Post #194672 by Tipsy McStagger on Tue, Oct 25, 2005 9:11 AM

it wasn't too long ago that I had chicago completely locked down...I made friends with all the antique dealers and had them look out for tiki stuff for me...they always gave me first dibs on tiki items they found and would report to me when my other competiters came in and what they bought or had to say. the reason they did this for me is not cause I'm such a stellar individual but that I paid top dollar for the items (which, years ago was dirt cheap by today's standards as not many dealers where selling on ebay nor had they any idea what the stuff may have been worth) they knew I was a buyer and had money on hand so I was always an easy sale which was worth setting the stuff aside for me. which shows to go ya, money talks and tiki items take a walk, .....right back to my bar!!!