits are down $10,000.
People go to stores all the time to buy specific items and if it’s not in the store we’re supposed to spend our hard earned money just to make you feel better, because you won’t sell a bottle to someone who’s not your friend or a regular?
They only get limited stock, better to sell to someone who’s going to appreciate it more (and earn them more money) then upset regulars and lose business for someone who’s only coming in once or only for limited stock. Just shop at your favorite liquor store and you’ll get it, otherwise it’s obvious you’re only there for scalping.
Some people don’t understand that nowadays, it takes good sales numbers or gaps of time to even get those bottles into your store unless you’re a superstore. Having them gives your store good street credit. so no. We don’t wanna give those bottles to the cherry pickers, we wanna give them to customers who have been loyal and become friends of ours. It’s not about a power trip or denying people, you just wanna see products the store has earned go to people you know will enjoy them 🤷🏾♂️ and it’s not like everything gets hidden. Of course good stuff goes on the shelf for first come customers. It’s a game of luck and kindness hunting for allocated bottles.
I mean if the shop doesn't have what I'm looking for, I'm not gonna feel compelled to make a purchase. My etiquette is just called not being a prick. It's surprisingly simple to just be a nice, kind and courteous person. It's also highly effective in terms of getting things you want.
Saturday mornings right after they're open with a buggy full of my weekly supply always gets me a bottle of what I'd like. Usually Blantons for my pops, he's stuck on the blantons fad.
I really miss the state owned liquor stores in WA because they just kept their inventory online and you could reserve bottles. Now its sold in grocery stores for everyone's convenience(along with a 30% state liqior tax) 😒
I did hook up one gent once, he flipped me a card. I did it because he was not a regular hunter for them, and he was very polite. I like letting others get the rarer bottles.
Then you become the guy that never buys anything. So the time comes that they do have the rare bottle you want you think they sell it to you or the regular customer that actually does business with them?
@@BigMac2222 it's a store. They'll sell it to whoever gets thete first. Sounds like a scam to me. Buy something now so that we might sell you something better later
When i worked at a liquor store we had a lottery for things like Blantons and Pappy. You put your name and number on a list and when we got a case we would pick a few folks to get a bottle. There were rarely people we would hold onto bottles for but those were the customers spending thousands every time they came in.
Because in the long run the business benefits more selling it to the regular customer who they know will continue to frequent their store as opposed to the guy who’s specifically only looking for the allocated bottle and may never step foot in the shop again after they get it.
Because they are like any other scummy institution with the smallest modicum of “power” they laud the bottles over people to get them to spend more money.
@@chrisoniceskates It doesn't work like that everywhere. I own a liquor store and my regulars are never going to buy these allocated bourbons even if i offer them a big discount because i have priced them ridiculously high. My store is in a small city in Mississippi, a controlled state run through ABC, with low to middle income families being my regulars. My prices on allocated are so high because we just don't get these products. I have gotten two bottles of pappy 10 year in 9 years, not even a full case. It's going to be the out of town unknown people who are going to buy these bourbons.
Yeah that lost a GREAT deal of respect. If I am expecting a specific product why would I settle for something I don't want to "just make a purchase"? Calling to check inventory, the alternative is show up, be disappointed, buy nothing, then make a note to never return. Being kind to the customer can go a long way in making a regular customer.
i think people misunderstand this. This is like any service industry. If you want an exclusive service, you normally have to tip or behave a certain way. Liquor store owners know these bottles will sell no matter what they do, so they want to give it to people they like and to keep them as returning customers.
How does this short have 61k upvotes? This is honestly the douchiest thing I think I've ever seen in a video about whiskey. And damn that's saying something
Gay advice “if we don’t have the alcohol your looking for still buy something anyways” nah bro I’m gonna go to the store that has what I’m looking for 💀
I used to work for a distirubor that sold sazerac 10 years ago and im sure it's worse now. But people used to follow our truck around and follow me around asking about delivery dates. That was back in like 2012 when it was still kind of niche.
Working at a liquor store i dont give a single shit what they do with the bottle but the owner and store manager that buys the rare bottle dont want it going to someone just going to scalp it or keep it in a collection. He doesnt want to sell it tough shit, be a customer not a cherry picker especially at a store you arent a regular at
Bought bourbon at the store by my house for around a year before one day the owner just casually was like “you know we have a couple bottles of blantons and eagle rare under the counter if you ever want something a little more high end”
My local liquor store saves all the good stuff for his buddies and the same guys who have been hoarding it for years. Some of the daily customers don’t even get any “good stuff”
I work in alcohol distribution and yeah it’s not as bad with beer which is mostly what I deal with but high end limited release craft and whiskeys are generally treated like this at multiple medium to large size stores. Tiny stores probably got suckered by the salesman into buying something like Buffalo trace that’s not what their usual clientele would want so they’ll mark it way up but put it in a plexiglass container so someone will buy it quick
I went once and asked if they had any allocated whiskey. They told me they had one bottle of something I'd never heard of before and it just wasnt selling. It was the best whiskey I've ever had in my life and I've never been able to find it ever again 😢
I stalled my way through a cold call to maliciously take up a dudes time for something i knew we had, dude made a joke, i laughed, he got two bottles. All about giving good vibes, people!
