I’m stuck on it too. With a “set” you order one, as in, one set of log things. Why would I put quantity two? Then I would have 4 log things, as in, two sets of them.
Man, that clapperboard seller has me sold, because Meritline clearly lacks certain key components of their clapperboards. The “per,” for one, but can I use the Meritline clapboard to announce my special life in the office for the thirteenth time?
You know, I always thought Etsy sellers put their shit* on barnwood and other woods because it was a fad, and that the comments about how they jacked off to it were just beautiful hiperbolic humour. But now I know it’s true, they really love wood, and not the good kind, the wood kind.
Also, Daisy’s right.
I wasn’t attacking wood lovers, some of my best friend’s are wood lovers.
I was denouncing the indiscriminate use of perfectly good wood on unrelated things. And the fact that a seller’s listing a block of wood for almost 900 dollars, which I think is a bit insane.
It gives regular wood lovers a bad name.
I have some neck and shoulder troubles, but they started way before printmaking. I was in a metals program when I was in school so my arms were being killed by hammering, sawing, and filing. Particularly the year of coursework that was almost entirely vessel raising.
Now with printmaking I usually only have wrist or arm pain if I’m up against a deadline and carving too much at a time. When I’m working regularly I usually carve in half hour to hour blocks, and no more than four hours a day total. I do other things in between like paper prep, design, research, Regretsy, etc.
I also use shina most of the time and it is rather soft in comparison to most woods. I’m starting to try more birch plywood though because it is used by most woodcut printmakers I know, and it is much less expensive for large scale work.
Real backdrop? I will tell you a secret. I photograph things on my daughter’s foot stool, which I cover with a piece of white muslin fabric, in front of … wait for it …. my white refrigerator.
After looking at their shop, I feel confident that the reclaimed wood “table” is the only thing that etsy seller actually made. Also, that they are seriously deranged if they think their kindergarten wood shop project is worth more than being tossed in a fire pit.
Gasp, how dare you! It raises barn wood appreciation to a whole new level. Just imagine it with a barn wood tabletop painted with bajingos and undulating peni. Sigh, cupcake heaven.
Why would you bother shopping for half of this shit on Etsy anyway?
My default is Amazon for everything. If I don’t like the price, then I start searching Google.
I think that might be what Ashy is saying. You wouldn’t shop for them on Etsy because they’re not handmade or old or unique in any way. You would go straight to another store if you actually found yourself in need of these things.
Okay, then ashy’s missing the point of Regretsy. Which is to make fun of things listed on Etsy because they are ridiculous, crappy, overpriced, mind-blowingly foul and/or otherwise inappropriate.
Yeah, we know that no sane person would buy this shit on Etsy. Welcome to the Mr. Obvious Show.
My husband’s great aunt is going to be so excited when I tell her about the Discount Catholic store. Maybe it will even save our heathen asses from the firey pits of hell.
She can even buy Holy Water from Lourdes, Fatima AND the Jordan River, all in one place and without leaving the house. Now none of you’ll freeze in Hell.
I must admit it did surprise me, it’s almost as if Catholicism is catching up to modern times, what with this and that Best Rock and Roll records list they released some time back.
I really need to start pulling out the random crap I have lying around so I can put it up on Etsy. (Because seriously? $850 for a block of wood? Is that really only for ONE? Who the fuck would pay…what, 1,700 for two blocks of super ugly wood, just because they want the whole “set”?!)
On another note… Are the rosary rings meant to be worn, well, as an actual ring, or is it like…a pendant or a wall decoration? Because those look really uncomfortable if it’s meant to be worn as a legitimate ring. I might have to scour through the discount Catholic store, because despite being an atheist, I do think rosaries, etc. are incredibly pretty. The Christian stores around here are too snooty for my liking. I guess that could be due to the fact I tend to wear all black and sometimes wear Pride things. They don’t take kindly to that.
(I want that skeleton watch sphere thingy too. That’s so bizarrely cool.)
Rosary rings are meant to be worn. They represent a single decade of a rosary, so you’d have to pray around it 5 times for a “daily” rosary, and 20 times for a complete rosary.
