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$hag Tiki Room Original on eBay |
ModMana
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 05, 2002
Posts: 263
From: San Diego, CA
|  Posted: 2003-09-24 12:18 am Permalink
I'm finding it very difficult to restrain myself from voicing what I really think about this auction.  Anyone else care to comment...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3554157767&category=20135
$ame $eller who resold the "D - Devil" original right after the $hag: A-Z exhibit.
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tikichic
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 16, 2003
Posts: 256 | Posted: 2003-09-24 12:58 am Permalink
I'm trying hard to bite my tongue here, but I think it is just rotten! It hasn't even been 1 week since the "big event" and it's already listed? Come on! I'm sure there are many other people who would have loved to have the opportunity to buy these originals and made them the focal point of their Shag collection. (I know I would have) Obviously these "sellers" aren't true Shag collectors but instead are in it solely for the money. What a pity! Remember karma
[ This Message was edited by: tikichic on 2003-09-24 01:20 ]
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fatuhiva
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 634
From: Melbourne Beach, FL
| Posted: 2003-09-24 01:51 am Permalink
duh
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Suburban Hipster
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Joined: Aug 12, 2002
Posts: 272
From: Rockville, Maryland
| Posted: 2003-09-24 05:35 am Permalink
The seller is our very own Jax Tiki, or his brother anyway. They also got the original painting from which the prints were made, and prints 1-4.
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Suburban Hipster
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 12, 2002
Posts: 272
From: Rockville, Maryland
| Posted: 2003-09-24 05:40 am Permalink
Oh, I note that the auction violates Ebay policy in so much as it states that Paypal fees are partly to be paid by the buyer.
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| From the Ebay Policy: Sellers may not charge eBay buyers an additional fee for their use of ordinary forms of payment, including acceptance of checks, money orders, electronic transfers or credit cards. Such costs should be built into the price of the item-this policy reduces the potential for confusion among bidders about the true cost of an item. Further, some forms of payment surcharges, such as credit card surcharges, are forbidden under the laws of many states, including California. |
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http://pages.ebay.com/help/index_popup.html?policies=listing-ov.html
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kahukini
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Joined: Mar 28, 2002
Posts: 555
From: Saint Louis
| Posted: 2003-09-24 05:49 am Permalink
You guys are absurd you know that right 
There is nothing morally wrong about selling any object that's not going to harm people. It's an object. Matter. Inanimate even.
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Suburban Hipster
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 12, 2002
Posts: 272
From: Rockville, Maryland
| Posted: 2003-09-24 05:58 am Permalink
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On 2003-09-24 05:49, kahukini wrote:
There is nothing morally wrong about selling any object that's not going to harm people. |
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When you talk of morality here, are you speaking from a belief in a universal moral principle applicable to this situation?
[ This Message was edited by: Suburban Hipster on 2003-09-24 05:59 ]
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tiki-riviera
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Joined: May 11, 2003
Posts: 658
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2003-09-24 07:45 am Permalink
I heard several people commenting about the conduct of the people who arrived late, pushed their way to the front, then ran the fastest to get in line first. It appears that the only motivation was to buy the original and flip it to make some cash. Blame Disney for horrible organization of this event. Hoprfully no TC members will bid on this, but i'm sure someone will. May all the birds from the Tiki Room swoop down and poop all over his painting!
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Tiki_Bong
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 0 | Posted: 2003-09-24 09:22 am Permalink
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On 2003-09-24 05:49, kahukini wrote:
You guys are absurd you know that right
There is nothing morally wrong about selling any object that's not going to harm people. It's an object. Matter. Inanimate even.
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Rational people? In MY town? Get out!
http://universist.meetup.com
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Ditto!
(you all do know that you got 'Shagged' don't you?)
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BONBONVIC
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Joined: Mar 29, 2002
Posts: 123
From: Los Angeles, CA
| Posted: 2003-09-24 09:54 am Permalink
Jax Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Dec 21, 2002
Posts: 12 Posted: 2003-09-22 14:46
My brother and me scoped out the arrangements on Friday and parked at the Disney Californian Resort at 5:30...made it to the gates by 5:45 where a crowd of 12-15 were there already. As fortune would have it...I was one of those idiots who ran as the gates opened and scored the Original Tiki room painting. My brother followed with the "Waking Jose" painting. I guess at least a TC'er has it instead of someone in Japan.
Regards to Hal...a fellow TC'er from Tampa whom I met while Shag signed items. We both travelled from Florida just for the event.
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mattfink
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 05, 2003
Posts: 579
From: Detroit
| Posted: 2003-09-24 11:22 am Permalink
Ahh, good old capitalism...nothing like it to get the blood stirring....seriously, yeah it sucks that the event was organized to allow people to "race" to the goodies, but what can you do....on the other hand, maybe he's thrown some insane reserve on it just to see how high a bid he'll get
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aquarj
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Apr 02, 2002
Posts: 1040
From: SF bay area, CA
| Posted: 2003-09-24 2:38 pm Permalink
So it sounds like these guys bought paintings with the hope of making a profit by reselling them later. And this is bad, right? Isn't that exactly what Disneyland itself did? Why would it be worse for anyone, denizens of TC or not, to support one kind of profit (for private individuals), but not wrong to support the other kind (for D-land the organization)?
Personally, I find it a little strange for someone to be *interested* in this particular method of profit-making, but I don't see what's wrong with it. For every buyer there's gotta be a seller, and lord knows I'm a buyer way too often when it comes to this ridiculous tiki habit. So I'm often glad these seller types are out there - if everyone did it just "for the love of the object" and kept things for themselves, then it'd be a lot harder for a kook like me to find the stuff.
-Randy
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emspace
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 05, 2003
Posts: 875
From: Vancouver
| Posted: 2003-09-24 3:41 pm Permalink
Me, I'm just sick to puking of eBay, period. Nuff said.
em.
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suzywong
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Joined: Feb 22, 2003
Posts: 161
From: New Orleans Upper 9th ward
| Posted: 2003-09-24 3:54 pm Permalink
What do you think Shag's motivation was in creating these designs??????? Or any for that matter?
To preserve what is sacred?
Love and respect of that which is tiki?
NO and NO.
Perhaps P Diddy said it best:
It's All About The Benjamin's
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Monkeyman
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Joined: Mar 04, 2003
Posts: 2301
From: Vista, CA
| Posted: 2003-09-24 3:55 pm Permalink
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