We’d all like to pretend that K’Rd isn’t the scum-hole it used to be; that all the vintage clothing outlets have replaced the hookers and drug dealers, and that Vegas Girls exist only as an ironic reminder of times long gone. Nope! K’Rd is still foul. If you need proof walk along it early Sunday morning before they’ve hosed off all the vomit. Or head in to Sharky’s, and make yourself feel sick. Seriously though, this place is awful. Nasty products for nasty people, unless you think a nylon wallet with an embroidered marijuana leaf on it is in some way cool. Do you think that? Then you’re not cool, I’m sorry, I’ve said it. But at least there’s one shop that’ll cater to your — and I use the word loosely — taste. While you’re picking up that wallet help yourself to a skull ring and a Zippo with an eagle on it. Ooh, or maybe an eagle ring and a Zippo with a skull on it. So many options! Crappy, crappy options…
Jon T.
Rating des Ortes: 2 Auckland, New Zealand
This is the place to go when you are on a 4 day bender on meth and need a new glass pipe. In other words, this isn’t the place to go for anyone looking for anything beyond a tacky t shirt, «tobacco» pipe or nos cracker. It’s like a cosmic corner, without the friendly counter person. They sell the classic black t shirts with american eagle and bands such as KoRn on them, but at prices far too high to buy as a joke. One thing they do have which is cool is the black sunglases with fluro arms — like we used to wear when we were kids, and only for five dollars. So if you really want a pair of those, come to Sharky’s. Otherwise don’t bother — unless, of course, you really need that glass pipe.
Te Rangi R.
Rating des Ortes: 1 Auckland, New Zealand
Does anyone still call sunglasses«Sharkeys» any more or did everybody just grow up and move on? Sharky’s is the perfect store for any one who hasn’t grown up and wants to live in the past. This is a store for rebel teenagers trying create«an image» or old men who wish they were in a bike gang– or for K Rd. Stockists of pipes and bongs(obviously for tobacco use only), fake leather wallets and fake Zippo’s, T-shirts emblazoned with Bob Marley and marijuana leaves. Even those old«dragon holding a crystal ball» statuettes. But don’t worry, they aren’t actually that hardcore. They dont stock any tobacco products or legal highs. Sharky’s is a trivial and rather redundant K Rd store.