Flag Day: GLITTERBISCUITS
As you know, Etsy has a very strict policy against copyright infringement. And by “strict”, I mean looking down at their high tops and waiting for their milk to foam.
However, they have thoughtfully enabled jerks like us to do the work for them, by providing the option on each seller’s store where the thief can be flagged.
And that’s where you come in!
Apparently Etsy seller Glitterbiscuits (Tyneshia Buie) has been tracing a T-shirt design by artist Jess Fink, and selling it on Etsy with no shame.
Here’s Jess Fink’s shirt:
Here’s Glitterbiscuit:
And this is how she responds when a friend of Ms. Fink’s called her out for stealing:
I saw this last night and it really upset me. But by then Tyneshia had removed the shirt from her store, and I felt like it was too late to do anything about it. You couldn’t even really flag her at that point, because she was no longer actively engaged in doing anything wrong.
Then this was brought to my attention:
That’s the banner of her Etsy store, and she’s even using the image of the shirt.
And she’s changed her profile too:
Yes, she’s changed all her store information to say that while she’s been stealing another artist’s work, you can all go fuck yourselves. Isn’t that awesome? Meanwhile, the Etsy staff are riding their bicycles around the office and drawing mustaches on their pith helmets.
So this is what I’d like to see happen.
I’d like to see this store closed down TODAY.
I am asking all of you who are reading this, and there are hundreds and thousands of you, to flag this store right now. That might almost be enough to get Etsy’s content team to put down their copies of Catcher in the Rye and start doing their jobs.
Here’s the link. Look on the left-hand side for “Report This Shop.”
Go.
UPDATE: The remaining 4 pieces in Glitterbiscuits’s shop all miraculously “sold” 17 minutes ago. The store is empty. Now let’s get it closed down.
March 17, 2011 at 3:20 pm
I hate people like this. I reported her.
March 17, 2011 at 3:21 pm
And I’m even on VACATION. That’s how annoyed I was.
March 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm
I reported her too… and I created an Etsy account to do it (which i previously did not have), that’s how annoyed I was too! Gross.
March 17, 2011 at 3:32 pm
i made one for this purpose, too. i don’t go for this type of fuckery.
March 17, 2011 at 3:37 pm
As did I. I also created a Regretsy account just to tell you that (Lame), but to also say that this site is hilarious! Love it.
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Yep. Had to create and Etsy account just for this… Though about making a few… Either way I hope she chokes on her Twilight Manllow w/ life-like cloth dong.
March 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
I did too, can’t believe her stupid theiving ass
March 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I also created an etsy account for the sole purpose of reporting this scumbag. However, I did use some derogatory language regarding the etsy employees lack of initiative to do their jobs, so they might not count mine.
March 17, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Yeah, I know how you feel. Got mine made too just to send her thieving ass a wake-up call.
March 17, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Yep, same here. Her smugness about it is the most irritating part.
March 17, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Funny enough, the I had an account, but only to buy one of those Made In China chrysanthemum rings posted here and something I saw on Cheezburger.
March 17, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Me too! Hate people who thrive on negativity.
March 17, 2011 at 3:59 pm
I did the exact same thing. The worst part about her is that she’s bragging about it. I mean, the other people Helen has called upon us to flag have been resellers, but this chick…she’s just a bitch.
March 17, 2011 at 4:03 pm
I also created an account to report her. What a rude bitch.
March 17, 2011 at 4:52 pm
I too created an account just to be able to report this %@$&!. I also told them that I design & make jewelry and while I’ve thought about selling on Etsy, I will NEVER do so as long as this is allowed to go on. Maybe when they see it as a matter of lost revenue streams they’ll do something.
March 17, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Count me in the new-account holder Regretsy Thug Club.
March 17, 2011 at 5:15 pm
I created an Etsy account to report her and then created a WordPress account to tell you I’d created an Etsy account to report her.
Worth it.
March 17, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Wow, I also created an Etsy account just to report her! I wonder if their statistics person is sitting in an office wondering why so many people have created accounts today? Or maybe they’ve just gone out for a nonfat soy latte.
March 17, 2011 at 6:12 pm
First I join Regretsy for the “Members Only” thing (misinterpreting the requirements) then I join the facebook group so I can actually get the password, and now you’ve got me setting up an Etsy account so I can report this stupid bitch. You are slowly dragging me into your world of arts and craps.
March 17, 2011 at 6:17 pm
Me too! I also left a little note at the end of my rant that Etsy should probably send some thankyou cards over Regretsy way. After all, we’re technically doing their job for them!
March 17, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Just popping in to say “me too.”
March 17, 2011 at 7:11 pm
As did I. Her level of disrespect is awe inspiring.
March 17, 2011 at 7:51 pm
I, too, created an account just to report her. Such a vile person…
March 17, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Also bought my first handmade item off of Etsy today! All in all, a good time.
March 17, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Same here. Un-creative bitches like her need to go.
March 17, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Same here. and a regretsy account for this. i guess my lurking days are done. >.>
March 18, 2011 at 9:16 am
I also created an account just to report her. What a bitch.
March 18, 2011 at 9:50 am
I made an Etsy account, too, just to report this brat. She has absolutely no reason to be so self-entitled about stealing, and needs to rug pulled out from under her.
Hope you get a concussion from your fall, stealerbiscuits.
March 18, 2011 at 2:48 pm
i did the same. i hope she chokes on her plagiarized cookies and milk. ;D
March 19, 2011 at 11:02 am
I’m embarrassed to say that I now have an etsy account. But it’s worth it to report her.
March 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
I’m on vacation too! I know I would hate it if someone stole my artwork. There is something called a copyright law which part of states that anything posted online (words, pictures, etc.) is protected and this girl can be majorly sued over this blatant theft.
March 17, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Still catching up on reading all the comments here, but is anyone screen-capping her store?
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Reported her. Hell I even remembered my Etsy password to do so! LOL
Fucking hate people like her. And then to BRAG about it. That’s the worst.
March 17, 2011 at 8:59 pm
I had to try to remember by Etsy pass too….and my username. :p
March 17, 2011 at 3:54 pm
what if we get her shop removed and she opens up another shop? i hate her.
March 17, 2011 at 4:28 pm
That’s what I thought the instant Helen said to report her… I bet she’ll think it’s funny her shop got closed and will just keep making sites. =/ Lots of selling sites have people like that. I don’t know why. We obviously need more chlorine in the gene pool.
March 17, 2011 at 5:15 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Fact: You not liking the original idea is irrelevant. It’s not her work to sell.
Fact: Just because a lot of people are stealing the same idea on Zazzle doesn’t make this less of a theft.
March 17, 2011 at 7:18 pm
By the time I got here she had pulled up stakes. Somebody please take note of her main items, so we can find her when she opens a new shop?!
March 17, 2011 at 4:54 pm
etsy would eventually catch it- they make you list all of your accounts in your profile, so i think they can see by your ip address or something.
that is how they caught “sock puppets” and disabled accounts in the forums.
i HATE that the seller shows no remorse in her actions. this is taking way from artists like myself who actually bust our asses to get sales.
i reported her, but of course etsy will take their sweet time, as always
March 17, 2011 at 6:01 pm
@sistahsenn: I think you’re mistaken–Jess Fink is the actual creator of this design. Seeing it on zazzle doesn’t prove that she didn’t design it. In this case, it means it’s being ripped off.
March 17, 2011 at 11:58 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 5:18 pm
So copyright infringement is okay because a lot of other people are doing it? The Fink t-shirt has been for sale for a *long* time on threadless and has been copied many times, but that still doesn’t make it okay – and this wench is *admitting* to copying *this specific artist* so… it isn’t like we’re even making this up.
March 17, 2011 at 5:39 pm
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October 4, 2012 at 5:12 pm
This is a very old conversation and I can’t believe I’m answering, but everyone who has responded to you that I’ve read so far is wrong. Copyright don’t cost a goddamned thing. It’s free. When you create something, you have the copyright to it, automatically, under U.S. law. When you pay the $30-$40 (I forget exactly) to register it with the Copyright Office, what you’re paying for is the right to sue the infringer for even more money than they’d normally be fined under copyright law. But that’s all. If you can prove you made it first, that’s all you need for the minimum punishment.
Just thought I’d throw that out there in case it wasn’t already said ’cause I’m gonna back away now and go back to reading through the archives again like I have nothing better to do. Meh.
March 17, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Copyright law is confusing & there are lots of myths about it. It definitely does NOT cost $10,000/piece. The originator of a piece of art automatically holds its copyright, which he or she can then register (in the U.S.) at http://www.copyright.gov for $35. Even if a copyright is registered, defending it takes a lot of time, effort & resources. Definitely not cool to be copying & profiting from a small-time t-shirt artist’s work, whether on Etsy or on Zazzle. Not sure how effective this campaign will be, though, since Etsy specifies that flagging is not meant for intellectual property matters: http://www.etsy.com/policy/dosdonts#flagging
March 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm
‘Copyrights cost about $10 000 a piece’
Ummm…excuse me sir, I believe you’re thinking of TRADEMARKS. Copyright does not cost a thing, so she could possibly sue to stop this young lady copying her work.
The only stumbling block would be how many she made, as in some jurisdictions it’s not considered a copyright-able artwork if it’s been ‘mass-produced’ – that’s why Target can make blatent copies of high fashion label items.
I would still initiate proceedings against her though, to scare her off continuing to do this stuff.
Sincerely,
A law student who very recently studied copyright law
March 17, 2011 at 6:20 pm
I don’t know why I can’t respond deirectly to sistahsenn, but I guess this is close enough.
Dear, a copyright does not cost $10,000. For a single work, it’s $35. And well worth the cost if you’re planning to sell items featuring your design.
That’s assuming she went through the U.S. Copyright office, of course. Creative Commons is free, though it provides somewhat less legal protection, as it was designed specifically for providing attribution on publicly shared works. (That’s what I use for my published knitting patterns.)
March 17, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Sorry for appending this to your comment, Arghlita.
Sistasenn,
I always find it hilarious when those throwing around accusations of stupidity have no grasp on the English language. “Your” is a possessive word, while “you’re” is a contraction for “you are.”
Example:
Your comment was inane and full of unfunny.
vs.
You’re acting like quite crusty douchenozzle on this thread.
PS- Google is your friend: http://www.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html The most expensive fee listed is $760, not the $10,000 you quoted.
March 17, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Smath, your understanding of copyright law is pretty poor for someone who just took a copyright class. Something being mass produced does not prevent it from being copyrighted, you know, like books. The reason stores can knock off fashion items is that there is currently no design copyright for clothes (there is one for boat hulls though!) They still have to be careful to avoid violating trademark (three stripes means Adidas sues Payless and wins, even if you claimed it was FOUR stripes and the three stripes are just the background,) and reuse of copyright protected works, as is likely the case with the drawing reproduced here.
