Menu "acquiring" from active places: ultimate sin or slap on the wrist? - Collecting Tiki

K kkocka Tiki Socialite Joined: Jul 23, 2013 Posts: 887	K kkocka Posted posted on Sat, Jan 4, 2014 5:26 PM I've been seeing a lot of menus from Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar on eBay lately, and given how much I adore the place its starting to annoy me. Because of the Disney popularity, it makes the menus highly desirable. My other joints like Tonga Hut or Tiki No don't really have that issue, nor the fancy hardback menus (heck even the well-illustrated patio menus), so Sam's has an easy target on its back. I suppose it annoys me because the place is actively in business. Is this a common thing in the community? I completely understand the joy of the hunt for menus from inactive and closed locations, but it seems to me that this should be pretty taboo. Sellers make big bucks off them and several times I've walked in and the bartenders have held onto the menus or only had the patio menus out since they're cheaper to replace. What's the overall thought on this in general? Are there other locations around the country that have people stealing menus as well? I've read a few topics where people steal menus from restaurants that are actively going out of business and the owners are upset even then (personally I'd ask to even buy it for a handful of dollars.) Follow me on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/keithkocka [ Edited by: kkocka 2014-01-04 17:30 ]

I've been seeing a lot of menus from Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar on eBay lately, and given how much I adore the place its starting to annoy me. Because of the Disney popularity, it makes the menus highly desirable. My other joints like Tonga Hut or Tiki No don't really have that issue, nor the fancy hardback menus (heck even the well-illustrated patio menus), so Sam's has an easy target on its back. I suppose it annoys me because the place is actively in business. Is this a common thing in the community? I completely understand the joy of the hunt for menus from inactive and closed locations, but it seems to me that this should be pretty taboo. Sellers make big bucks off them and several times I've walked in and the bartenders have held onto the menus or only had the patio menus out since they're cheaper to replace.

What's the overall thought on this in general? Are there other locations around the country that have people stealing menus as well? I've read a few topics where people steal menus from restaurants that are actively going out of business and the owners are upset even then (personally I'd ask to even buy it for a handful of dollars.)

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[ Edited by: kkocka 2014-01-04 17:30 ]

Post #703785 by kkocka on Sat, Jan 4, 2014 5:26 PM