Post #515605 by LOL Tiki on Sat, Mar 6, 2010 8:07 PM

On 2010-03-06 19:11, ka'lenatiki wrote:
on the same topic of e-bay hijinks... saw this one today

http://cgi.ebay.com/Miehana-Tiki-Mug-Tiki-Farm-Retired-Sold-Out-RARE_W0QQitemZ150420467184QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2305c22df0

what the hell are they thinking......

buy it now of $250.00???????

The price for a Miehana mug on eBay has increased significantly since going out of production; the last four or five that I've seen have sold north of $100, but not that far north. If the seller had started with an opening bid of 99 cents he'd be well on his way to selling the mug, and much closer to his $99 opener than he is now.

Equally insane, there's another seller listing Stockton Islander Hula Girl and Coconut mugs with BIN prices of $299 and $99 respectively. But, you do get free shipping.

As it happens, the buyer of the Kumu mug that Bosko originally posted did a lot of buying that day. He also picked up a Miehana for $125.50, a Bosko Twisted Moai for $127.50, an open edition Bali Hai Goof for $41.00 and numerous other vintage and contemporary mugs. And he lost a lot of auctions as well. The guy was on a buying spree. Looks like an overly enthusiastic new collector (or maybe someone shopping for props?)