I worked at a liquor store when I was 17 or just turned 18. I had great a great boss. Bosses actually. Crazy assholes. I'm 37 now. If you end up being a manager or have a cool one like I did. I was a stick guy and seen this very beautiful redhead . I mean she was a dime piece bro. He seen me checking her out as I was stocking the walk in cooler and said did you like that one pat I said hell yeah I did. He said good... Because I just hired her for you. Now that's a Boss that cares about his workers. I'm 38 now. Many moons ago. We had cookouts ext. It brought some great experiences in my life. Be a cool boss when you get the chance if that's the route you end up going down. Take care brother. 😅❤✌️
My liquor store has a point system for hard to find bottles to prevent scalpers from buying it up. Points are not hard to rack up and no adds, emails, or texts. Just trying to give their reoccurring customers a chance at some good booze
Man I don’t drink and couldn’t care less about bourbon but holy crap are there a lot of people misunderstanding what he’s trying to convey. No, you don’t HAVE to buy anything if you don’t want to, but then don’t be mad if he doesn’t pass on to you one of the two bottles of good stuff he’s gonna get that month. He’s saving it for real customers. You don’t have to shop there, but he doesn’t have to sell a damn thing to you either.
If those three are allocated where they are, I feel bad for them. They’re pretty easy to find in my little rinky dink liquor stores in southern middle Tennessee. They keep them on the shelves with everything else whiskey/bourbon related. Now Willett on the other hand, which is my personal favorite. That stays behind the counter high up on the shelf.
Thanks for the tip!! I’m cool as hell with the lukens liquor in Clearwater off 19. I buy bottles there all the time. That doesn’t sound good being on a first name basis with the alcohol plug but I am. 😂
Which is a joke bc allocated bourbon is the distillery giving the customers a fair shot at purchasing these bottles but then the retail store doesn't give the customer a fair shot at buying them
Better advice...pick a store to be your main store. Go on a weekday when they first open and strike a conversation up with the employees. Ask about how they handle allocated bottles.
You can't expect to be taken seriously asking your grocery store for smoked Gouda. You gotta buy up those Kraft singles to earn that Gouda
lmao.
Fuckin perfect 🤣
Especially if the gouda is always resold on the internet for a profit and the grocery store want to make sure their regulars who actually eat the gouda get it instead of someone looking to make a quick buck right?
@@E_Don “we don’t like cherry pickers” wtf imagine waiters saying nope we got too much salmon in the fridge you gotta order that if you want steak what the fuck😭😂
@@ufointrovert are you okay?
“Nobody likes a cherry picker” alright guys I’ll just say he’s wrong about that. Never feel bad for leaving ANY store empty handed if they don’t have what you were looking for. Never feel pressured to spend your money on something you didn’t want.
Dude just sealed his faith, if he ever goes into any store and gets recognized. He will be patronized if he tries to leave without buying something.
@@BorninVirginia next time he goes to the deli they are gonna send him over to the canned meats isle and tell him to subvert your expectations.
@@carlquitcheefin let's hope so, he needs to realize what he said
@@BorninVirginia it is "fate", not "faith"
Never trust a guy with Michael George earrings. Father Figure ass
If a store of any kind doesn't have what I'm looking for I'm not just going to buy something to make the cashier happy
If you're looking for rare stuff you aren't going to get it at some random place you've never been to. They may recommend good alternatives to what you need. At that point if you're just going to leave you will never find it because no one likes you as a customer and you wasted everyone's time. I sell suits and it's the same thing kinda concept. It's a 2 way street and no one likes working with a cherry picker.
@TheGingerlie I would understand if it was there own store. But they are just cashiers. Imo they shouldn't be so arsy about it.
Lmao seriously, imagine I’ve just went to 15 different stores and bought something at each one. This guy is trying to make us seem like the asshole and I get it, you can’t just waltz in and buy these things, but there comes a point when people just want to enjoy their hobbies. They don’t wanna spend 20 bucks every time a store doesn’t have what they want. A guy like me sticks to a few stores and asks everytime, I’m not buying extra stuff to sweeten the deal (if I wasn’t already planning on it). Sad times when you have to go through the most theatrics to get a bottle
@@yvnginfinity yeah alcohol is expensive. If it was some guy on the selling something on the street and they were really helpful but didn't have what I was looking for. Sure I would pick something up, but buying a bottle of alcohol from some corporate store because they didn't have what I was looking for no. I'm not gonna buy something
Then don't expect a bottle of allocated liquor.
"So did you guys sell those two 1,200 dollar bottles yet?" ..."Nope, only one guy asked if we had them but he didn't meet my expectations."
Blanton is $80-90 bucks that’s why it’s so rare and popular
Here’s the tip
If we don’t markup the bottle and it’s rare and popular it’s saved for regulars
If we make money on it it’s on the store shelf
"I heard he wanted roast beef over in the deli department. They didn't and he refused to settle for SPAM so we're kind of icing him out."
