Post #85676 by MakeDaMug on Sun, Apr 11, 2004 12:29 PM

On 2004-03-04 12:00, bigbrotiki wrote:

I had just talked to Holden a couple of weeks ago about the fact that there are no good themed liquor decanters anymore, and that the time for a Tiki decanter was ripe...and Voila!

Which brings up a question for Holden: Does Trader Vic's own the rights to the "Suffering Bastard" design?...and is this a moot point now that the item obviously did not sell for the company that made it?

Peter Seely and I did discuss this piece. It's likely short life may keep him from taking any action. TV does protect their trademark & copyrighted pieces pretty aggressively though, as they should.

These re-sale outlets are generally a last attempt to sell off low-demand products or are a venue for mfr's when they're seriously overstocked. I've done work w/them before at slight discounts off-wholesale and they marked up my product very, very minimally (don't know how they could make a $)... I'll only use them again if I'm overloaded w/inventory on a piece or 2.

Holden