tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post1424412776200417140..comments2023-05-31T07:37:38.948-04:00Comments on Etsy Bitch: This is Why Supervisors ExistThe Cranky Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08492132798002763761noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-49113269679226041052008-06-29T19:57:00.000-04:002008-06-29T19:57:00.000-04:00i was so impressed... this thread made it to page ...i was so impressed... this thread made it to page 10 before someone had to mention renewing.<BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5689027" REL="nofollow">5 tip for sales</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-40479042294925073372008-06-29T07:24:00.000-04:002008-06-29T07:24:00.000-04:00Wow, what a train wreck.Next, Etsy tours Singapore...Wow, what a train wreck.<BR/><BR/>Next, Etsy tours Singapore, Hong Kong and Seoul, looking for those independent, non sweatshop designers that keep getting featured on the front page.<BR/><BR/>Stay tuned!Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072165656923896599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-26275929457681649492008-06-28T22:20:00.000-04:002008-06-28T22:20:00.000-04:00i just have to laugh about mary's post. it WOULD...i just have to laugh about mary's post. it WOULD be cool if it was a protest but i think that it honestly just doesn't have an answer. there just ISN'T anyone that fits their description. even when they word it nicely.<BR/><BR/>and when i read the original post... my jaw dropped. i've reduced my inventory on etsy by 30 prints (down to 9). i just don't think i want to be affiliated with them anymore but i've got too much stuff going on this summer to be able to make my own site. once that is done i may drop my etsy page altogether.j. hart photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882746465590934516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-54365728939839416852008-06-28T19:20:00.000-04:002008-06-28T19:20:00.000-04:00Anonymous' at 11:41 and 12:00, please read the com...Anonymous' at 11:41 and 12:00, please read the comment guidelines above the comment box. You cannot post without a name - any name. That way everyone can keep track of who is saying what without our brains exploding.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!The Kinky Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996562260959822754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-85406078995531866022008-06-28T17:29:00.000-04:002008-06-28T17:29:00.000-04:00eclipsep.s. "Hella" is trendy?I am 43 and we said ...eclipse<BR/>p.s. "Hella" is trendy?<BR/>I am 43 and we said "hella" in junior high.<BR/><BR/>____________________<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>yeh, it's really trendy, and it got worse when no doubt released "hella good" and now people actually take the time to fight over who started it... nor cal, or so cal.<BR/><BR/>i say... who fucking cares? i sure as hella don't.<BR/><BR/>:PStacey Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05471215548665204791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-39911363736873400672008-06-28T16:41:00.000-04:002008-06-28T16:41:00.000-04:00WindysDesigns said... They'll be sorry when on...WindysDesigns said...<BR/><BR/> They'll be sorry when one of those backwoods artists makes them pull down their pants and squeal like a pig. They might even get branded if they are a blacksmith.<BR/> June 28, 2008 10:49 AM<BR/><BR/>This posting made me laugh out loud for the first time in weeks, thanks so much. <BR/><BR/>When I read the posting in the Storque about RK and his Evil Eye fiber art piece I realized he is seriously disturbed, I already knew that from having personal back and forth emails between us, but that sealed the deal. I am starting to find the entire Etsy mess so bad it is funny. I am one of the old hags RK directly accused of being bitter. I was as sweet as honey in my attempts to convince him to advertise to attract buyers.<BR/><BR/>I have been selling crafts all over the world since 1967. Dot com and landlord greed in the SF Bay Area trashed my studio to smithereens, (bogus eviction) and there are no longer Indie boutiques here, the very reason tourists swarm here. Selling on Etsy is my only option. I belonged to another internet gallery in 1998-200 called Art Mecca, they folded up their tent and vanished without a warning , over night, ripping off thousands of artists. I suspect Etsy is just as evil as Art Mecca was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-34748071310709101482008-06-28T16:17:00.000-04:002008-06-28T16:17:00.000-04:00I agree, beadfanatic, that was a brilliant post.I agree, beadfanatic, that was a brilliant post.The Disgruntled Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12234744597622366149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-66166482025271491472008-06-28T15:57:00.000-04:002008-06-28T15:57:00.000-04:00Holy crap! I'm in shock.I did love this post, tho...Holy crap! I'm in shock.