March 17, 2011 at 9:27 pm
regretfaster, I suppose you could treat the drawing as a separate ‘work’ to the actual shirt if you liked, but whether that would suceed is another matter. There is, at least where I am, an open debate about clothing as ‘art’ and whether it can fit in.
And yes, of course company symbols on items can’t be copied (because they are trademarks, not because they are copyright)
Also, I should add I studied Australian copyright law (because I’m in Australia) so there may be technical differences if this is all US-based. But it’s pretty similar for the most part because of agreements between countries.
So don’t be a hater, hater.
March 18, 2011 at 7:22 am
I agree with Arghlita here. Fink has had the shirt on threadless for quite a long time and she even stated on her website that threadless has lawyers for copyright infringement, etc. Fink’s t-shirt design is HER design.
March 17, 2011 at 5:40 pm
You must be more than a little confused if you think that bad karma is going to get us for flagging a mean-spirited, self-admitted plagiarist.
March 17, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Copyrights don’t cost around $10,000, they cost under (like, WAY under) $100. I think you’re thinking of a PATENT.
March 17, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Seriously? A copyright costs 10,000? I’m pretty sure a work is instantly copyrighted once it’s created. And then about 30 bucks to officially register it…
Oh, and it’s “You’RE young and apparently dumb”
March 17, 2011 at 5:59 pm
I don’t think you know the difference between copyright and trademark. It costs nothing to copyright something, it became copyrighted as soon as she made it and she doesn’t have to register it with anyone. If you need a simple guide, here you go: http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/
Also, I feel like the craft version of Anonymous! Whee!
March 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm
My comment was @sistahsenn in case that wasn’t clear.
March 17, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Sistahsenn I don’t know where you’re getting your information but you could not be more wrong. Copyright has nothing to do with how long something has been around. As an artist the moment you create a piece of art work you own the copyright to that work. Period. No money needed. HOWEVER for an infringement case to hold up in court you need to register your work with the US Copyright Office which costs $35. That price can cover an entire collection of images and designs, which is what I do for my photographs every year. $35 and I’ve officially registered hundreds of images. Saying that “copyrights” cost $10,000 a piece is just laughable.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-register.html I found this link in about five seconds by googling “register copyright”. You ought to try checking your facts before you go running your mouth.
March 17, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Dipshit, you don’t have to pay for a copyright. You can pay to register it, but even if you don’t, your original works are legally protected. Twit.
March 17, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Quite frankly, my problem isn’t even the copyright issue. It’s the fact that someone drew to her attention the fact that she was copying someone. So did she apologize? No. Did she defend her actions using words similar to yours, explaining why she felt she had the right to produce the shirt? No. She got cocky, and bitchy, and obnoxious, splaying her pride at her own maliciousness all over her store. So even if ten thousand million people make the same damn shirt, the bitch’s store should be closed, ’cause she’s one of those awful people who don’t deserve good things.
March 17, 2011 at 7:04 pm
Well said.
March 17, 2011 at 7:15 pm
No, I’m totally with you on this.
I wouldn’t have even cared that much if her initial response was a refusal to take the shirt. I would have thought it was shitty, but that’s about it.
But to jump from “I’m not going to take down my merchandise” to “HAHAHHA YEAH THAT’S RIGHT, I RIPPED YOU OFF” is so inexcusably douchey. For that reason alone, I’m glad HK brought it to my attention. If nothing else, I’ll remember to never purchase anything from her store (once I have money for Etsy).
I don’t care how original her future merchandise might be, I just don’t want to deal with an asshole. What’s next? Is she going to start making nasty banners directed at people who left her negative feedback?
March 18, 2011 at 5:32 am
Yup Yup Yup. Along the lines of what drunkenatheist said, I think most folks who make art in any kind of volume have had the experience of creating a piece only to realize later “OH SHIT. I totally accidentally ripped off that person.” Maybe you saw it once and didn’t consciously remember it but it stuck in your brain SOMEWHERE and you copied it w/o realizing that is what you were doing. That is not a big deal if, you know, you QUIT COPYING THE PIECE and feel bad about it. Shit happens and Googling for look-a-likes of every piece you make just to check would be a little ridiculous an ineffective.
March 17, 2011 at 6:20 pm
@sistahsenn: You are mistaken. I bought one of the original run of this Jess Fink T-Shirt 2 years ago for my daughter, for her birthday, TWO YEARS AGO.
My 16 year old daughter LOVES Jess Fink’s work, and I’ve bought more than a few of her designs. Don’t even try to tell me I don’t know her work when I see it.
The ones at Zazzle are rip-offs of Jess Fink’s design, just as the ones that this triffel’n little twatwaffle bitch’s T-Shirts are.
So there’s your “facts”, Darling.
March 17, 2011 at 7:31 pm
THERE! ^ We have a WITNESS!
Not that I didn’t have faith in HK’s research skills to begin with. Grrr.
March 17, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Oh, no! Please don’t reference karma at us! We swear we’ll be good and apathetic and let douchetards like Glitterbiscuits get away with all manner of ridiculously heinous shit. Personally, I would like to see you care less. Maybe then you’ll shut the fuck up.
March 17, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Who is this sistahsenn troll? Haven’t seen her around before, perhaps a new Regretsy account so she can support the thief?
March 17, 2011 at 7:43 pm
I think she IS the thief. Who else would so ardently defend this behavior AND exhibit such ignorance of the copyright process, despite claiming to be a “professional”? I’ve met Jess on several occasions and we have some mutual friends — I’m aware of her previous troubles with D & G (she’s not the only one who’s had problems like that with them) and also how long she’s had the milk & cookies design. I’m glad Regretsy has screencaptured much of Glitterbiscuit’s gloating, self-incriminating behavior. I suspect whatever legal channels Jess chooses to go through will find it quite interesting.
March 18, 2011 at 9:59 am
Jennydevildoll, if glitterbiscuits had an account she’d just copy sistahsenn’s comments and dare you to do something about it. Then delete all of them, saying they got too popular to be left up.
March 17, 2011 at 7:04 pm
So why aren’t you reporting them too? Are you going to watch the parade or join it?
March 17, 2011 at 7:24 pm
I don’t think that word means what you think it means. By “that word” I mean, false claim, shaming your own selves, pretenses, Karma — oh, hell, most of ‘em (including ‘Google,’ apparently…)
And most probably “someone I don’t know” — Methinks the lady doth protest too much
March 17, 2011 at 7:27 pm
No matter how common it’s become, SOMEBODY came up with it first- why can’t you believe Hellen Killer’s been talking to that person? Why do you assume she’s dumb enough to be a pawn for some liar? It seems you’re just scrounging for excuses to be contrary.
March 17, 2011 at 7:33 pm
You’re Glitterbiscuit’s mom, aren’t you.
March 17, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Karma? Darling, this IS Karma. Blatantly stealing someone’s design and taunting them with how much money you’re making off of it? And then suddenly you’re on Regretsy and people are going out of their way to shut you down? Bitch please.
March 17, 2011 at 10:31 pm
So are you a friend of this Etsy seller or are you one of her sockpuppets?
Honestly, what part of ‘Don’t steal other people’s ideas’ is so damn hard to understand?
(I can’t believe my first comment on Regretsy wasn’t about bedazzled vags, but TO a bedazzled vag instead. Crazy world.)
March 18, 2011 at 12:00 am
There are hundreds of versions of this shirt out there because people love ripping Jess Fink and Threadless off.
March 18, 2011 at 4:19 am
I’ve actually created a Regretsy account for the sole purpose of telling you you’re a twat, sistahsenn. You twat.
March 18, 2011 at 5:23 am
Seriously, Jess Fink’s Cookie Loves Milk T-shirt has been on threadless for YEARS. SHE IS THE ORIGINAL ARTIST. Not wanting to believe it doesn’t make it not true.
March 18, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Yep, that’s why I reported her to threadless’s customer support.
March 18, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Your ignorance is infuriating (and so played out. Pompous douchebag’s been done before, not an original idea). You’re clearly confused but instead of taking a step back and thinking it through you decide to be an asshole instead. I get that you’re saying the idea isn’t original but that’s not the argument here. This Glitterbiscuits broad is actually tracing Jess Fink’s artwork AND profiting from it which is not okay. I can paint/sell a portrait of a woman smiling with no trouble but not if I trace/sell the Mona Lisa.
Also, this isn’t the first time Jess has had her work stolen. Todd Goldman (David and Goliath) has stolen this design and her Soap shirt so I’m sure there’s lots of variations floating around. I love how you mentioned you don’t know either girl yet your quick to say that the idea didn’t originate from Jess.
March 17, 2011 at 5:19 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Please stop posting the same comment over and over again. It wasn’t interesting or accurate the first time.
March 17, 2011 at 5:43 pm
But if you repeat it over and over, it becomes okay. Just like art theft!
March 17, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Lol @ Arghlita
March 17, 2011 at 6:55 pm
But she has to defend herself… ahem, I mean, she has to defend this random Etsy person who is definitely not her, forever.
March 18, 2011 at 11:10 am
Why don’t you just delete the comment, Helen? After all, It’s YOUR blog.
March 18, 2011 at 11:53 am
No! No! Don’t delete her comments! We’re bloodthirsty and, as she said, LOVE a good ‘lynching’! Think about it! Now we can lynch HER! Isn’t that just great? THIS shark here has smelled blood QwQ
March 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm
also pick up a thesaurus and learn a new word for lynching, your lack of vocabulary is really starting to annoy me
March 17, 2011 at 6:06 pm
The fact that other people are stealing the design does not make it less of a crime. Copyright infringement is A CRIME and should be treated as such. Not only is this chick a criminal she’s an asshat, so yah, we’re not going to be nice to her.
March 17, 2011 at 6:59 pm
@sistahsenn, you think you can play the race card (i.e., using the word “lynching”) and we’ll all go scurrying for cover. In your ignorance, you don’t understand that Regretsy tries to take down all sellers who cheat as flagrantly as Glitterbiscuits did. Then add in the fact that Glitterbiscuits is mocking the person she copied instead of trying to disappear quietly, and she’ll get no sympathy from anyone except you.
March 17, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Aw, Glitterbitch, is that you, you sly devil?
March 17, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Why the fuck do you keep bringing up lynching? Is it because HK is white and the seller is black, and therefore everyone on here must be lynching the poor black seller?? Fuck that stupid shit. Speaking as someone who has had to deal with racism, shut your fucking facehole. Lynching isn’t something to be compared to some butthurt egocentric ripoff artist who got hammered for her BS.
March 17, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Thank you. It’s stupid to call it ‘lynching’ when she’s been inviting all this attention on herself.
