Because they’re awesome. My mom collects these bottles (I, oh-so-helpfully, drink the wine for her.) … they sell this stuff on sale at Cost Plus Worldmarket about twice a year and you can get it for under $10 a bottle if you have those stores in your area.
I don’t think the wine’s too bad, but then again, I like Boone’s Farm. I’M JUST SAYIN’.
I’ve actually had this stuff — well, the 2008. local liquor store had black and orange bottles of it last Halloween. It’s from Mosel, so it’s more floral/mineral Riesling instead of fruity/gross Riesling.
I can attest it’s better than two-buck chuck. Also, cat-shaped.
Maybe It’s just me but my first thought was, “that would make a super awesome bong man.” All you got to do is drill a hole near the base for the bowl and stem, then drill out the piece of glass sticking out at the top for a carb. I could make bank off these things.
Me, too! Only mine’s black. I got it at World Market a few years ago. I think I’ll glue some watch parts to it and sell it in my etsy shop. At least I wouldn’t be trying to convince anyone it’s vintage.
In her defense, she might have found it at a goodwill and having no experience in appraising housewares, thought it might have a chance of being vintage?
As a vintage seller, I always say if there is any doubt to it’s age, it isn’t old enough.
I’m wondering how often legit vintage dealers who find stuff at thrift stores or estate auctions know if it’s new or old? I mean, sure the top-of-the-industry types could judge by the little details, but what about beginners/low budget stores, like the average Etsian. Maybe some of them aren’t lying but are just naiive.
I don’t know, I would think it would have to be pretty willful ignorance about something you are trying to make a career out of. I am happy to give the benefit of the doubt to people who are new to the whole vintage thing and can’t tell a good quality reproduction from an actual vintage item, but for most of the stuff out there all you need is one marathon of Antiques Roadshow and a couple of books to know what is what.
Depends on the person, I guess. My mom and uncle both collect and deal antiques, and my mom taught us early on how to identify and recall maker’s marks, construction techniques, materials and so forth (because kids = free labour!). This was all pre-internet, so we had to keep all the details in our heads, like a mental Rolodex. I blame the profusion of pottery marks and Union labels in my head for all the times I blank out on everyday things now.
Haha I know right? I’m gonna paint some cardboard boxes silver and market them on Etsy as “Robot Costume”. $100. But don’t expect it to come assembled, I don’t have time for that shit.
Crappy samurai is exactly what I thought! It looks like one of those tests, where you memorise a picture for a minute, then try to draw it 15 minutes later.
I actually find that flower beautiful. It has so many subtle variations in texture & colour, I could stare at it for an hour.
Not gonna buy it because I’m not a fan of ornamentation.
But I like their style!
She basically admits it’s shit and worth only a fraction of the cost. But she has difficulty with time management and working efficiently so she price was marked up to reflect that.
If you’re going to make a piece-of-crap cardboard Iron Man costume with the colors in the wrong place and the structure incorrect, you could at least put the triangle right side up… so your child has a chance of people knowing what his costume is.
It is a clever homemade costume, but definitely does not belong on Etsy. She might do better selling the instructions for making a homemade Iron Man costume.
Oh, I agree – I don’t think this should be sold for $100 (or maybe even at all). But it is cool whenever parents actual make their kids costumes rather than just buying the plastic junk from Spirit Costumes. Comic book accuracy be damned!!
As a kid I hated it when my mom would make my costume nothing like the character I was trying to be. If you’re going to do something cool like make your kid a costume, at least try to make it REASONABLY accurate, or your kid will hate you for life.
I know it’s sweet to think about doing this project with your kid, but c’mon, your kid just wants the store-bought costume. I say buy the costume and take your kid to the park for an extra couple hours every week.
@Snickerdoodle. No way. When I was little I wanted my mom to make me a damn costume. She’s good at sewing but is fucking insane. An extra couple hours spent with her each week would have resulted in more mental health issues on my part.
I agree. I mean, I don’t think it should be being sold for $100, but I really like homemade costumes over store bought. My mom made me the best costumes out of… well… not cardboard, so I guess that’s why.
My mom and I always made my costume, but I was a weird kid and they didn’t sell the costumes I wanted at the store. (a couple of good ones from my youth: Vat of toxic waste, Giant bottle of Elmer’s Glue)
Only 50 cents! Oh, the shipping for that price is $45.00. What a rip-off! They always get you with the shipping…of the shipping…for the shipping…now my head hurts.
The flower brooch kinda reminds of my hair by the end of high school: four years of eggplant L’oreal Preference, fluorescent pink & blue Manic Panic, Kool-aid and mustache bleach.
As far as the pocketwatch goes, a big giveaway on that one is the fact it says “quartz” on the face.
The first quartz watches weren’t sold until 1967. By then, the wristwatch had overtaken the pocketwatch, so there aren’t any antique quartz pocketwatches out there.