<BR/><BR/>I did love this post, though (it made me laugh out loud...like a little slap on the hand for the OP):<BR/><I><BR/>"It was not an implication, it was an assumption, and it was quite apparent in the construction of the sentence that "young," "hip," "indie," and "alt," were being directly contrasted with "older" and "traditional."<BR/><BR/>That's "hip" as in the slang term that has been around for, oh, about 60 years now. And "indie" as in what we were calling the music scene out in the PNW about -oooh - 20 or 25 years ago, when Nirvana was still playing house parties. And "alt" as in that whole category of usenet groups from, hmm, must be over 20 years ago now, which introduced the term into the modern language back when the internets were still being browsed in ASCII.<BR/><BR/>Believe it or not, kids, you didn't invent hip, indie or alt. Was this "older" etsy seller offended? No. Not any more offended than I was when my son told me he's already learned everything he needs to know."</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-66374418523250521552008-06-28T15:40:00.001-04:002008-06-28T15:40:00.001-04:00hip, this, etsy said:"Perhaps we should rustle up ...hip, this, etsy said:<BR/>"Perhaps we should rustle up some smart professionals in Brooklyn and express our own shock -- who knew?!"<BR/>______<BR/><BR/>Seriously!!!Impetuoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610001567002716942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-35081257945379532912008-06-28T15:40:00.000-04:002008-06-28T15:40:00.000-04:00hip this!,We should make ourselves an ethanol powe...hip this!,<BR/>We should make ourselves an ethanol powered, quilted car with tacky Americana decorations and have a road trip to NYC to show off our Midwestern tastes. <BR/><BR/>I'm fed up. And I feel really smug about MaryMary's thread not having any responses. <BR/><BR/>And DXO can suck an egg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-66789853509156680062008-06-28T15:31:00.000-04:002008-06-28T15:31:00.000-04:00lucy, I completely agree with you -- Vanessa's imp...lucy, I completely agree with you -- Vanessa's implied surprise at finding "nontraditional" crafters in the boring ol' backwards midwest was appalling. What's next? Shock that people of other ethnic groups aren't scary? <BR/><BR/>Perhaps we should rustle up some smart professionals in Brooklyn and express our own shock -- who knew?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-3877665107393488362008-06-28T15:22:00.000-04:002008-06-28T15:22:00.000-04:00I'm sorry, I didn't realize that living in the mid...I'm sorry, I didn't realize that living in the midwest meant that I can only produce "Americana"-type crafts. And its insulting that Admin were so "suprised" that there were nontraditional shops out there.<BR/>Fuck you Etsy. Not everyone can live in New York on someone else's buck and pass time knitting legwarmers.<BR/><BR/>Alienate your customers much??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-74524254045975176622008-06-28T13:01:00.000-04:002008-06-28T13:01:00.000-04:00Does marymary have no other purpose other than to ...Does marymary have no other purpose other than to close threads? I really can't stand her smiley mug. She looks like she'd be really, really annoying.Crazy Cat Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00739974928301842524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-39424064955340460912008-06-28T12:44:00.000-04:002008-06-28T12:44:00.000-04:00still no responses to Marymary...still no responses to Marymary...Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958289174693743674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-21539274146472522682008-06-28T12:21:00.000-04:002008-06-28T12:21:00.000-04:00Too bad they can't pull Grandma Moses' moldering c...Too bad they can't pull Grandma Moses' moldering corpse out of the grave, get her signed up with an etsy account and then interview her, ala Tony Perkins in Psycho.<BR/><BR/>Look out Vanessa, your etsy is showing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-32297054283883949322008-06-28T12:14:00.000-04:002008-06-28T12:14:00.000-04:00Since they'de like to lump all us older, tradition...Since they'de like to lump all us older, traditional craft types into one derogatory-sounding lump I'll be glad to do the same for them.<BR/><BR/>The admin at etsy are so, so young. And by young, I mean "have no class, are unexperienced, and are so completely immature in every way."