"iBoaterer" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:56:43 -0400, iBoaterer
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Look up this thread a ways. I posted an article in the paper that was
complaining that the economy has driven the price down from $400k to a
mere $175k.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/...y-alcohol-fee/

One county makes up the whole state????

From YOUR cite:

In Florida, the state only gets money from the sale of a quota license
when the license is first issued through the lottery system. The lottery
winner pays a one-time fee of $10,750 in addition to the annual license
cost

I can go to one of the auction sites and see what the other counties
are doing. I bet it is as expensive around Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa
Bay and Orlando tho. You might be able to catch a deal and get one for
$90,000 in Dixie County but I would not bet on it..

What part of "quota" are you having trouble understanding? If you
could just go down to the county clerk and plop down $10,750 and get a
license, why would anyone pay $175,000? (BTW that is exactly the 10X
UA said couldn't happen)
They only release new licenses after a census shows the quota can
rise. That is the lottery I spoke of, typically once every 10 years.

I suspect that as the economy improves, the prices will go up again.

The above is speculation. These are the facts: First of all, you are
only thinking about one type of Florida liquor license, the "quota
license". The second liquor license Florida offers is an SRX, a special
restaurant license that can be applied for year-round if 51 percent or
more of sales at an establishment is food. FURTHERMORE, there are 54
subcategories of licenses based on the type of business you own.

He
http://www.florida-liquorlicense.com/html/faqs.html

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And I bet the SRX is like an On Sale license in Calif. What the bars and
restaurants have. They can sell wine and whiskey by the drink. You can not
buy a bottle to go. Very different than a liquor store license.