The traditional rosary beads are/are not meant to be worn as a necklace, depending on who you ask. There is an accepted practice of adding a clasp in the middle of the 3rd (middle) decade so that it can be worn. Then there are the wedding rosaries, that are made with 2 loops, and are meant to be worn by the wedding couple, connecting them.
This Catholic never heard of the clasp, nor of the wedding rosary. I usually get very sniffy when I see people wearing them, it’s generally pretty disrespectful. Some religious orders fasten chaplets or rosaries to the belt of their habits, but it’s not a fashion statement.
In the same vein as the ring, many people have Chaplets, which are single-decade rosaries. They are easy to slip in a pocket or hang from a rearview mirror for convenience when one needs the Power of The Blessed Mother to keep from flipping someone off.
Those little rings aren’t actually made to be worn, they’re just supposed to be slightly more portable rosaries. The advantage is, they don’t get all tangled up.
But yeah, I have the a similar reaction when I see rosary necklaces. A little voice in the back of my mind shouts “WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU” in the thickest New York accent I can imagine.
Sincere question: what’s wrong with using a rosary as a necklace if I want to? Is there some set of official guidelines for rosaries that everyone must adhere to whether they subscribe to the religion or not? Is there a commandment somewhere that I missed? Then again, I was raised in the Protestant church, so maybe that part just got left out of our version of the Bible.
Speaking of which, an old Bible is a great tool for smashing spiders. I figure at least someone in this household ought to feel the wrath of God.
Rosaries are a Catholic thing, the story goes the first rosary was given to St. Dominic by the an apparition of the Virgin Mary.
I was always taught that to wear a rosary as jewelry was vanity. However, some Catholics hold that if you truly respect a rosary as a devotional item, it can be worn around the neck.
If you don’t belong to the Catholic faith, wearing one as jewelry appears disrespectful to Catholics, much the same as using the Koran as a doorstop, or a mezuzah as a Hide-A-Key.
Personally, I don’t much hold any items sacred (or much of anything really) but old teachings run deep.
Oh, I know it’s Catholic . . . and just for the record, I have never personally owned or worn a rosary.
I do agree to some extent about the respect thing, but until religious groups as a whole show sufficient respect towards the non-religious and others whose “lifestyles” they don’t agree with, then I don’t think they have much right to complain. Put it in perspective: couples who love each other being villified and barred from marriage vs. someone’s choice of what to wear around her neck. It doesn’t compare.
In all fairness, I have known many religious people – and Catholics seem to be a decent percentage of them – who are respectful and even supportive of others who believe or live differently. Which is why I personally try not to go TOO far with the irreverence. But I also understand why many people feel justified in it, especially after a lifetime of being put down by people on a high horse (not saying that applies to anyone HERE, mind you).
I’ve been lurking here for well over a year, but this was the thing that finally made me register and post. EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS for a block of wood? A square block of wood? What…the…??
Is the chalkboard seller trying to appeal to the infamous hobo wedding planners? Can’t imagine how else those things would be considered “wedding supplies.” Unless it’s a preschool themed wedding.
It’s more common than you think. The whole chalkboard wedding thing, I mean. Also, I worked one wedding where the seat assignment cards were actually eggs. Like…from a carton. I mean, the wedding was on a farm, but still…at the end of the day, a chicken crapped that out, bro.
The owl watch was photographed on weathered wood. That adds at least $20 to its value – ergo, it’s a bargain.
As a photographer, I can tell you that they are far more likely to get in trouble for using the photo without permission than for reselling shit on Etsy. Oops, I meant upselling.
Ok. I really don’t get sellers like this first one. Is everything in that shop outsourced? It seems like she/he does handstamped jewelry too? Why would you clot up your shop with cheaply made bullshit instead of focusing on the stuff you craft?
I think that makes me even more mad. The other seller doesn’t actually say that it is hand made. It is implied, of course, what with it being on Etsy and all, but she/he isn’t outright lying (I’m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt on that “I added a gear…” thing since I haven’t seen another one of those with a gear and the color of it doesn’t match the watch or the chain.) that I can tell.
