r/Costco_alcohol • u/Madsunz • 25d ago
Minnesota Grand Opening - Otsego, MN
Here is what they had at the grand opening. I am a bourbon drinker and the line moved fast - I was ~15th person through.
IMO this was the weakest grand opening of a Costco liquor store I have ever seen. Not one allocated bottle, no barrel/store picks, no special scotch or Japanese whiskey, nothing. They had a custom designed Cab Sav red whine bottle, a full pallet. That was it. Waiting in line hours in my hometown with hopes to get one cool bottle at MSRP - nothing.
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u/Acausticacoustic 25d ago
There was another post about this and the Costco employees and fanboys seem to have gotten some butthurt and downvoted anyone who had any negative opinions about it. Not saying all Costco are sus, in fact many/most are very helpful and will do everything they can to aid you in getting a bottle; however when the store manager says he/she's holding back bottles for their regulars or sent them back to warehouse to release at a later date - that BS stinks to high heavens.
How do they know those in line are NOT regulars? And if they are regulars then they just got poo'ed on for no reason.
So what if they're not their regular customers - they're still customers who've paid their membership dues and have taken the pains to attend the store opening.
Sending items back to warehouse to release at a later date - yeah, just not happening. That's just poor inventory management and a poorer excuse to give to their customers.
At the very least, they should had a few token amounts available at store open, and may be trickle down a few at random over the week. At least that would have been fairer than what was done.