Bosko mug hijinks - Collecting Tiki

T TIKIBOSKO Tiki Socialite Joined: Oct 17, 2004 Posts: 336	T TIKIBOSKO Posted posted on Sun, Mar 7, 2010 7:04 PM Wow that person is unstoppable, but now it opens up even more doors, like how could someone be so hot for Tiki ceramics but not know about Tiki Central or Ooga Mooga or seemingly anything? What was the thing that set them off (so intensely) after Tiki in the first place? Was it some dramatic Manchurian Candidate type scenario which the Target ad triggered? Or is the reality uglier than we can imagine, a BYOB party a cheap Tiki fashioned into a beer bong, months later in the isle of a big lots it hits them, Tiki = COOL It may be a generational thing where I can’t fathom this kind of apparently deliberate pursuit of something one seems to know nothing about and yet is willing to pay real money for. I’ve been Thrifting all of my adult life and there has always been a generous element of, (and especially in antique places) this IS worth something thus I better price it at its weight in gold just to be safe syndrome. What has changed with thrifts (and yard sales) is; when people start quoting what its worth on Ebay, or go to the trouble of a print out next to the high end item and the Ebay auction never sold, smooth. A recent local (?) phenomena we have are a lot of small weird run for profit shops, that have some implied connection to a charity, that look like they are selling the half the remnants of a dirty storage unit, very depressing. But thanks to all you guys for some informative info, when I first posted this I figured what could anyone say about this ridiculousness? But then it turned into something strangely thought provoking and entertaining, what will they bid on next???? Thanks Bosko

Wow that person is unstoppable, but now it opens up even more doors, like how could someone be so hot for Tiki ceramics but not know about Tiki Central or Ooga Mooga or seemingly anything? What was the thing that set them off (so intensely) after Tiki in the first place? Was it some dramatic Manchurian Candidate type scenario which the Target ad triggered? Or is the reality uglier than we can imagine, a BYOB party a cheap Tiki fashioned into a beer bong, months later in the isle of a big lots it hits them, Tiki = COOL
It may be a generational thing where I can’t fathom this kind of apparently deliberate pursuit of something one seems to know nothing about and yet is willing to pay real money for.

I’ve been Thrifting all of my adult life and there has always been a generous element of, (and especially in antique places) this IS worth something thus I better price it at its weight in gold just to be safe syndrome. What has changed with thrifts (and yard sales) is; when people start quoting what its worth on Ebay, or go to the trouble of a print out next to the high end item and the Ebay auction never sold, smooth. A recent local (?) phenomena we have are a lot of small weird run for profit shops, that have some implied connection to a charity, that look like they are selling the half the remnants of a dirty storage unit, very depressing.

But thanks to all you guys for some informative info, when I first posted this I figured what could anyone say about this ridiculousness? But then it turned into something strangely thought provoking and entertaining, what will they bid on next????

Thanks

Bosko

Post #515788 by TIKIBOSKO on Sun, Mar 7, 2010 7:04 PM