In all fairness, the seller isn’t trying to pass this off as handmade. She’s trying to pass it off as vintage. At least some of her stuff is true vintage (I don’t know about some of them, but at least I can tell that the trade beads are genuine antiques). It IS possible that she purchased the ring secondhand somewhere, like in an estate lot or something, and does believe it’s vintage.
I am in the market for firewood. I have a hard time remembering this. I am glad that this post reminded me and I actually spent some of my interwebs time looking for firewood. Regretsy…always coming through for me.
What I always get an astonished little chuckle out of is resellers that don’t even bother to rephotograph the item. I mean, you didn’t have to invest the time to MAKE the item, seems like a fresh photo wouldn’t be a huge time waster. I know this was mentioned earlier, but the movie clapboard is a glaring example of this with the 80s plaid shirt and – eww – green nail polish. It’s one thing when the item is on a plain background, but they REALLY had neither pride or sense on that.
I wish I could “thumb up” this comment a hundred times! That’s always gotten me too but not for the same reason. It’s SO much easier to find out that a seller is a shit-faced liar when you can google and find the exact same image. No needing to look for little intricate details that tell you whether or not this is the same item for sale elsewhere. When it’s the exact same image it takes the thinking out of the process.
The clapper board listing doesn’t link, so hopefully that’s been dealt with. I reported every single one except the owl watch since some poor sap already bought it.
Oh, there are PLENTY of other owl watches on Etsy to report…just do a search for them and you’ll get a dozen or so…and don’t forget: they’re all HAND MADE by that individual crafter!
But…but…the Skeleton ball watch…it’s HAND MADE! She actually took the time away from her other crafting to put a GEAR…ON THE CHAIN!!!
So totally worth the difference in price…
September 20, 2011 at 4:33 pm
the etsy listing for the soldier pendant is for ten of them, the other one is for one, isn’t it?
September 20, 2011 at 4:37 pm
That’s the first thing I noticed too. Well, after “damn that’s tacky”.
September 20, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Oh, good catch. I suppose a seller with the same name as their other online store offering a deal is not the worst Etsy can do. Obviously.
September 20, 2011 at 4:45 pm
You are so right. Damn you Bronc, I leave the house for an hour and look what happens.
Fortunately there are many other resel- sellers to chose from.
September 20, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Fortunately sounds kind of wrong here.. Etsy should be ashamed!
September 20, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Yeah, everyone’s allowed a mulligan at least once. Bronc should get immunity from being voted off the Regretsy island this time.
September 20, 2011 at 5:59 pm
oooooo Bronc’s gonna get a spaaanking, Bronc’s gonna get a spaaanking!
We’re all waiting for the video…
September 21, 2011 at 7:08 pm
VF, I don’t think that’s a punishment…
September 20, 2011 at 4:33 pm
I’m stuck on the description of a one of a kind unique set. How can something both be unique, and part of a set??
September 20, 2011 at 4:38 pm
I’m stuck on it too. With a “set” you order one, as in, one set of log things. Why would I put quantity two? Then I would have 4 log things, as in, two sets of them.
I’m so confused…
September 20, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Each piece of the set is beautiful and unique in its own way. Just like everything else on Etsy.
September 20, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Especially the stuff we’re marking up and reselling. That’s EXTRA special.
September 20, 2011 at 6:59 pm
So what we’re actually purchasing is snowflakes?
September 20, 2011 at 11:38 pm
I’m stuck on the fact that there’s at least $3400 worth of “tables” lying next to my fire pit as we speak.
September 20, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Man, that clapperboard seller has me sold, because Meritline clearly lacks certain key components of their clapperboards. The “per,” for one, but can I use the Meritline clapboard to announce my special life in the office for the thirteenth time?
I didn’t think so.
September 20, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Plus the Meritline one isn’t child-friendly, apparently. The last thing we need is a clapper disaster.
September 20, 2011 at 5:42 pm
I guess they don’t want children to get the clap.
