Post #247767 by Kona Chris on Wed, Aug 9, 2006 3:49 AM

Oh, I pretty much discount several "key" words that are used on ebay:

Rare, Vintage, Art Deco, Unique, Antique, etc. I mean even the search phrase "Tiki" is pretty meaningless, and gets attached to any number of completely non-tiki items. I can't count the number of times I've looked at "Art Deco" stuff that has utterly nothing to do with the Art Deco period. So it doesn't surprise me to see "Rare" on a Libbey mug. I see "Rare" on so many things that aren't, I don't even register it anymore. For example here's another one:

ebay link

Just do a search for "Rare Tiki" and see how many things it pulls up that aren't rare, and heck, aren't even tiki, since "Tiki" gets used as a generic add on search word. Such as with this auction for a "Swingers" matchbook:

"swingers" matchbook.

Or when it oddly gets added to an auction for some "micro jockey shorts"

"Tiki" jockey shorts

And then the completely mis-described "African Tribal Tiki Mask Made in Bali" Huh?!?!

completely non-tiki mask

All I'm saying is that I think it really is buyer beware. Maybe they looked at the way "Libbey" is written on the bottom, which does have an older style font, said to themselves "Well, it looks old... I'll put "Rare" in the title for the auction". Who knows. Basically I agree though, since I see auctions every single time I look at ebay that are misleading and incorrect.

Chris

[ Edited by: Kona Chris 2006-08-09 03:59 ]