I love how the seller of the iron man “costume” tries to dress up the description with a bunch of fancy pants words then is just like, f*ck it, it’s cardboard y’all. I think the “powers” she should put into the custom should include accurate measuring and cleaner gluing skills.
TWENTY??? Oh for fuck’s sake, that’s 1991! Hold on, I need to go post a listing for my “vintage” Jamz and Hypercolor t-shirts. Act now and I’ll throw in my vintage Vanilla Ice cassette tape!
Sad thing? Kids like my little cousin (age 21) would be all over that crap. She already raided my mom’s attic for all my ‘vintage 80s and 90s’ stuff. Good thing she had no interest in the *actual* vintage (even back then) clothes that I was wearing at her age, because those babies are mine!
There was an episode of “The Bob Newhart Show” where Roger was cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving. He put it in on Tuesday morning, because it’s 20 minutes per pound, and he weighs 175 pounds…
This is true and it’s not just the Etsy standard–I think it’s 20 years for “vintage”, 100 years for “antique” (although I think with “antique” it’s become more flexible).
And yes, 1991 is “vintage” now. I hear that elementary schools are doing “90′s” days instead of “80′s” days now. O.O
When the lowest gets even lower on Etsy, does that mean prices will start reading -$28.00 and we’ll pay for your shipping? All cash? Yep, I think we’re there.
That Goddamn Steampunktopus
March 29, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Buy wine in a cat shaped bottle.
Get drunk.
Sell the empty bottle on Etsy for twice as much as you paid for the full bottle.
Buy two more bottles of wine.
Continue until your liver packs its bags and leaves your body.
My mother got me that wine once for Christmas. Honest to god, it was the worst wine I have ever drank, EVEN WORSE than Baby Duck… or Fat Bastard.
Seeing that “vintage” bottle brought the bile back into my throat. Thanks Cat Bottle. Thanks Shitty Seller. You just ruined my day and my trachea.
My brother makes some kick ass costumes out of cardboard – they blow that Iron Man-ish thing way outta the water- and all I ever did was make fun of him. Maybe now I’ll just help him out and open an Etsy store and make bank!
I’m actually about to buy one of the little ones. 30″ chains are very hard to find for cheap and I’ve been looking for watch pendants that DON’T look like something Flavor Flav would wear:-p
are you kidding me! I own that cat bottle. It’s not vintage, i had riesling and saved the bottle to use as an olive oil pour. Cost Plus World Market sells them still full for $13
As for the *Iron Man* costume…that’s what thrift shops are for.
The wine: I got some black cat bottles last Halloween. Close to but not *the* worst wine I have ever had, but I drank it…alcohol shouldn’t go to waste. Thinking about putting some christmas lights in them for ambiance.
The watch…the seller obviously thinks anyone who looks for an antique watch to buy on Etsy is stoopid…and on that point they are right.
All the *brooch* needs is some re-thinking in the marketing department. Take off the pin (if there is one) put some double sided tape on it, then sell it as a cooter warmer. OR if you like to shave but want an option…Pussy Wigs!!!
The lint from *my* dryer looks much better than this. Then again, so do the hair balls from my cat. Why on earth would someone buy something that looks like it came out of my shower drain? Hold on…*heads off to clean shower drain & get “brooch material” to sell on Etsy.*
I just like how the empty booze bottle is tastefully displayed with an abacus and a mildewed paperback. Although I’m wondering what book it is, because it’s been strategically turned to show hide the binding. I’m thinking either porn or L. Ron.
I have to say I get a little tingle of excitement every time I see the “Compare and Save!” post notice on facebook, but when i take a step back it just pisses me off that it’s even possible to do SO MANY of these with Etsy products. Seriously, every time I see something awesome on Etsy I have to spend twenty minutes googling and amazoning the product to make sure that it’s legit, or at least not cheaper somewhere else. Super entertaining on Regretsy, super a-fuckin’-nnoying on Etsy.
My brain hurts at the suptidity of people when I see these compare and save posts, but I do like them they’re hilarious. By the way, I think the Cat bottle might make a cool lamp? I’d pay for something like that at least that would take some ingenuity to do.
lmao amazing – the compare and saves are some of my faves, but im so glad you did the one for that watch – i love it and now can get it for 7 dollars instead of 40! LOL
BadassLactatingHoneyBadger
March 29, 2011 at 10:16 pm
They sell that kitty cat wine down the street at the Acme for $11.95 a bottle. Locals call it “Pussy Wine”. We drink the wine and then stuff the bottles with Lilac branches cut off the bush in the yard. I gave my Mom one for Mother’s Day.
She was really pissed off about getting an empty wine bottle (but loved the flowers).
I have a couple of the cobalt blue “Pussy Wine” bottles. One too many in fact, I’m trying to get rid of stuff. I noticed some of you thought they were cool. You want one? Check out the FORUMS under the “Heeeeere, Kitty, Kitty…” topic.
