lot of 40 mugs for sale - Tiki Marketplace

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Sat, Aug 6, 2005 9:29 AM Hey man, why are you getting all hysterical on me? :) On 2005-08-06 07:37, Swanky wrote: I mean, come on! Do you really think people who spend thousands of dollars a month on tiki collecting are looking to side step bidding it out on Ebay for a mug they want? Yes, because two TCers that I trust have told me that on more than one occasion that a collector who "spends thousands of dollars a month on tiki" has contacted them with offers to end auctions early. Neither of them responded to the collector on any of the occasions but nor did they turn him into ebay. As far as all of your examples of one person beating another person, I'm sure you realize that there are different levels of excitement or "lust" for these items. No collector is going to go for broke or pull out all the stops for every item. Items that are particularly desirable, however, may elicit more aggressive behavior to obtain the item. I find it exquisitely ironic that you, as a self professed member or former member of several esoteric secret orders, would start flinging around words like paranoia when someone suggests that there may be a secret club. We just analyze the evidence and make an educated guess. The evidence is that there was a suggestion that a group form to share collections that would be "without the scrutiny that's typically found on the TC forums" and would consist of "like-minded people who will not be critical or judgmental of how much a particular item was purchased for" and, of course, the member must "must promise to keep everything on the forums confidential." The other evidence is that TCers have told me that they have personally witnessed the offer to end auctions early. Examining the evidence and making an educated guess is all we can do with you secrecy cats. :wink: JTD, that's a good idea to contact the seller and let him or her know that the item would've gone for big money. I see on midnite's thread that she did contact the seller and the official story is that the mug is broken (but would the seller say otherwise?). Oddly enough, midnite, Sven and Rum Numb Davey all concluded that the auction was ended due to a side offer yet they were not accused of paranoia. Jeez...to be singled out like that kind of makes a guy feel a little, well, paranoid. :lol:

Hey man, why are you getting all hysterical on me? :)

On 2005-08-06 07:37, Swanky wrote:
I mean, come on! Do you really think people who spend thousands of dollars a month on tiki collecting are looking to side step bidding it out on Ebay for a mug they want?

Yes, because two TCers that I trust have told me that on more than one occasion that a collector who "spends thousands of dollars a month on tiki" has contacted them with offers to end auctions early. Neither of them responded to the collector on any of the occasions but nor did they turn him into ebay.

As far as all of your examples of one person beating another person, I'm sure you realize that there are different levels of excitement or "lust" for these items. No collector is going to go for broke or pull out all the stops for every item. Items that are particularly desirable, however, may elicit more aggressive behavior to obtain the item.

I find it exquisitely ironic that you, as a self professed member or former member of several esoteric secret orders, would start flinging around words like paranoia when someone suggests that there may be a secret club. We just analyze the evidence and make an educated guess. The evidence is that there was a suggestion that a group form to share collections that would be "without the scrutiny that's typically found on the TC forums" and would consist of "like-minded people who will not be critical or judgmental of how much a particular item was purchased for" and, of course, the member must "must promise to keep everything on the forums confidential." The other evidence is that TCers have told me that they have personally witnessed the offer to end auctions early. Examining the evidence and making an educated guess is all we can do with you secrecy cats. :wink:

JTD, that's a good idea to contact the seller and let him or her know that the item would've gone for big money. I see on midnite's thread that she did contact the seller and the official story is that the mug is broken (but would the seller say otherwise?). Oddly enough, midnite, Sven and Rum Numb Davey all concluded that the auction was ended due to a side offer yet they were not accused of paranoia. Jeez...to be singled out like that kind of makes a guy feel a little, well, paranoid. :lol:

Post #177757 by Kono on Sat, Aug 6, 2005 9:29 AM