All Cantillon & 3 Fonteinen pulled from Ebay

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Message skycracksopen 15:36 Sun 7/29/2012 Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but it looks like it may have just happened earlier today. I often use Ebay just to see what kind of values people think that rare beers have, and I’m not finding any results for bottles of 3F or Cantillon like I usually would. There could be other breweries too, I just noticed these two. Maybe the brewers got in touch with Ebay and asked them to put a stop to it. A good thing in most ways, but maybe bad for the people who are willing to pay the ridiculous prices. I assume you’re all happy about this, right? Might make the trading market more lucrative, and the ripping people off market less lucrative.
Message skycracksopen 15:38 Sun 7/29/2012 Actually, searching through the completed listings, it looks like most of them were pulled at 4:44 on July 28th.
Message GT P beers 10001 º places 672 º 15:41 Sun 7/29/2012 Looks like all beers, Lost Abbey, Russian River, everything. Thank the lord. No more people in line for beer ready to eBay it immediately.
Message javit 15:46 Sun 7/29/2012 There has been tons pulled in the last 24 hours but there are a lot of other breweries still up. It’s just a reaction to the latest eBay/brewery dust up. It will pass I’m sure.

Message DietPepsican P beers 1592 º places 63 º 15:47 Sun 7/29/2012 How my rar Pokémon are now worthless )):
Message StFun beers 567 º places 11 º 15:48 Sun 7/29/2012 Originally posted by skycracksopen Might make the trading market more lucrative, and the ripping people off market less lucrative. Many times, those two markets are one and the same. I’ve been asked to pay higher prices in the trading market than on the ebay market several times. In fact, I have bought a few bottles of EBay strictly because it was much cheaper to pay $50 and get the bottle shipped to me than to send some beer-ransomer $70-80 in beer, spend the time packing it up, and then paying for shipping. Honestly, I’d go as far to say that the trading market is worse than the ebay market right now (I’m talking about just the markets, and not factoring in trading partners, trade reps, etc). I hate ebay in theory, but the trading market has gotten so bad that ebay looks better and better by comparison. Honestly, I am very lucky to have gotten into trading when I did and to have made the friends and contacts that I have. While I can’t get near everything I’d like to try, I just really can’t really imagine getting into the game in the past 18 months with hoarding and ransoming off the charts.
Message GT P beers 10001 º places 672 º 15:50 Sun 7/29/2012 That can happen, but on this site there are a ton of ebayers and thus a ton of people sympathetic to the grey market whenever this topic comes up.
Message skycracksopen 15:57 Sun 7/29/2012 Originally posted by StFun Many times, those two markets are one and the same. True. I am guilty of buying on eBay a few times for things I couldn’t find for trade, or if I didn’t have anything good enough to trade for it at that time. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Message tyler_mn beers 1475 º places 67 º 15:58 Sun 7/29/2012 Originally posted by StFun Honestly, I am very lucky to have gotten into trading when I did and to have made the friends and contacts that I have. While I can’t get near everything I’d like to try, I just really can’t really imagine getting into the game in the past 18 months with hoarding and ransoming off the charts. Well put. I couldn’t agree more.
Message drowland P beers 11069 º places 430 º 16:05 Sun 7/29/2012 Originally posted by tyler_mn Originally posted by StFun Honestly, I am very lucky to have gotten into trading when I did and to have made the friends and contacts that I have. While I can’t get near everything I’d like to try, I just really can’t really imagine getting into the game in the past 18 months with hoarding and ransoming off the charts. Well put. I couldn’t agree more. +1
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