OK, you guys, this is the point where Regretsy is no longer fun, because some people have allergies to that stuff that comes out of the drain. And by “have allergies”, I mean start vomiting upon sight of. And by “some people”, I mean me. So go back to making fun of octopus and clock faces and stuff and stop messing about with that scary drain stuff. Because it’s no joke. I’m not kidding, either.
I’m a hairstylist, therefore I change my hair color often, and let me just say you’ve hit the nail on the head with that last comparison. When my drain gets clogged, it looks exactly like that felted whats-it pin. Exactly.
The cat bottle seller obviously missed a step in the Etsy photography suggestions.
Etsy Suggestion #17: If you want to rip a customer off, try taking your photo on a whimsicle background such as barn wood. By doing so, you can increase the value of your product by 30%
I do want that cat bottle. Like badly. I think it’s adorable. The wine…eh, I’ll give it to someone else because I hate wine.
As for the watch necklace thing…wow. If I can sell them for that much, I can totally just go down to Portobello Road and buy a whole bunch of them for the equivilant of around…eight bucks? Sell them for fifty. I’d be rich!
March 29, 2011 at 4:38 pm
At least you get the wine with the second one.
March 29, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Amen! With hints of lemon and apple no less! With the Etsy one you get hints of dust and broken dreams.
March 29, 2011 at 4:41 pm
I noticed that. not only are we saving money, we’re getting drunk, too! DOUBLE WIN!
March 29, 2011 at 4:44 pm
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March 29, 2011 at 4:49 pm
After the first two glasses it tashtes mush be’er.
March 29, 2011 at 4:53 pm
piss or not, some strange sad part of me really wants this cat bottle wine. why, self, why????
March 29, 2011 at 5:00 pm
I really want to glue shit to it… it’s a problem of mine.
March 29, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Don’t do it. The cooler the bottle, the shittier the wine. It’s like a rule.
March 29, 2011 at 7:34 pm
I was drawn to the Chat-en-Oeuf wine when I went to pick up some Wild Vines today. I may yet buy one for my mom if I get to keep the bottle.
I would also buy that cat-shaped bottle if I saw one.
March 29, 2011 at 7:51 pm
I really want this bottle. I could care less about the wine, though.
March 29, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Because they’re awesome. My mom collects these bottles (I, oh-so-helpfully, drink the wine for her.) … they sell this stuff on sale at Cost Plus Worldmarket about twice a year and you can get it for under $10 a bottle if you have those stores in your area.
I don’t think the wine’s too bad, but then again, I like Boone’s Farm. I’M JUST SAYIN’.
March 30, 2011 at 5:14 am
Nothing wrong with wanting those bottles. I REALLY NEED the shiny ones that look like those 60′s aluminum tumblers.
March 30, 2011 at 9:56 am
I think the bottle already resembles a bong, so I’ll finish the job with a dremel, and some E-6000!!
March 30, 2011 at 11:10 am
smartwentcrazy, if you want to glue shit to it maybe you can buy that brooch.
March 29, 2011 at 6:11 pm
I’ve actually had this stuff — well, the 2008. local liquor store had black and orange bottles of it last Halloween. It’s from Mosel, so it’s more floral/mineral Riesling instead of fruity/gross Riesling.
I can attest it’s better than two-buck chuck. Also, cat-shaped.
March 29, 2011 at 6:13 pm
NO! Riesling is awesome.
March 29, 2011 at 11:06 pm
WRONG. Good riesling is crisp and delicious.
If you disagree, oh well: more for me.
March 29, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Maybe It’s just me but my first thought was, “that would make a super awesome bong man.” All you got to do is drill a hole near the base for the bowl and stem, then drill out the piece of glass sticking out at the top for a carb. I could make bank off these things.
March 29, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Do it. I need, er I mean my FRIEND needs a bong that can hide in plain sight. Although it couldn’t be cobalt, or my MIL would go straight to it….
March 29, 2011 at 5:53 pm
March 29, 2011 at 6:01 pm
I have to admit, that was my first thought, too.
March 29, 2011 at 7:35 pm
lemon_bombs, The “Dobbiekitten” just made my day. And I needed that, thanks.
March 29, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Carter, my drunken pleasure.
March 29, 2011 at 6:36 pm
I seriously thought it WAS a bong at first, until I realized it was a confused-looking cat bottle.
March 29, 2011 at 7:15 pm
You could always make a bong out of it!
March 30, 2011 at 11:24 am
I thought so too!
March 29, 2011 at 5:16 pm
http://www.etsy.com/listing/59874879/mr-owl-pocket-watch-necklace-xoxo
OR
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/cute-owl-style-stainless-steel-quartz-watch-with-keychain-silver-1-x-377-58747
March 29, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Yeah… notice a pattern there? *Reported as reseller*
March 29, 2011 at 7:05 pm
although they did take it off the keychain and make it a necklace. That’s about the same as gluing shit on other shit, right?
