Etsy from a Buyers Perspective...

The original post says it all, really...

Maxornot says:

I have had no problem ordering from any site previously, but in this
case, I was checking out, I'd already entered in the Shipping Address
-- not my address -- and the Ship-To was given as my address.

I could not 'Change' it, though it should have pulled the address I
entered. because it was an International address. I was ordering an
item from a seller in Australia, TO an Australian address.

Even with all this, I immediately received an order confirmation from
Etsy, even though I had not fully checked out.

The email response I have received from Etsy, clearly indicates that
the support person is not reading one word of my notes, but keeps
posing other questions, then, saying she can't recreate the problem. I
have asked that the transaction, and all my information be deleted,
after spending an hour and a half on this.

To make matters worse. When I looked at my ordering history, the order
is there, as entered, with the correct ship-to address, yet through
the cart, and at the last stage, as I stated, it did not show that
address.

I used to work for an online business -- never had this sort of
difficulty. Why would you want to sell if buyers can't buy?

The best part was yet to come in the following trainwreck of a thread. http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5637833

If I were Maxornot, there would be a list of people I would never buy from after some of the things people said in the thread. I completely understand why he/she isn't going to buy from Etsy until they figure their stuff out. Though, I do not agree with Etsy having their own IHPS. (Does anyone else read that as IHOP when they're tired?)