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In Reply to: Re: Winebid.com posted by CARRIEDAWAY on November 12, 2000 at 02:35:59:
The process is quite simple, register your name witha credit card nad bid away. You can autobid so that you'll automatically cap a limit for each bottle. The dangers, of course are inherent in any wine aucition=- you have no idea how they were stored. SO, you have to put some trust intitally in the site's reviews of each bottle liek ulage levels, bottle condition, and storage conditions- I'm still weary of passively stored botlles and doubt I'll waste my time with those. Be aware of your prices obviously because you don't want to overbid. Sales tax for CA residents only, bottles are fed ex'd on a date that you arrange. Since I(live in CA, I have the tax and the general ruyle of thumb for me is add 20% to my bid for final delivered price. Also, being in sanf fran, I have access thru some fantastic retail stores to pretty much anything (for instance, at all times there are '59 latours plenty of selctions of the other 1st growth chateau's for very reasonable prices.) SF and NY are about the only two domestic cities that I'm aware of where you can get anything you want at a fairly reasonable price. I have a friend who lives in Cincinnati, she called me last week and explained that there was a store near her that had margaux's, moutons and what not and asked if $300 for a '97 margaux is fair (which is outrageously overpriced.) For her, winebid could be huge!
I'm a bit surprised someone walked in asking for a case of '90lafite as most places will not stock that kind of inventory anywhere. Good luck and let us know how oyu make out.
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