What to do with 170 bottles of wine + cooler

[bigloo]

What about listing it as collectable bottles on craigslist or ebay for local pick-up only?

[Pat1075]

See if the local church could be the one to have the auction. Just a thought since a lot of churches do that kind of thing for fund raising.

[bazookajoe]

Originally Posted by bigloo

What about listing it as collectable bottles on craigslist or ebay for local pick-up only?

I looked into that - from what I read on ebay wine is not considered a collectible since the value is more in the wine itself, so while they do allow some merchants to sell alcohol I'm not allowed. Craigslist will likely be good for the cooler but I saw no wine listed in my area and suspect serious wine buyers may not trust sellers who among other things don't pay for the ads.

Originally Posted by Pat1075

See if the local church could be the one to have the auction. Just a thought since a lot of churches do that kind of thing for fund raising.

This is what I was thinking when Darrell mentioned a charity auction. Our church used to have auctions all the time to raise money for their school and there were always cases of wine auctioned off. Not saying it's legal but it didn't seem to attract any attention.

[bobarian]

Wine is like cigars, provenance and storage conditions are key. Would you buy cigars at a church auction?

[bazookajoe]

Originally Posted by bobarian

Wine is like cigars, provenance and storage conditions are key. Would you buy cigars at a church auction?

Depends on what I could find out about them. In this case most of the people at the church know this family so it wouldn't be anonymous.

Originally Posted by bazookajoe

I looked into that - from what I read on ebay wine is not considered a collectible since the value is more in the wine itself, so while they do allow some merchants to sell alcohol I'm not allowed. Craigslist will likely be good for the cooler but I saw no wine listed in my area and suspect serious wine buyers may not trust sellers who among other things don't pay for the ads.

Funny that this would be their take since there is zero value in a cigar band..