Ebay Caps by the Thousand

[John Sand]

I just bought 2,000 caps for $32 delivered. There's a homebrew store selling out stock in Ca. I'd bought then before by the gross. A kind member of the old MrB forum sent me a surplus bunch free. Sometimes they come with a kit. But bottling today left me with maybe enough for another batch. So I went online and found them for less than 2c each. I'm lousy with links and such, but go on ebay, they are easy to find.

[DirtRacer]

Would this be it? http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOTTLE-CAPS-2-0 ... 51901aa4c9

[John Sand]

That's it, thanks. The same seller has packages of 100, 1000, or a full box (10,000 maybe?).

[RickBeer]

That shipping is quite high, given that USPS Priority is a fixed rate if you fit it in the box, but I guess the total price isn't bad still.

[DirtRacer]

Shipping is high but fortunately they're only about an hour from me so I might just have to go by and see if they have the same prices in store.

[John Sand]

I think the carton is for local pick up.
Even with the shipping, I'm paying about 1.6c per cap. Very cheap.

[RickBeer]

I just bought 2,000 also, now $29.95. I used my 2% back credit card and Fatwallet for another 1% back to cut my cost to $29.05 or 1.453 cents per cap. I most recently paid 3.125 cents per cap, although I always found there were more like 139 instead of 144 in the package, so it was 3.24 cents... This is 55% less. And will last me a few years.

Thanks John for the recommendation.

[John Sand]

Glad it worked for you Rick.

[T8rSalad]

Thanks John...another happy brew purchase

[Gymrat]

I am Leary of cheap caps. In my experience they are often made of thinner metal so they don't crimp as well. Caps are not a very big expense so I stick with my nice sturdy ones. The oxygen barrier is just a nice perk on them as well.

[John Sand]

These seem fine Gym. They're selling out the stock of a closing HB supply.

[John Sand]

Just today I weighed one of the ebay caps against one from a local bottle of craftbrew. The ebay cap is slightly heavier.

[teutonic terror]

I see now they are offering free shipping!

[RickBeer]

Same as when I bought - $29.95 final price. John paid $32.95 as I recall. Either way, a good deal.

FYI, I counted my caps (yes, I'm detail-oriented, and I like to know when my supplies will run out) and they were within 1.65% of 2,000 (1,967). Effective cost of 1.523 cents per cap. My LHBS charges $4.50 now (used to be $3.99), which is 3.125 cents per cap (actually, since they were always light, the real cost was 3.237 cents per cap, so this is 53% less.

For those that say "real dollars matter", I agree. For 1,967 caps, I saved $33.71, or enough to buy the ingredients for an entire 5 gallon extract recipe.

[BlackDuck]

RickBeer....as detail oriented as you are, I can't believe you didn't call them and bitch at them for sending 1,967 caps instead of the advertised 2,000.