September 20, 2011 at 10:15 pm
In the words of Helen Lovejoy, “Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children!?!”
September 21, 2011 at 1:10 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bw2X1oq_js
September 20, 2011 at 4:37 pm
You know, I always thought Etsy sellers put their shit* on barnwood and other woods because it was a fad, and that the comments about how they jacked off to it were just beautiful hiperbolic humour. But now I know it’s true, they really love wood, and not the good kind, the wood kind.
*Sometimes even their crafts.
September 20, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Well, I really love wood but I’m a woodcut printmaker, so it goes with the territory. I don’t photograph on barnwood though.
September 20, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Hey, no need to explain. A lot of us love wood.
September 20, 2011 at 7:23 pm
It’s frequently worth waiting for.
September 20, 2011 at 5:49 pm
You have real reasons to love wood, whereas some sellers… I just don’t know. It’s as if there was an unwritten rule about it.
Exhibit Q: http://www.regretsy.com/2010/03/19/tastes-like-chicken/
September 20, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Also, Daisy’s right.
I wasn’t attacking wood lovers, some of my best friend’s are wood lovers.
I was denouncing the indiscriminate use of perfectly good wood on unrelated things. And the fact that a seller’s listing a block of wood for almost 900 dollars, which I think is a bit insane.
It gives regular wood lovers a bad name.
September 20, 2011 at 8:35 pm
“It gives regular wood lovers a bad name.”
Yeah. Whores.
September 20, 2011 at 8:45 pm
That knothole is staring into my soul.
September 21, 2011 at 9:53 am
Maybe they are worth $850 each because they made the front page of Etsy?
September 20, 2011 at 7:10 pm
How you your limbs fare against the wood? I had to make the switch back to lino because my stupid wrists couldn’t take it.
September 20, 2011 at 8:56 pm
I have some neck and shoulder troubles, but they started way before printmaking. I was in a metals program when I was in school so my arms were being killed by hammering, sawing, and filing. Particularly the year of coursework that was almost entirely vessel raising.
Now with printmaking I usually only have wrist or arm pain if I’m up against a deadline and carving too much at a time. When I’m working regularly I usually carve in half hour to hour blocks, and no more than four hours a day total. I do other things in between like paper prep, design, research, Regretsy, etc.
I also use shina most of the time and it is rather soft in comparison to most woods. I’m starting to try more birch plywood though because it is used by most woodcut printmakers I know, and it is much less expensive for large scale work.
September 20, 2011 at 6:06 pm
I photograph on what looks like barnwood because my front porch needs repainting and I’m too cheap to buy a real backdrop.
September 20, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Porchwood? Sacrilege!
September 20, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Real backdrop? I will tell you a secret. I photograph things on my daughter’s foot stool, which I cover with a piece of white muslin fabric, in front of … wait for it …. my white refrigerator.
It’s motivation to keep the fridge clean. LOL
September 20, 2011 at 7:34 pm
My favorite kind of wood is morning wood.
September 20, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Amen.
September 21, 2011 at 7:43 am
I usually try to get rid of that as soon as possible
September 21, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Etsy sellers should definitely be photographing the products on morning wood.
September 20, 2011 at 4:38 pm
What roquelaure said…one is for a set of ten, one is for just one charm, no?
September 20, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I love Compare & Save posts! My ethical quotient just skyrockets every time!
September 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm
After looking at their shop, I feel confident that the reclaimed wood “table” is the only thing that etsy seller actually made. Also, that they are seriously deranged if they think their kindergarten wood shop project is worth more than being tossed in a fire pit.
September 20, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Wood shop in Kindergarten, now THAT is what the American education system is lacking!
September 20, 2011 at 5:02 pm
That kid is totally using the wrong saw for that. What an amateur.
September 20, 2011 at 5:07 pm
I’d definitely recommend a Japanese Kataba Saw for this project.
September 20, 2011 at 5:12 pm
He’s got the safety on, too. What a tool.
