Cheapest way to get EZ-cap/Grolsch bottles?

Question

OK, still brewing here... and decided my best bottling choice are the EZ-cap/Grolsch bottles. they are reusable multiple times before you have to replace the inexpensive gasket, compared to standard bottles that you have to spend money on a capper and non-reusable caps.

my question is whats the easiest/cheapest way to get these?

looking for 16 oz, maybe 32 oz... and including shipping i am looking at an average of $2-3 per bottle...

now locally i can buy Grolsch beer for $10 for 4 16 ounce bottles, with the reusable caps, but that's $2.50 not including tax. now buying some pretty good beer for $.50 if I consider the cost of the bottle, isn't bad, but I was hoping for a better alternative. any suggestions?

Answer 1

They show up with great frequency at flea markets in my area. The asking price is usually $2.bottle but half the fun at a flea market is the haggling.

Answer 2

idk, but I found this.

http://www.homebrewit.com/aisle/2060

Answer 3

You can get standard bottles for free at the recycling center or a lot of time you can buy them for the deposit (5 cents) each from the bigger beer stores. This is by far your least expensive route to go. You can also go to a home brew shop and buy any style bottles there. It just doesn't make much sense to pay so much money to ship empty beer bottles when you can buy ones that are already full of beer for almost the same cost.  

Easiest thing to do is buy a bunch of beer and drink it

What I did to get bottles (free) was call a few friends and had a party with the stipulation that you had to drink pop top bottles. They understood this was a worthy cause and came over for a few beverages.