Vent: Sold Fake Vodka in CostCutters

stevenhp1987

Hi,

Just venting here. Bought a bottle of vodka Friday night from Costcutters near London Bridge, Southwark. It was a cheap £7.99 bottle so expected some random Russian brand or something equally disgusting.

As the bottle was behind the shelf I could not see the label etc. They ran the product through as "grocery items" which should have tipped me off. Upon leaving I checked the label. The duty stamp logo was clearly fake, it was poorly printed, called itself russian standard in one part of the bottle saying it was distilled four times. It said it was 37.5% and had 30 units in the 70cl bottle... which is wrong by anyone's calculations and I didn't think they could round the number of units (the units was not in the normal glass time thing, just stated in plain text). Nothing on the label about drink aware.

It smelt heavily of nail varnish which I thought was wrong! Google'd and apparently this is what fake vodka smells of. Had a quick taste, didn't taste like vodka.

Took it back to the shop and the guy gave me a full refund, no questions asked when I stated it was fake...

Not good, venting here as I had never bought fake vodka before... still tempted to report them but obviously don't have a bottle anymore to send to trading standards or whatever.

pmduk

Still worth notifying trading standards, this may be a regular occurrence.

forever.insane

If the refund it, no questions asked, it is clearly a regular occurrence. Report it.

I don't understand why you complain about the taste though, I'm pretty sure most people don't buy it because of its taste (its horrible) but because they get drunk quickly. Then again, its not me buying it

deanos

Definitely report it, these things can kill people

zaksmum

stevenhp1987 wrote: »

Hi,

Just venting here. Bought a bottle of vodka Friday night from Costcutters near London Bridge, Southwark. It was a cheap £7.99 bottle so expected some random Russian brand or something equally disgusting.

As the bottle was behind the shelf I could not see the label etc. They ran the product through as "grocery items" which should have tipped me off. Upon leaving I checked the label. The duty stamp logo was clearly fake, it was poorly printed, called itself russian standard in one part of the bottle saying it was distilled four times. It said it was 37.5% and had 30 units in the 70cl bottle... which is wrong by anyone's calculations and I didn't think they could round the number of units (the units was not in the normal glass time thing, just stated in plain text). Nothing on the label about drink aware.

It smelt heavily of nail varnish which I thought was wrong! Google'd and apparently this is what fake vodka smells of. Had a quick taste, didn't taste like vodka.

Took it back to the shop and the guy gave me a full refund, no questions asked when I stated it was fake...

Not good, venting here as I had never bought fake vodka before... still tempted to report them but obviously don't have a bottle anymore to send to trading standards or whatever.

I think you should report it. It could make someone really ill if they drank it.

browneyedbazzi

Definitely report this please please please! There is a real problem with fake spirits and they can (and do) make people really ill. It's an issue that is taken seriously by trading standards and they will investigate even if you report it anonymously.

dianetheartist

was it called Vodcat or Vodkat? We bought some years ago from Iceland---couldnt drink the stuff---was vile and stunk of nail varnish remover...Im not sure is a fake one though---just a bad cheap drink!

Antispam

Definitely report it to T&S and possible costcutter head office maybe that shop is knowingly selling fake spirits. Whatever you do DONT DRINK IT

http://www.cylex-uk.co.uk/company/costcutter-15852924.html

COSTCUTTER
HEAD OFFICE, COMMON ROAD, DUNNINGTON
YO19 5RY YORK , NORTH YORKSHIRE


Phone : 01904 488663

qetu1357

You would think you would be safe in a costcutter.
Counterfeit products can kill.

Reminds of someone a friend told me about who worked in the buffet on a train. He used to refill miniatures (mainly from those discared in bins on the train) from full bottles and sell them instead of the train companies stock.

He was making a fortune each week.............

maninthestreet

qetu1357 wrote: »

You would think you would be safe in a costcutter.
Counterfeit products can kill.

Indeed 'fake' vodka may well contain methanol.

paddyrg

maninthestreet wrote: »

Indeed 'fake' vodka may well contain methanol.

which *WILL* send you blind