Rolex dealers in a nut shell
@@AJHart-eg1ysthis kinda stuff tends to get resold online quite a bit, so it is entirely reasonable to not sell it to random people you’ve never seen before. But if you know someone who’s a regular you can trust they aren’t just reselling
@@winghead9813 It is certainly put up for sale online. How many people pay the initial asking price is very much up for debate. I see a lot of things I'm also looking to sell or buy in places like eBay, etc. I see what people are asking. When they seem very high, the one thing I find they have in common is that they haven't found any suckers to actually bid on them at that price.
Take care.
“Don’t be a cherrypicker”. Doesn’t sell you liquor cause your not known 💀💀
dont be a cherry picker then proceeds to cherrypick who he sells his bottles to
Yeah every time I hear a liquor store say “make a purchase” to an allocated liquor guy it makes me chuckle.
I went to 4500 stores to find a bottle and thanks to the edict set forth by this man i now have 4500 bottles of $20 wine
@@IM2MERS😂😂😂😂😂
the way allocation works is you have to sell particular bottles to have a shot at getting allocated whiskey.
I've even had breweries ask me "when's the last time you ordered something from us" when trying to order in allocated beer.
who are you more likely to sell allocated whiskey to (at msrp) the guy who waltzed in for the first time ever asking for bourbons that go for thousands on secondary? or the guy who's a regular supporter of your business, and is the reason you can even get them in the store in the first place.
theres always some triggered cherry pickers or people who don't know how allocation works whenever this is brought up.
Yes don't upset the redhead
@moe perry why doesn't everyone do first come First-serve I'm from a small town that only sells Jack Daniels and beer I have to travel to liquor stores I never been too, just to get rare breed for christ sake
This is such a weird sense of entitlement that I thought only existed in the watch industry.
I was thinking the exact same thing!!!
Bro it exists literally every where. Those people who sit in toll booths have this sense of entitlement. Reddit moderators do. Every group does even catholics
@@Austin-rm9ip what? No. Other business will sell to whom ever is looking to purchase and doesn’t expect you to purchase something simply for walking through the door.
@@San_D._Beard woosh, that shit sailed over your head
Yeah this is some stuff I would expect Ferrari to do if they sold liquor.
I once went to home depot to buy a lawn mower. They didn't have the one I wanted.
So I bought a dishwasher instead.
Not really how it works in the liqour game. Distributors are holding out on the stuff. We are gonna sell to the ones that supports my buisness that makes my store his liqour store and buys everything from it. Its really not hard to understand. If you want the good stuff buy a bottle of angels envy and after a few bottles of that angels envy ask for the allocated stuff.
@@unclerico1106 no.
@@vjsoeifi welcome to capitalism where if you got the money you'll be ok. Everyone loves a free capitalistic market untill that capitalism hits them where they hurt.
@@vjsoeifi I hold the right to refuse service because it's my business. Don't like it go find a safe spot and cry.
@@unclerico1106 no.
This video should have been titled: Reasons to buy your alcohol on the internet.
"how to make sure potential customers never return"
Ikr, I'm thinking dang, this the first time i feel this dude is dead wrong. I was figuring he'd say something about becoming a regular, building a relationship with a store to get them to hold a bottle or some shit. Not "don't even bother bro"
They weren't potential customers
Hmmm, have a bottle to sell to a regular who will give you consistent business and might even come back more if you have good stuff ready.
Or gamble on a scalper you may never see again. Toughy. :/
“Just make a purchase anyway. No one likes a cherry picker.”
Yeah…no. I’m not going to go to a liquor store looking for a specific drink that they have but won’t sell to me because I’m “not a regular,” and then go on to still support them by buying something I didn’t even want
Seriously...anybody who's worked at a liquor store knows the "regulars" aren't the ones coming in looking for rare whiskeys and bourbons (and if they were, why would they even _be_ regulars since apparently you refuse to sell them?), they're the guys coming in for a case of beer and a handle of vodka at 10 p.m. on a Tuesday.
@@jjpaq Natty lights all around
@@DiamondEyeball was gonna say it but didn't want to get too specific. 😂
You should become a regular at somewhere other than Chipotle, teach you a lot about the world and how it ought to work
hes talking abput trying to get the bottles with the old tops from when it was made at a differemt factory
It’s unfortunate that some individuals believe that they must flatter and cater the the owner's ego in order to receive proper service. This perception implies that the store owner's self-importance takes precedence over providing fair and equitable service to all customers.
Business is business and if business owners operated under being fair and equitable virtually every single business would go under. Also using nice vocabulary doesn’t mean what you said is right; self-importance? Are you referring to self esteem? That has nothing to do with building a good rapport with a customer base and determining who to sell what stock when stock is low
@@ryan83r7 just because his vocabulary is "nice," doesn't invalidate what he's saying. He's right. I like this channel, but the idea that you should proverbially eat the owner's ass to get a nice bottle is ridiculous.
😂😂😂
@@ryan83r7 that's empirically not true.
If businesses sold their products to everyone who came in looking for that product, they would do more in sales, not go under. That's the stupidest shit I've ever heard 😂
@@Warriormedic68 Are you thinking they are sitting on high demand product and not selling it at all? If they get 6 special bottles and hold them for loyal customers who buy low demand product they're increasing sales.
