Post #598762 by LavaLounger on Fri, Jul 22, 2011 10:43 AM

Could NOT f'ing believe it!!!

I've been hunting for the typical Trader Vic's mug for no other reason than I like the color and shape, you know the one, plain, black rim and base with the Trader Vic's shield on the front, I've seen them in gold, green and blue....not sure if there's another color. I have old short fingers so like a skinnier mug around the middle for ease of grasping after having a few.

I wanted gold and have been bidding on them on ebay for at least 5 years. I'm always outbid. Even bid on a green one, better than nothing. About a month ago someone posted all 3 in one auction!! ...gold, green and blue. I watched the bidding for a couple days and it was decent. I figured, what the heck, and fully intended to take the bid no matter what so I bid a hefty chunk of change....BIG change. I'm tired of scouring the planet for them and here I get all 3 at once. Photos looked odd so I was worried I was bidding on some crap.

Got excited when I took the bid and wrote the guy making sure to pack them well. I think he felt sorry for what I ended up paying, plus shipping becuase he tossed in a tiny little mini mug by Squid. Yay!

Sure enough they got here and I opened the box on the carpeted floor to make sure I didn't accidentally drop one. SCORE! Awesome...they were perfect! Even better than the pictures on eBay.

So because I'm a nutjob about bugs and germs I put them in the dishwasher, like I have all my tiki mugs.

And next morning I opened the dishwasher and got instantly sick....all the black paint peeled off the rims and words.....the Trader Vic's shield was ok, but the rest was a mess. I'm guessing, the value of my Trader Vic's tiki mugs just tanked in the lava pit. $#%^#@$!!!

I'm so irked I could just BARF. Who would think the trim is PAINTED....I assumed (stupidly) that it was part of the mug glaze. Jeez. I'm going to go soak my head. My beautiful mugs....wasted.

Adding insult to injury....the heat here has caused hairline cracks in the decorative rock on the front of my house and the water from sprinkling the yard seeped into the cracks, dribbled down the interior walls and into the back of my tiki bar. Didn't know it for a month....the mold under there was over an inch thick, looked like a spider explosion, and now waiting for insurance company to find out if it's covered. Sooooooo, we'll be tearing out the mold, cabinets, etc. hey, at least we'll be spending more time in the tiki bar.

LavaLounger
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