September 21, 2011 at 7:45 am
wow…when I read that “he’s got the safety on”, I was like “wait, hacksaws don’t have a…(while scrolling back up to look at the image)
*facepalm*
I’m going out now, I need a computer break
September 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Kids are dumb.
September 20, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Gasp, how dare you! It raises barn wood appreciation to a whole new level. Just imagine it with a barn wood tabletop painted with bajingos and undulating peni. Sigh, cupcake heaven.
September 20, 2011 at 4:44 pm
I’m i awe of the 130 pound, $850 dollar piece of wood.
His other stuff is quite nice though. The firewood just looks like he didn’t even try and he’s daring you to buy them.
September 20, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Don’t forget $150 for shipping!
So, that’s $1,000 . . . wait, that deserves to be written out . . . ONE THOUSAND MOTHERFUCKING DOLLARS for a piece of wood.
Oh, and a free set of furniture glides.
September 20, 2011 at 7:12 pm
I’m pretty sure I can find a tree that someone is willing to part with around here. I’ll save a bundle on shipping!
September 20, 2011 at 4:44 pm
I see that goddamn owl watch all over the place on etsy. Sometimes it has charms & sometimes it doesn’t. Bah. KILL IT WITH FIRE! :p
September 20, 2011 at 7:30 pm
I had that exact thought when I saw it pop up again.
September 20, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Someone made a treasury of them called Handmade is beautiful.
Quote: “Its amazing how many beautiful handmade pocket watches there are on etsy.”
I love this person.
September 20, 2011 at 4:45 pm
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September 20, 2011 at 6:59 pm
I think you completely missed the point of Etsy. It’s for things that are handmade or old and therefore would not be on Amazon.
September 20, 2011 at 8:07 pm
I think that might be what Ashy is saying. You wouldn’t shop for them on Etsy because they’re not handmade or old or unique in any way. You would go straight to another store if you actually found yourself in need of these things.
September 20, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Okay, then ashy’s missing the point of Regretsy. Which is to make fun of things listed on Etsy because they are ridiculous, crappy, overpriced, mind-blowingly foul and/or otherwise inappropriate.
Yeah, we know that no sane person would buy this shit on Etsy. Welcome to the Mr. Obvious Show.
September 21, 2011 at 7:57 pm
I’m SOOOO sorry guys. I didn’t realize I wasn’t allowed to be obnoxiously obvious.
Cripes.
September 21, 2011 at 8:01 pm
THEY SURE TOLD YOU
September 21, 2011 at 9:29 pm
DOESN’T MEAN I LISTENED
September 20, 2011 at 4:49 pm
My husband’s great aunt is going to be so excited when I tell her about the Discount Catholic store. Maybe it will even save our heathen asses from the firey pits of hell.
September 20, 2011 at 4:57 pm
She can even buy Holy Water from Lourdes, Fatima AND the Jordan River, all in one place and without leaving the house. Now none of you’ll freeze in Hell.
I must admit it did surprise me, it’s almost as if Catholicism is catching up to modern times, what with this and that Best Rock and Roll records list they released some time back.
September 20, 2011 at 5:31 pm
O, they’ve always been early adopters.
I remember discovering the joys of on-line Religious Supplies stores over a decade ago.
September 20, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Personally, I prefer http://www.catholicfreeshipping.com, because they have free shipping.
September 20, 2011 at 6:38 pm
But do they have chasubles and surplices? The bigger stores have everything from bells, banners and wafers to priest cardigans.
September 20, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Unless they have indulgences, they have nothing for me.
September 21, 2011 at 7:48 am
I saw that this week they’re having a sale on the Seven Deadly Sins. I am psyched! I was almost out of avarice!
September 21, 2011 at 9:15 am
@Unseeliepixie. Not so fast! I heard some banging on the door. Maybe your indulgences have finally arrived!
September 21, 2011 at 9:33 am
@Unseelie and @Mugsy —
Nevermind. It was just some guy nailing something to our door. I told him to bugger off.
September 20, 2011 at 6:45 pm
I honestly read “Jordan River” as “Joan Rivers”..twice.
