What are the 2 most horrible words to a Tiki Centralite? - General Tiki

STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2813	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Thu, Nov 13, 2003 1:42 PM "Outbid Notice" and "Snipe Failed" are pretty bad, but as a devoted garage-saler, the words that crush me are: "Already Sold". That's what they told me when I spotted two giant 1960s fernwood tikis on a lawn at a garage sale some years ago. Someone had bought them five minutes before I got there for $20.00 Just this last weekend, I was at a church rummage sale with Humuhumu, when I spotted a large cardboard box by the kitchen wares. Inside were what looked to be gold-colored, blackened coffee cans. Then I suddenly recognized the streamline shape and what the large 1-inch-thick wicks represented - I was looking at four vintage gold-anodized aluminum tiki torches from the 1960s. All they need was cleaning and new poles. The box said $1.00 so I took it up the front table, paid my dollar, then asked them to hold my purchase for me while I looked around some more. A few minutes later, a woman tapped me on the shoulder and said, "I'm sorry, those tiki torches your bought shouldn't have been for sale. Our church still uses them for our picnics and barbeques. Here's your dollar back. I'm sorry." To find a treasure like that, then have it taken away is just about the worst feeling I know. Sabu

"Outbid Notice" and "Snipe Failed" are pretty bad, but as a devoted garage-saler, the words that crush me are: "Already Sold". That's what they told me when I spotted two giant 1960s fernwood tikis on a lawn at a garage sale some years ago. Someone had bought them five minutes before I got there for $20.00

Just this last weekend, I was at a church rummage sale with Humuhumu, when I spotted a large cardboard box by the kitchen wares. Inside were what looked to be gold-colored, blackened coffee cans. Then I suddenly recognized the streamline shape and what the large 1-inch-thick wicks represented - I was looking at four vintage gold-anodized aluminum tiki torches from the 1960s. All they need was cleaning and new poles.

The box said $1.00 so I took it up the front table, paid my dollar, then asked them to hold my purchase for me while I looked around some more.

A few minutes later, a woman tapped me on the shoulder and said, "I'm sorry, those tiki torches your bought shouldn't have been for sale. Our church still uses them for our picnics and barbeques. Here's your dollar back. I'm sorry."

To find a treasure like that, then have it taken away is just about the worst feeling I know.

Sabu

Post #59762 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Thu, Nov 13, 2003 1:42 PM