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- Thomas - 09-10-2004
NY State finally removed the Sunday Blue Law. Wine and Liquor retailers can now open 7 days a week.
Next year, the Liquor Authority is also dropping its restrictive billing cycle system (known by us as the distributor protection plan). In 2005, instead of being mandated to pay bills on a prescribe date, retailers will be allowed to pay net 30 days on invoice--just like evry other American business.
The two steps taken to loosen legislation seems to be setting up the state for wine in grocery stores, and that may be here within the next year.
Now, about that shipping legislation...
- Zinner - 09-10-2004
That's wonderful. Here it's by county--sales allowed in some, not in others. Wish we were statewide.
But I'm surprised about the grocery stores. We have wine and well-attended wine tastings in grocery stores here.
And let's both keep our fingers crossed about that shipping.
- winoweenie - 09-11-2004
Lo and beheaded our 101 blind mice (Legislatures) as we call them finally OK'd shipping into AZ. We had everything else in place. Looks like you made a move before its' time there Food-i-poo. WW [img]http://wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]
- Thomas - 09-11-2004
ww, we never worried about shipping restrictions, but it would be nice to live by the law...
- Bucko - 09-11-2004
When laws are unjust, people rebel. The 55 mph speed limit did not last long.
- winoweenie - 09-12-2004
But sure played havoc with my insurance rates. WW
- Innkeeper - 09-12-2004
The double nickle lasted much too long for moi. That was the period I was hauling three kids back and forth from Omaha to New Hampshire for their higher ed in a van that got 13 mpg and, of course, was paying for all that ed too. Now, do you think I was only going 55?
- Thomas - 09-12-2004
IK, if you had gone 55mph instead of 60 plus you would have gotten 13.5 mph...