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Restaurant runs out of cheapest wine - what should they provide instead

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  • halibut2209
    halibut2209 Posts: 4,250 Forumite
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    CR22 wrote: »
    Good scam to up sell the wine then....

    Scam? Are you for real?
    One important thing to remember is that when you get to the end of this sentence, you'll realise it's just my sig.
  • wealdroam
    wealdroam Posts: 19,180 Forumite
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    CR22 wrote: »
    So why are they advertising it on their website when they've run out?
    Who are 'they'?
  • It's an unreasonable expectation that they would change their menu/website every time they temporarily run out of a certain item. To expect them to give you a more expensive one for the same price is a bit daft.

    I think you're reading too much into this ;) it's not a conspiracy. On another note, I have some tin hats for sale.
    Thinking critically since 1996....
  • Gordon_Hose
    Gordon_Hose Posts: 6,259 Forumite
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    wealdroam wrote: »
    Who are 'they'?

    ^^ This...
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    Take your own and pay the £5 - £10 corkage!
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    They were fed up with cheap winos ordering it..... so now only want middle class alcoholics ordering.
  • cookie365
    cookie365 Posts: 1,809 Forumite
    By the logic of this thread, if you wanted to buy a top of the range laptop, but the shop was out of stock, you'd have to buy a mid range one but pay the higher price for it.
  • WTFH
    WTFH Posts: 2,266 Forumite
    According to some posts on here, you should be able to get the most expensive bottle, drink half of it, then return it claiming DSR, and get compensation from the restaurant while bad mouthing them.

    If you like wine, then drink good wine. If you want cheap wine, the. Phone the restaurant before hand and ask whet the cheapest tote is that they have in stock, and can they set one aside for you.
    1. Have you tried to Google the answer?
    2. If you were in the other person's shoes, how would you react?
    3. Do you want a quick answer or better understanding?
  • WTFH wrote: »
    According to some posts on here, you should be able to get the most expensive bottle, drink half of it, then return it claiming DSR, and get compensation from the restaurant while bad mouthing them.

    If you like wine, then drink good wine. If you want cheap wine, the. Phone the restaurant before hand and ask whet the cheapest tote is that they have in stock, and can they set one aside for you.

    I've never understood people that buy wine according to price. With most food and drink we buy it because we like the taste - why does wine differ? ;)
  • earthstorm
    earthstorm Posts: 2,134 Forumite
    CR22 wrote: »
    So why are they advertising it on their website when they've run out?

    Because they will get more stock from their wholesaler when they open .

    If they have 12 bottles at 7pm and the first 12 people order this wine then they run out, but wholesales wont be open at that time of night.
    just like if Tesco run out of a product they still advertise this as more stock will arrive on their next delivery
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