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CasaManzana
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Pacifico deposito bottles-nine cases-and they won't take 'em back for refund...now what?
Ya wooda thunk deposit Pacifico bottles could be turned back in for deposit refund...si? Not in Mulege anyway. What's a good use for these
things?..nine cases! 
Things are expensive, but at least we get a free trip around the sun once a year
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stanburn
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Buy a case of beer and tell them to apply the deposit to the price. The issue is they don't like to part with cash. I have never had a problem here
doing that, but I do have a great relationship with the agencia.
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DENNIS
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It's been that way forever. No returns without a receipt. Maybe if you find a store that sells Pacifico in deposit bottles you could make a trade
for something other than more deposit bottles.
I've often wondered when they would phase them out. The handling has to be exoensive.
When all else fails, take them to the dump or a recycling yard.
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Hook
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Do the cases signify where you bought them? In small towns, especially, they dont want to pay for deposits on bottles that were purchased elsewhere.
Never a problem over here. They dont even look at the cases.
As a last resort, give empty cases away at Xmas. I only have one full set but everyone needs extras for breakage backups or for a large party at their
house.
I love bottled beer. Only drink cans when the glass is unacceptable.
At least over here, I believe Tecate stopped doing deposit bottles with their 355ml size. Only the liters, now.
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elizabeth
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CasaManzana
Ya wooda thunk deposit Pacifico bottles could be turned back in for deposit refund...si? Not in Mulege anyway. What's a good use for these
things?..nine cases! |
Mix up a batch of concrete and build one of those bottle walls!!!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Do the cases signify where you bought them? |
Don't think the box says anything, but you get a receipt when you buy it. No receipt could cause a return problem....unless they know you. Seems that
most return customers just use them for exchange, but the day will probably come when you want to do away with the smelly ol' things and the receipt
may be required.
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Trueheart
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Giving them (for value?) to an enterprising local should get them out of your hands. Steve
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Bob H
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I was told, by someone that worked at a beer factory, that all bottles returned with limes inside them were just tossed out!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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BajaGringo
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Yard art?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
I was told, by someone that worked at a beer factory, that all bottles returned with limes inside them were just tossed out! |
A whole lot of years back, we would get bottles of Pacifico with limes in them. It was a local joke in Mazatlán.
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Oso
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It's happened to me. A blue moldy lime rind in a Pacifico bottle. I didn't finish it. I never put lime in beer bottles, although if drinking Tecate
in a can I like to squeeze some juice and sprinkle some salt on the rim.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
I was told, by someone that worked at a beer factory, that all bottles returned with limes inside them were just tossed out! |
if that was true Corona would be out of bottles 
Bob Durrell
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
I was told, by someone that worked at a beer factory, that all bottles returned with limes inside them were just tossed out! |
Wonder how anyone can get limes into a long neck bottle 
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Wonder how anyone can get limes into a long neck bottle |
Isn't there a magic trick where they stuff a chicken egg into a bottle?
Am I having a nightmare?
Anyway, it's not the whole lime. It's a wedge and they stuff it through the neck.....I guess. Not one of my things....for sure.
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MrBillM
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Stuffed Limes
One of my mantle displays years ago was an example of WHY Clear Mexican Beer Bottles were a good idea. Pulling a Corona Extra out of
the case, I looked and saw a Lime Slice at the Bottom of the unopened bottle.
Kept it for years to show to anyone who came by.
After about Five years, I picked it up to show and the Lime was GONE. Disintegrated. A film of residue at the bottom of the Bottle. Poured it out.
I'm SURE the Quality Control is better now.
Maybe.
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bkbend
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I've had luck turning in two cases when buying one and getting the credit. Makes for a pretty cheap case and the agencia still gets some cash for the
sale. Eventually you may whittle away your surplus.
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vandenberg
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Maybe quality control has improved over the years, but I can recall a Pacifico in the early 90's with about 2 inches of dirt on the bottom in the
unopened bottle. Not too appetizing.
Still drinking the stuff though.
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htnfool
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I bet if you take the cases to Russ's (ANA's) he would be more than happy to take them for ya, maybe give you a credit or something like that, maybe
even give you a couple bucks???
I never had a problem taking multiple cases back to Rauls, they just give me a credit for them. This is usually done while I am buying groceries of
course.
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krafty
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no recycling here so the neighbor took a bag over to recycle in Cali and they turned him around at the border.
Now we put cans out by the trash and they mysteriously disappear every time.
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
I was told, by someone that worked at a beer factory, that all bottles returned with limes inside them were just tossed out! |
Wonder how anyone can get limes into a long neck bottle |
I wonder how anyone could drink a beer with a lime?
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