"Nobody like a cherry picker"
*Proceeds to Cherry Pick which customers get the allocated bottles*
Cornballs
Honestly the hypocrisy is adorable
tbh though it gets rid of scalpers and keeps prices fair, just not availability
Right 😂 very well said
@@bluz9951no one’s worried about scalpers bruh 😂
People who are trying to try the rare bourbon know it’s gonna be hard to find so they’ll ask around store to store for a specific bottle.
😂 yeah sometimes they are bass ackwards on this channel
guys on a mad power trip
“If we don’t have what you’re looking for, buy something else anyways because you owe me for existing”
I call them Buffalo hunters. I'm not selling you an allocated whiskey if I've never seen you before. Or if you don't ever buy anything else. Those bottles are for my repeat/good customers.
Not even what he said
@@scrambledripper9181 Its exactly what he said
@zachsimpson2008 no its not.
He didn't say "These rare bottles I set aside for my repeat customers as a thank you for supporting the store."
That would be fine.
He basically said "ohh no we don't have have that. But maybe it will appear if you buy something dumbass"
It's the vibe he gives off.
@@ayoo_wassupso it's blackmail
"I'm not going to give you this thing you want unless you do this other thing
I’ll be a cherry picker if I want too, if I’m looking for a particular bottle and have to go 6 different liquor stores I’m not gonna waste my money buying something at every store that I don’t even want
As someone who works in a liquor store. A lot of these allocated bottles you could find a cheaper version or a better version just looking around most liquor stores. sometimes the hype just isn’t worth it.
You can be a cherry picker if you want to lmao, but you aren't gonna get that bottle. Your best bet is to build a rapport with the owners of the store, give them some business, and exercise patience.
I'm not selling an allocated bottle to some scalper, or to someone I've never seen in the store before. Why? Because my store is family-owned and I have the right to refuse to sell a bottle of limited stock to someone who I don't think can appreciate it.
Allocated liquor is exactly that- allocated. I may only get a half-case of a certain bottle once every few months. That's 6 of 'em, and each one of them is gonna go to someone who deserves it.
Bro I travel for work and me and my wife both have the same hobby or sharing expensive bourbon together while we play pool at the house. A house which I am never at. And she also travels for her job frequently too. We only see each other one weekend out of the month. And we don't have time to set up a report with liquor stores who may or may not even have what we want. Get down off your high horse and sell the shit for msrp and promote the bottles that are affiliated with it. Stop running game on your customers you rat.
@@tempttischannel2026 I've been saying this. Most of them comes from the same company, probably made in the same pots as the allocated stuff.
@@residentidiot8093 that's true... I agree
Cold calling got me a bottle of eagle rare for 35, Blanton's for 60 and eh Taylor for 45 at 2 separate stores. Cold calling only works on stores that have useful workers.
Honestly, none of that stuff is that difficult to get. I am a purchasing agent at a resort, we buy all the food and beverage in my department. We only had trouble getting Eagle Rare for about a month, but we never ran out. I mean maybe some smaller liquor stores would have trouble getting that stuff, but if we don't have trouble I can't imagine a decent size liquor store would. We really don't buy that much booze because we only have a couple of bars
It only works if you call at very precise times, like the mornings the trucks come in. It's not really much different than just popping in at those times.
Here’s some cashier etiquette: if a customer asks for a product that they are going to pay for, allow them to purchase said item.
This channel makes me feel glad that I’m sober
“Don’t cold call, if you come in person make sure you make a purchase if you find the liquor you’re looking for or not”💀💀💀 yeah that just makes me wanna call beforehand more often, ain’t no one buying shit to make the cashier feel happy dawg.
You're not buying it to make the cashier happy. You're buying it so you have a reason to bullshit with the staff and build rapport.
People take care of the people they like. If you don't have the personality to just talk to strangers and make them like you then I'd advise trying bribery.
I don't have to like a person to take a $50 tip and a phone number. I'll honor his request in hope there's more $50 tips in my future.
Nothing in life comes free, for nice stuff you occasionally have to buy your way into the circle to even gain access.
If you don't wanna buy your way in. Talkings cheap, bullshit with the shop keep regularly. After a while you might be considered a "friend" and exchange numbers that way.
@@SirTorchariteyoure acting like its a golf club. Its a liquor store, calm down. Anything this dweeb wont sell me, ill buy elsewhere. Capitalism is an amazing thing, isnt it?
@@SirTorcharitethis is nonsense.😂
@@SirTorchariteAt that point just buy it from the secondary market, what the fuck?
That is the most stupid shit I've read.
If I want a product, I want THAT product.
You can miss me with that "buy garbage to build rapport".
Why would I tip someone (for doing nothing) while buying something I didn't want (to build "rapport")?
Sounds like shit in one hand and hope in the other.
I wonder which one will fill up faster?
@@SirTorcharite yeah that's fucking stupid. You don't smooth talk the cashier at taco bell to get them to sell you something they took out of the POS but have in the cooler still.
“If my store doesn’t have what you want, buy something anyway. Give me money for something you don’t want.”
It’s a specialty item that literally sells itself. If that’s the only thing you’re willing to buy then you don’t have any value as a customer.
@@tuckertardif1162 Crazy. Let me open a store then criticize my customers because I don’t carry what they want. Sorry bud but that’s now how it works.
