General LCBO Debate & Discussion Thread

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Thu May 08, 2014 2:02 pm

Masterplan wrote:They usually ask if you don't present an air miles card. To track your purchases to a general local. I usually say "no" and they punch in some made up code.

just use N0E 1N0

jprime · Post by **jprime** » Thu May 08, 2014 7:18 pm

matt7215 wrote:
Masterplan wrote:They usually ask if you don't present an air miles card. To track your purchases to a general local. I usually say "no" and they punch in some made up code.
just use N0E 1N0

Hey! That's my postal code!

toweringpine · Post by **toweringpine** » Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:07 am

Not sure where else to post this...

Just picked up a St Ambroise 2011-2013 Vintage Ale pack. I didn't get one at Christmas so I am glad I found them. $15.95, a little less than when first release. I got them at Crossroads LCBO. They were part of an end display not, in the clearance section ( where you can find both "33" Export from Cameroon and Castle Lager for $1.45 per bottle). There were about fifteen more boxes after I took mine.

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:17 am

lcbo site has a new error today..

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:17 am

duplicate post

Ceecee · Post by **Ceecee** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:12 pm

Gah! They redid the whole site. Far fewer options for searching.

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:16 pm

OMG! That is brutal. Thank goodness for drinkvine (which I hope will not be affected, as it will be even more indispensable than ever, now).

Cadbury102 · Post by **Cadbury102** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:18 pm

Wow, terrible. No way to see which store has a given beer in stock. Now we have to manually search for stores? Talk about tedious. I hope they fix this soon.

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:20 pm

Yes, they've taken something that actually provided useful information, and ruined it. God bless the LCBO!

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:33 pm

I like the aesthetics more, but other than that...hopefully some fixes are on the way.

ercousin · Post by **ercousin** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:34 pm

What is ruined about it? I can still search by brewery, beer, and product number just fine.

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:36 pm

ercousin wrote:What is ruined about it? I can still search by brewery, beer, and product number just fine.

But it looks like you can no longer get a full list of all stores that have a particular product in stock.

ercousin · Post by **ercousin** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:39 pm

GregClow wrote:
ercousin wrote:What is ruined about it? I can still search by brewery, beer, and product number just fine.
But it looks like you can no longer get a full list of all stores that have a particular product in stock.

Ahh, all stock information is gone..... This might have just killed drinkvine....

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:42 pm

ercousin wrote:Ahh, all stock information is gone..... This might have just killed drinkvine....

It's not entirely gone. If you click on "Select Store" on any product page, you can search for stores based on location and see what they have in stock. It just no longer gives you a full list of stores, only 5 at a time.

I suspect the back-end database/API is the same, in which case Drinkvine and other third party sites/apps should be fine.

zane9 · Post by **zane9** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:48 pm

GregClow wrote:But it looks like you can no longer get a full list of all stores that have a particular product in stock.

^^ This. sucks.