I’ll be dropping stuff like this all over the website moving forward, as we continue to test out various options to discourage bottle flippers and reward loyal Mission shoppers.

And, yes, I’ll be expanding the pool of products as we go.

I thought I’d go do a little public Q&A today, as I’ve had a number of repeat questions in the email queue lately, and I think posting them here would be beneficial:

Can’t I just buy $100 of whatever I want and get a discount on rare Bourbons?

Negative—and there’s a good reason. We run low margins, or sometimes even negative margins, on many popular brands in order to stay competitive.

As an example, every time someone buys a bottle of Lagavulin 16, we actually lose money. So even if you were to compile a shopping cart of $10,000 worth of booze, but it only contained low margin items, there’s a chance we would actually make zero profit after the credit card fees.

Why is Mission charging me $35 for shipping a case of booze when flat rate shipping is $17.95?

Great question! It’s a glitch in our system and if this happens to you please email me right away. When bottles are pulled from different stores, sometimes our system charges you a shipping rate per store rather than for the consolidated rate. I go through our queue every hour to fix these as they happen, so don’t worry. But, please contact us if you have any concerns. I’m hoping to have this resolved soon.

How do I place an order for “hold for future shipping” off the web?

You can select Pasadena In-Store Pick Up to hold for future shipping. However, if the bottles you want are not all in Pasadena, that won’t show as an option. You’ll need to email me and have it done manually. Currently, there’s no way to place a pick up order and consolidate bottles out of multiple stores off the web. You can however place a pick up order out of any individual location and ask to have the bottles sent to your store of choice in the notes as a work-around.

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-David Driscoll