Iron Run Beverage

The selection, availability and service were fine. Even the price was ok. I was a little surprised regarding the unusually high tap rental deposit ($ 55). It was explained that I would get it back when I returned the tap (no timeframe given).
This is where it gets bad. We tapped the keg but didn’t finish the beer in one night. So the next day I took the keg to a friend’s house who had a kegerator. I took off the rental tap and left it in my car and planned to return it when the keg was kicked. No big deal.
Wrong!
A few days later, I received an exceptionally rude, threatening voicemail saying that if I didn’t immediately return the tap that I rented, they were going to call the cops and charge me a whole bunch of extra money, etc,. The COPS? For a rental tap that they already charged me $ 55 for? I’m still wondering what law I’m breaking by holding onto the tap that I rented. Also, it’s just a tap and you’re a beer distributor — isn’t this just part of the business? Aren’t you supposed to have enough taps in stock that you don’t have to threaten your customers? No one ever said the tap needed to be returned by a specific date. I had every intention of returning it promptly.
I tried to call them back shortly after the voicemail was left and no one answered. My wife called the following day and the person that answered the phone was just as rude and confrontational as in the voicemail.
I like beer. My friends like beer. I’ve gotten kegs and rented taps before. I’ve always returned them and have never had a problem. This is the first time I’ve ever encountered this kind of rude, uncalled for behavior from a distributor. Needless to say, I will never use Iron Run Beverage ever again.