Post #305241 by Queen Kamehameha on Wed, May 9, 2007 4:44 PM

Thanks AT, I appreciate it.

I bought mine from a guy in MD, who runs an import warehouse. I met him thru a friend in NY who knew I loved Tiki. He told me he imports them from Bali and Indonesia. He was Asian, from Malaysia. That is why I said "american businessman". I can see why some Businessman would buy these at this price and resell on ebay or other places. They are obviously doing well with these and its obvious that you don't have to be American to import and sell these.

I did take offense to the terms "gullibility of the American Tikiphile". I got exactly what I thought.I got a statue for 300.00. I thought it was a good deal and it was a nice item for the money, wood, heavy. sorta real looking. I happen to like it, its an impressive piece. I knew it was fake, but real wood. I didn't buy it to resell, and if I never sell it, I think I got a good deal for the $$. I do have many pieces from bosko, OC, Ona, many Statues from BK, Witco fountain real, Keigs witco carvings, A whole Bar by Bamboo Ben. and I can't even tell you how many statues, lamps, masks, etc from closed restaurants and bars.

I can tell you are passionate about this, as is the rest of us. but still you don't have to be insulting, someone might think its directed to them and it isn't and see what happens.... :)

Thanks for the clarification.

Amy

[ Edited by: Queen Kamehameha 2007-05-09 17:11 ]

[ Edited by: Queen Kamehameha 2007-05-10 15:31 ]