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When a bottle of wine has gone bad and you try to bring it back

  • 25-06-2017 10:09PM
    #1
    Assbook
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12 ✭


    It happened to me tonight. Bought a bottle on the way home from work in centra . First sip you could tell it was right off . Tasted like vinegar . The cork was quite brittle as well which is always a bad sign. Anyway went into the shop with wine and the receipt explaining I had bought this a few hours ago and it was off. They looked at me like I had 2 heads with a face on them saying "gone bad" They who probably don't drink wine and know nothing about it couldn't believe a bottle of wine could go bad. It pissed me off so I said to him , ah yea there is such thing as a bottle of wine going bad. It hasn't happened to me very often but a similar thing happened to me in Aldi last year . Why are people so friggin ignorant


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  • #2
    cjonesy1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭cjonesy1


    Did they give you a refund?


  • #3
    dudara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    I've only had corked or spoiled wines a handful of times, and each time I was able to return without issues. I remember O'Briens being particularly good. There probably is a huge difference between returning to a corner store and returning to a wine shop.


  • #4
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,771 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    cjonesy1 wrote: »
    Did they give you a refund?

    Yes, a vital part of the story is missing.


  • #5
    dbagman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭dbagman


    Assbook wrote:
    It happened to me tonight. Bought a bottle on the way home from work in centra . First sip you could tell it was right off . Tasted like vinegar . The cork was quite brittle as well which is always a bad sign. Anyway went into the shop with wine and the receipt explaining I had bought this a few hours ago and it was off. They looked at me like I had 2 heads with a face on them saying "gone bad" They who probably don't drink wine and know nothing about it couldn't believe a bottle of wine could go bad. It pissed me off so I said to him , ah yea there is such thing as a bottle of wine going bad. It hasn't happened to me very often but a similar thing happened to me in Aldi last year . Why are people so friggin ignorant


    It's ignorant to assume everyone drinks/knows wine to be fair. I wouldn't know the first thing about the stuff so wouldn't know any better myself. If you had gone to an offlicence and gotten that reaction you might have grounds to argue, but a centra? They're never going to be wine connoisseurs.


  • #6
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,771 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    dbagman wrote: »
    It's ignorant to assume everyone drinks/knows wine to be fair. I wouldn't know the first thing about the stuff so wouldn't know any better myself. If you had gone to an offlicence and gotten that reaction you might have grounds to argue, but a centra? They're never going to be wine connoisseurs.

    Yeah, but they are retailers. If a customer brings back a product saying that there is something wrong with it, then unless you know your stuff you shouldn't argue the fact!


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  • #7
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    This might be useful to show that it does happen. Skip to 1:15 where the guest explains it to Basil ....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=863JbnU5IK8


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