Post #5054 by aquarj on Fri, Aug 2, 2002 9:08 PM

So I dig the moai, and I've been casually and unsuccessfully hunting for that decanter since I first saw it in like 1998. Finally gave up on the lucky-thrift-score hopes and started trying special order requests at various places, including some of the ones here in the SF area that supposedly will order "anything." Apparently they mean "anything but Pisco Capel Moai" (or Pimento Liqueur). So that fell flat, even at a local wine shop with a big Internet business (wineglobe). Tried asking at the piscocapel website - no answer. So I checked a few likely stores, including ones where other TC members said they bought it in the past. On a trip to LA, one store in Long Beach finally told me that it had been a special edition bottle from Pisco Capel, but that they don't make it anymore. Ugh. Finally got an empty one on ebay recently. It was so beautiful I decided to keep looking for more on ebay, as gifts for some upcoming birthdays and stuff.

And now within days of completing an ebay deal with that guy in Chile and while still awaiting delivery, you turkeys post about a cheaper, easier, faster way to get it. Not only that, I get specifically fingered as one of the schlubs who bought from that guy. Well damn, I'm gonna enjoy them anyway!

Just kidding - may you always find your treasures for less $$$ than your friends paid.

-Randy