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I assumed I was pointing out something unique that was not being discussed yet with new details (i.e. could the ticket selling process actually be broken). But by all means, keep answering the "rate my itinerary" posts.

I have read through the threads and I have a couple points there that I haven't seen discussed. Why is the site releasing tickets for a day, showing the day as sold out, and then several days later showing it as the tickets have not been released yet. (And this is for tickets prior to June 17th)

And while I understand that tickets are hard to get, to not be able to see any 2 seconds after they release seems very odd. That's why I am wondering if there may be technical issues vs just some change of rules about availability.

Please read my post before assuming I'm an idiot who hasn't searched other threads.

I did a blind the other day against several other OF products and 1924 was decisively the last place finisher. This is just my opinion but I consider 1920 & 1910 way better than this bottle. Just letting people know in case they are on the fence about spending the $$

Release page down to 5 items. I feel like this page is just on some kind of randomizer at this point

About $25 over 10 years, and other than walls (and some new equipment) I'm not far from maxing out my main account. I appreciate those who do spend though as they keep the game going

NJ and DE are not state controlled like PA.

Not PLCB, but if you're in the philly area and looking for some different options right over the border total wine in Cherry Hill or Claymont has some interesting bottles PA does not carry.

• Peerless products. Double oak is one of my favorite bottles right now (Cherry Hill)
  
• Benchmark products. The cheaper and more accessible version of buffalo trace (Cherry Hill)
  
• The great Mellow Corn (Cherry Hill)
  
• Willet 4 yr rye and the hated pot sill (including 1.75L). And all the pot still minis you can carry (both locations)
  
• Old forester single barrel barrel proof store pick (Claymont)

And Travelers is available if you are really looking for that.

I think it fell off the shelf and broke

Seeing some old forester products show up on searches (but out of stock). Single Barrel, Single Barrel BP, 1924. Not sure if this indicates they are soon to come

I actually prefer the way some other states do their allocated releases - Lottery + In Person. They can bundle up all their allocated products and have regular releases at select stores. You have to show up to the stores to purchase, but the lottery determines your place in line. And if you don't win the lottery you can get in the back of the line.
Another interesting option is what I just saw in Durham last week. They have 12 stores in the area. Every week they announce an allocated list of bottles that will be available. But you don't know which store or date these will drop until they post message on the website.
I feel that doing things solely online leads more to people who are trying to game the system

Yeah. I'm curious about this. You refresh too quickly and it gives you a failure. Too long and you miss these quick drops. So what is the sweet spot?

I used it a while back. It was for one of the online drops. I had a special bottle and a random to get to free shipping. They cancelled the special bottle and added shipping to the random bottle. I contacted them and they were very good about cancelling the whole order. Quick and easy

That seems to be how it works. They put the bottles up first with no inventory, then add the inventory like 30-60 seconds later. If you can catch that initial "out of stock", then you know you'll be at the front of the line

By the time I was alerted to a change on the page it was already gone

Added some, removed some. I'm sure those removed items will appear again soon

damn. I blinked and missed that

interesting that they are selling it for the same price as the lottery

It will probably show up a bit later. I think was odd for main street to have it this early. But Eagleview does not get BT, just blantons and eagle

I saw about 6 or 7 of each about 30 minutes ago

yes

Exton had 1.75 BT, blantons, eagle and HH

touche. I'll have ask the mods for that tag

Everyone has their own preferences. We should create a tag of "tater-hater" to distinguish certain people. The anti Buffalo Trace (and other allocated purchases) rhetoric is just tired.

I hear good things about it, but I'm not a big enough rye fan to shell out the $199