Post #67006 by christiki295 on Tue, Dec 30, 2003 6:57 PM

It is a big world and I neither begrudge the Balinese for adopting a Hawaiian style design (even though they have their own wonderful and unique cultural style), nor do I begrudge anyone for bringing an excellent tiki product at a low price back to the states. I also am not insisting that anyone travel to Hawaii to design Aloha themed products or that only Gecko or others in Hawaii can design Hawaiian themed tikis.

However, I can not help but to be disappointed that the tikis I purchased in Hawaii were made elsewhere, although designed and exported by a Hawaiian company.

I think it would be a nice change to have Hawaiian products made in Hawaii.

Or, maybe its time for Pollyanna to grow up and realize its a "sprawlmart" world where companies transverse the globe in search of the cheapest labor.

Happy New Year!