@@jacobgiles2268your not criticizing them because you dont carry what they want, your doing so becaue they want a rare, very valuable thing and thats the only thing you are willing to buy. As the other guy said it makes you worthless as a customer.
@@tuckertardif1162 it sells and makes them the same profit no matter who buys it. Plus, it's illegal to lie about your stock and refuse them service because "they aren't a regular"
@@tuckertardif1162 who the hell cares? If they don’t have what I want then I’m not getting anything. That’s not being a bad customer. 🤦♂️
Some one needs to tell this dude that drug dealers are never your friend, they think they are but...
The state liquor agency isnt a drug dealer. where do you get your booze? 8 Mile Road Detroit?
@@raw1465Is alcohol a drug or not?
@@kennan6176 You shouldnt normally have to worry about being shot by the cashier for buying jack daniels
@@raw1465Technically they are, by definition
@@raw1465so you’re saying people get shot at the dispensary? Because weed is definitely a drug
The stores themselves are 'resellers'. He treats it like he distills, ages, and bottles these himself or something.
This is some of the most audacious corpo propaganda I’ve seen
Liquor store etiquette??...thats the funniest shit ever..That's like dressing up to go to Wal-Mart 😂 😂😂
LMAO
Next video: Smoke-shop employee visits the liquor store
super gay
Say what you want, but he’s the guy with the bottles you want. He’s giving you a tip on how to build rapport and put yourself in a position to get offered allocated bottles when you come in. This isn’t that crazy of a concept. If you’re a shop owner and have a limited supply of stuff that you know your best customers will want, are you just going to sell it to some new guy or take care of your best customers/regular customers? It’s pretty simple “take it or leave it” advice. If you don’t agree/like this dude, then don’t shop at his store. He won’t care.
You sound like a bootlicker
Bro taking job too seriously😂😂😂😂
I went to 4500 stores to find a bottle and thanks to the edict set forth by this man i now have 4500 bottles of $20 wine
“Sorry bro, I only serve alcoholics”
Nothing like gatekeeping against people looking to get into this. I watch plenty of brewzle vids about getting allocated bottles, but only recently got my first one and only then because the clerk asked if I liked Weller at the register. I wouldn't even know where to begin figuring out what has been allocated where, so my first instinct would be to call liquor stores in my area asking what they have.
Okay but even if that was your first instinct, how is him telling you you have better odds in person, ( which clearly did work for you). Is gatekeeping?
@@brandonpoole3361 I mean it was just awkward. I was in a giant eagle, I drink more beer than anything but appreciate bourbon on occasion, so I went in for a bottle of rye to make manhattans. I spent like 20 minutes looking over every bottle they had to see if there was anything interesting, and she just happened to ask me at the register if I wanted a bottle she had that wasn't on the shelf, but was sitting next to her on the counter. I'm not saying going in person doesn't give you better odds. In another of LS352's videos someone did go in person. And straight up asked for what they wanted. And got lied to. So even then the impression is that if you aren't buying a bottle a week or more, go fuck yourself. At least that's how I feel. I called a bunch of stores today to ask what their drop day is in my are, and most were pretty helpful.
@Weatherman Codes I can understand how you get the impression that they're saying if you dont buy a bottle a week, it won't work.
But personally I get the impression that when they say 'knowing your liquor store and not being a "stranger"' they really mean it like someone who runs in grabs their one brand of rum and runs out is a stranger, even if they do it once a week. Conversly, someone like yourself who looks over every bottle checks flavor notes and percentages and age. They're the ones that aren't seen as strangers even if you've never been in that liquor store before. Once again, exactly as you described it happened for you.
@Weatherman Codes I always chat with my liquor store clerks and they see me buying different bottles for my home bar all the time. So if they get a nice bourbon or whiskey in (which just today was some 25 year Appleton estate) they almost always offer me it to the counter cause they know even if I have 3 bottles with me ill probably get that one too. Especially over someone who just runs and grabs their bud light and gets out without even giving the bottle at the cash a second glance.
@@brandonpoole3361 That makes me feel a little better. If all I have to do is go in and stare at a shelf for 15 minutes being interested in everything they have sitting out, then walk up and tell them I'm just getting into bourbon and know a bit but not a whole lot, and want to know if they have any store picks or recommendations, I'm fucking set.
"No one likes a cherry picker."
Like a shop would turn down a sale because they don't consider the customer a "regular".
Not if we have loyal customers that have been asking for it for months
I do it all the time. You can buy off the shelf
@@TheRealSponathan “I’m not gonna sell you the product we have and you want just in case one of my loyal customers want it” and I’m suppose to feel bad when liquor stores go out of business? Ok.
@@cosmonauthal7651 Who would the distiller give the rare bottles to? The store who only wants that one? Or the store who buys a lot of their other bottles?
@@cosmonauthal7651 huff that copium pal
Liquor store actin like they are a Rolex authorized dealer 😂
Ya gotta buy stuff you don't want to even be considered for the stuff you want
Yes because thats how it works out. I gotta grow my buisness by selling the crap stuff unfortunately to be able to get more bottles of the good stuff. Talk to a liqour rep, theyll tell you a liqours stores ability to get allocated stuff depends on their volume at that place. Its only fair.
