Re Label ACL

[ratbastard]

found this on ebay. ACL bottle with a different bottling company label. I contacted the seller and told her the label isn't original to this bottle.
her response was her cousin is married to the last owner of the bottling company and they would slap labels on recycled bottles. the bottle is Freshy from cincinnati ohio and the label is from Kist Orange bottling company iron river Mi. So was it common practice for one company to use another companys bottles and slap their own labels on them or is this a fraud ? seller claims label has been on the bottle for 40 years

 

[Wheelah23]

While it could be true, I'd say most sellers' claims are dubious at best... Certainly a possibility though.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

ORIGINAL: Wheelah23

While it could be true, I'd say most sellers' claims are dubious at best... Certainly a possibility though.

"most sellers claims........", why would you say that?

As far as re-lableing, happened more than you would think.

 

[Wheelah23]

I'm a born skeptic, I won't believe what a seller tells me unless I can verify it myself. But I agree, companies would relabel when it was convenient. No way to tell if the label was put on later, however.

 

[cyberdigger]

Using other companies' bottles has long been a problem.. that's why they started registering bottlers' property as far back as the 1880's..

I think only the dimmest of dimwits would put a mismatched paper label on an ACL and try to sell it as authentic in any way..