by audistiller » Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:16 am
Hi All,
I have changed the title and contents of this thread instead of creating a new one. I want to know from those of you in Perth and the surrounding areas, if anyone is interested in purchasing some brand new glass spirit bottles. Now I realise most of you wont be interested, but I wanted to put it out there to see how many of you would interested in a bulk purchase of new spirit bottles. Since new spirit bottles are hard to find in Perth, and most places around Australia wont ship Interstate because of breakages, I wanted to look into what options are available in Perth, and if its worth buying new bottles, you don't know until you ask, and I wanted to know my options before making a decision, so far it looks bloody good value.
I have been in contact with a supplier in Perth, and have received some information after several phone calls and emails, on different sizes and prices. Some of these bottles only come in bulk lots, of between 756 and 1000 per order, others are in packs of four or six. I am working on a better deal, but so far the prices are pretty good considering they are proper glass spirit bottles with screw top lids, and not the swing top.
I want to make it clear, I am not saying I want to get 3 or 4 or even 5 people to split a $1000 order because I know that wont happen, what I was hoping for is heaps of people only buying what they want, whether it be 10, 20 or 30 bottles, hopefully I can get enough interest to be able to buy these in bulk. Now when you look at these prices, the cost of say the 1125ml spirit bottles with screw top lids, they are cheaper than the swing tops IKEA sell which are only 1 litre anyway.
The information I have so far, is the normal 2 litre glass flagons with screw top lids are $1.63 each in a pack of 6. Now for the 1.125 litre bottles, they come in bulk lots of 756, and the price is $1.31 each. For the 700ml bottles, they are also in bulk, and the price is 70 cents each, yes I said 70 cents each.
For the 5 litre glass Demijohn type with swing top lid, they are $10.00 each, and I believe these are sold in packs of 4. The 5 litre Demijohns I have bought from other places, were $17.50 each, and the best price I have seen these so far in Perth was $16.00 each, so these are quite a bit cheaper.
I believe the 750ml bottles need to be ordered in, and I am going to find out about prices and quantities of these hopefully next week. If I get enough interest, I might knock up a PDF with photos and prices for each of these bottles. As I already have an ABN, I might even see about getting these even cheaper again, I will look into it. I am thinking about scrapping some cash together and ordering a heap anyway, then selling them as people want them, but for now I wanted to put the word out to hopefully get enough interest to order some.
Regards