NEVER USE ETSY.

reebsthedweeb:

I found something really awesome for my boyfriend on etsy. I bought it with about 2 1/2 weeks for it to come in for Easter. The original package got lost so the seller said she would send a replacement with extra goods. I took this to mean that I would get what I paid for with extras for the inconvenience (the inconvenience being that I got the package last week because the seller never sent it). So most of the treats I got were not gluten free so my boyfriend couldn’t even eat them. Then I complain to the seller and leave negative feedback and she snaps at me! It’s not my fault you aren’t a good seller, deal with it. So unprofessional. NEVER USIN ETSY AGAIN!! >:(

Don’t judge the entire site off one bad experience with a seller. That’s like having one bad meal at Ruby Tuesdays or something and saying OMG NEVER GO OUT TO EAT RESTAURANTS ARE THE WORST. And if the seller sent bonus treats without knowing that your boyfriend could not have gluten, that’s not her fault. Yes, there’s no reason that she should have reacted that way to a negative feedback, but there are SO MANY sellers out there and even though I’m firmly entrenched in the Regretsy community, I’ve had more positive experiences with Etsy than negative ones.

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cracked: Two weeks ago, I wrote a hard-hitting expose on the shadowy underbelly of the arts and crafts website Etsy.com. I outed five sellers who were clearly serial killers disguised as knickknack enthusiasts, after which three of them sent me very polite messages insisting they were “just regular people” and asked that I “please stop accusing [them] of mass murder.” To date, I have not decoded the hidden threats in any of the messages, but with the help of my housekeeper — who was indispensable in solving the Case of the Cryptic Note from the Verizon Guy last fall — I expect to decipher them long before the authors show up on my doorstep with ether rags. Even more interesting than the letters, however, was the package I received from ShiniesAhoy, the No. 1 entry on my list. It was labeled as a “Magical Mystery Box of Curious Supplies.” How Etsy Helped Me Find My Inner Creepy Self THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL I CAN’T HANDLE IT
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cracked:

Two weeks ago, I wrote a hard-hitting expose on the shadowy underbelly of the arts and crafts website Etsy.com. I outed five sellers who were clearly serial killers disguised as knickknack enthusiasts, after which three of them sent me very polite messages insisting they were “just regular people” and asked that I “please stop accusing [them] of mass murder.” To date, I have not decoded the hidden threats in any of the messages, but with the help of my housekeeper — who was indispensable in solving the Case of the Cryptic Note from the Verizon Guy last fall — I expect to decipher them long before the authors show up on my doorstep with ether rags.

Even more interesting than the letters, however, was the package I received from ShiniesAhoy, the No. 1 entry on my list. It was labeled as a “Magical Mystery Box of Curious Supplies.”

How Etsy Helped Me Find My Inner Creepy Self

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL I CAN’T HANDLE IT

It occurs to me that not everyone knows what a “Regretsy” is. If you are familiar with the Etsy marketplace, that will give you a starting point for Regretsy. Most online marketplaces come with their share of frustrations and WTF moments, and Regretsy brings to light most of our Etsy-based ones. I’m a member of the forums over there, and we are a loving bunch if FJL’s (fat jealous losers. you’ll learn in time) that share patterns and griefs and achievements and often times we buy shit from each other. It’s a metric buttload of fun.
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It occurs to me that not everyone knows what a “Regretsy” is. If you are familiar with the Etsy marketplace, that will give you a starting point for Regretsy. Most online marketplaces come with their share of frustrations and WTF moments, and Regretsy brings to light most of our Etsy-based ones. I’m a member of the forums over there, and we are a loving bunch if FJL’s (fat jealous losers. you’ll learn in time) that share patterns and griefs and achievements and often times we buy shit from each other. It’s a metric buttload of fun.

Something special for any Regretsians following me. Working on some designs for my Christmas cards for the swap and some additional designs that I may make available at some point. Just enjoying playing with markers. And making my wrist hurt. Sketchvember day 13.
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Something special for any Regretsians following me. Working on some designs for my Christmas cards for the swap and some additional designs that I may make available at some point. Just enjoying playing with markers. And making my wrist hurt. Sketchvember day 13.
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Something special for any Regretsians following me. Working on some designs for my Christmas cards for the swap and some additional designs that I may make available at some point. Just enjoying playing with markers. And making my wrist hurt. Sketchvember day 13.
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Something special for any Regretsians following me. Working on some designs for my Christmas cards for the swap and some additional designs that I may make available at some point. Just enjoying playing with markers. And making my wrist hurt. Sketchvember day 13.
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Something special for any Regretsians following me. Working on some designs for my Christmas cards for the swap and some additional designs that I may make available at some point. Just enjoying playing with markers. And making my wrist hurt.

Sketchvember day 13.

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