March 30, 2011 at 3:34 am
I’m pretty sure this is valid under Etsy’s rules. It’s “assembled”.
March 30, 2011 at 11:25 am
so you can just put a chain on something and call it handmade?
March 30, 2011 at 11:27 am
that kind of crap is what ruins a handmade site.
March 29, 2011 at 5:19 pm
I have one of those cat bottles!
March 29, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Me, too! Only mine’s black. I got it at World Market a few years ago. I think I’ll glue some watch parts to it and sell it in my etsy shop. At least I wouldn’t be trying to convince anyone it’s vintage.
March 29, 2011 at 6:10 pm
I have the white one.
Hell if I know how it ended up in my house.
I don’t remember there being wine….
Must have been damned good wine.
March 29, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Then you can label it as steampunk. And don’t forget the octopus.
March 29, 2011 at 6:34 pm
One step closer to a Regretsy sale right there…
March 29, 2011 at 7:01 pm
It really pisses me off that someone would try to sell that as vintage. A bottle is not vintage if you got it full of wine last year.
March 29, 2011 at 10:29 pm
In her defense, she might have found it at a goodwill and having no experience in appraising housewares, thought it might have a chance of being vintage?
As a vintage seller, I always say if there is any doubt to it’s age, it isn’t old enough.
March 30, 2011 at 3:35 am
No. Google “cat wine bottle” and it pops up. There is no excuse.
March 29, 2011 at 10:29 pm
I’m wondering how often legit vintage dealers who find stuff at thrift stores or estate auctions know if it’s new or old? I mean, sure the top-of-the-industry types could judge by the little details, but what about beginners/low budget stores, like the average Etsian. Maybe some of them aren’t lying but are just naiive.
March 30, 2011 at 5:24 am
I don’t know, I would think it would have to be pretty willful ignorance about something you are trying to make a career out of. I am happy to give the benefit of the doubt to people who are new to the whole vintage thing and can’t tell a good quality reproduction from an actual vintage item, but for most of the stuff out there all you need is one marathon of Antiques Roadshow and a couple of books to know what is what.
March 30, 2011 at 9:23 am
Depends on the person, I guess. My mom and uncle both collect and deal antiques, and my mom taught us early on how to identify and recall maker’s marks, construction techniques, materials and so forth (because kids = free labour!). This was all pre-internet, so we had to keep all the details in our heads, like a mental Rolodex. I blame the profusion of pottery marks and Union labels in my head for all the times I blank out on everyday things now.
March 29, 2011 at 4:39 pm
That handmade kid’s Iron Man costume looks more like samurai armor made by a blind person… or painted cardboard shat onto a red sweater.
March 29, 2011 at 6:11 pm
and she wants $100 sor something made of bloody cardboard and a shirt that’s maybe $5
March 29, 2011 at 6:11 pm
something*
March 29, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Don’t know why, but you correcting the wrong word made me laugh out loud.
March 30, 2011 at 12:19 pm
I feel retarded
March 29, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Haha I know right? I’m gonna paint some cardboard boxes silver and market them on Etsy as “Robot Costume”. $100. But don’t expect it to come assembled, I don’t have time for that shit.
March 29, 2011 at 7:05 pm
$100 dollars is more than someone’s likely to pay for it, but at least she’s up front about what it is. The watch and bottle just piss me off.
March 29, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Haha yeah kudos for it being one of the few products on etsy that is actually handmade.
March 29, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Well, I semi-take that back. There’s plenty of handmade on Etsy, it’s just the Etsy peeps prefer to feature resellers. Lol.
March 29, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Crappy samurai is exactly what I thought! It looks like one of those tests, where you memorise a picture for a minute, then try to draw it 15 minutes later.
March 29, 2011 at 10:31 pm
PERFECT analogy Miss W!
March 29, 2011 at 7:55 pm
I saw the iron man costume before the description & immediately thought it was samurai armor. Not well-made samurai armor, but still…
March 29, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Shouldn’t it be properly called a “Cardboard Man costume” ?
March 29, 2011 at 4:40 pm
That last pin looks like the mat of hair people cut off a dog’s behind. You know, the kind of hairball that grabs hold of poop like velcro.
March 29, 2011 at 4:47 pm
And by “poop” I mean “shit.” And by “shit” I mean “that ball of crap peeled off a soiled Swiffer and superglued to a pin.”
March 29, 2011 at 5:37 pm
March 29, 2011 at 8:54 pm
I make felted stuff, but it sure doesn’t look like that!
March 29, 2011 at 10:33 pm
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March 30, 2011 at 10:49 am
Looks like something out of the shower drain to me!