March 18, 2011 at 7:55 am
Mickey Mouse is old too, yet amazingly, it’s ILLEGAL to sell unlicensed copies of that image. Age does not change the fact that something is copyright protected. Besides that, even if it weren’t copyright protected it’s not good business to blatantly rip off someone else’s work and claim it as your own, or to be indignant and gloat when you’re called out on it. A thief is a thief is a thief.
March 17, 2011 at 6:58 pm
I created an Etsy account AND signed up on this blog (after reading it for-evah) just so I could report her, and tell you all about it. What a nasty person. I hope her t-shirts give her a horrible rash.
March 17, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Me too and me too.
March 17, 2011 at 8:31 pm
I reported her from work today.. when I got home, I was pleased to see that she backed down. I’m still badgering etsy to toss her. They HAD to have seen her cocky fucking flippant attitude from earlier. I asked them why they’d keep such an arrogant bitch (in not so many words) on their site. She has no regard or understanding of copyright. Fuck her.
March 18, 2011 at 3:09 am
I also created an Etsy account just so I could report her. Some people just have no morals!
March 18, 2011 at 5:54 am
I asked for an early break at work to go report this kooky bitch. For shame.
March 17, 2011 at 3:20 pm
I can’t believe she doesn’t see any repercussions coming. Bitch goin’ down.
March 17, 2011 at 3:21 pm
“Do you hear me? NO COMEUPPANCE!!”
March 17, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Done and done.
March 17, 2011 at 3:20 pm
i actually signed in to etsy to do this. i had forgotten my password, but i eventually figured it out. the fact that she’s gloating is the worse part. what a piece of shit.
March 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Rude, rude, rude.
This chick is just plain rude.
And the worst part of it all? She didn’t even have the decency to make her knock off version even half as good as the original.
Her version looks like something a disabled 3 year old made at preschool.
March 17, 2011 at 4:45 pm
why are you putting down disabled 3 yr olds?
March 17, 2011 at 4:58 pm
I’m not, in fact I encourage them to open their own Etsy shops.
March 17, 2011 at 6:15 pm
i have a disabled 3yo preschooler and she would never rip off someone else’s work…
March 17, 2011 at 7:18 pm
That’s because, whiterabbit, you as her mother taught her better. The pitiful excuse for human excrement calling herself Glitter biscuit was apparently raised by things far worse than wolves.
March 17, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Flagged!
March 17, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Funny coincidence: I went to look at the Etsy Facebook page and it currently features a video called “Handmade Portraits: Biscuit Scout”. Eerie!
March 17, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Done and Done.
March 17, 2011 at 3:21 pm
done done done. adios glitterbiscuit!
March 17, 2011 at 3:21 pm
JOINED etsy to do this. She actually has “Thanks, Jess!” on there….
March 17, 2011 at 7:36 pm
My jaw literally dropped when you said that. WTF. Douchiest douche EVER!! Glitterdouche…ewww, scratchy, ha ha!
March 18, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Glitterdouche…the next big thing on Etsy.
March 17, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Done and done. There is nothing worse than when people steal other’s creative ideas.
Regretsy is a force to reckoned with, lol!!
March 17, 2011 at 3:22 pm
reported.
March 17, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Done
March 17, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Done and done.
March 17, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Evil biscuit reported.
March 17, 2011 at 3:23 pm
You know..I just so happen to know one of the head graphic designers at etsy, and left them a link on their Facebook wall to your article.
March 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Like times a million.
March 17, 2011 at 7:08 pm
That is a tanker filled with WIN.
March 17, 2011 at 3:23 pm
i dont use etsy other than to browse and laugh at. but i registered just so i could report the shop.
March 17, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Unfortunately we can’t shut down the flea market. Never mind, karma is an ironic bitch; eventually she’ll choke to death on a chocolate chip cookie.
March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
I hope she chokes on a fucking glitter biscuit.
March 17, 2011 at 3:56 pm
What is a glitter biscuit? Am I the only one picturing a blinged out vagina?
March 17, 2011 at 6:56 pm
No.
March 17, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Hell no.
March 17, 2011 at 8:20 pm
I was thinking more along the lines of what the dogs poops out after he gets into the craft supplies….
March 17, 2011 at 9:13 pm
@iamhydrogen14 – many years ago I coined the phrase “glitterfarts” after hearing just such a story. The Yahoo group has gone dormant except fit the occasional spam.
March 17, 2011 at 10:39 pm
wasn’t there a picture of a glitter biscuit on regretsy the other day… the muppet goiter made of a peach pit?
March 17, 2011 at 3:58 pm
But if one knew the location of the flea market, one could, in theory, alert local whoever-is-in-charge-of-these-things about counterfeit merchandise being sold by Glitterbitchface’s Real Name. I see people in very official uniforms busting fake-sellers left and right at the local flea market, usually fake sports shirts and knockoff DVDs.
March 17, 2011 at 7:41 pm
Who saw this store when it was up?! Hellen? Anyone know her city? We need to keep the pressure on!
March 18, 2011 at 5:34 am
It was originally Atlanta…
March 17, 2011 at 4:51 pm
I’d love to just go park a chair next to her table with a bell & a sign that says “Don’t buy from BiscuitBitch, she steals her designs & is proud of it!”
Perfectly good use of a Saturday!
March 17, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Shortly before arriving at Glittertwatwaffle’s stall at the Flea Market, be sure to eat a whole bag of Taco Hell stuffed burritos. Then chase’m by chugging a half a box of wine.
The Coup de Gras? Finger down the throat. Nothing repels customers like the sickly sweet smell of regurgitated cheap wine and burritos in front of your shop.
March 18, 2011 at 2:14 pm
…. are you available for parties?
March 17, 2011 at 3:23 pm
God, I am sorry guys, she’s from my hometown, and I feel like I should actually find a way to deliver that bag of poo.
REPORTED. Unbelievable.
March 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm
I’ll send a donation if this happens.
March 17, 2011 at 4:42 pm
For some reason, I red that as “I’ll send a donation of herpes.”
I support this initiative.
March 17, 2011 at 4:51 pm
…and obviously that’s supposed to say “read” not “red”
Laugh if you must.
March 18, 2011 at 12:40 am
I’ll donate too. Do you take paypal?
March 18, 2011 at 4:17 am
Man, I can be a real bitch when I’m sleep deprived. Well, more so than usual.
March 17, 2011 at 3:29 pm
You could put the poo on a piece of barnwood, take a photo and then turnaround and sell it ou Etsy!!
Two birds, ones stone. Multi-tasking ROCKS
March 17, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Maybe you could track her down at the flea marker?
March 18, 2011 at 12:03 am
1. Notify law enforcement.
2. Go to flea market with a Flip camera.
3. YouTube.
4. Profit?
March 17, 2011 at 3:46 pm
I lived in Atlanta for almost 10 years. There is a certain set of population there that totally has this attitude of “you’re all suckers and deserve to get conned by me.” I have reported her and am re-posting.
March 17, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Ditto. Glad I finally escaped.
March 17, 2011 at 4:45 pm
If you could find her at the flea market, protest, call her out on her BS. It’d be awesome, especially since she’s making fun of us to make herself feel better IRL. Chuckles ain’t gonna help you now, asshole.
March 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm
If you could find the flea market where air biscuit is selling her stolen crap definitely bring this to their attention. I’d love to know she got bounced on her worthless ass!
March 18, 2011 at 9:55 am
I’ve got a couple babies that can made some real hearty steaming donations too.
March 17, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Went ahead and reported it on my company’s etsy username, too. The second time I read that she came across as an even bigger biotch.
Something is wrong with people today, I tell you. (Waving my stick).
March 17, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Done.
Poor Jess, this isn’t the first time and unfortunately probably won’t be the last
Sucks that so many people think they can just rip off someone else’s art and that there’s nothing wrong with it. In fact, it’s hilarious, even.
What a fannywaffle.
March 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
That’s a fun word.
March 17, 2011 at 4:52 pm
I like it. But when I reported the talentless smirking cunt, I was thinking “buttnugget”.
Not as much fun, but to the point.
March 17, 2011 at 5:22 pm
My husband asked what is was about Regretsy that makes me want to combine human anatomy + baked goods. I don’t know, but they pretty much all work. Dickdonut, prickbiscuit, twatwaffle, cuntmuffin, buttnugget, poontang pie… it really is endless.
March 17, 2011 at 4:01 pm
I know, even Todd Goldman of David and Goliath fame has ripped of his design. Actually, Todd Goldman rips off a lot of people’s designs.
http://consumerist.com/2007/04/designer-todd-goldman-accused-of-rampant-plagiarism.html
March 17, 2011 at 4:03 pm
aww frack, I meant “her design”
March 17, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Todd Goldman has NEVER had an original idea and has built his entire business around art theft. May he die in a fire while choking on his own shit.
Er…bless his heart.
March 17, 2011 at 5:02 pm
What sickens me is that his facebook fan page has so many commenters fawning over his steaming piles of dishonesty.
March 17, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Ugh I feel bad for liking his ‘work’ a couple of years ago now. Though it was cute at the time. Glad I grew up.
What a dick. These assholes should all live on their own goddamn little planet together and see how it feels to have their work ripped off all the time.
March 18, 2011 at 11:16 am
Nice Vocabulary, Wilhalen. <3
March 17, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Wow, that’s horrible. Jess Fink is draws Chester 5000 xyv. It’s not like she’s just some random person, even, she’s a fucking webcomic artist.
Will report right meow.
March 17, 2011 at 3:28 pm
And I refuse to even send her hate mail. She doesn’t even fucking deserve that.
If etsy doesn’t take her shop down, I’m going to move to artfire.
March 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Yessss. I read Chester and I’m upset that such a fantastic artist is getting ripped off like this.
March 17, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Chester 5000 picture. Is Chester steampunk?
http://www.hypergeek.ca/2011/03/top-shelf-may-2011-solicitations.html
March 17, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Reeeeeeallly?
If Etsy doesn’t act, we can call other comic Artists and fans out on her ass.
And probably the /b/tards.
It won’t be pretty.
March 17, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Oh don’t bring /b/ into this. At least not now. Maybe if Glittertwat starts shit again… but even then I’d be hesitant. That’s a giant bucket of stupid to have to deal with.
March 17, 2011 at 3:25 pm
grrr… this makes me want to stop punching kittens and punch a human instead! I hate that!
reported.
March 17, 2011 at 3:25 pm
bitch.
March 17, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Suck copyright hag. <3
March 17, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Done
March 17, 2011 at 3:26 pm
I hope the universe has one hell of a karmic glitter enema waiting for this bitch.
March 17, 2011 at 4:22 pm
And not that teensy glitter either…HUGE glitter with pointy corners!
March 17, 2011 at 6:51 pm
The kind that falls out of greeting cards sent buy your aunt.
Damn, just thinking about it makes me have to vaccum.
March 17, 2011 at 7:00 pm
argh! by your aunt. or actually by my aunt. damn tequila typing.