@@unclerico1106 that's horrible for consumers IMO
Why sell crap stuff at all 😅. If it's not an extremely limited release or sth, i don't get why stores act like that
Currently you can't even get a spot on the waiting list for most rolex models. Ya can't tell me that a few hundred dollars worth bottle of spirits has the same "waiting list" as a limited production luxury product that fails to evenly distribute product to their dealers
@@unclerico1106 well congrats im sure turning away potential customers will increase your volume. As a shop owner im sure my customers would love to hear "if you want an oil change then you must buy a head gasket replacement first". Its a fucking scam and if you think its actually good for the business then you will never grow.
@@unclerico1106I don't get what difference it makes to a supplier whether you sell what you have or not . Once they sell you the stinky bottles who the fuck cares what the store does with those bottles
@@someguy9520 it's all from the distribution centers of these liquor company's (Sazerac). And partly of bourbon hunters. Sazerac simply doesn't make enough of these products ( they only make so many barrels). If a bourbon hunter comes in buys a case of Blantons that I sell for MSRP and he buys it and sells it at an insane mark up how is that fair to normal people who wants to taste it? It's not fair to the average Jo like us. This is why liquor stores hold on to these bottles for the average Joe. Because if we didn't youd simply be out priced of the market of it. Because the sentiment is right whoever I sell to has no barring on me I'm not losing sleep over not having Blantons. I don't drink been clean for 7 years. It comes down to buying power. And I can tell y'all right now, whatever you have isn't enough.
If you're in the market for a luxury car but can't find the high end trim on the lot, just buy a base model! Don't call the next dealership, go to another dealership and repeat the process lol.
I've worked at a liquor store for 2 years and it was my favorite job. I NEVER judged anyone who came in and bought nothing. I do it myself! I wouldn't care at all if you just peruse the whiskey selection. I do it all the time myself!
“If we don’t have what you want, make a purchase anyways”
Have literally never done this unless it was for a restroom only type situation
Yeah, the Ford dealer didn't have the F350 that I wanted, so I bought a Fiesta to gain favor with them.
As if we owe them something just for walking in the store. As someone who doesn't drink often anymore and when I do I prefer the good stuff, I'm not going to continually buy subpar product until the cashier feels I have earned it. I get holding back for loyal customers but don't expect me to buy anything but what I came in for.
Im good with jameson and openly available bourbons no way in hell im gonna camp outside of a liquor store for 6 days to buy a $600 bottle of anything 😂
I'm with you. Jameson is delicious regardless. I bought my Husband a bottle of McClellan for Xmas. He loves it And, I got it at Costco for 1/3 retail
God I’m glad these clowns don’t run my local store
As a retailer if you call and ask if we have it we will tell you. We even post on a whisky/Bourbon site on Facebook if we get in something we know people are looking for. We sell out quick, but we are a retail store, not a museum.
Never thought I’d say this but this makes me happy the state runs all the liquor stores in PA
So basically don't go into a store that sell something and ask for it because they won't just sell it to you you have to be what they want you to be in order to sell it.
So that's why the tire shop wouldn't sell me snow tires. I gotta help them make their quota of All Seasons for a few years first, then they'll be willing to sell me the good stuff. It all makes so much sense, now.
Now you get it.🙄
Seriously though, this is more about the minimum wage cashier feeling like they have real power.
@@cleverusernamenexttime2779 for real though how are you going to be stingy with a bottle you can't even afford
@@1bigant246 Jealousy and they don't own it. They are merely the gatekeepers.
I remember when I walked into the only liquor store in my city to have the Crown Blue Lasall Distillery XR for $500 that was a crazy experience that required calling the store manager to show up just to open the case it was locked behind and it required 3 different keys to open it…I haven’t even drank half of it and now that bottle goes for $700-$1000
My local store likes to help people out if they buy their special barrel buys. I got a bottle of Dobel Maestro and they offered some allocated stuff on the sly. If I had the bread I would have bought it in a heartbeat
So waste my time, and gas, driving up there to ask in person just to not being taken seriously, and buy something i dont want. Are you sure you're not the scalper/scammer?
I don’t know what “allocated” whiskey is but this video makes me so glad I never got seriously into drinking.
Weed man will just sell you what they have; they want money.
This is the shit that makes me grateful the liquor stores are ran by the state where i live
It cracks me up. Pokemon kids grew up and turned the most nonsensical shit into collectables
Nah, it's desire for 'passive income' within certain people (hilaripusly they call themselves investors) and the flawless ability of the internet to hype up everything to everyone at the same time.
For some reason a lot of people are fine with the idea of scalpers. Where in most countries it is technically illegal and those where it is, it is done through shady loopholes.
There is no shortage and whisk(e)ys are rarely worth anything over MSRP. However, don't fault a genuine business owner for making a little more out of a bottle that actually does give them a ton of work.
What you talking about Willis?
Assuming you're older than 50 (because you come off that way lol), didn't you guys and even your dads grow up collecting baseball cards or comic books? Or fucking stamps?
The only job where the customer knows more than you
Totally fair if you want to build up rapport with the local community and encourage loyalty among your consumer base by offering them perks for shopping at your store, especially if it guarantees you consistent business. It's also totally fair for someone to leave the store empty handed when you either don't have or won't sell them the specific thing they want.
