Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

PTD Psycho Tiki D Tiki Socialite The river Styx, can you pay the toll? Joined: Oct 13, 2006 Posts: 1857	PTD Psycho Tiki D Posted posted on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:29 AM On 2010-06-22 05:51, SilverLine wrote: On 2010-06-21 15:58, Psycho Tiki D wrote: Purchased this guy about an hour ago... Hey D, GREAT FIND! I know our methods often need to be kept secret, but now that you've got him I'm really interested in the story behind this find. Please enlighten, if you care to. Having collected items for nearly my entire life, my story isn't really any different than anyone else's I would imagine? I spend countless hours searching craigslist, garage sale ads, I walk antique and collector shows and of course, check threads here. This particular find find was a result of contacting a seller on craigslist. I am up early every morning checking CL and the listing I had replied to had been posted on Sunday afternoon. Since I didn't see until the following morning, I was pretty sure it had already been sold, since items such as this sell briskly in our area. Not knowing what is was also perplexing. For some reason, I was the first to respond to the ad and the first to be contacted. I responded at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, didn't hear back from the seller until 2:30 p.m. My homework already been completed, it was just a matter of going over and paying for it. Still quite shocked no one responded before me. We also have ads posted on craigslist from out of area buyers who post ads such as this we have to contend with: http://stockton.craigslist.org/wan/1716291413.html in Northern California areas us locals cringe at when we seem them and they are usually flagged for overposting or posting out of area. Often times sellers will ask me about these ads and it appears it has been successful for the person posting it. I tried one similar locally some time back but never really found much as a result. Lots of monkeypod and low end items, nothing significant though. So, long story short; this was the result of a craigslist ad. Gotta love craigslist! One more thing...it also helps to have friends that you can trust in outlying areas. I have had successes with my friends in securing items for me that I cannot readily get to! (you know who you are)! PTD [ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2010-06-22 08:38 ]

On 2010-06-22 05:51, SilverLine wrote:

On 2010-06-21 15:58, Psycho Tiki D wrote:
Purchased this guy about an hour ago...

Hey D, GREAT FIND! I know our methods often need to be kept secret, but now that you've got him I'm really interested in the story behind this find. Please enlighten, if you care to.

Having collected items for nearly my entire life, my story isn't really any different than anyone else's I would imagine?

I spend countless hours searching craigslist, garage sale ads, I walk antique and collector shows and of course, check threads here.

This particular find find was a result of contacting a seller on craigslist. I am up early every morning checking CL and the listing I had replied to had been posted on Sunday afternoon. Since I didn't see until the following morning, I was pretty sure it had already been sold, since items such as this sell briskly in our area. Not knowing what is was also perplexing. For some reason, I was the first to respond to the ad and the first to be contacted. I responded at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, didn't hear back from the seller until 2:30 p.m. My homework already been completed, it was just a matter of going over and paying for it. Still quite shocked no one responded before me.

We also have ads posted on craigslist from out of area buyers who post ads such as this we have to contend with:

http://stockton.craigslist.org/wan/1716291413.html

in Northern California areas us locals cringe at when we seem them and they are usually flagged for overposting or posting out of area. Often times sellers will ask me about these ads and it appears it has been successful for the person posting it. I tried one similar locally some time back but never really found much as a result. Lots of monkeypod and low end items, nothing significant though.

So, long story short; this was the result of a craigslist ad. Gotta love craigslist!

One more thing...it also helps to have friends that you can trust in outlying areas. I have had successes with my friends in securing items for me that I cannot readily get to! (you know who you are)!

PTD

[ Edited by: Psycho Tiki D 2010-06-22 08:38 ]

Post #538192 by Psycho Tiki D on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:29 AM