March 30, 2011 at 11:27 am
That pin looks like a piece off a bad hair weave.
March 29, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Loving the cardboard Iron Man. I’ve never heard cardboard described so elaborately. He’d call the brooch a hairball – lint polymer hybrid, I imagine.
March 29, 2011 at 4:42 pm
The kid’s costume is hilarious.
She basically admits it’s shit and worth only a fraction of the cost. But she has difficulty with time management and working efficiently so she price was marked up to reflect that.
March 29, 2011 at 4:42 pm
but it’s “crosscut” cardboard
March 29, 2011 at 4:50 pm
I wonder, are there crosscut cardboard saws?
March 29, 2011 at 6:10 pm
used a cross cut french fry cutter, no doubt!
March 30, 2011 at 6:45 am
My guess is she used a pizza cutter.
March 29, 2011 at 4:42 pm
It appears that the “antique” pocketwatch has been lowered to $24.
‘Cause that makes it better.
March 29, 2011 at 7:19 pm
And its description changed from “antique” to “retro.” Nice try, reseller.
March 29, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Next step is “steampunk”.
March 30, 2011 at 6:47 am
I was wondering if it was a currency conversion issue, since the seller is in Australia.
Then I looked – an Australian dollar is actually worth slightly MORE than a US dollar.
I was thinking of New Zealand dollars, which used to be around $0.50 USD, but are now at $0.74 USD.
March 29, 2011 at 4:44 pm
If you’re going to make a piece-of-crap cardboard Iron Man costume with the colors in the wrong place and the structure incorrect, you could at least put the triangle right side up… so your child has a chance of people knowing what his costume is.
March 29, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Avoids that whole “people not knowing what your costume is” drama…
March 30, 2011 at 10:06 am
Yeah!!! (The Vacuum-Man costume sucked though!)
March 29, 2011 at 4:45 pm
I do give seller #1 props for their sarcastic fancification of “cardboard.”
Listen lady, it’s clear you put a lot of time and effort into making your kid an awesome Halloween costume. Doesn’t mean you should sell it on Etsy.
March 29, 2011 at 4:50 pm
It is a clever homemade costume, but definitely does not belong on Etsy. She might do better selling the instructions for making a homemade Iron Man costume.
March 29, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Oh, I agree – I don’t think this should be sold for $100 (or maybe even at all). But it is cool whenever parents actual make their kids costumes rather than just buying the plastic junk from Spirit Costumes. Comic book accuracy be damned!!
March 29, 2011 at 5:48 pm
As a kid I hated it when my mom would make my costume nothing like the character I was trying to be. If you’re going to do something cool like make your kid a costume, at least try to make it REASONABLY accurate, or your kid will hate you for life.
I might have made up that last bit a little.
March 29, 2011 at 6:10 pm
I know it’s sweet to think about doing this project with your kid, but c’mon, your kid just wants the store-bought costume. I say buy the costume and take your kid to the park for an extra couple hours every week.
March 29, 2011 at 6:37 pm
@Snickerdoodle. No way. When I was little I wanted my mom to make me a damn costume. She’s good at sewing but is fucking insane. An extra couple hours spent with her each week would have resulted in more mental health issues on my part.
March 29, 2011 at 7:33 pm
i once painted my cousin a spongebob squarepants costume. just a big box with head and arm holes that he wore. perfect, easy and impressive!
March 29, 2011 at 10:54 pm
I agree. I mean, I don’t think it should be being sold for $100, but I really like homemade costumes over store bought. My mom made me the best costumes out of… well… not cardboard, so I guess that’s why.
March 30, 2011 at 5:30 am
My mom and I always made my costume, but I was a weird kid and they didn’t sell the costumes I wanted at the store. (a couple of good ones from my youth: Vat of toxic waste, Giant bottle of Elmer’s Glue)
March 29, 2011 at 4:45 pm
When I saw the uhm… broach? I though “wow! that looks like drain hair!”
way to be one the same wavelength
March 29, 2011 at 4:46 pm
I love compare and save! <3
March 29, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Hey assholes, just because you found it at Goodwill does NOT mean it’s vintage! You dun goofed.
March 29, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Exactly!
March 29, 2011 at 4:47 pm
The last item is not purple. It’s not felt. And it’s not a flower.
I haven’t checked whether it’s a brooch – the other side might still have a cat’s throat attached to it.
March 29, 2011 at 4:48 pm
That thing is suppose to be a “flower”? I thought it was one of those “buy my cat’s freshly regurgitated hair ball” items.
March 29, 2011 at 4:53 pm
C’mon now, the seller’s from Russia. Maybe this is her Chernobyl line. I mean, have you seen photos of the apple trees in that place?
March 29, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Look at what else is in the pocketwatch person’s shop.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/36926301/ups-or-dhl-express-or-australia-post
We should let Etsy know so they can put it in their next front page treasury!