March 17, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Also done. I’ll be curious to see if this works– my impression so far is that Etsy couldn’t possibly give less of a shit about this sort of thing. I hope I’m wrong.
March 17, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Talk shit, get hit with a huge amount of very angry regretsians putting you in your place.
March 17, 2011 at 3:26 pm
I spend most of my rage on the fact that – seemingly – no one ever gets their comeuppance. I hope I’m wrong this time. I flagged that bitch. (<- good bumper sticker)
March 17, 2011 at 11:20 pm
I would put that on my car!
March 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Reported. Wow, Jess Fink got ripped off by that hack Todd Goldman / David and Goliath too. Really how pathetic that some people are too stupid to come up with original ideas.
March 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Done, stupid little thief. GAH I hate stupid little thieves.
March 17, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Stupid little ARROGANT thieves at that!
March 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Done. This aggression will not stand.
March 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm
I reported the Biotch as well.
March 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm
I really hope this bitch’s shop gets shut down. But my beef is with the idiots who bought these atrocities. Seriously, who would buy this? It looks like she drew on a white shirt with crayon with her eyes closed.
March 17, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Also, I’ve been a fan of Jess’s work for a while, but haven’t actually bought anything. I think I’m about to change that. A list of her stores.
March 17, 2011 at 5:07 pm
I am also feeling the need to own a Jess Fink original.
March 17, 2011 at 5:57 pm
I actually have a friend who’s having a baby soon. I think the baby needs one of her cute lil’ prints.
March 18, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Jess Fink = perfect for any occasion.
March 17, 2011 at 5:32 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Obviously, you’re not on our side.
March 18, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Please tell me you meant off of the Jess Fink site and not Glitterbiscuit.
March 18, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Yay, RuthX, for putting up this link. (Yet another Regretsy lurker who established an Etsy account simply to report that alleged-human/waste-of-space-on-earth.)
March 17, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Miss Gutterbiscuit will be out of business soon and I shall be doing my part.
March 17, 2011 at 3:28 pm
She makes me so mad my rampant cursing makes Charlie Sheen look like a caring and nurturing father.
She deserves to have her store shut down.
March 17, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Count me among the Regretsians who created an account for the sole purpose of flagging Shitterbiscunts.
March 18, 2011 at 12:48 am
Of all the variations on this thief’s name, shitterbiscuits is the best.
March 17, 2011 at 3:29 pm
oooohhh boy that fired me up! i even created an etsy account just so i could report her! she’ll get what’s coming to her…
March 17, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Reported. I really can’t stand people who steal other peoples work.
March 17, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Done. What an…unpleasant human being.
March 17, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Reported! (I feel better now that I’ve sharpened my claws on a deserving bitch.)
March 17, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Bitch, please! Flagged/reported/whatever you want to call it. NEVER underestimate Helen Killer and her legion of minions!
March 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm
ooo….I’ve always wanted to be a minion!
March 17, 2011 at 8:51 pm
MINIONS FTW!!! Or Thugs if you prefer
March 17, 2011 at 4:14 pm
I’m no minion…and I’m no follower.
This is just wrong. Glad she pointed it out.
March 17, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Jess Fink, a fantastic artist and designer, does not deserve any of this utter bullshit.
March 17, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Anyone dumb enough to basically say, “Yes I’m stealing this shit, bitches,” deserves that and more.
March 17, 2011 at 3:30 pm
done and done here. Let’s see this bitch go down. As someone working to open my own storefront on Etsy, I hate this kind of crap. Let’s keep Etsy for the real creative people, not the idea thieves!!!!
(you can’t see me, but my fist is pumping)
March 17, 2011 at 5:54 pm
I very much agree, it’s hard enough to make a name for yourself on etsy without some thieving bitch lurking about the place
March 17, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Did it.
Christ, what an asshole.
March 17, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Reported Glitterbitch.
And I’d do it again, if I could.
March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
And to the comment about the Facebook adds, I’m certain it’s just people like us who want to bitch at her first hand. What a superdouche!
March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Done and done again. I’m almost willing to purchase something from her to get her mailing address. I’ve always wanted to send someone a nice sushi platter in the mail–at book rate, naturally.
March 17, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Yeah, but unfortuantly, that would be giving her money. I’d hate to do that.
March 17, 2011 at 4:04 pm
I know…me too. It’s the only thing stopping me.
March 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Harlan Ellison once sent a dead gopher to someone at the slowest rate…during summer. I wish I had the cast-iron guts to do that to some people.
March 17, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Harlan Ellison is the shit.
March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
She’s going down!
March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
…..and done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Done.
March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Jesus, it’s not even a good tracing.
March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Signed up to Etsy to report this.
March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 3:46 pm
That one is probably just different enough to be OK.
March 17, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Well, if y’all look at the screen capture posted above, on the top right under “David and Goliath ripp off by Todd Goldman”, it’s pretty much the same design as Jess’, except it’s done in felt, but whatev’s…LOL!
March 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm
March 17, 2011 at 4:23 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 9:19 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
I reported her. We’ll see what happens. As a publisher, stealing images like this enrages me.
March 17, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Oh holy shit I remember Kate Beaton tweeting about this yesterday.
Word gets around fast in these here
Intertubessome funnier term.Also I can’t report it myself because I don’t have an Etsy account. But maybe if I link people to this post, other people can do that.
March 17, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Get one – it only takes a few minutes.
March 17, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Done! What a turd she is.
March 17, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Imho talking about it on etsy’s facebook page will help, judging from what happened during the recent Chinese Wedding Gowns Crisis…
March 17, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Reported. Put “brazen copyright infringement” as my reason.
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
“Petulance” was my reason.
March 17, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Assish twatitude was mine.
March 17, 2011 at 6:34 pm
I was going with “scum-sucking rat-faced waterhead” but I think Hunter S. said that. Still, I don’t think he’d mind.
March 17, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Assish twatitude is definitely a winner.
Also would’ve accepted “cooksourcing lord of the fucktards.”
March 17, 2011 at 4:43 pm
I had to create an account just to write “Copyright infringement pisses me off.” Totally worth it.
March 17, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Done.
March 17, 2011 at 3:33 pm
That irritated me so much that I made an Etsy account to report her and then came back to Regretsy and made an account here to tell you how irritated I was.
>O
March 17, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Done.
March 17, 2011 at 3:33 pm
oh so done.. I’ve had this happen to a friend of mine on DeviantArt.com I’ve known for years. she went to a convention with stickers of her work. a well known art thief then bought the stickers, copied her designs for a contest, which won a significant monetary prize. then the infringed art was then printed to a t-shirt even more money went to the thief via sale profits. Not only was my friend infuriated, so was I.
March 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I get competitors actually ripping pictures off my website and putting them on their websites claiming MY work is their’s. I used to spend huge amounts of time trying to find the thieves. Now I just let karma come and bite them in the butt…..their clients are, I am sure, disappointed in what it is they wind up getting.
But taking someone else’s idea is WRONG. Bragging about it is really bad. I would never want that kind of karmatic synergy flowing against me. That’s the kind of stuff that causes asteroids to fall on your happy ass.
It feels good to bring this bitch down. Can’t wait to see how long it will actually take.
March 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm
I know *exactly* which site/situation you’re referring to, and believe me, you & your friend weren’t the only ones made angry. Even more disgusting … while the copied shirt was taken down, said “artist” was still collecting profits from another shirt on the same site up until this week. Apparently ethics don’t count as much as profit margins.
March 17, 2011 at 9:07 pm
~_~ no ethics seem to mean nothing at all. the fact the thief made any profits by the theft should make her wide open to being sued. veevee doesn’t have huge sums of money for a big court battle though. that’s mainly how a lot of these people get away with this shit is stealing from people who don’t have tons of financial resources to fight back in a legal battle.
March 17, 2011 at 3:33 pm
I reported her.
March 17, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Of course she would call herself “gossip girl” because there is NOTHING she wouldn’t rip the fuck off.
“If your friends told you to jump off a bridge, would you do that?”
A: If her name is Helen Killer and she promises to be my friend forever, fuck yeah.
March 17, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Done
March 17, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Sheepish and apologetic stealing, immediately removed at being caught …is one thing.
ARROGANT TWATTERY like this..is another.
Fuck that!…
March 17, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Done and done, I totally reported her, hope they take that trash’s site off Etsy. You rock for helping Jessica out!
March 17, 2011 at 3:35 pm
target locked, missiles away.
March 17, 2011 at 3:35 pm
I’d post on Facebook but can’t find a link
March 17, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Post the link to THIS page, my friend. That way your facebook friends get the whole scoop and also find out how awesome THIS site is
March 17, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Will do.
March 17, 2011 at 3:35 pm
DONE!
I love you April. You really know what to do with your hate.
March 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Don’t call it hate – call it RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.
March 17, 2011 at 3:36 pm
reported the little twatwaffle.
March 17, 2011 at 3:36 pm
reported that bitch!
March 17, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Just reported her.
March 17, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Reported. No one messes with the Regretsy masses.
March 17, 2011 at 3:37 pm
By the way…Etsy doesn’t give a fuck about stuff like this..but they DO care about the aggro profile..
So..point it out!
March 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm
That’s exactly what I said when I reported the shop. Heh.
Well, among other things.
March 17, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Reported.
March 17, 2011 at 3:37 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 3:37 pm
The news about this was the very first thing I read about this morning and so I have spent the day raging. And her enjoying all this negative attention makes me rage more. It’s like a fucking perceptual ring of HATE.
March 17, 2011 at 3:53 pm
She reminds me of those kids in middle school who would get in trouble for doing stupid crap and then stand there and giggle like it was the funniest goddamn thing ever. I can only guess people who take enjoyment out of being in the wrong are somehow mentally inhibited.
March 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Flea market, she says…
March 17, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Which is a euphemism for lying down with dogs. Which is a euphemism for…
March 18, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Now that high class!
Um, for the record I love flea markets… for vintage shit. Not sad “new” stolen crapola.
March 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Instant karma’s gonna get you…..
March 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
And lo, Helen Killer spoke, and with her words unleashed the Vengeance of Whimsical Fuckery.
And the Furies of Fat, Resentment, and Brokedness bore down on the evil perpetuator of copyright infringement, and did sear her with the flames of rightous wrath.
Beware, evil ones, of the power of Regretsy.
March 17, 2011 at 9:03 pm
Heeee! This makes me entirely too happy. I get to be a Fury of Resentment!!!!
March 18, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Fury of Brokedness, that’s me.
March 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
I did it. I even made a goddamn etsy account just to do it. Thanks for the tip. I’ll always be glad to help out when someone is being stolen from and especially if they are then blatantly and openly mocked.
March 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Reported.
Didn’t Natalie Dee do a similar drawing? I thought it was one of her designs at first.
