Post #61831 by SugarCaddyDaddy on Mon, Nov 24, 2003 9:20 AM

I agree with Bax. When I first walked into The House of Tiki, in no way did I ever get a sense of a "surf" shop. Being an old time surfer & skateboarder, having lived by the surf 33 of my 39 years, I DO know a surf shop when I see one. Also, having actually owned a retail store myself, and knowing what markups are involved with items, I never thought that things were overpriced. Actually, many times I'll see items priced almost exactly the same as other retail establishments and then I'll either see a sign or Wes or one of the employees will say "don't forget we have 10% off today" or, Wes will give a discount "just because".

In reading the review in TRT, it says "described as an overpriced surf shop", I was disappointed and also a little thrown off, since that sounded more like hearsay, than an actual review experienced by the writer.

I read that Ron Jon's Surf Shop, in TRT, got a review stating "a dozen tikis by Wayne Coombs". Great!....but House of Tiki has, at least 100 Tikis over the whole store! Some by Crazy Al, ChikiTiki, and I believe, Gecko (has or had) some of his creations there too!

Just my 2 (surf or tiki?) coconuts worth.