September 20, 2011 at 7:24 pm
I’m reliably informed that the Jordan’s mouth is less clean that Joan’s.
September 20, 2011 at 4:52 pm
I love how the seller of that skeleton ball watch thingie claims HE/ SHE USED something to connect two parts in her description..
September 20, 2011 at 8:48 pm
… so wah-lah! It’s now handmade!
September 20, 2011 at 5:04 pm
The piece-of-wood thing just flabbergasts me. How could anyone fall for that?
September 20, 2011 at 5:07 pm
what do you mean fall for it? I just ordered a set….it’s gonna keep the house warm all night this winter.
September 20, 2011 at 5:14 pm
I really need to start pulling out the random crap I have lying around so I can put it up on Etsy. (Because seriously? $850 for a block of wood? Is that really only for ONE? Who the fuck would pay…what, 1,700 for two blocks of super ugly wood, just because they want the whole “set”?!)
On another note… Are the rosary rings meant to be worn, well, as an actual ring, or is it like…a pendant or a wall decoration? Because those look really uncomfortable if it’s meant to be worn as a legitimate ring. I might have to scour through the discount Catholic store, because despite being an atheist, I do think rosaries, etc. are incredibly pretty. The Christian stores around here are too snooty for my liking. I guess that could be due to the fact I tend to wear all black and sometimes wear Pride things. They don’t take kindly to that.
(I want that skeleton watch sphere thingy too. That’s so bizarrely cool.)
September 20, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Rosary rings are meant to be worn. They represent a single decade of a rosary, so you’d have to pray around it 5 times for a “daily” rosary, and 20 times for a complete rosary.
The traditional rosary beads are/are not meant to be worn as a necklace, depending on who you ask. There is an accepted practice of adding a clasp in the middle of the 3rd (middle) decade so that it can be worn. Then there are the wedding rosaries, that are made with 2 loops, and are meant to be worn by the wedding couple, connecting them.
If you want one, I can make you one.
September 20, 2011 at 8:06 pm
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September 21, 2011 at 7:09 am
For consistencies sake, you should now chime in on every post full of information about things you don’t believe in/care about.
September 21, 2011 at 7:50 am
^^ this (mycat)
September 21, 2011 at 11:29 am
This Catholic never heard of the clasp, nor of the wedding rosary. I usually get very sniffy when I see people wearing them, it’s generally pretty disrespectful. Some religious orders fasten chaplets or rosaries to the belt of their habits, but it’s not a fashion statement.
In the same vein as the ring, many people have Chaplets, which are single-decade rosaries. They are easy to slip in a pocket or hang from a rearview mirror for convenience when one needs the Power of The Blessed Mother to keep from flipping someone off.
September 22, 2011 at 7:18 am
wait…you get sniffy when someone wears a rosary as a necklace, but you’re OK with hanging one from a rearview?
oh, and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeMyvybOfWc
September 20, 2011 at 5:44 pm
I didn’t think skeletons still had balls.
September 21, 2011 at 7:51 am
you glue them on with a hotglue gun, then “connect” them with a gear.
September 20, 2011 at 5:46 pm
I am a lapsed Old School Catholic and it still gives me an involuntary facial tic to see a rosary worn as jewelry.
I think I’d probably put my eye out with that ring.
September 20, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Those little rings aren’t actually made to be worn, they’re just supposed to be slightly more portable rosaries. The advantage is, they don’t get all tangled up.
But yeah, I have the a similar reaction when I see rosary necklaces. A little voice in the back of my mind shouts “WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU” in the thickest New York accent I can imagine.
September 20, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Sincere question: what’s wrong with using a rosary as a necklace if I want to? Is there some set of official guidelines for rosaries that everyone must adhere to whether they subscribe to the religion or not? Is there a commandment somewhere that I missed? Then again, I was raised in the Protestant church, so maybe that part just got left out of our version of the Bible.
Speaking of which, an old Bible is a great tool for smashing spiders. I figure at least someone in this household ought to feel the wrath of God.
