WITCO

H HETO-TIKI Member Central Florida Joined: Aug 09, 2002 Posts: 49	H HETO-TIKI Posted posted on Fri, Aug 9, 2002 5:03 PM Unfortunately you don't know me. I was the person with the Jazz Band Witco piece. I had no idea who made the piece or any of it's history so I did not have a price in my head. I have been collecting Tiki items for years, and have a tiki room at my home but I have never researched or looked up any of my items, I love them and never cared about the value, so that is why I had no idea about Witco ( I have now started to educate myself alittle more and have of course ordered Sven's book). The week that the Jazz band piece was on was hell. I had offers everyday for the piece, weird no one wanted to bid, but I received 9 offers through emails. I refused to end the auction thinking that wouldn't be fair and everyone could just bid. I had no idea about the piece or the worth, Sven did email me about another piece he saw in my PIC of the tiki room and was very helpful with sharing his knowledge on the artist which I truly appreciated !! I would never expect a bidder to tell me what a piece is worth or what it is, I know everyone is looking for a bargain, but I think it is REALLY SAD that I had 9 people (not Sven though) try to scam me by constantly emailing me offers (which is against ebay rules). I even had a man go as low as telling me that he had seen a piece just like that, he said it was from the 80's and sold for nothing and was worth nothing but he thought his son would like it and offered me 30 bucks. Now sorry but that is pretty low, now that I know what the piece was. Everyone who made an offer that week had a totally bull story about how the piece was for someone else or wasn't worth anything. I think that is really sad !!!!!!! I obviously had no idea who made the piece, so why try and screw me even more by offering low prices to get me to end the auction early. The piece was sold in my shop, I have a vintage store that is over 2,000 square feet, my husband runs the store during the week and I man ebay from home, so every blue moon our wires do get crossed. We are really busy and our private lives are usually even more crazy !!! Usually I never have an item that is on ebay at my store, but this one was photographed at the store, so I had it in my back room. Not like I need to explain myself, but I think everyone can admit mistakes happen. I was told what the piece was after the auction by the Granddaughter of Westenhaver. I felt awful about what happened and even sent the high bidder a box full of items she collects just to say sorry for the mix up. So very long story short, Mistakes happen, and Bidders sometimes Suck too !!!! The women who bought the piece from my store has been back in and I have shared the knowledge with her, so she will know who the piece was made by.

Unfortunately you don't know me. I was the person with the Jazz Band Witco piece. I had no idea who made the piece or any of it's history so I did not have a price in my head. I have been collecting Tiki items for years, and have a tiki room at my home but I have never researched or looked up any of my items, I love them and never cared about the value, so that is why I had no idea about Witco ( I have now started to educate myself alittle more and have of course ordered Sven's book).
The week that the Jazz band piece was on was hell. I had offers everyday for the piece, weird no one wanted to bid, but I received 9 offers through emails. I refused to end the auction thinking that wouldn't be fair and everyone could just bid.
I had no idea about the piece or the worth, Sven did email me about another piece he saw in my PIC of the tiki room and was very helpful with sharing his knowledge on the artist which I truly appreciated !! I would never expect a bidder to tell me what a piece is worth or what it is, I know everyone is looking for a bargain, but I think it is REALLY SAD that I had 9 people (not Sven though) try to scam me by constantly emailing me offers (which is against ebay rules). I even had a man go as low as telling me that he had seen a piece just like that, he said it was from the 80's and sold for nothing and was worth nothing but he thought his son would like it and offered me 30 bucks. Now sorry but that is pretty low, now that I know what the piece was. Everyone who made an offer that week had a totally bull story about how the piece was for someone else or wasn't worth anything. I think that is really sad !!!!!!! I obviously had no idea who made the piece, so why try and screw me even more by offering low prices to get me to end the auction early.
The piece was sold in my shop, I have a vintage store that is over 2,000 square feet, my husband runs the store during the week and I man ebay from home, so every blue moon our wires do get crossed. We are really busy and our private lives are usually even more crazy !!! Usually I never have an item that is on ebay at my store, but this one was photographed at the store, so I had it in my back room. Not like I need to explain myself, but I think everyone can admit mistakes happen. I was told what the piece was after the auction by the Granddaughter of Westenhaver. I felt awful about what happened and even sent the high bidder a box full of items she collects just to say sorry for the mix up. So very long story short, Mistakes happen, and Bidders sometimes Suck too !!!! The women who bought the piece from my store has been back in and I have shared the knowledge with her, so she will know who the piece was made by.

Post #5473 by HETO-TIKI on Fri, Aug 9, 2002 5:03 PM