March 29, 2011 at 4:52 pm
I always wanted my very own vintage, upcycled, vegan, barnwood-mounted, magical, feminist, hand-made delivery company.
March 29, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Only 50 cents! Oh, the shipping for that price is $45.00. What a rip-off! They always get you with the shipping…of the shipping…for the shipping…now my head hurts.
March 29, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Holy Shite! B&C, I just looked at your shop and you live just over the hill from me (so to speak). I love the rose necklace, by the way.
March 30, 2011 at 6:24 am
I used to be responsible for ATMs in that area – “over the hill” could be a two hour drive…
I love the bear pin.
March 29, 2011 at 4:50 pm
My favorite part is that she also wants $20 for shipping on her Iron Man scored cardboard costume.
March 29, 2011 at 5:39 pm
Especially since you could make the same costume with the shipping box.
March 29, 2011 at 4:50 pm
The flower brooch kinda reminds of my hair by the end of high school: four years of eggplant L’oreal Preference, fluorescent pink & blue Manic Panic, Kool-aid and mustache bleach.
March 29, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Did you sell your hair to this women?
March 29, 2011 at 5:22 pm
If I had the ability to go back & get it, I’d be selling my Delorean on Etsy.
March 29, 2011 at 4:51 pm
The “DARK PURPLE felt flower a brooch” (whatever the fuck that means) doubles as a merkin. The ladies love it.
March 29, 2011 at 4:51 pm
I thought the red cat bottle was a bong at first.
March 29, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Glad I wasn’t alone in that.
March 29, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Vintage cat bottle? I bought wine last week in the same bottle, vintage my ass!!!
March 29, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Once it’s empty you can upcycle to Vintage.
Is wine supposed to have a “sell by” date?
March 29, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Seriously, that felt brooch makes me sad to be a felter. Ugh.
March 30, 2011 at 3:41 am
I wouldn’t worry about it. It doesn’t look like it has been felted. It doesn’t even look like yarn.
March 29, 2011 at 4:54 pm
As far as the pocketwatch goes, a big giveaway on that one is the fact it says “quartz” on the face.
The first quartz watches weren’t sold until 1967. By then, the wristwatch had overtaken the pocketwatch, so there aren’t any antique quartz pocketwatches out there.
March 29, 2011 at 4:58 pm
TOO MUCH Antiques Roadshow!!!
March 30, 2011 at 9:27 am
no. such. thing.
March 29, 2011 at 5:04 pm
I kind of love you for knowing that.
March 29, 2011 at 6:57 pm
I would also like for my watch to be functional, especially if it says quartz on the face.
March 29, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Ah, Etsy. Where ‘handmade’ and ‘antique’ mean ‘fresh off a factory assembly line’ and ‘vintage’ means ‘currently available in stores’!
March 29, 2011 at 7:05 pm
That’s the beauty of etsy. Without it, our lives would be devoid of all humor. I was speaking for myself, of course.
March 29, 2011 at 4:58 pm
I love how the seller of the iron man “costume” tries to dress up the description with a bunch of fancy pants words then is just like, f*ck it, it’s cardboard y’all. I think the “powers” she should put into the custom should include accurate measuring and cleaner gluing skills.
March 29, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Etsy defines something thats vintage as 20 years or older.
Maybe people are getting confused, thinking that if you the seller are 20 or older you can call your stuff vintage?
Btw I have that cat bottle, gotta love Bevmo lol.
March 29, 2011 at 5:27 pm
TWENTY??? Oh for fuck’s sake, that’s 1991! Hold on, I need to go post a listing for my “vintage” Jamz and Hypercolor t-shirts. Act now and I’ll throw in my vintage Vanilla Ice cassette tape!
March 29, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Glue a watch face on the cassette and you can call it Vanilla Vintage Steampunk Ice.
March 29, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Sad thing? Kids like my little cousin (age 21) would be all over that crap. She already raided my mom’s attic for all my ‘vintage 80s and 90s’ stuff. Good thing she had no interest in the *actual* vintage (even back then) clothes that I was wearing at her age, because those babies are mine!
March 29, 2011 at 6:14 pm
Jesus christ that makes me feel old.
I need a cat bottle.
March 30, 2011 at 6:27 am
There was an episode of “The Bob Newhart Show” where Roger was cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving. He put it in on Tuesday morning, because it’s 20 minutes per pound, and he weighs 175 pounds…
March 30, 2011 at 9:29 am
This is true and it’s not just the Etsy standard–I think it’s 20 years for “vintage”, 100 years for “antique” (although I think with “antique” it’s become more flexible).
And yes, 1991 is “vintage” now. I hear that elementary schools are doing “90′s” days instead of “80′s” days now. O.O
March 29, 2011 at 5:08 pm
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March 29, 2011 at 5:11 pm
I think that ‘felted brooch’ is an actual mongolian lamb asshole…with a pinback
March 29, 2011 at 5:43 pm
I agree, but first I need to know how it is you know what an actual mongolian lamb asshole looks like.
