champagneinhand
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Joined: 5/30/2011 From: Upstate New York, California born. Status: offline
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I love my JJ Buckley rep as he keeps all of the mess sorted out, but I to have been growing weary about why the website is so F#@ked up, not listing most of the wines I have on order, as in storage or on pre-order. This was supposed to have been done over a week long hiatus from business and shipping last Thanksgiving. Its June 1, 2014 right now and the site is still messed up. I have been a die hard defender of letting a company that went through massive change get the house in order. I have been seeing some reasonable deals, and some "meh" deals as of late. Roland has kept me abreast of things, but I do not like having thousands of dollars in wine not showing up on the official website. This needs to be remedied quickly. They are in Oakland, the sit upon the top of Silicon Valley. How hard is it too get a software program done right that is moderately accurate. Roland has his own spreadsheet, which is truly diligent, but the people in charge, the new owners/administration, need to pull their collective heads out of their asses and get this right. I have to say many, many wine dollars this year have gone elsewhere because of a queasy fielding in my gut about the inaccuracy of the website. Again I don't think we need a band wagon effect, but I have received exactly one of my 2010 Bordeaux. Malescot-St E. Cantemerle, Domaine de chevalier, loris et all was supposed to be in late april but i have no conformation or guess as to where it is at. However to put things in proper perspective my 2007 E. Guigal La Turque, which I shelled out almost $273 for a bottle of was picked up by J2K this week. Upon opening the bottle, he said the capsule was missing its top, but no signs of leakage. Almost unacceptable that they didn't star this when I purchased it, as it is missing for only 2 possible reasons. 1 they thought it was leaking and needed proof positive or negative so they removed it, and marked it down about $40. or 2. they stored it improperly and thought they might have to get rid of it and pulled the top of the capsule off just to be sure. if the third option is just poor storage around sharp object is the case then, shame on the PA monopoly store and this will be my last purchase. Either way, I should have been informed prior to the purchase. I doubt I will age this as long as I wanted as I will always have a question of whether this was cooked, stored improperly... I have never receive a wine from JJ Buckley that was attacked with a razor, without some kind of notice or compensation. In another order I placed this week a split 375ml cost $37 dollar for 2 day air. It was $10 more for 2, but their lame website didn't register that I might as well take both bottles if I was being reamed on shipping. Granted finding 1989 Huet cuvee constance in great condition is going to cost, but this just shows that everybody is screwed up, though my patience for JJB is wearing very thin and if roland wasn't my wine rep, I would certainly be gone. Sorry Eric, but I have been a staunch supporter of JJB and there comes a time when frustration boils over. Nothing can be done of it now as its probably to warm to ship even by 2 day air, at least with the small splits I insisted that styrofoam be used and they wrap it up for the best protection since they are charging me for 3 lbs of weight on a split thats not even 16oz. Retailers, and wineries can drive one mad. Hopefully some management types from Quebec will read this and realize we have many choice as opposed to most Canadiens who are for to buy from the provincial monopoly, and/or have a storage site, just across the US border.
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As I age my finger tips seem to be bigger, my iOS keyboard seems to be less kind, and my need for wearing reading glasses has never been greater. I hope you are forgiving and can read between my lines.
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