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Subject: Re: Drink Prices
From: Spellbinder
Posted: Thu May 4. 2006, 19:42 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Drink Prices"  by bartender24  (Thu May 4. 2006, 12:13 UTC)
> > 1) Simple, while I don't know where you live, I can easily predict 
> > that they are not buying the liquor at the same price you do.  I
> > know at least in Oregon that the standard discount was either 12.5%
> > or 15% (I forget which).
>   
> I do the liquor order for our bar and I was surprised at first that 
> we have to pay more than I would pay if I went to the store and got 
> it. Each bottle is charged a mixed beverage tax of $3.00  So if you 
> order 10 bottle of Jose you pay $30.00 extra in taxes! Still we make 
> back every bottle with 4 shots!!! For example Jose cost 20 + 3 =23    
> Then 4  Two once pours at 5.75 each is $23

Do you live in a control state?  I'm kinda surprised there's no discount for 
bulk purchases.

Is it really $3.00 no matter the cost of the bottle?  It would seem really 
strange to see a $4.50 bottle of Triple-Sec get a $3 tax on it.

Does your bar or any other sneak around this once in a while by grabbing a 
couple bottles outside the context of a liquor order?  At my old place, if 
Oregon had that law, we'd certainly be sneaking around that one anytime that 
we had a small enough order for it to pass under the radar.

-- 
Cody


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