To Big Bro...... - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Nov 18, 2002 1:57 PM I am unclear about that with Trader Vic's. I know that they have a warehouse, but when I was there during research in the mid-nineties, very little Tikis could be seen. It seems a lot of their franchises did own the stuff, I know of people scoring Tikis after the Washington closing, and I know that individual places threw their lamps away... But then SOME of the Portland, Vancouver and Seattle stuff must have been returned to them. I think it varied in degree.... If TV would have gotten ALL of it returned all the time, they would not have to go to Asia now to have new ones carved. I don't think they would let go of ANY splinter of Tiki carved wood right now....

I am unclear about that with Trader Vic's.
I know that they have a warehouse, but when I was there during research in the mid-nineties, very little Tikis could be seen.

It seems a lot of their franchises did own the stuff, I know of people scoring Tikis after the Washington closing, and I know that individual places threw their lamps away...

But then SOME of the Portland, Vancouver and Seattle stuff must have been returned to them. I think it varied in degree....

If TV would have gotten ALL of it returned all the time, they would not have to go to Asia now to have new ones carved. I don't think they would let go of ANY splinter of Tiki carved wood right now....

Post #14130 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Nov 18, 2002 1:57 PM