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Ebay Sellers who list mugs without the keyword Tiki |
SoBeTiki
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 89
From: Miami Beach, Florida
|  Posted: 2002-06-26 1:48 pm Permalink
Here's an example of a mug that would have gone for a lot more money (In my opinion) if it had been listed as a "Tiki" mug.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2114700858
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woofmutt
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 2584
From: Seattilite Telstar
| Posted: 2002-06-26 10:35 pm Permalink
A good example for the beginning mug hunter...Be clever with your search terms. Believe it or not many people listing Tiki mugs don't know what they are. I think it was another Hawaii Kai mug that went cheap because it was listed as a "drinking stein" with, as I recall, not even a descriptive word such as Hawaiian, tropical, or polynesian.
Similarly, as I posted before, when junking at thrift shops always check the vase and bowl sections. I've found several mugs in with the vases, and scorpion bowls etc get grouped in with all bowls.
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tikifish
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2720
From: Toronto,Canada
| Posted: 2002-06-27 10:19 am Permalink
Stop giving away the secrets of Ebay mug hunting!!! hahaha!
I have a long list of words I use to find the mugs... you wouldn't believe how strange some of them are! I never look for tiki mugs under 'tiki'. Too darn expensive. Now, show me an "aztec voodoo stein" and I'm buyin'.
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Swanky
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 4806
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2002-06-27 11:14 am Permalink
I search for "tropical" when I have lots of time. Often you'll find items listed as "tropical" and they are awesome.
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Tiki_Bong
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 0 | Posted: 2002-06-27 11:18 am Permalink
I've even found tiki mugs searching under 'scary face cup'. Go figure.
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Fonduie
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 29, 2002
Posts: 80
From: San Carlos (San Francisco Bay Area)
| Posted: 2002-07-02 1:34 pm Permalink
Occasionally you can make some pleasant little discoveries using "Face Vase" as your search words.
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midnite
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 1230
From: 37? 47' N, 122? 26' W
| Posted: 2002-07-02 6:26 pm Permalink
Hey!
Quit giving away all the "secrets" of ebay searching...pretty soon I will have NO chance of winning anything... !
Well, at least I have a few of my own tricks, like searching under "bidders" for what others find. Oops, I shouldn't have written that, should I?
Cheers,
midnite
ps. a few items left, check it out!
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=cpt.midnite&completed=0&sort=3&since=-1&include=0&page=1&rows=25
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Suburban Hipster
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 12, 2002
Posts: 272
From: Rockville, Maryland
| Posted: 2002-08-12 11:37 am Permalink
Also consider searching for misspellings. For example, there are currently 38 "Hawaian" items, and 13 "Bambo" items. Searching for misspelled items use to really work well for me when I collected "Mars Attacks" merchandise misidentified as "Mars Attack" items.
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Doctor Z
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 01, 2002
Posts: 1603
From: The Hale Moana Lounge, Torrance, CA
| Posted: 2002-08-12 10:18 pm Permalink
"Tikki", "Teeki" & "Teki" work too...
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Trader Woody
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2301
From: Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK
| Posted: 2002-08-13 04:29 am Permalink
I'm convinced that there are so many people searching for mis-spellings & alternative terms these days that hardly anyone looks up 'Tiki'!
Trader Woody
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MakeDaMug
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 28, 2002
Posts: 1171
From: behind a cluttered desk
| Posted: 2002-08-13 10:44 pm Permalink
Head vase, teeki, teekee, ugly face, OMC, Ren Clarke (for the elusive upside down decaptitated frat boy mug), hawaian vase(yes, with 1 i)... I think it's okay to share the secrets here as we all are devotees!
Holden
(best buy ever - searched under hawaian jar and found an old Stephen Crane piece for $1)
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