Post #128209 by tikijackalope on Wed, Dec 1, 2004 4:00 AM

Ku Ku Ahu wrote:

I just called the shop and talked with the guy I spoke with last sunday. He says the picture is still there, but that it is $75.

Now when I expressed a passing interest in it and told him it was possibly a Witco it was $45. That was a mistake on my part I guess. I never should have mentioned that it was a desirable work by a known company.

I had something similar happen this past summer...and with Witcos, at that. I was negotiating to buy a pair of owner-painted Witcos (I wasn't using the company name) from a large family that was selling a lot of decor from their defunct sort-of-tiki restaurant. During the negotiation, I posted a question to TC about painted Witcos along with a pic of the ones in question, which almost turned out to be a mistake.

The next time I saw the owner, the price of ONLY those pieces had doubled and I was suspicious. I had many more questions about things these people were selling but avoided posting anymore. I later bought the Witcos from another member of the family - one who was more "get it out the door" oriented - and paid less than the original quoted price.

When all the negotiations were over, I learned that the guy who had raised the price had been reading TC, which I had recommended months earlier when the restaurant was open so that he might tikify the place in a more tasteful manner.

Has anyone else been bitten on the rear by their own altruistic sharing of tiki information?