March 18, 2011 at 3:15 pm
I totally remember reporting her Jess Fink to Natalie Dee back in like 05 for ripping off her soap shirt idea.
http://www.nataliedee.com/072306/the-butt-too.jpg
http://www.threadless.com/product/409/Lil_Soap
March 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
This is another Regretsy joke, right? Etsy pays attention? wtf, they’re too busy denying, lying, muting, banning and closing reg-a-lur shops and scarfing up today’s free lunch in the mission-mars lunchroom. Read a flag? I don’t think so.
March 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Done. She disgusts me in so many ways I can hardly express myself without symbols…
(@#$%^&*@!!!)
March 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
done and done. it’s one thing to steal someone’s idea… it’s entirely another to be an utter douchetwat about it.
March 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Inconceivably moronic people like this hurt my feelings. Never fear, bitch has been reported.
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Done. Also posted this on my FB
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Reported but, I doubt they will yank it. Then they would have to consider the ten hundred thousand shops selling harry potter and twilight themed fuckery. Copywrite? Wha??
I hate you, etsy.
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
I’m so proud to work on a shop that has to stand next to something like this. Maybe my banner needs an update too.
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Reported her also. What a piece of rat shit (and that’s insulting to the shit)
March 17, 2011 at 5:55 pm
And the rat. And I don’t even like rats.
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
reported.
Though if it does anything, well.. I won’t be holding my breath
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
reported! done and dusted. She has some nerve!
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Since Etsy won’t let me flag a store multiple times, I made my best friend sign up just so he could flag it on my behalf.
March 17, 2011 at 3:45 pm
I found if I hit Refresh that I could go in and report again.
March 17, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Reeeeeeeaaaaally….. (Off to refresh!)
March 17, 2011 at 5:32 pm
You’re right, you CAN refresh! I have reported her for her goods not being handmade (NO WAY that she made those jackets), for offensive language in her shop banner, for copyright infringement… It’s almost a fun game coming up with new reasons! Almost.
March 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Thanks for the tip! I’ve reported her 3 more times…. so far. (I’m feeling rather bitchy today and it’s nice to have such a deserving target. Means I don’t have to apologize tomorrow. Or ever. Heh. Thanks, Helen!)
March 18, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Thanks for the head’s up! Even though she took down her bitchy banner, I’m still going to flag her store a few times.
I actually inadvertently wore my “Cookie Loves Milk” t-shirt today– guess the irritation with her store was still fresh in my mind.
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
She’ll be rolling in all the shit coming at her today. But at least she’ll be easy to sue if Jess Fink is so inclined.
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Yay! Jess Fink has been getting a raw deal with both this idiot and uber-copycat Todd Goldman stealing her designs lately. Hope we can poke Etsy hard enough.
March 17, 2011 at 3:51 pm
That thieving assrat Todd Goldman is such a creep his blood type is DouchePositive, I swear.
March 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm
I desperately wish we could flag Todd Goldman into oblivion. He’s blatantly stolen from Jess and many more actually-talented artists. How the fuck does he get away with it?
March 17, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Oh holy crap that’s funny!
March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm
I hate when scumbags steal the work of indie artists. The thieving bitch’s attitude was enough to drag me out from under the Regretsy lurking rock. I actually created a user name just so I could add my “the slimy bitch is goin down” to this comment list. I reported her twice, under my Etsy shop ID and my buyer ID.
March 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Done!
I can’t beleive this! I am coming across this more and more. If ETSY doesn’t start doing something about this I will buy elsewhere!
March 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
reported!
March 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
So I posted a link to this on the Etsy wall, and it was deleted almost instantaneously.
Unless I”m just completely retarded (which is possible).
March 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm
If you were the one to say “Don’t let stores like this stay open! If someone brags about stealing, shut them down!”, it’s still there.
March 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Done and done. If it’s any consolation, I just discovered an arrangement of cat vomit on my bedroom floor which depicts a better likeness of the original. She/her model has also been blessed with enough stretch marks and cellulite to make me feel like a bikini model.
March 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
This is a demned shame. It’s the worst to not only see intellectual property stolen, but then to see it debased on shoddy midriff tees.
March 17, 2011 at 4:34 pm
it’s not even a midriff tee, it’s just tied up in a knot in the back. EXTRA SKANK.
March 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
This is my favorite part of Regretsy. I heartily encourage more posts pointing out the derptastic thieves & resellers. HK & Regretsy readers have made an impact by doing this public service!
I also quite enjoy the snark & whimsicle fuckery.
March 17, 2011 at 9:07 pm
The heads up on reporting evil reseller/thieving asshats is my favorite part of Regretsy too. I might have what they call “rage issues”.
March 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
BTW.
That picture makes me want to SLAP HER FACE! Rude, evil girl.
March 17, 2011 at 3:42 pm
I have been an avid reader of your blog for a few months now, and I absolutely love it! When I saw this post, it made me very annoyed. So I went right over to Etsy.com and made a login name JUST to complain. Here’s what I briefly stated.
“This user is blatanly ripping off her cookies and milk t-shirts from another person. I just signed up for this site, and I am not impressed with the fact that you have sellers on here with no original talent for their own. Very disappointing.”
Hopefully that rotten bitch will be shut down by the end of the day!
March 17, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Ugh. This is almost as sad as that terrible seller: that so many people have created Etsy accounts today for such a negative reason. Of course there is stuff on there that is laughable… but there are also many talented artists and serious crafts people who have studied and sacrificed for their talent. I hope that some of you will eventually take the time to find these other sellers and support what they do.
March 17, 2011 at 5:35 pm
I agree with LeeLoo on this one. I’ve seen too many of you say, “Etsy sucks, I won’t ___ there now!” Etsy, overall, is awesome. It’s great for buyers and sellers, and in the years I’ve been doing business on there, I still think so. Don’t confuse the whole forum with the actions of one crappy glittercunt.
March 17, 2011 at 6:09 pm
I agree. I’ve found some amazing artists on Etsy, and I know I’ve only scratched the surface. Not everyone is a thief, a bitch, or a douchebag. Etsy needs to expend some effort weeding out the bad sellers.
March 17, 2011 at 7:01 pm
I bought some great letterpress calendars on Etsy, and before that I found a vintage (1940s) Christmas card that was sent by a friend’s famous cousin.
I encourage everyone who signed up for Etsy today to buy something they genuinely like. It might be classy and elegant, or some of the whimsicle fuckery from sellers who have been featured here. Support people who make quality items.
That was such a great sentiment that I tweeted and Facebooked it. Thank you for posting that, and I hope a lot of sales come as a result. – HK
March 18, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Unfortunately, my issues are with Etsy itself, not the bad sellers on it. I can’t justify giving my money to the Etsy company even if the sellers using their service benefit.
And that’s if Etsy would let me sign up again; they yanked my account for being loud in the forums and for daring to mention that Etsy wasn’t my only online selling venue.
So typical of Etsy – being quick to take down stores of legitimate sellers who criticize them, but letting resellers and thieves stay up as long as they like.
March 17, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Done and done. I really burn at things like this. I don’t know which is worse, the theft or her gloating.
March 17, 2011 at 3:42 pm
117 comments in 22 minutes. Wow, if we all voted in November imagine what we could do!!
March 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
I do!
March 17, 2011 at 5:09 pm
I’d totally vote for a Helen Killer/Bronc Drywall ticket!
March 18, 2011 at 12:15 pm
I tell it like it is!
March 17, 2011 at 3:42 pm
I have reported the shop, and I love that Regretsy transcends typical internet wank into actual substantive action. Yay, Regretsy!
March 17, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Screencapping their shop and linking people to this post. Can’t report it myself since I don’t have an Etsy account.
Man, I remember reading Mate Beaton’s tweets about this whole mess yesterday.
March 17, 2011 at 3:51 pm
mother of fuck I wanted to type Kate Beaton
March 17, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Appears this biscuitbroad just
Cant
Understand
Normal
Thinking
like ours or she would have apologized straight away and offered recompense to Ms Fink.
March 17, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Thieves never do.
March 17, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Reported!!
March 17, 2011 at 3:43 pm
I created an Etsy account to report her and a Regretsy account to report that I reported her. GD shit like that makes me mad.
March 17, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Ask, and ye shall receive…my wrath against this smug bitch. Blatently selling a counterfeit of a copyrighted design and her profile is very offensive.
March 17, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Also done. Scum of the earth piece of dog shit on the bottom of my shoe that I subsequently scraped off onto some roadkill down the street.
March 17, 2011 at 3:44 pm
I’ve got an Etsy account and I’m reporting this ‘artist.’ Geez, people suck.
March 17, 2011 at 3:45 pm
I reported her from both of my stores.
March 17, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Gloating much? Reported.
March 17, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Exactly. It’s the gloating.
I mean..if it were a fecking hand drawn Mickey Mouse shirt I wouldn’t care…sorry, I know I should, but taking a few bucks from the Mouse just doesn’t bother me.
But it’s an indie artist…not a billion dollar corporation…and gloating about it kinda tips it right over into “Action Required”.
March 17, 2011 at 4:35 pm
but the mouse has rooms full of lawyers that have nothing better to do than sue everyone…
March 17, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Why bother with Etsy? Contact Threadless directly; they’ll give a damn more than Cupcakeville will. I hope they wipe the smile right off that thieving bitch’s face.
March 17, 2011 at 3:45 pm
I reported her, as well. I can just imagine how pissed off I would be if I was in Jess Fink’s position.
March 17, 2011 at 3:45 pm
done.
March 17, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Reported! She makes me ILL.
March 17, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Flagged. I even had to join Etsy to do it.
March 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Also told threadless.
March 17, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Done and done, and reposted the link. I can’t believe anyone would be so damned brazen about it!
March 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
I have 2 Etsy accounts (one for buying one for selling) and reported it on both of those. She got me so torked that I went out of my way to make 6 additional Etsy accounts just to report her. Burn in craft fuckery hell Glitterskank.
March 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
First time posting on here just to tell you that I’ve also reported her. What a nasty piece of work… Surely there’s some karma voodoo tin can curse we could buy on Etsy especially for her??
March 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
I reported her too
March 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
And I don’t know who’s buying HER version- my three year old (cat) could do a much better job.
March 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
This sickens me. I most definitely reported her
March 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
How is this disgusting bitch even selling her shitty copies?
March 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Task complete. What shall we destroy next?
March 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Also it appears you can report the shop multiple times under the same profile.
March 17, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Fear the unity of Regretsy, BIATCH!
March 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
I hate her even more than I hated the hoards of drunk assholes that were all over Manhattan today-trust me when I say that’s a TRUCKLOAD of hate.
But WTF is she talking about when she says she got 142 adds on FB in one day? I couldn’t find a Facebook page for her, the only glitterbiscuits I found was a Sad Hipster Band.
