Selling champagne?
December 31, 2015 9:51 AM Subscribe
My dear friend, who is 15 years sober, received a bottle of Palmes d'Or 2002 Champagne from her new boss for Christmas. She graciously accepted it, but would like to sell/trade it for something more...useful. It's worth about $100. She really has no one to regift it to. We're in Los Angeles, if that matters. Any suggestions?
Unlike the Pappy in that other thread i dont think there are people on waiting lists and literally hunting through backwater liquor stores for the stuff. i think her best bet is to regift it in an appropriate context.
posted by Exceptional_Hubris at 10:18 AM on December 31, 2015
posted by Exceptional_Hubris at 10:18 AM on December 31, 2015
Response by poster: Unfortunately, the Palmes is a lot less rare than Pappy.
posted by Sophie1 at 10:22 AM on December 31, 2015
posted by Sophie1 at 10:22 AM on December 31, 2015
You know what I'd do with it? Chill it, and bring it along with a few cheap disposable wine glasses to the public place where people are most likely to be celebrating, pop it and pour it for a few lucky people.
posted by zadcat at 10:49 AM on December 31, 2015 [10 favorites]
posted by zadcat at 10:49 AM on December 31, 2015 [10 favorites]
At some point her boss will discover that your friend is a non-drinker, and will wonder about the bottle of champagne. Or, if the boss doesn't discover this, they will give her another fancy bottle next year.
One option for dealing with this would be for your friend to inform the boss about this situation and to graciously return the bottle. It's now up to the boss to come up with something else, if they want to, and they probably would. Maybe a gift card. In any event, its better to have get this out in the open, it seems to me.
posted by beagle at 11:50 AM on December 31, 2015 [3 favorites]
One option for dealing with this would be for your friend to inform the boss about this situation and to graciously return the bottle. It's now up to the boss to come up with something else, if they want to, and they probably would. Maybe a gift card. In any event, its better to have get this out in the open, it seems to me.
posted by beagle at 11:50 AM on December 31, 2015 [3 favorites]
graciously return the bottle
I don't think returning a gift is going to be viewed as gracious no matter how politely it's done. It would be extremely awkward. The boss would be left wondering if s/he is expected to procure a replacement gift, and the implication there is pretty strong, and not a good one; you can't return gifts to the giver in order to exchange them for new gifts.
Somebody who is not FB friends with the boss might make a Facebook update about the bottle and ask if anybody would like to barter their unwanted gift?
posted by kmennie at 2:11 PM on December 31, 2015 [27 favorites]
I don't think returning a gift is going to be viewed as gracious no matter how politely it's done. It would be extremely awkward. The boss would be left wondering if s/he is expected to procure a replacement gift, and the implication there is pretty strong, and not a good one; you can't return gifts to the giver in order to exchange them for new gifts.
Somebody who is not FB friends with the boss might make a Facebook update about the bottle and ask if anybody would like to barter their unwanted gift?
posted by kmennie at 2:11 PM on December 31, 2015 [27 favorites]
You can also make a facebook post and within that post's settings, exempt a few people from seeing it entirely (like everyone you work with).
posted by rubster at 2:28 PM on December 31, 2015
posted by rubster at 2:28 PM on December 31, 2015
If she gets her hair cut at a busy salon, she could show up with the bottle and some plastic cups. I still remember when I was a teenager a guy showed up at my barber shop with a bottle of DP and made everyone's day.
posted by eelgrassman at 4:04 PM on December 31, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by eelgrassman at 4:04 PM on December 31, 2015 [3 favorites]
I know a well-connected practicing Mormon person (so not an alcoholic) who saves alcohol gifts to re-gift professionally for serious favors, which is how members of my family were able to try a Very Excellent and Rare bottle of wine. Basically, if she is capable (and she may not be, no shame in it if it is not the case) of leaving it sealed in the house for long periods, she has a fantastic professional gift ready for someone who does her a solid.
posted by Naamah at 5:01 PM on December 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Naamah at 5:01 PM on December 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
Oh god do not tell her to return a gift back to her boss. That's a recipe for serious awkwardness.
She could save it for regifting (that bottle should be good to drink through 2025) but I'd be concerned about storage conditions in a non-drinker's house?
I've traded an old iPod for several bottles of wine on Craigslist in the past. Or if you want to be hyper local NextDoor.com has been a source of several nice trades for me.
posted by danny the boy at 2:44 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
She could save it for regifting (that bottle should be good to drink through 2025) but I'd be concerned about storage conditions in a non-drinker's house?
I've traded an old iPod for several bottles of wine on Craigslist in the past. Or if you want to be hyper local NextDoor.com has been a source of several nice trades for me.
posted by danny the boy at 2:44 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Surely she has at least one friend that drinks - she should give it to them.
posted by oceanjesse at 9:05 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by oceanjesse at 9:05 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
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