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Sell Unwanted Wine

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  • 24-01-2022 3:26pm
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    Quitelife
    Registered Users Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭


    Herself doesnt drink at all and id go for a pint twice a year maybe but in the past two years between christmas presents and gifts weve ended up with a dozen bottles of wine neither of us have any interest in .

    Some of the bottles look fancy and could have 30/40 euro and others run of the mill tenner bottles of wine, i was going to try flog the dozen for 50 or 60 euro but it appears one cant do that online, any thoughts , not sure i want to just give them away either for nought.



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    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,240 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058229605/sell-unwanted-wine

    Anyone who drinks wine would happily give you €60 for 12 bottles.

    Just try friends or relations.

    Obviously not any of those who gave you presents of wine 🙂



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    Trigger Happy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭Trigger Happy


    Those wines with a retail value of 50-60 will be hard to shift for anything near that price. Anyone paying that price would want their money back should one or some of the bottles be corked or have fake labels (yes, thats a thing). Opens you, the seller, up to schiesters and chancers.

    So your best bet would be to re-gift them to people you know will appreciate them. They will be too polite to complain if the wine is rancid.

    That said - you have me thirsty now for posh plonk.



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    woodchuck
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,409 Mod ✭✭✭✭woodchuck


    We're also not wine drinkers and most people know that, but we still manage to accumulate bottles!

    I use them for cooking instead or else just give them away to friends/family.



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    bennyineire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭bennyineire


    Just give them to your friends and don't be such a tight wad, you basically got them for free anyway. Also selling alcohol is technically illegal if you don't have a license



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    Car99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Car99


    Force yourself to drink a bottle a night for 12 nights problem solved. New problem created though, possibly.



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    Fathom
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators, Regional North Mods, Regional West Moderators, Regional South East Moderators, Regional North East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,001 CMod ✭✭✭✭Fathom


    Have more pasta meals. Goes great with a glass.



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    silver2020
    Registered Users Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118526038#Comment_118526038

    The op is saying that they will sell all 12 for €50/€60 for the lot. Basically a fiver each.


    Probably €10-€15 bottles.


    I'd give them to a local club/school for adding to raffle prizes



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    Supercell
    Registered Users Posts: 15,322 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    I'll happily take off your hands OP for a "donation" of €60 if you are based in Dublin south, PM if interested.

    https://www.loughlinstown.ie

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



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    maestroamado
    Registered Users Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭maestroamado


    How old is it... year on each bottle... was it stored upright or on its side...

    I wouldn't mind buying expensive wine as i couldn't ever justify full price...



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    Car99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Car99


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118526516#Comment_118526516

    Is there a difference between technically illegal and illegal?



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    Fallout2022
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭Fallout2022


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527396#Comment_118527396

    Technically yes, there is a difference.



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    Fallout2022
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭Fallout2022


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118526632#Comment_118526632

    I bid €61. And a box of Quality Street we got at christmas.



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    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,726 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    I’ll take them boss



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    #15
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,356 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527438#Comment_118527438

    I have a bumper off a 2001 fiesta and a box of chipsticks, that's my bid.



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    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users Posts: 13,004 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    Can charity shops take them for hampers?

    Yea I'd regift them during the year and use them for marinades/gravy etc.

    I'm not really a wine drinker either and I regifted 3 bottles since Xmas!

    Kept one, drank 2 glasses and the next day remembered why I can't drink it 🙃

    To thine own self be true



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    maestroamado
    Registered Users Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭maestroamado


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527447#Comment_118527447

    wind up i be thinking...



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    maestroamado
    Registered Users Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭maestroamado





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    #19
    bennyineire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭bennyineire


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527396#Comment_118527396

    Depends on if it's white collar or blue collar crime and how good your solicitor is 😁



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    TheIrishGrover
    Registered Users Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover



    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118529436#Comment_118529436

    In a thread on AH about wine and you didn't go "White Collar or..... Red Collar"?


    Shame on you. You have besmirched the bad name of AH.


    Also. What is this "Unwanted" wine.... That is surely an oxymoron.



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    #21
    DavyD_83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,991 ✭✭✭DavyD_83


    I'd happily take them off your hands for €70 in Dublin.

    Pm if you want, and I'll collect this week



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    Faolchu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Faolchu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118526038#Comment_118526038

    yep i regift every time i get some. Dog goomer, post man, mechnaic that keep my heap of **** alive that sort of thing. I dont drink them so someone else may as well enjoy them.



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    Saladin Ane
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭Saladin Ane


    You are expressly forbidden by the K9 Society to gift wine to "dog goomers". Try the cat goomers society!



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    #24
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users Posts: 3,722 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527396#Comment_118527396

    They're both sick birds.



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    [Deleted User]
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    Checkout what they are worth and how decent they are (anything with a score of 3.8 or more is decent) on the vivino app (free app on android or ios)

    Any label can be made to look "fancy" and could in fact be little better than vinegar and let's be honest, it doesn't sound like you know much about wine

    Then give them away on the basis of (Score - 2.5) x Price to the most deserving candidates amongst people you know

    Post edited by [Deleted User] on


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    #26
    BurgerFace
    Registered Users Posts: 560 ✭✭✭BurgerFace


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058229605/sell-unwanted-wine

    I'll buy them off you if you want. The gf is Italian and to her a dinner without wine is sacrilege. What part of the country are you in? PM if you like.



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    brokenangel
    Registered Users Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭brokenangel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058229605/sell-unwanted-wine

    PM me a list and I iwll buy them and arrange a decent price



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    #28
    Quitelife
    Registered Users Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭Quitelife


    In dubin this week if anyone is interested in a dozen mixed bottles



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    #29
    Grump3
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭Grump3


    Apologies for resurrecting an oldish thread but on the back of the question of selling unwanted wine, spirits etc. Is it legal to swap or trade them? Or is this still considered selling under law?



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    randomname2005
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭randomname2005


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119566082#Comment_119566082

    Again, what is technically illegal and what is illegal? Giving someone a bottle of alcohol, sure most of us would be in prison if it was illegal and enforced with the amount of wine and spirits gifted for birthdays, Xmas etc. Swapped cases of spirits, wine, beer for goods or services, different story . Swapping a bottle of spirit X for spirit Y, can't see any guard or judge having an issue with it, but at large volume, possibly.

    What are we talking here?



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    Grump3
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭Grump3


    Sorry, I should have been more specific. I would have no issue swapping, giving to or selling unwanted alcoholic drinks to friends or family. I've just always wondered why there is no platform like adverts.ie or some such to to swap/trade (not sell) your unwanted goods.

    We have at many times had bottles of this that or the other left over from Christmas, birthdays and so on. On more than one occasion we've had to pour the contents down the drain as no one we knew wanted what we had for various reasons.

    Spent the day today clearing out presses and come across a number of bottles of champagne and wine we've tried a few times to give away to friends/family without success.

    Down the drain again?

    It's such a complete waste.



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