March 17, 2011 at 3:56 pm
This one https://www.facebook.com/pages/Glitter-Biscuits/150306311653775 uses the same picture as some of her sold items, but it’s only got 1 “like”.
This one https://www.facebook.com/glitter.biscuits I can’t tell.
March 17, 2011 at 4:02 pm
bet after this she’d hide her ass in shame quite frankly and quit face book.
March 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
What a loser. Her momma didn’t raise her right.
March 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
THIS FUCKERY IS NOT WHIMSICLE
March 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Reported, and wishing that people could report without tossing misogynistic wording into the mix. :-/
March 17, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Ditto this.
You’d think she took a personal shit in their Lucky Charmed Swiss Miss.
March 18, 2011 at 12:19 pm
I’m doing my best here! It takes time.
March 17, 2011 at 3:50 pm
GASP! This is one of my favorite shirts from threadless!
This chick is going down.
March 17, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Her Facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/glitter.biscuits
Copy and paste, it’s not a link.
Ta Da!
March 17, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Oops, it IS a link.
March 17, 2011 at 3:57 pm
That’s not a link.
THIS is a link!
(well, okay, it’s a Chinese knockoff of a link)
March 17, 2011 at 4:01 pm
That’s why I couldn’t find it, she used a personal profile for her business instead of making a business page, what a dumbass. She probably didn’t have anyone to copy that from.
You can report her Facebook page too, click on the second button that says “This profile is impersonating someone or is fake”, and then select “represents a business or organization” from the pull-down menu.
March 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Done and I blocked her.
March 17, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Here’s the business profile: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Glitter-Biscuits/150306311653775
I wonder if the one person who’s liked it is the infamous whore herself…
March 17, 2011 at 4:23 pm
I did this too.
March 17, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Me too
I felt unfulfilled just reporting her once. But twice… my urge for vindication is abating now. Well, at least a little bit.
March 17, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Cool, now I reported her on Etsy AND Facebook!
March 17, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Done. Also, if you look at her sales, they all sound like they are written by the same person. I doubt sales are as good as she says…
March 17, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Before the feedback fiasco, we could probably have easily seen if she was shilling or not.
Now, not so much.}:/
March 17, 2011 at 3:52 pm
KICK that trash to the curb! Reported. I’m going to mad lib that CREASE AND DESIST letter to send to her, too
March 17, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Thieves. The lowest of the low. Reported.
March 17, 2011 at 3:53 pm
My first post here to say done and done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:54 pm
done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Done.
March 17, 2011 at 3:55 pm
I logged in to report this thief as well. I’ll just take her “Thanks, Jess!” message to actually mean she’s thanking me for reporting her sorry ass and showing her the evil of her ways so she can now repent. Or, you know, something like that.
March 17, 2011 at 3:55 pm
done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Stupid bitch, she’s going down! As ridic as Etsy can be that’s just not the intended spirit of the site.
March 17, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Done!
March 17, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Shop reported. What a smug bitch.
March 17, 2011 at 3:56 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Well thanks for taking the time and effort to tell us all that, instead of supporting an artist who’s been ripped off.
March 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Yes, it’s justified.
March 17, 2011 at 4:14 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Are you new to Regretsy? We don’t calmly and politely discuss contemporary issues in everyday life over tea and crumpets.
Fuck crumpets! Dry flaky bitches.
March 17, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Yes I am new.
But I think this post has sped up my learning curve considerably.
I’m more used to people disliking me in secret.
I say fuck crumpets too. Can still get some tea though?
March 17, 2011 at 5:49 pm
It’s called hyperbole. People say a lot of things when they’re riled up. I seriously doubt anyone is plotting to hunt miss glitter-douche down. Trust me, grasshopper.
March 17, 2011 at 6:37 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 6:52 pm
No one pleases me with racist insults. Don’t be stupid. I’m moderating as fast as I can.
March 17, 2011 at 6:57 pm
No shit they aren’t pleasing you. Let me rephrase that- these racist idiots BELIEVE they are pleasing you with aggression and they aren’t because you’re not racist. Nonetheless, they are racist and they suck.
March 17, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Well, you gave a damn enough to fucking comment didn’t you?
March 17, 2011 at 4:24 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 6:28 pm
If you are a handmade artisan, you remember this exactly, when your own work is blatantly copied and sold for profit.
See if you feel this way when it happens to you.
March 17, 2011 at 8:15 pm
Obviously Paper-Machete, you have no idea how we roll at Regretsy. We only post about shit we PASSIONATELY care about. Things like true artists with talent, ridiculous fuckery by crazy fuck wits oh and maybe crazy cunt onions with bad attitudes and no talent STEALING from our beloved real artists. If you don’t like what you’re reading, find another site where everyone is cheery and nice and holds hands and talks about warm fuzzy feelings.
March 17, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Your ennui is impressive. Just sayin’.
March 17, 2011 at 4:42 pm
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March 17, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Thanks for teaching me a new word. I will try and use it in a sentence tomorrow.
See, Regresty is fun AND educational.
March 17, 2011 at 5:22 pm
As an etsy seller who has had her work blantantly copied, yes, it’s worth getting upset over. If you’ve ever had someone steal your idea and take credit for your work, you’d understand. And the fact that she’s being SUCH a douchenozzle about it just makes it worse.
And, no, you don’t get any tea.
March 17, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Ever heard the starfish story?
Sure we can’t fix 99.99999% of the problems. But we might be able to help with this one.
March 17, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Reported and forwarded. I think it’s fucking hilarious that she’s ripping off another person’s design. The only reason you do something moronic like that is because you’re too talentless to come up with something good on your own.
March 17, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Reported!
March 17, 2011 at 3:56 pm
WHAT A BITCH! flagggged
March 17, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Bitch better start practicing saying “Would you like fries with that?” for her new job.
March 17, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Job? That would require some level of effort.
March 17, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Oh you know she already uses that line working at the White Castle in between her remedial art classes where she honed the fine art of tracing.
March 17, 2011 at 3:57 pm
4:57pm Mountain Time, and glitterbiscuits has ZERO items for sale.
March 17, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Unfortunately that’s because she just sold everything in her shop.
March 17, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Dang. Sockpuppet doing damage control? Retaliatory feedback trappers??
March 17, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Don’t thumbs down me, it’s not MY fault!
March 17, 2011 at 4:19 pm
I don’t think you got the thumbs down for saying she sold her shit. i think the fact that she “sold” her shit is what the thumbs down was for. And for the record, I don’t hink she sold anything. I think she might have flet the wrath of the last 30 minutes or so and pulled said shit of the proverbial shit shelf.
March 17, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Shittiest typest + Terrible speller = Me
I am sure you got my point regardless of the horrendous typing/spelling.
March 17, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Or used another account to shill.
March 17, 2011 at 6:15 pm
I wouldn’t put shilling past her.
March 17, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Woooo!
March 17, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Yay!
March 17, 2011 at 4:01 pm
That’s because someone bought out her entire store.
March 17, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Is it possible that she did that herself? They all sold at the exact same time.
March 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm
That’s my guess.
March 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm
I think Etsy or the thief deleted them.
March 17, 2011 at 4:22 pm
She didn’t sell her shit, she pulled her shit when the shit hit the fan and she started seeing the regretsy minions coming for her. Shit, can I say shit one more time in this shitty comment?
March 17, 2011 at 5:25 pm
If it was a sock buyer account, things should get interesting. After all, feedback received by a is now hidden as per Etsy’s version of ‘damage control’, but any feedback they leave for her will still be nice and visible!
March 17, 2011 at 5:26 pm
*feedback received by a BUYER
Stupid broken keyboard.
March 17, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Those items all sold about five minutes ago, according to her history. Weird.
March 17, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Done.
March 17, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Man, I signed up for a WordPress account just to tell everyone I flagged her ass. XD
March 17, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Does anyone else find it really sad that this girl feeds off of ANY negative attention? That simply reporting her is, in her mind, making her more popular?
Poor thing probably has no friends and is mocked relentlessly for her bedazzled baby-banjo.
March 17, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Yup. It is sad, indeed. Another downside to this is that it’s feeding Etsy a bunch of new registrations and page clicks that they’ll be able to show off to the investors. I hope Ms. Fink goes after her with a lawyer, because I don’t think shutting down her Etsy shop would have any sort of impact on her at all, and she’s probably relishing the extra attention.
March 17, 2011 at 4:28 pm
I should clarify, though, that it’s not that I don’t appreciate what’s happening here. I do love a good, grassroots rebellion and this bitch deserves whatever bad things are coming to her. I just don’t think that shutting down her Etsy shop is punishment enough.
March 17, 2011 at 3:59 pm
BOOM! No more items in her shop!
March 17, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Her shop is still open, though, and four of the sales happened in the last two minutes. I guess she’s getting the exposure she wanted. *sigh*
March 17, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Damn – I thought she’d had them taken down. Grrrr.
March 17, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Did a quick google image search of her OTHER shirt “Gimme some sugar” and came up with a barrage of shirts that have, like her shirt, giant lips and the exact phrase “gimme some sugar”. Not EXACT replicas, because as we all know, she’s a classy lady.
March 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Those “…Sugar” shirts are also gone from her shop now. ay, ay, ay…
March 17, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Reported the shop, then signed up for a Regretsy account just so I could say so!
I’m familiar w/ Jess Fink’s work from a while back. Anyone remember when this shirt was on SCRUBS? Turk wore this shirt!!!! This witch needs to go down.
March 17, 2011 at 4:01 pm
the deed is done
March 17, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Also annoying–she’s a reseller. No way did she make those clothes herself. Of course, we know Etsy doesn’t care about THAT.
March 17, 2011 at 4:02 pm
After all that, not only did I share this to my wall, I posted it on Etsy’s wall. Flood their page with this link!
March 17, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Shit, I knew you’d get me to join Etsy one of these days. This is a good reason to join, though.
March 17, 2011 at 4:03 pm
made me mad enough to send my first post. reported
March 17, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Tell Jess Fink I own HER cookie shirt (the blue one in the pic) and it was the first thing I ever bought from threadless….I love that shirt! And it is waaaay better! This girl just suuuucks. Also, the mental image of Etsy staffers on bikes, too fucking funny.
March 17, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Everything was gone in her shop by the time I tried to submit my comments
March 17, 2011 at 4:04 pm
I contacted Threadless, the company that prints this shirt, and also posted a link to this article on their FB page. Threadless is a tight-knit community like Regretsy…I’m sure they’re going to help, too!
March 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Created an account and reported her. Stupiud cow, hope she gets what’s coming to her.
March 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Totally reported her. People like her are why really great artists lose faith and stop selling their awesome shit.
March 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
The stuff for sale on gutterblisters’ store has been removed. Curious if she did it or the folks at Etsy did it.
Since I too have been previously ripped off, I just HAD to take action on Etsy, then respond here.
