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Erika
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N.J. (Philadelphia vicinity)
Joined: Apr 24, 2003
Posts: 130
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Some advice from another person who has a hard time finding mugs:
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Keep looking, even at the thrift shops where you always come up empty and swear you'll stop wasting your time going to. Last week I found five Tiki Leilani mugs at a store where I had never found any tiki items. This particular thrift shop chain exasperatingly seems to mostly sell broken merchandise from Target, in my area. (By the way, I know other people consider that an easy mug to find, but I've only run across one before.)
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Don't automatically skip antique shops. That's where I found my Tiki Bob's mug--with matching salt and pepper shakers--for fairly cheap. And I've found a couple ordinary mugs (still ones I didn't have) for $5 and $7.
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Tell friends, coworkers, and relatives you collect vintage mugs from tiki bars and restaurants, particularly ones with restaurant/bar names imprinted. (Say this even if you also yearn for unmarked/generic mugs or some of the great mugs being made now---this is a white lie to keep from receiving a lot of party store mugs and "I thought it might be a tiki" mugs from heartwarmingly generous people who don't actually know what you want or don't want.)
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Keep looking.
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Keep looking.
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