Buyer Beware! Bogus pendants at the Hukilau...and in NZ! Major Update Pg. 5!!! - General Tiki

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Fri, Jul 4, 2008 1:57 PM On 2008-07-03 14:55, Paipo wrote: There are plenty of kiwis (Maori carvers included) ripping off other kiwis in this instance... OK, I must have been having a psychic moment when I wrote that, because barely two hours later I discovered that yet another guy is ripping off my work - and yes, he's here in NZ. What's even worse is he runs probably the only tiki shop in the country. It's called Eyeball Kicks, the guy's name is Calvin (anyone who knows his surname - let me know!), and he had the gall to burn me after I took the time to go into his shop, buy a mug from him and introduce myself. Note to art-stealing douchebags - if you're going to steal someone's idea, their art, and then publicise it in your newsletter and on your site, it's probably a good idea to check they aren't on your mailing list! The sheer greed and utter stupidity of the people doing this beggars belief. Needless to say, this guy had a pretty quick response from me within an hour of his flyer going out. Rather than cutting and pasting the whole (fairly lengthy) story here, I have made it the first post on a new blog I've started. I need to get this out to a wider audience now with the way this is going. You can read about it here: EYEBALL KICKS STEALS FROM ARTISTS!

On 2008-07-03 14:55, Paipo wrote:
There are plenty of kiwis (Maori carvers included) ripping off other kiwis in this instance...

OK, I must have been having a psychic moment when I wrote that, because barely two hours later I discovered that yet another guy is ripping off my work - and yes, he's here in NZ. What's even worse is he runs probably the only tiki shop in the country.
It's called Eyeball Kicks, the guy's name is Calvin (anyone who knows his surname - let me know!), and he had the gall to burn me after I took the time to go into his shop, buy a mug from him and introduce myself. Note to art-stealing douchebags - if you're going to steal someone's idea, their art, and then publicise it in your newsletter and on your site, it's probably a good idea to check they aren't on your mailing list! The sheer greed and utter stupidity of the people doing this beggars belief. Needless to say, this guy had a pretty quick response from me within an hour of his flyer going out.

Rather than cutting and pasting the whole (fairly lengthy) story here, I have made it the first post on a new blog I've started. I need to get this out to a wider audience now with the way this is going. You can read about it here:
EYEBALL KICKS STEALS FROM ARTISTS!

Post #391647 by Paipo on Fri, Jul 4, 2008 1:57 PM