Thanks April and Regretsy team!
March 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Reported the smug bitch. And then I refreshed to see if i could report again. Her profile is still there, but no (ripped off) merch in sight. Did the blitzkrieg work?
March 17, 2011 at 4:13 pm
I just saw that too!
March 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Thanks for calling her out.
March 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
her entire shop is sold out
March 17, 2011 at 4:08 pm
I tried to report it but it wouldn’t let me submit.
March 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm
You have to select a reason from the drop down menu above the text area in order for the submit button to work.
March 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm
yes I did that. I have reported before and have never had a problem.
March 17, 2011 at 4:24 pm
I almost had the same problem but then clicked other, I don’t know why yours isn’t going through.
March 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm
…Hmmm. That don’t sound right.
March 17, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Have we prevailed? Please tell me we have prevailed.
March 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Yeah, but they all sold during exactly the same minute. I’m calling bullshit on those sales.
March 17, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Me too… Suspish, to say the least.
March 17, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Reported.
March 17, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Reseller. Check.
Theif. Check.
Bitch. Check.
March 17, 2011 at 4:08 pm
As well as clicking on the ‘Thief I say!’ link on etsy, have also pointed Threadless towards this blog. No doubt Jess Fink’s already been to them (they have a fair bit of experience in dealing with scoundrels) but there’s no harm in hoping for more troops.
Let’s dunk the glitterbitchbiscuit.
March 17, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Hmmm. I really liked “Perky Snood,” but now I think “Glitter Biscuit” would be an equally awesome stripper stage name. Of course, maybe I should spell it “Glytter Byskit” so I wouldn’t infringe on anyone’s copywrite.
March 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Well, shit, who bought her crap? Or does she have a shill?
March 17, 2011 at 4:19 pm
It has to be a shill… I looked at the ‘sale’ on the kids ‘cocktail’ dress (you know, ’cause kids go to cocktail parties ALL THE TIME!) and the description says you can get the pink or the white… no sizes. I seriously doubt that the buyer didn’t care what color or size they were getting… unless it was a shill.
March 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Anyone buying from her is just as bad as she is.
March 17, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Reported her. My report was full of rage, and i also emailed a friend of mine that works at Threadless (where the original is sold)
March 17, 2011 at 4:28 pm
I sent an e-mail to their customer service department about it. *LOVE* Threadless!
March 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Done Dideley Done and Done
March 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Created an Etsy account just to report her.
Also, signed up for a WordPress account just to state the above.
March 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Absofuckinglutely reported. I’d report her while standing on my head if that wouldn’t end in disaster for everyone within a 3 foot radius.
March 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Done. Idiot.
March 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm
done…happily…what an azzzzz
March 17, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Oh this has fuckled me so bad I put down Pokemon, requested my lost password from etsy, signed in for the first time in 2 years, reported the stupid cant and signed up for regretsy just to post this comment to say done and done! May she forever be prevented from having milk and cookies…..and everything else good in this world
March 17, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Her facebook page has ONE LIKE. So she’s also a LYING thief. In case anyone was wavering on whether they had enough reasons to flat out destroy this bitch, there’s your proverbial straw. You’re welcome.
March 17, 2011 at 4:15 pm
created an account on etsy to flag this cuntrocket & give her a tidbit to re-enact with her friends.
created an account on regretsy to say that it looks like we’re at least making some progress – all her items have been removed from the store! hopefully soon the whole thing will be gone?
March 17, 2011 at 4:23 pm
+100 points for “cuntrocket”.
March 17, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Haha, “flonkerton” love it
March 17, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Agree with previous comments. You are winning at vocabulary!
March 18, 2011 at 1:50 pm
haha thanks to all – glad my tuition money didn’t go to waste!
March 17, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Done!
March 17, 2011 at 4:16 pm
My first interaction on Etsy that was not a purchase – and it made me both sad and angry. Here’s hoping Etsy does something, damn it.
March 17, 2011 at 4:17 pm
reported!!!
March 17, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Why would I waste my time doing something like that? Instead, I contacted Jess directly and told her to file suit. She’s the owner, she’s the one with the right to bring the other person to court. With the information provided by the thief themselves, I don’t doubt Jess would have a pretty open-shut case in her favour. At least it’s an option better than flagging, IMO.
March 18, 2011 at 5:03 am
You have a point that a lawsuit might be more effective. However, Jess and other indie artists get their designs stolen all the time, not only by two-bit assholes at flea markets but by huge companies. It’s easy to steal a design, but it’s expensive and time-consuming to sue the thief.
Fink vs. Glitterthief might be a quick case. But David & Goliath, Forever 21, and all the other huge companies who ALSO rip off designs are tougher nuts to crack. They’re clearly in the wrong, but they clearly have huge legal teams at their disposal, because they keep getting away with it. Jess could spend a life’s worth of time and money chasing every thieving bastard and get nowhere.
Sadly, angry mobs often get shit done a lot more effectively than going the “correct” route. And I’m happy to do even a small part for any honest independent artist who wants help.
March 19, 2011 at 7:15 pm
See, cease and desist orders to huge companies who rip off indie artists are like rain running off a duck’s back.
A big pool may form behind it, but Duckie will not be affected.
Also, they get past infringement by subtly or not-so-subtly changing the original artist’s design.
That way, they can claim that the indie artist is mistaken, and it’s just a coincidence that there’s any resemblance.
glitterbiscuits didn’t do that – SHE FLAT-OUT TRACED IT.
And Etsy is claiming that our reporting isn’t the way to address copyright infringement.
30,000+ reports down the drain. Etsy will give her their blessing to set up shop as many times as she wants.
The only to put the bite on them both is to include them BOTH in a LAWSUIT.
SUING FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS PERSONAL-only Fink/Threadless can do it.
Until that happens, NOTHING WILL CHANGE.
March 17, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Products are gone!!!!
March 17, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Ah hell…. who let the idiots buy out the shop?
March 17, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Reported, and shared with my FB friends list.
Best part of my day so far–I hope the original artist is able to take some legal action and send this stale biscuit to a place where the only fashion option is orange jumpsuits 24/7.
March 17, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Done. And for the record, when April asks me to do something, I do it. Anyone who can wrangle this many misfits deserves to be heard.
March 17, 2011 at 4:20 pm
reported, reported, a thousand times reported!
what a vicious skank.
March 17, 2011 at 4:53 pm
also, this officially makes me a minion. glad you’re my overlord, HK!
March 17, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Everyday should be flag day. Also, I am making a mental note to remember to keep my eyes open for things that need to be flagged.
March 17, 2011 at 4:21 pm
I haven’t read all the comments, so I don’t know if anyone already mentioned this, but someone posted about worm in the Etsy forums today and every person who responded only did so to yell at the person for ‘calling out’. Then the thread was closed, but obviously nothing was done about the shop. Words cannot describe how angry that makes me. THIS IS WHY I HEART REGRETSY WAY MORE THAN ETSY.
March 17, 2011 at 4:45 pm
The “calling out” rule is the main reason I never posted on the forums. There’s a difference between degrading someone’s work, and pointing out a reseller. The latter should not only be allowed, but encouraged. But then, etsy would have to cop to the fact that everything being reported ends up in the circular file.
March 17, 2011 at 4:21 pm
March 17, 2011 at 4:33 pm
I just laughed out loud and then covered my mouth sheepishly like they do in the movies
March 18, 2011 at 6:26 am
I just choked on my Vanilla Coke seeing that. Totally awesome. lol
March 17, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Reported. That was me good deed for the day.
March 17, 2011 at 4:22 pm
The best part is that t-shirt design was first released several years ago. Like, I gave that shirt to my brother for Christmas 2009 or so. Maybe she thought the artist would have forgotten she made it?
March 17, 2011 at 4:23 pm
I reported her and for the reason I put “copyright infringement and being a cunt about it”.
March 17, 2011 at 4:36 pm
LOVE it!!! I didn’t use any profanity for fear of not being heard but I did say stealing another’s ideas and then having the audacity to publicly brag about it.
March 17, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Not only reported her to Etsy (with my account) but as a loyal Threadless customer, I also e-mailed their customer service department. Flaming bags of poo are good. Flaming bags of poo followed by legal action? Even better.
March 17, 2011 at 9:26 pm
this is what I like to call a Blivet… it’s my favorite word ever.
March 17, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Done and done. If they don’t take it down I’ll close my shop. I’m not interested in selling through a site like that.
March 17, 2011 at 4:25 pm
toodle-ooo glittertits
March 17, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Now that I’ve actually thought about it a second, closing down her etsy shop sadly won’t stop her from doing what she’s doing since she’s selling them in her local area i guess. Jess is going to have to take it a step farther and press legal issues.
March 17, 2011 at 4:29 pm
I have to agree. We can close this shop but what’s going to stop her from opening another in a different name?
March 17, 2011 at 4:34 pm
If she is back to selling the same kind of thing, she will indeed get called out again.
March 17, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Reported, but a bitch like that will be elsewhere or back under another ID….
March 17, 2011 at 4:28 pm
I totally think it was a shill.
In order for the listings to be counted under “sales” another etsy account did indeed have to buy them. But I’m thinking she used another account or a friend to buy her shit.
And I don’t think she did it because she’s scared yet, I think she did it so she can post something like, “sold out of everything, thanks Jess” or some bitchy whorey thing like that.
March 17, 2011 at 6:44 pm
HOLY CRAP!! Have you guys looked at her shop recently? Now she’s dropped the bitch-ness and is pretending to be all sweet….
March 17, 2011 at 4:28 pm
reported the soggy biscuit
March 17, 2011 at 4:29 pm
I love you guys. I mostly come here to learn new names to call people.
March 17, 2011 at 4:30 pm
One of my personal favorites is fuckpuddle. Heard it in an episode of Dexter.
March 17, 2011 at 5:26 pm
can you call me mr. curfluffle?
March 17, 2011 at 6:52 pm
I like “shitweasel” myself.
March 17, 2011 at 4:30 pm
I would love an update on this lady’s store
March 17, 2011 at 4:31 pm
glad to help in any way I can. Regretsy gives me a giggle everyday!
March 17, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Flagged her.
This info about her has been circulating around Facebook for the last 24 hours, I’m wondering why it’s taking Etsy so long to destroy her account?
March 17, 2011 at 6:51 pm
It’s not a priority. Or they forgot their email password.
March 17, 2011 at 9:24 pm
That’s silly, they probably wrote it on a donut box or.. oh, oops.
March 17, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Reported this fucking skanky ass bitch!
March 17, 2011 at 4:33 pm
People like this make my liver hurt. Reported.
March 17, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Also created accounts to call this bitch out and *wave* finally de-lurk…
March 17, 2011 at 4:34 pm
And who says we can’t use our powers for good?
March 17, 2011 at 4:36 pm
I flagged her so hard her head’s starting to look like a flagpole.
