Man buys nearly 125,000 bottles of wine at auction for $100

Bradenton Herald-Tribune ^ | 1.18.05

[mhking]

Damn! Why didn't anyone tell me!?

[mhking]

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[mnehring]

Why oh why do I never find auctions like this?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ya snooze, ya lose. ;-)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The moral of the story is: Don't try to get out of a contract by lying about the contractee.

[chris1]

This sale could be set aside pretty easily.

[chris1]

This sale could be set aside pretty easily.

[billorites]

Take one down,
pass it around,
124,999 bottles of wine on the wall.

[stainlessbanner]

awesome

[GVnana]

I want that man's number!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I was out of room in my cellar...darn! :o)

[steveegg]

Hold muh wine and watch this :-)

[Dog Gone]

Why would you have to have a liquor license to bid on the wine?

[Churchillspirit]

This makes Charles Shaw's $2 a bottle look expensive!

[Richard Kimball]

Man, I've heard urban legends about this kind of stuff my whole life. Along with the one about the kids seeing a guy burying a box, and after he leaves, they go over and dig it up, and it's full of money. So they...

[lilylangtree]

Still like my $1.99 bottle of Boones Farms better.

[weegee]

The world's happiest wino?

What does that work out to by the gallon???

[weegee]

Because there is only the illusion of freedom when it comes to alcohol.

You can't buy it after midnight in many stores (although you can buy it at a bar until 2am) and you can't buy it before noon on Sundays.

Tobacco is also regulated by the ATF but there is no prohibition on the hours of its purchase (there are similar age restrictions, however).

[Michael.SF.]

That works to $.08 dollars per bottle. Let him triple his money and sell it for $0.25 per bottle. Call it:

"TWO BIT JAQUES"

[xJones]

Damn! Why didn't anyone tell me!?

Just damn! Now I really do feel like whining! It's not fair!:)