i agree, and if I get no relief from the current brewer or distributor, what is my next step? Its easy to say what I should do, but if noone wants the kegs as they are, what do I do? Its easy to take the moral high ground, but I have already stated that I neither need them or necessarily want them. What is the right thing to do then in those circumstances? This is really the crux of my post and questions in general. I am not asking when it it okay to keep them, or how many years, etc. Maybe my original post was unclear, and for that I apologize. For thse in the pro sector, what are your thoughts if you had a member of the public in this situation 10-15 years down the road?