I bid on a few but have never won.
I assumed there would be the usual charges if you tried to ship it in, yes.
Isn’t it illegal to get alcohol shipped in if you don’t have a license?
Yes ! Lots! First , you pay hammer, say 100, then fees 10%, then shipping and charges for processing. Then convert to euro. Then pay excise and vat on the value of the package including shipping and excise. I don't have precise figures but 100£ could be anywhere up to 225 euro.
Crude Calculations....(100 +10 +15+10) is 135£ or about 163 euro. Add excise say 20 and then23% vat on the 183 and it comes out at 225 euro.
There has been quite a lot of discussion about this on the forum, and the general experience is that if it is a quantity likely to be for your personal use what tends to happen if the shipment is detected (and quite a high chance of this, post Brexit, at least for stuff coming from the UK) is you get a chance to pay what is owed. Perhaps even several times in a row. But if it was a substantial amount coming in, or you were a repeat offender, we have hypothesised they might take a harsher stance.
All of the above separate to whether it is actually worth while to do or not, that's very subjective.
I assume that if you buy from a European auction site like catawiki or whiskyauction.com and the item is being delivered from the Eu then you don't have to pay duty and excise do you?
YES. You do. Lots of people getting caught. There is no import of booze unless accompanied by your own sweet self. Never has been but with new changes....brexit and changes in vat...being caught more often.
Oh well looks like Ive made a very expensive mistake. I'll soon know. Looks like you don't have to pay vat on second hand items thought which is what these are. I'm gonna get some shock with the the excise though 😭😭
You might be lucky. Some get through , some don't.......I have stopped...once bitten....
WHo was this comment aimed at? Just noticed it now!
Hi, it was actually you as you mentioned you have good few 2019's and thought you might consider selling one
PM me.
Says your profile is private
Yours too :), changed now - hopefully that's all that stops PM's.
MVR '22 went on sale this afternoon on the midleton web site.
Dunno how many bottles they had, but it was sold out in 12 minutes.
But don't worry, there'll be plenty hitting the shelves of shops in the coming weeks.
I've seen a bottle with an 11,000 number on it
How many were released last year? Have they upped the number this year?
As far as I'm aware, the amount released last year was a record but still it sold out in no time. I suspect with extra cost this year it still won't matter. I managed to get one today but I'll be trying to get more via travel etc.
When you say shops, where is it likely to be sold?
Some of these places will have it, but it won't be on the shelf, and you'll have to ask for it.
Brown Thomas, Dublin Dublin Airport, Carry Out Off Licenses (Selected Stores), Celtic Whiskey Store, Cork Airport, Cost Cutter (Selected Stores), Dunnes Stores (Selected Stores), Eurospar/Spar (Selected Stores), Fairley’s, Coleraine, James Foxes, Jameson Distillery Bow St., McGarry’s Fine Wines, McSwiggans Magheafelt, Midleton Distillery Shop, Molloys Off Licenses, Next Door Off Licenses, O’Briens Fine Wines, O’Donovan’s Off Licenses, Specialist Independent Off Licenses, Super-Valu (Selected Stores), Tesco (Selected Stores), The Friend at Hand, The Sipster Whiteabbey, The Vineyard, The Wine Rack, Stewartstown.
OBriens taking expressions of interest and will allocate at random... check their twitter
O'Briens in Donnybrook are saying end of week/start of next week and the usual stock will be limited message.
Planning to call a few places over lunch to see if they have stock.
I'm genuinely curious as to why so many people are going to such great lengths so source bottles of this particular whiskey.
May I ask you, and anyone else that might like to answer, why you want a bottle of this so much? There are many other whiskies around.
I have asked this before but no one seems willing or able to answer.
Isn't it obvious? There are only four reasons to buy MVR: 1) to drink - and this is the least likely reason 2) to add to a collection - some people would have consecutive years of a release and they want to keep it going 3) to retain for a period and hope to realise a profit and 4) to present as a gift and one of the three previous reasons will then come into play for the recipient.
I would hazard a guess that reason #3 is the most popular!
I bought it to give as a present. Due to the fact that it has a year on it. I couldn't find another with the year. I also already gave you this answer.
Just because you don't like the answer doesn't mean that people havent answered.
How did you get on?
I called in to a few places today but nothing yet
That's a very explanatory answer, thank you. Sorry that I asked you twice, I didn't mean to single you out.
I didn't recall.
Still, I just can't get my head around the whole phenomenon, though. I suppose what I don't understand is, why has collecting Middleton become such a big thing over the last couple of years. It's been around for years and has been collectible for years but since 2020, everyone, their granny and their dog seems to be collecting them. I would just love to know why.
It it that people think that they will be worth lots of money in a few years? Given the amount being held by people, I can't see that happening.
People seem to think they'll retire on the profits. Auctions are full of 19/20/21 selling between 200 and 300. I'm trying to convince 2 of the lads to split a bottle to drink in a session
It’s definitely not going to be the earner casual collectors imagine. To many people buying for the secondary market, they’re going to hurt each other in that regard. Extensive multi year sets might be a different story, however.
Any idea when it will be in stock at Dublin airport?
Is there an email address for the loop online?
customerservice@theloop.ie
