I was going to buy the first item, but then I realized that I don’t know Claire Williams or Ann Waterman. What if they are total bitches? Then again they could be hot,.. dilemmas, dilemmas.
How do I know the labels aren’t from some defective label maker and won’t be popping off during my funky wedding?
Makes me long for the days of actual handwriting and sharpies.
And of course, that wholesale Chinese-factory ‘handmade’ won’t disappear any time soon. Etsy loves to let that stuff flourish. I wonder what it’s like to have your integrity be worth less to you than all those 20 cent listing fees?
I guarantee if I let my Tween and Teen Kids create the Fish Catch Game Craft Kit while I “cook dinner or try to get chores done”, they could produce some NSFW that’d make the most ribald of you blush.
You actually save like $54 on the fish catch thingy because that Etsy seller only gives you one while Oriental gives you the shit to make 12! That’s what I call some fuckin’ mark up!
Well yes, but the listing on Etsy is for one kit, and one kit on Oriental Trading Company is about 41¢. – HK
***Please note these kits are not handmade they are purchased from a manufacturer. I inspect all the pieces to ensure that there is no missing items or broken, uneven pieces. I also repackage them nicely and include all the supplies needed to finish them (glue, scissors, etc.)
i love the driftwood sitting sideways, a horizontal stick that is 20″ long DOES NOT increase the height of said item! so maybe if you do happen to sell it you may want to get yourself a math tutor.
Sea grass, kelp and shells? That’s the stuff we try to keep out of the house. Of course, if you want your house to smell like a old fish factory — fill your boots!
“Need more than one? Please contact me, I may have more in stock!”
Um, all set- I will just go to orientaltrading.com and restock myself, thanks.
Gimme a break.
I take it you’re not coming to my place for Christmas, then. I have a ridiculous amount of seashells. Ooh, I need to think of something whimsicle I can make with them and sell it on Etsy!
… i am so damn sick of receiving Oriental Tradings stupid catalogs of poorly made china goods crap. they send me one every week. sometimes several in a week.
now i have to see that crap on etsy? makes me want to burn down their distribution center.
True, shells usually lose the smell but that straight-from-the-sea detritus that will really stink — especially if you spritz it with water as the seller suggests. Ew!
Reminicing over the lovely summer, I remarked to the hubby: “Nothing really says backyard bbq fiesta to me quite like DYMO. We’ll have to pick one up before the spring.”
@#23 I think school for the blind is generous, because not only can they not see all the mistagged reselling crap, if you point it out to them i.e. “Hey, this mitten is tagged a steampunk quilt sweater goth fascinator” they still can’t manage to de-list it. Anything for 20 cents. I’m thinking school for the blind in some remote country where they don’t speak English. or have computers.
December 13, 2010 at 1:36 pm
anything to maintain order when it comes to seating at my backyard bbq fiestas!
December 13, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I love how Regretsy makes me laugh when I would otherwise be infuriated.
December 13, 2010 at 1:41 pm
That guy on the beach has alot in common with people searching for handmade on Etsy these days.
December 13, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I was going to buy the first item, but then I realized that I don’t know Claire Williams or Ann Waterman. What if they are total bitches? Then again they could be hot,.. dilemmas, dilemmas.
December 13, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Also, those LOST people should have cleaned up before they left the island!
December 13, 2010 at 1:47 pm
not going to lie: i was anticipating roadkill on that last one.
welcome to etsy, the land of opportunists!
December 13, 2010 at 1:54 pm
I didn’t even know they still made those label makers…amazing
December 13, 2010 at 1:56 pm
How do I know the labels aren’t from some defective label maker and won’t be popping off during my funky wedding?
Makes me long for the days of actual handwriting and sharpies.
December 13, 2010 at 2:03 pm
For the extra $5.09 it damnwell better come with goatse stickers.
December 13, 2010 at 2:11 pm
And of course, that wholesale Chinese-factory ‘handmade’ won’t disappear any time soon. Etsy loves to let that stuff flourish. I wonder what it’s like to have your integrity be worth less to you than all those 20 cent listing fees?