Consumers have to realize that keeping the regulars happy is super important for the long-term financial success of any local business. What happens if somebody who spends an average of $50 a week stops coming in because you sold the rare bottle he always gets to some guy who'll never shop at your store again. You lose 3 or 4 of those regulars and suddenly your yearly profits are down $10,000.
As an owner: “You denied a sale? What power do you think you have here? Bye”
It's generally the owner that sets these rules in place. Lol
People go to stores all the time to buy specific items and if it’s not in the store we’re supposed to spend our hard earned money just to make you feel better, because you won’t sell a bottle to someone who’s not your friend or a regular?
Lol this guy let his job somehow get to his head
They only get limited stock, better to sell to someone who’s going to appreciate it more (and earn them more money) then upset regulars and lose business for someone who’s only coming in once or only for limited stock. Just shop at your favorite liquor store and you’ll get it, otherwise it’s obvious you’re only there for scalping.
Welcome to the real world
@@leiah6514 that shit doesn't make sense regulars always come back but a new customer that gets a good experience will probably come back
Nah most places dont act like this its just this think his more important then he really is
Some people don’t understand that nowadays, it takes good sales numbers or gaps of time to even get those bottles into your store unless you’re a superstore. Having them gives your store good street credit. so no. We don’t wanna give those bottles to the cherry pickers, we wanna give them to customers who have been loyal and become friends of ours. It’s not about a power trip or denying people, you just wanna see products the store has earned go to people you know will enjoy them 🤷🏾♂️ and it’s not like everything gets hidden. Of course good stuff goes on the shelf for first come customers. It’s a game of luck and kindness hunting for allocated bottles.
I mean if the shop doesn't have what I'm looking for, I'm not gonna feel compelled to make a purchase. My etiquette is just called not being a prick. It's surprisingly simple to just be a nice, kind and courteous person. It's also highly effective in terms of getting things you want.
Saturday mornings right after they're open with a buggy full of my weekly supply always gets me a bottle of what I'd like. Usually Blantons for my pops, he's stuck on the blantons fad.
Why are people drooling over Blantons? Are you pitching at 12-18 years aged?
I really miss the state owned liquor stores in WA because they just kept their inventory online and you could reserve bottles. Now its sold in grocery stores for everyone's convenience(along with a 30% state liqior tax) 😒
The 30% state tax started when they legalized Marijuana
You are so right! I just snagged a bottle of buffalo trace. But it was because I asked!!! It was kept behind the counter
I did hook up one gent once, he flipped me a card. I did it because he was not a regular hunter for them, and he was very polite. I like letting others get the rarer bottles.
Bro said buy something even if we don't have what you want. How the boots taste pal?
Then you become the guy that never buys anything. So the time comes that they do have the rare bottle you want you think they sell it to you or the regular customer that actually does business with them?
@@BigMac2222 it's a store. They'll sell it to whoever gets thete first. Sounds like a scam to me. Buy something now so that we might sell you something better later
Love how he has the drips on his shirt like he just slammed a shot or 2 during the cuts 🤣
When i worked at a liquor store we had a lottery for things like Blantons and Pappy. You put your name and number on a list and when we got a case we would pick a few folks to get a bottle. There were rarely people we would hold onto bottles for but those were the customers spending thousands every time they came in.
how many people are even in the market for pappy? the real stuff(not the BS bottle he is showing so proudly) is between 4 and 5k$ a bottle----
“Cold calling never works” aka you just turn away business then complain when someone wants to buy something you don’t have
It’s a business why wouldn’t you want to sell even if it’s “allocated whiskey”
Because in the long run the business benefits more selling it to the regular customer who they know will continue to frequent their store as opposed to the guy who’s specifically only looking for the allocated bottle and may never step foot in the shop again after they get it.
Stores have to bring in a lot of average stuff to get those bottles. I.e. i have to bring in 5 cases of low-end cheap vodka to get 1 allocated bottle.
Because they're stupid this why they're being replaced by online stores
Because they are like any other scummy institution with the smallest modicum of “power” they laud the bottles over people to get them to spend more money.
@@chrisoniceskates It doesn't work like that everywhere. I own a liquor store and my regulars are never going to buy these allocated bourbons even if i offer them a big discount because i have priced them ridiculously high. My store is in a small city in Mississippi, a controlled state run through ABC, with low to middle income families being my regulars. My prices on allocated are so high because we just don't get these products. I have gotten two bottles of pappy 10 year in 9 years, not even a full case. It's going to be the out of town unknown people who are going to buy these bourbons.
I’m happy liquor stores don’t work like that in France…
Yeah that lost a GREAT deal of respect.
If I am expecting a specific product why would I settle for something I don't want to "just make a purchase"?
Calling to check inventory, the alternative is show up, be disappointed, buy nothing, then make a note to never return.
Being kind to the customer can go a long way in making a regular customer.
Am I seeing woodford reserve double Oaked for only 28 bucks or am I crazy?
375ml
Nope, you’re just drunk again.
i think people misunderstand this. This is like any service industry. If you want an exclusive service, you normally have to tip or behave a certain way. Liquor store owners know these bottles will sell no matter what they do, so they want to give it to people they like and to keep them as returning customers.
