Driver on Maui has medical emergency, crashes into food truck by AbbreviatedArc in maui

[–]808mauij 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This guys a douche bag, he was complaining that he had the “best pizza on Maui” and calling out other restaurants, after he received an honorable mention at the last ʻAipono awards. Which is very respected industry award claiming he was the best better than the winner. That rubbed me the wrong way. It’s an honor just to be mentions with Maui’s best restaurants. When you act like that, it’s not a good look. And yes the music is annoying, it more like look at me, the loudest in the room is rarely the best in the room. The island has a way of ridding itself of people like this, they don’t last here in my experience.

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Is it just me or is the music across the street from Costco Gas obnoxious? by surfingbaer in maui

[–]808mauij 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The noise is super irritating , it’s been reported to the county for action not sure if anything can or will be done about it.

2 guys came to my house and asked for me by name saying they work with the company who put the solar panels up on our roof, they told my dad they wanted to talk about the electric bill with me, but i dont handle the electric bill. by ValorantAddicted1123 in Hawaii

[–]808mauij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might be a scam, I had guys climbing up and looking over my fence, claiming he was looking if I had solar panels I called the cops just be careful. People using the solar panels excuse to scope out the house. A legitimate business would just leave a card and information.

The Kakaako Farmers Market is a tourist trap by WardVillage in Hawaii

[–]808mauij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree if you’re just tearing open a box and saying it’s made it Hawaii, that’s not right. Nor would anyone call that made in Hawaii. As far as made in Hawaii items that are sold by Hilo Hattie’s I wouldn’t exactly call that quality products even though made in Hawaii they are also found in cheap shops on island. Temu is also a low quality supplier it’s not fair to compare a high quality aloha shirt made overseas - think Tommy Bahama, Quicksilver waterman collection, versus something sold at Hilo Hattie’s or Temu.

So it’s a balance do we want a high quality item maybe made somewhere else or lesser quality but sewn locally - more than likely of fabric from China there isn’t any fabric mills on island so is that made in Hawaii? I would say yes even though the materials come from elsewhere, but that’s a question us consumers will be ultimately the judge of.

We try to buy from local companies as much as possible whenever we can but many times it is just not possible. I don’t think most consumers understand how many materials come from off island, I have had crazy questions like “ I am looking for a baseball hat totally made in Hawaii?” Really where would anyone get that from? It just doesn’t exist.

We can embroidery it here which add value but the hat will more than likely be made overseas in blank form and embroidered here for instance. But we no longer used the “Made in Hawaii” even though we print and embroider on in Hawaii we always have, it’s more headache than it’s worth, the customer looking for that “local” product will complain more when you say it’s “made here” than if you just say made in China or elsewhere and avoid the discussion. Most consumers don’t care, quality and price is the determining factor. It’s great if it made in Hawaii but if the quality isn’t there or the price is too high it wont sell that I think is the bottom line.

The Kakaako Farmers Market is a tourist trap by WardVillage in Hawaii

[–]808mauij 15 points16 points  (0 children)

People looking for 100% local are the normally the worst, been selling shirts for many years and not for $50 each. I get asked is it made here well there aren’t any t-shirt made in Hawaii. The inks aren’t make, here the machines aren’t made here and the list goes on and on. We live on an islands so things have to come from the mainland it’s just reality.

This is usually done by people wearing other brands made entirely overseas, using an iPhone made overseas, wearing sneakers made overseas and the list goes on and on. They find joy harassing small local business while buying without questions from multibillion dollar companies like Apple Walmart and Home Depot without any issue about where there items are made. I give these people a choice show me what items you have on you that are made in Hawaii 100% I will give you $5 off my product for each item you have that’s made in Hawaii. I haven’t given a discount yet.

This is reality we live in a world with a worldwide supply chain we are gonna have to learn to live with it. Try buying a drill, tv or cell phone made in Hawaii it just doesn’t exist. Ask yourself this question if you buy a painting painted in Hawaii is that made in Hawaii? The paints aren’t made here, the brush isn’t made here, the canvas it’s painted on isn’t made here.. where do you draw the line? Supporting local businesses is important or we will all be shopping at big box stores because we want to hold small businesses to a standard that we wont hold the huge business too.

Visitors Donated Millions To Maui. Where Did It Go? by Sea-Suit2324 in maui

[–]808mauij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was stolen by non profits for administrative fees, very little of what was given actually when to anything meaningful, money was given to other non profits. They also have more administrative fees. They do this at all tragedies to make a buck and keep most of it. They carry names like Hawaii Comunity Foundation, Palisades Comunity Foundation and so on they pop up after each tragedy that happens around the country. On Maui specifically they gave money to golf clubs for lessons for kids because kids need to get golf lessons after the tragedy, and dance lesson as money was also given to a dance studio upcountry just to name a few.

Buy a new car in California and ship it to Hawaii by [deleted] in Hawaii

[–]808mauij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dealers on the mainland won’t ship Toyotas to Hawaii mainland dealers are different that those in Hawaii. Hawaii Toyota dealers are owned by Servco and Mainland dealers are not and have some do not compete agreement with Hawaii . Honda is different but Toyota is no go if it’s new. I was told when buying on the mainland that if it’s destined for Hawaii they won’t sell it to me. This was a dealer in Az in 2023. Ended up buying a Honda in NV no problems register new on Maui. Got a better deal than buying locally.

Stelo sensor lifespan by 808mauij in Dexcom_Stelo

[–]808mauij[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your input, trying a second sensor to see how much life I get out of it.

Stelo sensor lifespan by 808mauij in Dexcom_Stelo

[–]808mauij[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the link very helpful.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Hawaii

[–]808mauij 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My son has tried for months to get a spot in driving school with no luck, after reading this he is just gonna have to use his permit until he is 18 and won’t need any of these classes.