December 13, 2010 at 2:19 pm
I guarantee if I let my Tween and Teen Kids create the Fish Catch Game Craft Kit while I “cook dinner or try to get chores done”, they could produce some NSFW that’d make the most ribald of you blush.
December 13, 2010 at 2:21 pm
You actually save like $54 on the fish catch thingy because that Etsy seller only gives you one while Oriental gives you the shit to make 12! That’s what I call some fuckin’ mark up!
Well yes, but the listing on Etsy is for one kit, and one kit on Oriental Trading Company is about 41¢. – HK
December 13, 2010 at 2:28 pm
never mind, just found some
December 13, 2010 at 2:28 pm
I spotted the Oriental Trading thing before I scrolled down.
I still have a few bags of fairy bear kits… Maybe I’ll put my kid to work hotguing the wings on and sell those as “handmade”
December 13, 2010 at 2:28 pm
That last one gave me flashbacks to the day I actually looked at the Colon Cleanse website.
Link? No. Trust me. Just, no.
December 13, 2010 at 2:41 pm
This is the disclaimer from the fish game kit:
***Please note these kits are not handmade they are purchased from a manufacturer. I inspect all the pieces to ensure that there is no missing items or broken, uneven pieces. I also repackage them nicely and include all the supplies needed to finish them (glue, scissors, etc.)
December 13, 2010 at 2:43 pm
What is it with these people who just expect you to buy their crap junk?
December 13, 2010 at 3:59 pm
That’s Etsy! Bringing us the finest of not even remotely hand made fish paddle games.
How does the Etsy team miss stuff like this? Really. How?
December 13, 2010 at 4:00 pm
i love the driftwood sitting sideways, a horizontal stick that is 20″ long DOES NOT increase the height of said item! so maybe if you do happen to sell it you may want to get yourself a math tutor.
December 13, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Sea grass, kelp and shells? That’s the stuff we try to keep out of the house. Of course, if you want your house to smell like a old fish factory — fill your boots!
December 13, 2010 at 6:14 pm
this time all I needed to see was the placecards to hate people.
December 13, 2010 at 6:33 pm
“Need more than one? Please contact me, I may have more in stock!”
Um, all set- I will just go to orientaltrading.com and restock myself, thanks.
Gimme a break.
December 13, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Ugh. I hate resellers.
December 13, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Knittin’-kitten-I have this theory that the people they hire to ‘check the ads’ come from the local school for those with impaired sight.
December 13, 2010 at 10:44 pm
#20 trousers rolled:
I take it you’re not coming to my place for Christmas, then. I have a ridiculous amount of seashells. Ooh, I need to think of something whimsicle I can make with them and sell it on Etsy!
December 14, 2010 at 1:09 am
… i am so damn sick of receiving Oriental Tradings stupid catalogs of poorly made china goods crap. they send me one every week. sometimes several in a week.
now i have to see that crap on etsy? makes me want to burn down their distribution center.
December 14, 2010 at 4:50 am
#24 Fia
True, shells usually lose the smell but that straight-from-the-sea detritus that will really stink — especially if you spritz it with water as the seller suggests. Ew!
December 14, 2010 at 8:32 am
Reminicing over the lovely summer, I remarked to the hubby: “Nothing really says backyard bbq fiesta to me quite like DYMO. We’ll have to pick one up before the spring.”
December 14, 2010 at 9:06 am
@Badger-Really? My theory is they’re too busy crafting fluffy clouds out of dryer lint and glitter to catch these.
December 14, 2010 at 2:00 pm
@#23 I think school for the blind is generous, because not only can they not see all the mistagged reselling crap, if you point it out to them i.e. “Hey, this mitten is tagged a steampunk quilt sweater goth fascinator” they still can’t manage to de-list it. Anything for 20 cents. I’m thinking school for the blind in some remote country where they don’t speak English. or have computers.
vent over.
December 15, 2010 at 5:11 pm
What do you MEAN the place cards don’t come with the binder clips?!
January 9, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Wow, they are all crap…
Check it out, I found this:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/65575233/love-heart-ornament
how awful…
May 22, 2011 at 12:08 pm
I love to have this. Im really looking forward to have this kind of things..
Eric Dawson
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