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20 Ribeyes for $40 Scam

cedarstrip said:
One of my favorite memories of an older retired couple who were pretty well to do was them telling me the story of visiting a neighborhood bar in florida and finding out a guy was selling meat out his trunk in the parking lot. They bought a bunch. I said "you bought hot meat!". They said no it was in coolers.
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I've had guys with freezers in the back of their pickup pull up in my driveway wanting to sell to me. No thanks, not buying something that is wrapped in butcher paper that I have no idea where it came from or if it's even what you say it is. It really is sketchy AF that there must be enough people willing to buy that way for these clowns to be able to keep selling like that.
 
CYdTracked said:
Not only is the quality going to be better than what you get in the store but the price per pound you are going to come out ahead on too if you have freezer space to store a quarter of beef which comes out to around 200lbs on average.
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I've thought about doing this before but when I looked up cost of energy to run a deep freezer + cost of the freezer the savings were pretty minimal over the course of a year opposed to just buying 5-6 lbs of beef when it's on sale once a month. I suppose if you continue to do it year after year and your household consumes a lot of beef it makes more sense.
 
I'm glad I don't eat that much steak. When I do want one, I go to our local butcher and tell him what I want and exactly how thick to cut it. It's expensie, but when I only eat 3 or 4 steaks a year, it's worth it.

I actually hate steak that was frozen, unless it's going in a stir fry or something. It just screws up the texture and makes me want a fresh (Fresh cut) steak. I feel this way even for really good steaks, I can't even imagine what these mystery steaks are like.
 
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ClonesFTW said:
I've thought about doing this before but when I looked up cost of energy to run a deep freezer + cost of the freezer the savings were pretty minimal over the course of a year opposed to just buying 5-6 lbs of beef when it's on sale once a month. I suppose if you continue to do it year after year and your household consumes a lot of beef it makes more sense.
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The cost to run a freezer is irrelvant IMO. Do you factor that into how much groceries you keep in your fridge(s) too? When storing food the appliance is a necessity no matter how you look at it. I doubt my freezer is really costing me much to run, my electric bill last month was $60 and I doubt my old Montgomery Ward brand freezer was maybe a dollar or 2 at most of that. Even a newer freezer that is more energy efficient than the older ones probably doesn't cost you a dollar a month to run.
 
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I always assumed this was a deal where they bought some old or low quality meat that no reputable company would buy and then tried to turn it around real quick before it goes bad.
 
Interesting. I always wondered who the heck these folks are and where did they come from. It appears that it may be a legit business, albeit one that is a bit tricky in how it describes itself and probably makes money from the up-sells.

Here is an example:

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Exceeding "safety standards" says nothing about the quality of the meat itself. And "exceeding standards" is different than claiming that you have actually been inspected (which they haven't or they would give the actual USDA rating).

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I have a picture from back in the day when I was in Russia of an old lady selling a complete pigs head on the hood of an old Soviet car. I wonder which meat is safer between these two cases.
 
Cycsk said:
Interesting. I always wondered who the heck these folks are and where did they come from. It appears that it may be a legit business, albeit one that is a bit tricky in how it describes itself and probably makes money from the up-sells.

Here is an example:

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Exceeding "safety standards" says nothing about the quality of the meat itself. And "exceeding standards" is different than claiming that you have actually been inspected (which they haven't or they would give the actual USDA rating).

theprimehousedirect.com

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Prime House Direct offers premium handcrafted & hand-trimmed meats. Our focus is to provide you with cuts of meat ready for the grill. Read more about us here!
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There is no way the ribeyes they will be selling out of the truck for $40 will look anything like the ones pictured on the website. I'd be curious if you even ordered off the site they'd look anything like it too. Their "big ribeye box" is $195 for 12 12oz ribeyes which is no where near the $40 for 20 deal. So either they sell better cuts online or they scam you even more there since you can't see what they look like until they arrive. Either way I would never buy something from this company as all you have to do is read reviews and articles on them to know this is sketchy AF. I would guess a lot of their Google Reviews are AI bot generated or people in on the scheme too.
 
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CYdTracked said:
There is no way the ribeyes they will be selling out of the truck for $40 will look anything like the ones pictured on the website. I'd be curious if you even ordered off the site they'd look anything like it too. Their "big ribeye box" is $195 for 12 12oz ribeyes which is no where near the $40 for 20 deal. So either they sell better cuts online or they scam you even more there since you can't see what they look like until they arrive. Either way I would never buy something from this company as all you have to do is read reviews and articles on them to know this is sketchy AF. I would guess a lot of their Google Reviews are AI bot generated or people in on the scheme too.
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I was thinking that this makes them less sleezy. However, guys who steal beef and sell it from a truck probably have better quality meat than this company sells.
 
I like my meat products to be as cheap and questionable as possible

Heading over to the farm next to the nuclear reactor to get some sirloin
 
Cycsk said:
Interesting. I always wondered who the heck these folks are and where did they come from. It appears that it may be a legit business, albeit one that is a bit tricky in how it describes itself and probably makes money from the up-sells.

Here is an example:

View attachment 170908

Exceeding "safety standards" says nothing about the quality of the meat itself. And "exceeding standards" is different than claiming that you have actually been inspected (which they haven't or they would give the actual USDA rating).

theprimehousedirect.com

Learn More About Us & Who We Are | Primehouse Direct

Prime House Direct offers premium handcrafted & hand-trimmed meats. Our focus is to provide you with cuts of meat ready for the grill. Read more about us here!
theprimehousedirect.com theprimehousedirect.com
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Couple of things to add to this statement:

FSIS, the Food Safety and Inspection Service, responsible for meat and poultry product regulatory compliance doesn’t grant “certification marks” to products. It inspects and passes product as wholesome for human consumption- there is no grade to regulatory compliance, it’s either there or not. Now if the product is produced in a plant that is certified to a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) such as SQF or BRCGS that’s different and are graded, but most companies who have that qualification are going to call it out as such in their marketing materials. Meat products introduced into Interstate Commerce are required to come from Inspected Federal Establishments, so the meat was inspected by USDA, otherwise the owners would be facing significant jail time.

They could be referring to AMS Grading of the carcass that occurs at the harvest plant, but if they’re saying their product exceeds USDA grades, then how many carcasses from their cattle grade out as USDA Prime? How many are USDA Choice? Packers pay a premium for those cattle, and disclose that to the rancher, so how many of these cattle graded out as such? Given the price point and number of cuts you get, I would be shocked if these carcasses even graded out as USDA Select- they’re likely No Grade at best and Cutter/Canner at worst
 
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