March 29, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Buy wine in a cat shaped bottle.
Get drunk.
Sell the empty bottle on Etsy for twice as much as you paid for the full bottle.
Buy two more bottles of wine.
Continue until your liver packs its bags and leaves your body.
March 29, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Now that’s a business plan I can invest in!
March 29, 2011 at 5:14 pm
My mother got me that wine once for Christmas. Honest to god, it was the worst wine I have ever drank, EVEN WORSE than Baby Duck… or Fat Bastard.
Seeing that “vintage” bottle brought the bile back into my throat. Thanks Cat Bottle. Thanks Shitty Seller. You just ruined my day and my trachea.
March 29, 2011 at 5:54 pm
I didn’t have a problem with Fat Bastard. Or Bitch. Or Menage a Trois. Or Fred MacMurray.
But Cold Duck… If theyy have to advertise wine on television, they’re selling it before it’s time.
March 29, 2011 at 5:14 pm
My brother makes some kick ass costumes out of cardboard – they blow that Iron Man-ish thing way outta the water- and all I ever did was make fun of him. Maybe now I’ll just help him out and open an Etsy store and make bank!
March 29, 2011 at 5:16 pm
I actually really like that pocket watch and just bought it. Thanks for helping me spend money I shouldn’t be spending.
March 29, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Please tell me you bought the second listing for it?
March 29, 2011 at 6:33 pm
This made me laugh really hard. Thank you. YES, I bought the second listing. But I mean, who doesn’t want to waste 40 dollars?!
March 29, 2011 at 6:27 pm
I’m actually about to buy one of the little ones. 30″ chains are very hard to find for cheap and I’ve been looking for watch pendants that DON’T look like something Flavor Flav would wear:-p
March 29, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Assembly line it!
March 29, 2011 at 5:30 pm
lol@that watch going for almost $50
March 29, 2011 at 5:39 pm
The watch shop also has a vintage Streampunk Dragonfly bauble pocket watch!
Vintage Streampunk!
March 29, 2011 at 5:48 pm
ETSY – BUY NEW & FACTORY MANUFACTURED
March 29, 2011 at 6:04 pm
are you kidding me! I own that cat bottle. It’s not vintage, i had riesling and saved the bottle to use as an olive oil pour. Cost Plus World Market sells them still full for $13
March 29, 2011 at 6:06 pm
As for the *Iron Man* costume…that’s what thrift shops are for.
The wine: I got some black cat bottles last Halloween. Close to but not *the* worst wine I have ever had, but I drank it…alcohol shouldn’t go to waste. Thinking about putting some christmas lights in them for ambiance.
The watch…the seller obviously thinks anyone who looks for an antique watch to buy on Etsy is stoopid…and on that point they are right.
All the *brooch* needs is some re-thinking in the marketing department. Take off the pin (if there is one) put some double sided tape on it, then sell it as a cooter warmer. OR if you like to shave but want an option…Pussy Wigs!!!
March 29, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Etsy’s turning into Ebay
March 29, 2011 at 6:40 pm
I was thinking “Craig’s List”, but yeah! Same thing.
March 29, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Ebsy. Ebsty. Etay. Estbay. Bayest. Eastby eatmy pussywinebottle.
March 29, 2011 at 7:26 pm
Which is even sadder when you consider that they were aiming to become Facebook. Way to work that business plan!
March 29, 2011 at 6:20 pm
The brooch could pass as a lint ball from my dryer any day.
March 29, 2011 at 8:05 pm
The lint from *my* dryer looks much better than this. Then again, so do the hair balls from my cat. Why on earth would someone buy something that looks like it came out of my shower drain? Hold on…*heads off to clean shower drain & get “brooch material” to sell on Etsy.*
March 29, 2011 at 6:30 pm
I just like how the empty booze bottle is tastefully displayed with an abacus and a mildewed paperback. Although I’m wondering what book it is, because it’s been strategically turned to show hide the binding. I’m thinking either porn or L. Ron.
March 29, 2011 at 9:29 pm
“Books: The other barnwood.”
March 29, 2011 at 9:32 pm
This comment waws supposed to be on its own, but it works here, so I’m just gonna pretend to leave it.
March 29, 2011 at 6:34 pm
I have to say I get a little tingle of excitement every time I see the “Compare and Save!” post notice on facebook, but when i take a step back it just pisses me off that it’s even possible to do SO MANY of these with Etsy products. Seriously, every time I see something awesome on Etsy I have to spend twenty minutes googling and amazoning the product to make sure that it’s legit, or at least not cheaper somewhere else. Super entertaining on Regretsy, super a-fuckin’-nnoying on Etsy.
