{"id":14,"date":"2002-10-30T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-30T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beergeek.com\/wp\/?p=14"},"modified":"2002-10-30T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2002-10-30T17:24:00","slug":"skyline-online-prices-sky-high-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/skyline-online-prices-sky-high-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyline online prices sky high – updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was thinking about ordering some Skyline Chili<\/a> online from their store. But at $4\/can before shipping I just can’t justify it. So I sent them an e-mail. We’ll see if they respond.<\/p>\n

UPDATED — They did. Click Read More to read my email to them and their response.
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As a former Cincinnati resident currently living way out west I often feel the craving for Skyline. But I must say — you aren’t doing anything to help feed that craving.<\/p>\n

Why do you charge such a premium for your canned chili online?<\/p>\n

When the in store cost is usually $2-$3\/can you charge $4\/can even in full case quantities. And that doesn’t even include the shipping!<\/p>\n

I’d love to get some sent to California to feed my craving. But at these prices? <\/p>\n

It would be cheaper to buy a round trip ticket to Cincinnati and carry back 3-4 cases than it would be to mail order 2 cases from you!<\/p>\n

Please consider lowering your prices to something a little closer to retail — and a discount for larger quantities would be fantastic!
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A few short hours later I got this reply from the corporate VP of marketing. While I do understand — it still doesn’t lower the price….<\/p>\n


\nJeff:<\/p>\n

Thanks for your note. I agree with you that the mail order prices are on the high end. We actually wholesale the product to a mail order partner (Montgomery Inn) who sets the pricing. Obviously they have to make a profit too and the end result is pricing a good deal higher than grocery stores.<\/p>\n

Hope that helps.<\/p>\n

Thanks.
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I was thinking about ordering some Skyline Chili online from their store. But at $4\/can before shipping I just can’t justify it. So I sent them an e-mail. We’ll see if they respond. UPDATED — They did. Click Read More… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beergeek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}