Post #28894 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Tue, Apr 1, 2003 3:37 PM

Don't be so sure, Gecko.

This whole fiasco started when someone from Trader Vic's saw my Voodoo Tumbler sell for $567 on Ebay earlier this month. I guess that was too great a temptation and started the idea germinating in their heads.

I thought it was all a joke too when their lawyer initially phoned me and I hung up on him, thinking it was con-artist out to make a few bucks off me. But then Ebay closed my seller account down and a representive from the Beverly Hill's Trader Vic's showed up at my house with two police officers and proceeded to confiscate all seven of my remaining Voodoo Tumblers from that same lot as well as my four Port/Starboard Light Tumblers. I was also asked to please turn over my profits from my Voodoo Tumbler sale or risk a lawsuit. I paid.

I'm debating whether to ship my remaining valuable mugs to Trader Woody in the UK for safekeeping, where they should be safe enough from confiscation until this blows over here in the States. Keep your fingers crossed and be glad you live in Hawaii.

Sabu