March 29, 2011 at 8:26 pm
I think “Compare and Save!” is my absolute favorite part of Regretsy. “Not Steampunk” also gets rave reviews.
March 29, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Tell me about it!
March 29, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Geez…I thought that brooch was left over when someone used steel wool to clean a hair brush…
March 29, 2011 at 7:33 pm
My brain hurts at the suptidity of people when I see these compare and save posts, but I do like them they’re hilarious. By the way, I think the Cat bottle might make a cool lamp? I’d pay for something like that at least that would take some ingenuity to do.
March 29, 2011 at 9:25 pm
You could put christmas tree lights in it.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/31595246/recycled-wine-bottle-christmas-light
March 29, 2011 at 8:00 pm
lmao amazing – the compare and saves are some of my faves, but im so glad you did the one for that watch – i love it and now can get it for 7 dollars instead of 40! LOL
March 29, 2011 at 8:40 pm
i love “compare and save”s!
March 29, 2011 at 8:56 pm
I too got the ‘holy crap that looks like a bong’. Perhaps there should be a ‘things that could be bongs’ post in regretsy?
March 30, 2011 at 6:29 am
No, because we’d really need a “things that could be bongs or sex toys” category for this one.
March 30, 2011 at 10:13 am
“Vintage Pussy-Bottle”
March 29, 2011 at 9:34 pm
the one selling the pocket watch necklace also sells one with a chrysanthemum glued to the front. At least it’s not another ring.
March 29, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Or an octopus.
March 29, 2011 at 10:16 pm
They sell that kitty cat wine down the street at the Acme for $11.95 a bottle. Locals call it “Pussy Wine”. We drink the wine and then stuff the bottles with Lilac branches cut off the bush in the yard. I gave my Mom one for Mother’s Day.
She was really pissed off about getting an empty wine bottle (but loved the flowers).
I have a couple of the cobalt blue “Pussy Wine” bottles. One too many in fact, I’m trying to get rid of stuff. I noticed some of you thought they were cool. You want one? Check out the FORUMS under the “Heeeeere, Kitty, Kitty…” topic.
Let the fuckery begin.
March 29, 2011 at 11:07 pm
No pubes were harmed in the making of that brooch…???
March 29, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Anyone else think of this Target commercial?
March 29, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Ah, I should have figured that I couldn’t embed videos. THIS TARGET COMMERCIAL
March 29, 2011 at 11:32 pm
OK, you guys, this is the point where Regretsy is no longer fun, because some people have allergies to that stuff that comes out of the drain. And by “have allergies”, I mean start vomiting upon sight of. And by “some people”, I mean me. So go back to making fun of octopus and clock faces and stuff and stop messing about with that scary drain stuff. Because it’s no joke. I’m not kidding, either.
March 29, 2011 at 11:32 pm
I’m a hairstylist, therefore I change my hair color often, and let me just say you’ve hit the nail on the head with that last comparison. When my drain gets clogged, it looks exactly like that felted whats-it pin. Exactly.
March 30, 2011 at 6:55 am
March 30, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Damnit, I made the MOST unbecoming noise/giggle a man is capable of producing.
March 30, 2011 at 7:07 am
The cat bottle seller obviously missed a step in the Etsy photography suggestions.
Etsy Suggestion #17: If you want to rip a customer off, try taking your photo on a whimsicle background such as barn wood. By doing so, you can increase the value of your product by 30%
March 30, 2011 at 7:27 am
I do want that cat bottle. Like badly. I think it’s adorable. The wine…eh, I’ll give it to someone else because I hate wine.
As for the watch necklace thing…wow. If I can sell them for that much, I can totally just go down to Portobello Road and buy a whole bunch of them for the equivilant of around…eight bucks? Sell them for fifty. I’d be rich!
March 30, 2011 at 9:54 am
oh my god. Is that HUMAN HAIR in that (what someone is passing off as a) brooch?
I CAN’T STOP VOMITING.
I hate people. Except for Regretsy people. You, I like.
March 30, 2011 at 10:47 am
“Flower brooch”???
March 30, 2011 at 1:46 pm
I’m so lost with the felt/hair/stuff hanging from my grandmother’s afghan clumps Etsy just seems to LOVE. What purpose could it possibly serve?
March 30, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Wow, now people are trying to sell shit their cats hacked up as brooches.
March 30, 2011 at 5:05 pm
I have one of those cat wine bottles! Except mine’s matte black, still corked and full of the wine*.
Man, I could make a killing if I listed it for sale!
*that is also 3+ yrs old as it was a Halloween gimick being sold at my local Kroger, but the hubby liked the bottle, so…
March 31, 2011 at 12:32 am
Lol, girlfriend selling the pocketwatch must have been told what’s up, ’cause she totally lowered the price to still unfuckingbelievably high.
Like four times what you’d pay from that other place, high.