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| - We drive by this one all the time and noticed it said on the sign this one is their liquor liquidation center. Cool! I definitely wouldn't mind a liquor outlet as we collect all kinds of spirits and maybe, just maybe they'll have something quality on sale.
We browse around and well, the prices are regular Lees prices. I was hard pressed to find liquidation anything. I know my alcohol and I know the going rate for a lot of things because useless facts is how I roll. Either way, misleading.
I guess the plus for visiting Lee's is there are a few things they have that TW&M doesn't have that perked my interest, but not enough to buy them.
They have a few endcaps with big "sales" and one caught my eye with local Las Vegas Distillery stuff. I ended up getting a bottle of Rumskey at the $21 price. It was a good price, but not a good deal as they lead to believe. They mention the regular price is $34.99 which I knew the going rate for their stuff was less than that last time I checked and almost bought a bottle. I happen to be at TW&M later in the day and $21.99 is the normal price there. Nice marketing strategy to make people feel good about purchases, but it's a false sense of it and not actually a sale, so boo.
There was only one cashier in the store and no one else that we saw, so probably would be difficult to ask questions. I come to Lee's knowing and feeling slightly sad that generally it is DIY. I like talking to people about their spirits of choice and helping narrow it down based on what they know of their product. I'm usually self sufficient in spirits knowledge, but sometimes I just want to know what other spirit folks are loving that may be not in my radar. Some Lee's you can ask questions, but this is not the location for it. I know, I'm probably asking too much in a way since the demographics was pretty much "party peeps" that beeline to their Bud Light...
I love to support local, but I also love to support my collectors habits and I want to be able to feel good about my purchases. I don't really get that feeling from here.
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