Dang … quite the coup by the NY store in landing Keith — I’ll miss him in CA.
I got the e-mail and replied with a request about buying from CA and getting the wine in NY.
We shall see. Living in Maine, which changed shipping laws to make it extremely difficult to ship, cut my K&L business to zero. If they can deliver my weirdities from CA to NY, I’m back in business with them.
And K & L just answered, very quickly.
I can order from CA and pick up in NY, 3 - 4 week lead time.
Fortunately, I have enough in my wine room to get me through the 3 - 4 week wait 
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The reverse also is true. I bought a wine from NYC in January and it took about four weeks to get to CA.
I just had 3 cases sent over, it’s a great deal to have it sent to NYC for free.
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My first K&L auction buy, 3 bottles of Gonon Saint-Joe. The capability to pick these up in Midtown is a huge perk. I fear for my credit cards.
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this is huge
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ive noticed that k&l auctions are some of the most competitive and offer the least value relative to the other auction sites.
but im happy theyre in nyc and look forward to supporting them.
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Definitely agree with this- for popular lots, it’s always a massive bidding war.
Do you see the actual landed prices after buyer premium as systematically higher there than elsewhere? With their lower (10% right?) BP you’d assume higher hammer prices than the ~20% BP shops.
I have seen many bottles go above retail pricing, it makes no sense to me but perhaps people get a little too caught up in out bidding others.
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Can you get local delivery (ie at a local delivery price) once the wine is in NYC, or you have to pick it up?
I believe there is a local delivery price depending on location but from what I remember it was reasonable like $15-$20.
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https://www.klwines.com/Shipping
Enter zip code and pricing comes up. Basically $15 for anything under $500.
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Does anyone know how they move wines to/from CA and NYC?
I was told they have temp controlled trucks going back and forth every 3-4 weeks. I’ve picked up a few orders from NYC that came from CA which confirmed that time frame
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