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-46170618756503995242008-06-28T12:00:00.000-04:002008-06-28T12:00:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-19017109539522030172008-06-28T11:41:00.000-04:002008-06-28T11:41:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-86736027957580953472008-06-28T11:37:00.000-04:002008-06-28T11:37:00.000-04:00Once again, rather than collecting all entries and...Once again, rather than collecting all entries and weeding through them themselves for what they are looking for specifically, or use their own faulty search, they dump this project on sellers.<BR/><BR/>This is not a friendly call out, it's taking a crap in the forums and asking everyone to clean it up.Impetuoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610001567002716942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-22143613860531538762008-06-28T11:18:00.000-04:002008-06-28T11:18:00.000-04:00Wow, MaryMary's "new" post has been up for almost ...Wow, MaryMary's "new" post has been up for almost an hour . . . and the silence is deafening. No one is touching hers. <BR/><BR/>I doubt that this is on purpose. It probably just got buried; but it would be sweet if it was viewed as a protest.wristeronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11472289790210216527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-19787745985082453212008-06-28T11:01:00.000-04:002008-06-28T11:01:00.000-04:00LMAO! Mary closed that thread with:This thread see...LMAO! Mary closed that thread with:<BR/>This thread seems to be straying off topic and striking a nerve with many of you that is distracting from the original intent of this thread.<BR/><BR/>We really appreciate your feedback and reactions to the way we present ideas to the Community and as Vanessa pointed out, we apologize for any feelings that might have been hurt or any offense that might have been taken by the style of the original post in this thread.<BR/><BR/>I am going to close this thread to prevent further off topic discussion and open a new one where the OP can stay on track. We invite you to join us in the new discussion if you know anyone in the area that might enjoy being highlighted in a video portrait by the Storque:<BR/><BR/>http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5687261<BR/><BR/>And starts a new one with a potentially just as offending post...The Gypsy Jewelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737947439010098762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-39459117566009691972008-06-28T10:57:00.000-04:002008-06-28T10:57:00.000-04:00looks like marymary is trying one more time with a...looks like marymary is trying one more time with almost the same post:<BR/>http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5687261Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-67367134858772331612008-06-28T10:49:00.000-04:002008-06-28T10:49:00.000-04:00They'll be sorry when one of those backwoods artis...They'll be sorry when one of those backwoods artists makes them pull down their pants and squeal like a pig. They might even get branded if they are a blacksmith.WindysDesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763465841442652702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-9874654551904823502008-06-28T08:25:00.000-04:002008-06-28T08:25:00.000-04:00Musthavemissedit, that's not the reason people are...Musthavemissedit, that's not the reason people are pissed at what the OP wrote.<BR/><BR/>Giving more attention to 'older' crafters/artists is great. Speaking about them as if they are sub-standard is not.jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16172250527011569072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-26005726366987252542008-06-28T08:23:00.000-04:002008-06-28T08:23:00.000-04:00lessa says:"We were told they don't like to follow...lessa says:<BR/>"We were told they don't like to follow traditional corporate structure. They didn't like the hierarchy. I was left with the impression that its the founders and everyone else."<BR/>_______________<BR/><BR/>This is the thing that pisses me off THE MOST.<BR/>Excuse me, but, does anyone think the site was built as a re-listing demon by ACCIDENT?<BR/>It is TOTALLY hypocritical to brush off traditional corporate structure to save money on advertising, site monitoring and customer service while USING pure capitalism to line your own pockets.<BR/><BR/>The sellers, the heart of the site, are pitted against each other because they NEED to relist in order to stay visible. Etsy gets PAID because of the competition they create between it's sellers. *Hack!*<BR/><BR/>Sorry but the whole fuckin thing makes me want to vomit.Impetuoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610001567002716942noreply@blogger.com