September 20, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Rosaries are a Catholic thing, the story goes the first rosary was given to St. Dominic by the an apparition of the Virgin Mary.
I was always taught that to wear a rosary as jewelry was vanity. However, some Catholics hold that if you truly respect a rosary as a devotional item, it can be worn around the neck.
If you don’t belong to the Catholic faith, wearing one as jewelry appears disrespectful to Catholics, much the same as using the Koran as a doorstop, or a mezuzah as a Hide-A-Key.
Personally, I don’t much hold any items sacred (or much of anything really) but old teachings run deep.
September 21, 2011 at 9:24 am
Oh, I know it’s Catholic . . . and just for the record, I have never personally owned or worn a rosary.
I do agree to some extent about the respect thing, but until religious groups as a whole show sufficient respect towards the non-religious and others whose “lifestyles” they don’t agree with, then I don’t think they have much right to complain. Put it in perspective: couples who love each other being villified and barred from marriage vs. someone’s choice of what to wear around her neck. It doesn’t compare.
In all fairness, I have known many religious people – and Catholics seem to be a decent percentage of them – who are respectful and even supportive of others who believe or live differently. Which is why I personally try not to go TOO far with the irreverence. But I also understand why many people feel justified in it, especially after a lifetime of being put down by people on a high horse (not saying that applies to anyone HERE, mind you).
September 21, 2011 at 10:13 am
Please, oh please oh please oh please can we keep the religious opinion pieces off of Regretsy? I get enough of it from my cousins on Facebook.
September 21, 2011 at 12:41 pm
If there’s anything sacred around here, that’s news to me. Pretty sure we’re allowed to talk about whatever the fuck we want.
September 21, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Is the Vatican ok with cock rings with crucifixes on them being called “Rosary Rings”? Oh, wait, they’re crosses, not crucifixes. Never mind.
September 21, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Whoops! My mistake. They ARE crucifixes.
September 20, 2011 at 5:48 pm
I’ve been lurking here for well over a year, but this was the thing that finally made me register and post. EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS for a block of wood? A square block of wood? What…the…??
Faith in humanity is gone.
On the other hand, that owl watch is awesome.
September 20, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Is the chalkboard seller trying to appeal to the infamous hobo wedding planners? Can’t imagine how else those things would be considered “wedding supplies.” Unless it’s a preschool themed wedding.
September 20, 2011 at 5:59 pm
It’s more common than you think. The whole chalkboard wedding thing, I mean. Also, I worked one wedding where the seat assignment cards were actually eggs. Like…from a carton. I mean, the wedding was on a farm, but still…at the end of the day, a chicken crapped that out, bro.
September 20, 2011 at 5:51 pm
The owl watch was photographed on weathered wood. That adds at least $20 to its value – ergo, it’s a bargain.
As a photographer, I can tell you that they are far more likely to get in trouble for using the photo without permission than for reselling shit on Etsy. Oops, I meant upselling.
September 20, 2011 at 10:20 pm
That’s what amazes me the most – not just that these are resellers, but that the fucktards don’t even bother to take their own pictures!
September 20, 2011 at 6:10 pm
A one of a kind, unique set of partially burned, waterlogged firewood? And only $850 dollars?? Sign me the hell up!!
September 20, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Don’t forget, that’s $850 for ONE. The set is double the cost!
September 20, 2011 at 8:22 pm
$1,000 for one, if you count the shipping. No shipping discount for the second, either, so you’ll be shelling out $2,000 for the pair.
September 21, 2011 at 7:53 am
they’ve really got a pair asking for that much
September 21, 2011 at 12:42 pm
A really, really big pair.
September 20, 2011 at 6:49 pm
I’m just surprised at how lazy these people are did they even try to count the rings on the barn wood to see if its vintage?!
September 20, 2011 at 7:12 pm
I’ve got wood.
It’s not vintage.
September 20, 2011 at 8:13 pm
It’s not over twenty years old?
Have a seat over there.
September 21, 2011 at 10:15 am
Of course its not over twenty years old. If it’s over four HOURS old, he’s supposed to seek medical attention.