Reject fancy whiskey. Embrace Old Crow.
How does this short have 61k upvotes? This is honestly the douchiest thing I think I've ever seen in a video about whiskey. And damn that's saying something
People have some real dedication to getting a specific alcohol and they’re most likely a cherry picker.
Gay advice “if we don’t have the alcohol your looking for still buy something anyways” nah bro I’m gonna go to the store that has what I’m looking for 💀
Fr who the fck is he
I used to work for a distirubor that sold sazerac 10 years ago and im sure it's worse now. But people used to follow our truck around and follow me around asking about delivery dates. That was back in like 2012 when it was still kind of niche.
Working at a liquor store i dont give a single shit what they do with the bottle but the owner and store manager that buys the rare bottle dont want it going to someone just going to scalp it or keep it in a collection. He doesnt want to sell it tough shit, be a customer not a cherry picker especially at a store you arent a regular at
Nobody likes a Cherry picker…. Proceeds to cherry pick all the good bottles under the counter😂😂💀
Bought bourbon at the store by my house for around a year before one day the owner just casually was like “you know we have a couple bottles of blantons and eagle rare under the counter if you ever want something a little more high end”
My local liquor store saves all the good stuff for his buddies and the same guys who have been hoarding it for years. Some of the daily customers don’t even get any “good stuff”
I've never heard of allocated whiskey, that's why I love montana lol
How does that have anything to do with living in Montana ?
If I dont find that special bottle why would I lake a purchase
Shows how much he knows about Bourbon when he calls a Rip Van - Pappy
Girls will say this is stupid and then spend months building a reputation with a seller to get a nice purse.
I work in alcohol distribution and yeah it’s not as bad with beer which is mostly what I deal with but high end limited release craft and whiskeys are generally treated like this at multiple medium to large size stores. Tiny stores probably got suckered by the salesman into buying something like Buffalo trace that’s not what their usual clientele would want so they’ll mark it way up but put it in a plexiglass container so someone will buy it quick
Don’t “cherry pick” while they cherry pick who gets fancy bottles. Used to be a fan of this channel but this video has done it for me.
I went once and asked if they had any allocated whiskey. They told me they had one bottle of something I'd never heard of before and it just wasnt selling. It was the best whiskey I've ever had in my life and I've never been able to find it ever again 😢
Pretty sure demand was higher in the prohibition.
The liquor store “regulars” are the broke mfs that come in for the smallest bottle of E&J everyday lmao
I stalled my way through a cold call to maliciously take up a dudes time for something i knew we had, dude made a joke, i laughed, he got two bottles. All about giving good vibes, people!
What’s worse is half the allocated whiskeys used to be a shelfie. So what used to be $30 bottles are now $50+
I worked at a liquor store when I was 17 or just turned 18. I had great a great boss. Bosses actually. Crazy assholes. I'm 37 now. If you end up being a manager or have a cool one like I did. I was a stick guy and seen this very beautiful redhead . I mean she was a dime piece bro. He seen me checking her out as I was stocking the walk in cooler and said did you like that one pat I said hell yeah I did. He said good... Because I just hired her for you. Now that's a Boss that cares about his workers. I'm 38 now. Many moons ago. We had cookouts ext. It brought some great experiences in my life. Be a cool boss when you get the chance if that's the route you end up going down. Take care brother. 😅❤✌️
Dawg quit giving liquor store employees a bad name
This just screams American “I dont care if we have it, u better bribe me”
Dude thinks he's the fraggin bourbon gatekeeper or something 😂
Also remember that allocated whiskey is only rare because the distributors make it rare.
My liquor store has a point system for hard to find bottles to prevent scalpers from buying it up. Points are not hard to rack up and no adds, emails, or texts. Just trying to give their reoccurring customers a chance at some good booze
Man I don’t drink and couldn’t care less about bourbon but holy crap are there a lot of people misunderstanding what he’s trying to convey. No, you don’t HAVE to buy anything if you don’t want to, but then don’t be mad if he doesn’t pass on to you one of the two bottles of good stuff he’s gonna get that month. He’s saving it for real customers. You don’t have to shop there, but he doesn’t have to sell a damn thing to you either.
Gatekeeping liquor is a really weird flex.
If those three are allocated where they are, I feel bad for them. They’re pretty easy to find in my little rinky dink liquor stores in southern middle Tennessee. They keep them on the shelves with everything else whiskey/bourbon related. Now Willett on the other hand, which is my personal favorite. That stays behind the counter high up on the shelf.
Thanks for the tip!! I’m cool as hell with the lukens liquor in Clearwater off 19. I buy bottles there all the time. That doesn’t sound good being on a first name basis with the alcohol plug but I am. 😂
Which is a joke bc allocated bourbon is the distillery giving the customers a fair shot at purchasing these bottles but then the retail store doesn't give the customer a fair shot at buying them
Better advice...pick a store to be your main store. Go on a weekday when they first open and strike a conversation up with the employees. Ask about how they handle allocated bottles.
Fyi elijah craig is really smooth. Just incase you where curious
I’d probably be happy with any of the bourbons on the shelf! We’re so starved of American whisky in the UK!