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

K KuKuAhu Member Kahiki, Ohio Joined: Dec 23, 2002 Posts: 567	K KuKuAhu Posted posted on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 9:08 AM On 2008-07-02 16:16, Paipo wrote: I have been in touch with the vending manager of the Hot Rod Hula Hop and am yet to get any response, but as far as I know, being in Ohio, City Buddha is a regular vendor there. Paipo, I just read this latest part of the thread, and would like to clarify my stance on the issue as a representative of the Hot Rod Hula Hop since you seem to be calling for it. I would like to mention that your email did not ask for my response, it was merely a heads up. At this time of year (and frankly all year long) I get a huge amount of email. Much of that is related to the event. I ask that folks interested in vending send an email with the subject line "HRHH 4 Vending" which is what you did for your email. Because your email was not a request to vend as the title would suggest, and it did not ask for any response but rather offered information, I read it and moved on to the other vending emails that did require responses. In the interests of artists however, I did send an email that very day to City Buddha calling his attention to the thread, asking for his story, telling him that we do appreciate him vending and would like to have him back, that we are not judge and jury, but requesting that if he did wish to vend this year we would like him to exclude any designs that are currently subject to claims of forgery. His response was that he would get back to me. I have heard nothing from him since. So while Tipsy is 100% right that event organizers cannot play prosecuting attorney against the vendors that help us draw shoppers and attendees.. and help us pay the bills to put on these rather costly shows, I did in fact "take an ethical stand" immediately in the interests of the artists here that are crying foul.. ..and it may have cost us a vendor. I do not make the business affairs of the event public, so until reading this I saw no need to do anything more. I was not looking for kudos. I did what I felt was right and that was that. The HRHH does not support vendors selling blatant forgeries. If we are aware of it, and there is reasonable evidence to support it, that vendor will be asked to shelve those items and not have them available for sale at our event. And for the record, City Buddha has been a HRHH vendor only one time unless I am somehow mistaken. He was not at the 1st event or the 3rd. This would have been only his second time with us this year. We do have a silent auction to help pay for the event this year. In light of the probable loss of this vendor, if any artists would like to donate an item to it, we would be greatly appreciative. Aloha, Ahu

On 2008-07-02 16:16, Paipo wrote:
I have been in touch with the vending manager of the Hot Rod Hula Hop and am yet to get any response, but as far as I know, being in Ohio, City Buddha is a regular vendor there.

Paipo,

I just read this latest part of the thread, and would like to clarify my stance on the issue as a representative of the Hot Rod Hula Hop since you seem to be calling for it.

I would like to mention that your email did not ask for my response, it was merely a heads up. At this time of year (and frankly all year long) I get a huge amount of email. Much of that is related to the event. I ask that folks interested in vending send an email with the subject line "HRHH 4 Vending" which is what you did for your email. Because your email was not a request to vend as the title would suggest, and it did not ask for any response but rather offered information, I read it and moved on to the other vending emails that did require responses.

In the interests of artists however, I did send an email that very day to City Buddha calling his attention to the thread, asking for his story, telling him that we do appreciate him vending and would like to have him back, that we are not judge and jury, but requesting that if he did wish to vend this year we would like him to exclude any designs that are currently subject to claims of forgery.

His response was that he would get back to me. I have heard nothing from him since.

So while Tipsy is 100% right that event organizers cannot play prosecuting attorney against the vendors that help us draw shoppers and attendees.. and help us pay the bills to put on these rather costly shows, I did in fact "take an ethical stand" immediately in the interests of the artists here that are crying foul..

..and it may have cost us a vendor.

I do not make the business affairs of the event public, so until reading this I saw no need to do anything more. I was not looking for kudos. I did what I felt was right and that was that.

The HRHH does not support vendors selling blatant forgeries. If we are aware of it, and there is reasonable evidence to support it, that vendor will be asked to shelve those items and not have them available for sale at our event.

And for the record, City Buddha has been a HRHH vendor only one time unless I am somehow mistaken. He was not at the 1st event or the 3rd. This would have been only his second time with us this year.

We do have a silent auction to help pay for the event this year. In light of the probable loss of this vendor, if any artists would like to donate an item to it, we would be greatly appreciative.

Aloha,

Ahu

Post #393229 by KuKuAhu on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 9:08 AM