September 21, 2011 at 11:23 am
But for 3 hours and 59 minutes, he’s cock of the walk!
September 20, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Ok. I really don’t get sellers like this first one. Is everything in that shop outsourced? It seems like she/he does handstamped jewelry too? Why would you clot up your shop with cheaply made bullshit instead of focusing on the stuff you craft?
Oh. For money.
September 20, 2011 at 8:57 pm
I finally had to register to comment after reading for almost a year now because, really?? $850 for one two-foot high piece of wood?!? Seriously?!
Also, there is someone else trying to sell that first watch, but for $60 instead of $40. And this person actually claims that it is “handmade”.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/66063914/steampunk-skeleton-ball-watch-necklace
I think that makes me even more mad. The other seller doesn’t actually say that it is hand made. It is implied, of course, what with it being on Etsy and all, but she/he isn’t outright lying (I’m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt on that “I added a gear…” thing since I haven’t seen another one of those with a gear and the color of it doesn’t match the watch or the chain.) that I can tell.
September 20, 2011 at 10:47 pm
Rosary rings would be good in a Street Fight if you were a gang of Nuns against a gang of Vampires.
September 21, 2011 at 4:58 am
Or a good Spanish Inquisition style beat-down.
Because,
(all together now)
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
September 21, 2011 at 7:55 am
I wasn’t expecting that
September 21, 2011 at 12:45 pm
That’s because our chief weapon is surprise . . .
September 21, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Not fear?
September 21, 2011 at 11:31 am
BRING ME…THE COMFY CHAIR!
September 21, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Nooooooooooooooooooo! ANYTHING but the Comfy Chair!!!
September 20, 2011 at 11:00 pm
I saw that wood ON THE FRONT PAGE for god’s sake. tweeted it to regretsy and YAY! They used it
September 21, 2011 at 12:24 am
“On one side, it says ‘Italy’”. Because I really, really like Italy and handcrafted this ring for other people who really, really like Italy.
September 21, 2011 at 12:52 pm
In all fairness, the seller isn’t trying to pass this off as handmade. She’s trying to pass it off as vintage. At least some of her stuff is true vintage (I don’t know about some of them, but at least I can tell that the trade beads are genuine antiques). It IS possible that she purchased the ring secondhand somewhere, like in an estate lot or something, and does believe it’s vintage.
September 21, 2011 at 1:22 am
I am in the market for firewood. I have a hard time remembering this. I am glad that this post reminded me and I actually spent some of my interwebs time looking for firewood. Regretsy…always coming through for me.
September 21, 2011 at 7:22 am
What I always get an astonished little chuckle out of is resellers that don’t even bother to rephotograph the item. I mean, you didn’t have to invest the time to MAKE the item, seems like a fresh photo wouldn’t be a huge time waster. I know this was mentioned earlier, but the movie clapboard is a glaring example of this with the 80s plaid shirt and – eww – green nail polish. It’s one thing when the item is on a plain background, but they REALLY had neither pride or sense on that.
That green polish is tragic.
September 21, 2011 at 1:51 pm
I wish I could “thumb up” this comment a hundred times! That’s always gotten me too but not for the same reason. It’s SO much easier to find out that a seller is a shit-faced liar when you can google and find the exact same image. No needing to look for little intricate details that tell you whether or not this is the same item for sale elsewhere. When it’s the exact same image it takes the thinking out of the process.
September 21, 2011 at 7:22 am
The clapper board listing doesn’t link, so hopefully that’s been dealt with. I reported every single one except the owl watch since some poor sap already bought it.
September 21, 2011 at 7:57 am
Oh, there are PLENTY of other owl watches on Etsy to report…just do a search for them and you’ll get a dozen or so…and don’t forget: they’re all HAND MADE by that individual crafter!
September 21, 2011 at 7:38 am
But…but…the Skeleton ball watch…it’s HAND MADE! She actually took the time away from her other crafting to put a GEAR…ON THE CHAIN!!!
So totally worth the difference in price…
September 26, 2011 at 5:45 pm
I hope these items get reported. lol.