Note to self, no puns after midnight.
March 17, 2011 at 4:36 pm
I reported her! I hate when people do shit like this. Or take (licensed) Disney designs, produce them on shit like shirts or mugs, and try to pass them off on Etsy like their originals. It’s called breaking the law.
March 17, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Now DISNEY would be on their ass in mere moments. What the hell is the matter with Etsy?
But personally, I don’t care so much if someone reproduces a Disney character. I DO care that Disney charges $75 for a hoodie that some kid in Haiti got paid, like, 25 cents to make.
March 17, 2011 at 4:37 pm
All their stuff is gone, but I reported it anyway. It’s completely sickening. It’s one thing to make something crappy, it’s another to make something crappy by stealing a good idea from someone else.
March 17, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Wow… How absolutely cunt-tastic of her.
March 17, 2011 at 4:37 pm
reported. always happy to out a twunt. i should get a cape and a secret identity and do this for a living.
March 17, 2011 at 4:43 pm
I need to use twunt from now on. It seems appropriate for most of the people I would use it for!
March 17, 2011 at 4:38 pm
fuck, I wish we had an area just so we could list and call out people like this. I’d totally just sit down and flag asshole Etsy during a “work break”.
March 17, 2011 at 4:42 pm
I agree. I’d love to do my part.
March 17, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Reported the vile, no talent. Hope she loses people she considers friends for this. She deserves to be surrounded by only other morally corrupt individuals. Hopefully, she’ll get screwed by one of them.
March 17, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Reported..
March 17, 2011 at 4:40 pm
I think Jess should take her to Judge Judy, because even triple damages on 30 shirts isn’t going to be that much money.
That other dude OTOH… now there’s a lawsuit worth pursuing.
Channel Harlan Ellison, Jess!
March 17, 2011 at 4:41 pm
guessing the last four “sold” items were, ahem, “sold”, but she had way more than that when this started, so she must’ve taken them down.
also, did anyone else notice that, when going through her sold items, this shirt doesn’t come up once? lying be-yatch.
March 17, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Reported. Wish there was someone to report the Etsy people to for not giving a crap that this sort of thing is happening daily.
I might not be the most creative person, but I don’t blatantly (or otherwise) copy someone else’s original work.
March 17, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Better Business Bureau?
March 17, 2011 at 4:42 pm
I had to come back and say something. You know what’s great about you, HK? You care. You fucking care. You care about people trying to start businesses using their own ideas and their own two hands, you care about people who try to be creative even when it ends up a little off (and your own collection of etsy fuckery can attest to that) and you care when people hand making and hand designing are getting ripped off and disrespected. What etsy needs is people like YOU to run it to make sure these douchebags GTFO. Unfortunately, even though caring about these things is part of their mission statement, the people running etsy simply do not give a shit.
March 17, 2011 at 4:44 pm
wow well said!
March 17, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Standing up to applaud!
March 17, 2011 at 7:39 pm
THIS. HK needs a day named after her.
March 17, 2011 at 4:43 pm
I reported her too. When I went back to her store, she now has NO items for sell! Go Regretsy
March 17, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Reported her too. Who wants to go to Lakewood and the Buford Highway Flea Market and name like the Westboro Baptist Church?
“God Hates Copyright Infringement”
March 17, 2011 at 4:54 pm
If it’s within 100 miles of me, count me in! (hmm..now where am I?…)
March 17, 2011 at 7:14 pm
The seller is in Atlanta. Those are the two big flea markets in the area.
Lakewood is an “antiques fair,” so it might not let sparklescones in as a vendor.
March 20, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Isn’t Lakewood closed now?
//is from Decatur//
March 17, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Created an etsy account to flag her! And I created a Regretsy account to say “I VOTED!”. Thanks Helen, for spreading the word about crappy people like this, and motivating others to do something about it.
March 17, 2011 at 4:47 pm
So her shop “Sold” out… I get it *wink wink wink* =P
March 17, 2011 at 4:48 pm
She gets on my nerve. MY ONE NERVE AND SHE’S STEPPING ALL OVER IT.
I hate to admit, though, that I have given Stupid Factory some of my money. Then, when I found out about Goldman I decided I would have no more of that fuckery. I shall, instead, but the “Perfect Fort” picture from Jess to put in my son’s room.
March 17, 2011 at 4:51 pm
I have 2 different etsy accounts. I reported her on both accounts! She should be ashamed of herself!
March 17, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Reported her. I’m glad someone is on the ‘job’ to find people like this on Etsy.
March 17, 2011 at 4:53 pm
I reported her! We in the creative community need to stick together and protect each other! She and everyone else like her can all go f**k themselves!
March 17, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Come to think of it, issues like this make me question whether or not I really want to open my Etsy shop at all….. I work too hard on my jewelry to have assholes like her steal my designs.
March 17, 2011 at 4:55 pm
This unoriginal, class-less bitch caused me to finally delurk and create an account here and at etsy specifically so I could go and flag her store for, “blatant and unabashed copyright infringement.”
I used big words and all caps. Do you think that those etsy hipsters will be able to drop their mustaches on sticks long enough to page through a dictionary?
March 17, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Don’t ya love how the everything on the site sold at the exact same time.
March 17, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Guys! Etsy doesn’t want people flagging stores over copyright. Yeah, you heard me right, they want us all to send WRITTEN letters!
http://www.etsy.com/policy/ip
Spam with snail mail!
Etsy, Inc.
Attn: Legal Department
55 Washington Street Suite 512
Brooklyn, NY 11201
USA
Or maybe try e-mails!
legal@etsy.com
March 17, 2011 at 5:36 pm
I see, that’s a good way to make sure nobody does anything — make them do something besides click a button.
Is anyone else going to send them a snail-mail? I’m in. How about an email?
March 17, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Fax: (718) 732-2613
Check around online for free fax services. Clogging up fax lines, email boxes and voicemail usually gets results.
(718) 855-7955
support@etsy.com : Request help by email if you cannot access the Help site to contact Etsy’s Support Team.
community@etsy.com : Submit your ideas for Etsy and report community concerns.
March 17, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Are you fucking kidding me?? Here’s to hoping Threadless takes a big fat boot to Etsy’s “written” letters. WTF – are we in 1970??
March 17, 2011 at 7:18 pm
If you read it, they also demand the signature of the person who owns the copyright:
1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or intellectual property right that has been allegedly infringed upon (by fax or regular mail – not by email, except by prior agreement)
There you have it. They do not care about copyright infringement and do not care to act upon it unless the owner of the infringement informs them of it. They don’t desire to stop people from infringing, but they will if the *right* person complains.
March 17, 2011 at 4:58 pm
If flagging her doesn’t work…
http://www.etsy.com/listing/70137345/female-beeswax-poppet-voodoo-doll?ref=sr_list_22&ga_search_query=voodoo+doll&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade
March 17, 2011 at 4:59 pm
As a person who has had my artwork stolen before this really pisses me off.
I reported her too.
March 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Just gonna leave this here:
Glitter Biscuit: Very decorative fecal matter, often the result of consuming large quantities of children’s toothpaste
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=glitter%20biscuit
March 17, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Ah ha ha ha ha! OMG, that is so perfect!!
March 17, 2011 at 5:49 pm
You fucking rock!!!
March 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm
I am seriously re-thinking selling anything I make on Etsy. They don’t seem to give a damn about anything but their bottom line.
I’ve never bought anything from them and, quite frankly, I don’t think I’ll be selling through them either.
March 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Aw… Not to get off subject, but I have been selling on etsy for 3+ years, and it is, overall, a very nice place to do business.
March 17, 2011 at 5:03 pm
After lurking on this site forever she forced me to create an account just so I could say I reported her. What an idiot.
March 17, 2011 at 5:04 pm
done and done.
March 17, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Where is she supposed to be “sellin the hell” out of these shirts? There’s only one sale recorded, and that’s about an hour ago.
March 17, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Now that we’ve reported that GlitterB*tch, what can we do to support Jess? In addition to buying her stuff, of course.
Is anyone in direct contact with Jess? What does she want to do? Just shut down the store? Take legal action? Does anyone know an IP lawyer who might take this case on for cheap?
Let’s channel our seething hatred of GlitterB*tch into something positive.
March 17, 2011 at 5:12 pm
“glitterbiscuit” sounds like a good name for that bedazzled peach pit.
March 17, 2011 at 5:12 pm
I made an etsy account just to report her.
March 17, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Mean people suck, and stupid mean people are fun to catch and punish. Reported!
March 17, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Done. Alerting homies to do same. RESPECT THE ARTS, HO.
March 18, 2011 at 4:58 pm
I really want that as a t-shirt. Largely because I’m an MFA student & it would be hilarious!
March 17, 2011 at 5:15 pm
I reported her quite calmly and reasonably, pointing out the fact that she is abusing her Etsy shop and not using it for its proper purpose. I feel that Etsy may be less likely to respond positively to overly aggressive flaggings.
That done, it’s nice to have a safe haven over here where I can say FUCK THAT BITCH.
March 17, 2011 at 5:15 pm
How’s this for a reason:
“Other”
“Selling other peoples’ designs as her own without regard for copyright infringement and is also apparently a bitch.”
March 17, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Thy will be done! Flagged that unimaginative thieving douche nozzle!
March 17, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Damnit, why isn’t Douche Nozzle on the word of the day calender?
March 17, 2011 at 5:20 pm
WHY IS THIS IDIOT’S PROFILE STILL UP?!
I don’t shop Etsy much unless I’m looking for something in particular (mostly hand dyed yarns), and I’ve seen enough douchebaggery in that with people selling commercial yarns or ‘recycled’ which really just equates yarn they ripped out from a Goodwill sweater.
I didn’t really realize the entire extent of Etsy’s ridiculousness until I started reading Regretsy. And since then my appreciation of Etsy as a ‘handmade’ resource has consistently declined to the point where I’m really considering deleting my Etsy account. It’s becoming really difficult for me to really even believe that ANYTHING posted on Etsy is handmade and/or original.
March 17, 2011 at 9:42 pm
trust me there is original work on etsy. i’ve been making my own designs and selling them on etsy for years. but now considering much harder how much i care to continue. i sure as hell dont think they deserve to have the money my fees generate for them. i would rather have my own site running free of the fees and their erroneous badly designed changes at random.
March 17, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Gotta love the Regretsy community…snarky as hell, but definitely on the side of good.
March 17, 2011 at 5:22 pm
“Glitterbiscuits” seems like the kind of person who would bake Pillsbury refrigerated biscuits in a can and claim them to be her own “homemade” creation.
March 17, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Don’t forget the glitter! For that added fuckery!
I really want to use “Glitterbiscuits” in a way conductive to my rage in general.
i.e. “Bitch stole my Pop Tart. I’m finna punch her in her Glitterbiscuits.”