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Paul,<br>
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I first noticed the problem at least a month ago. I went in to get
some cheap sherry for cooking and could not find any. A week or two
later, I found some there. Also, that earlier day, there was less than
the usual selection of beers. When I asked about it, I was told that
their supplier was late with delivery.<br>
<br>
Since then, I have noticed what you have noticed. If I want Wild Goose
or Guiness (the beers I usually buy), I can find them there. And the
New York (Taylor) and California sherries are there although in more
limited quantity than they used to carry. So even for the limited
items that I generally get there, I have seen a change.<br>
<br>
If they are not going out of business, they must have limited capital
with which to maintain their stock, or their credit needed to buy such
stock must be limited. My first thought a few weeks ago was that they
must be going out of business, but they still seem to be open.<br>
<br>
An article in today's NY Times
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/business/29lend.html?th&emc=th">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/business/29lend.html?th&emc=th</a>
says that credit is tightening quite a bit. Whether that is the
problem or whether they simply intend to stay in business until after
Christmas is pure speculation, but I am also curious whether we will
lose a business which has been very convenient for getting beer and
cheap wine. On the other hand, we see more specialty wine stores (I
often pick up a bottle of nice roughly $15 wine at Bin 604 when I get
groceries at Whole Foods in the Inner Harbor), and the plan for The
Olmsted was to have a wine tasting bar there. So maybe the proprietors
of Eddies Liquors think that this is a good time to get out of the
business once the Christmas shopping season is over.<br>
<br>
All in all though, your guess is as good as mine.<br>
<br>
Steve.<br>
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<div>Not long ago, I went into Eddies Liquor, and I was struck that
the normally low stock of wine was almost depleted entirely. My
partner and I complain about their normal stock being rather
pathetic...maybe 4-5 bottles of about 30 varieties, but this visit I
was struck when I saw a total of about 35 wine bottles in the entire
place. </div>
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<div>All the floor bins were empty, and the remaining bottles were
arranged along the shelves with one bottle about every twelve inches.
It seems they were not awaiting delivery of any wine soon, but
spreading out stock to make it look more full.</div>
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<div>Anybody heard an explanation? If I didn't know better, I would
say the store is going out of business. </div>
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