Witco Tiki Bar and Stools Ebay/Treadway auction - Tiki Marketplace

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Apr 27, 2007 4:29 PM PS: My initial question was really more intended to criticize the "jumping on the Tiki band wagon" mentality of e-bay sellers (as I tried to make clearer with my "Hawaiian African Totem Tiki Tribal Witco Clock" example). It has become a repulsive custom by e-bay traders to title ANY item from the house of Witco, be it Viking, Conquistador, modern or just charred wood as "Tiki", using the name of the god of the artists in vain and for profit, to get more clicks. While in itself understandable, it does confuse the definition of the genre for the newer Tiki seekers. So when I see a member of the congregation seemingly fall for this insidious form of dis-information, I get irked. :) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-04-27 16:42 ]

PS: My initial question was really more intended to criticize the "jumping on the Tiki band wagon" mentality of e-bay sellers (as I tried to make clearer with my "Hawaiian African Totem Tiki Tribal Witco Clock" example).

It has become a repulsive custom by e-bay traders to title ANY item from the house of Witco, be it Viking, Conquistador, modern or just charred wood as "Tiki", using the name of the god of the artists in vain and for profit, to get more clicks. While in itself understandable, it does confuse the definition of the genre for the newer Tiki seekers.

So when I see a member of the congregation seemingly fall for this insidious form of dis-information, I get irked. :)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-04-27 16:42 ]

Post #302349 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Apr 27, 2007 4:29 PM