Check out the “purl one” bracelet that pops up beside the starfish bracelet-
I used to do that empty-spool-from-thread with nails in it knitting when I was a kid. I used the finished tubes as cat strings. Too bad I wasn’t sticking some cheap steel chains onto it and selling it for a fortune like these bastards!
I can’t believe they’re selling stuff a child could make for near $200! I also saw a snood for over $200! I haven’t looked at Anthropologie before and they sicken me. Not only are they drawing customers who want a homemade look away from real crafters but they’re ripping off the customer too! Why the hell do people shop there? I read one for a simple little beaded bracelet & the first feedback was “Totally worth the money!” which blew my mind, as it was also in the $100-200 range. Idiots abound.
You can also knit those tubes with double-pointed needles – it’s called an I-cord, which stands for Idiot, it’s so easy. I think I see big bucks in my future.
I love how they give these hyperbolic,but vague descriptions–”nature’s finest fleeces” and “shimmering metals”. I suspect what they really mean is “cat hair” and “lead”.
Yes, but on etsy it would be hairballs collected from the seller’s own cat, while the Anthropologie ones are made from the fur of cats captured on the streets of China and eaten by the sweatshop workers knitting the bracelets.
The Etsy knob is tagged “handmade” and “anthriopology,” so clearly Anthropologie stole her product idea and stole the name of their store from her tags. But they misspelled it.
There may have been time-travel involved by one or both parties as well, since the item is also tagged “vintage.”
“drawer knob”
“use these knobs anywihere”
“feel free to handle the knobs as much as you can”
“Reserve your knobs”
“I pack my knobs very well”
“This listing is for one knob.”
“RESERVE your knobs”
You know what’s weird? I think she actually is making them by hand. It’s just that she could only be bothered to steal the Anthropologie photo for the red one.
Oh good, I’m not the only one! I was actually looking it up, trying to figure out what political thing I missed because Jon Stewart didn’t cover it (The Daily Show being my sole form of political information).
I agree with you both. The Etsy cuff is pretty. The Anthro one is not just less pretty but downright ugly!
But I think the Etsy has to be a reseller.
And I too thought the knob was “No on prop 522″. But no, it’s just a weird product.
It’s a pet peeve of mine when people use “No.” or “#”, because it’s obviously a number, we don’t need to be notified that it’s a number! Like I live in Apartment 202, not Apartment NUMBER 202.
Uhhh… yeah… Kat i do that all the time. Funny thing is that i have a pet peeve list 10 miles long, and that issue never dawned on me. One of mine: when people say “whether or not” which is redundant. Also, I think 99% of people on FB don’t know how to spell “too.”
Duh, i need to crack open a dictionary since “Whether” & “not” do not mean the same thing – just that you dont have to add on “or not” if you’re saying “whether.” sheesh my bunk finger is getting cramped typing all the crap on my phone’s keyboard!
IF [CONDITION] = TRUE then
Do X
ELSEIF [CONDITION] = FALSE then
DO Y
END IF
You’re right. The ELSEIF condition is unnecessary, and a simple ELSE will suffice.
+5
iceicebaby
October 17, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Me too. Then my Spidey-senses started tingling and I realized (as someone below pointed out), it’s just a reseller But hey, now it’s just $13 at Sears!
Has anyone found the original seller of the silver starfish cuff bracelet? I like the look of it, but haven’t been able to find it through my own googling abilities. I was thinking Sears, but they don’t seem to have it… only the gold one.
No, I have hairy knuckles too… but that macro photography and especially the pattern on that huge ring point directly to it. I wouldn’t want to draw attention to any of (my) weird body hair.
What can Occupy do about anything though? Sure it makes The Man notice that there are a lotta upset people, but we already had letter-writing campaigns and voting to do that. I’m not OPPOSING it- I don’t imagine it can do much harm- but I just don’t see it changing anything either.
Yep without Govt creating stricter regulations in regards to financial insitutions, it won’t change from the top. But if people boycott said institutions (and unethical corporations), they will fail, which is why people are closing bank accounts and opening credit union accounts etc. Buy from small, independent and preferably local vendors instead. The Govt won’t want big businesses to fail so they will have to step in and regulate them. The fact that people are thinking (and hopefully acting) means Occupy is making a difference. ok….
I’m with you 100% regarding credit unions. I’ve been in one for about 25 years and it’s great. The interest rates on savings aren’t higher (or only fractionally so) than banks, but the service is terrific, and lots of perks (I bounce a check, it’s only $5–lots of banks charge $30, so I’m saving $25!!!!)
I was once a teller in a commercial bank. I know how rude I was and I was the nicest person there!
Targetting big banks, transferring all your funds to credit unions, I don’t think thats any kind of solution. People panicing and pulling all of their money out of the banking system in the 20s was one of the things (along with the stock market crash, the dust bowl, etc) that caused the Great Depression. Also, if the big banks crash, hundreds more people will be out of a job, adding to the already high unemployment rate. True, credit unions will need to hire more people to deal with the sudden increase in business, but isn’t that just recreating the big banks again?
I want to like the Occupy Wallstreet campaign, and I definitely think there needs to be change, but the rallying cry against the rich is getting us no where. Somewhere we need to step up and offer solutions, VIABLE solutions. Higher taxes for the rich, more regulation for big businesses and banks, that’s all well and good, but that doesn’t get us any JOBS.
*gets off the soapbox*
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PooJah
October 17, 2011 at 5:24 pm
Lady Kwake…When you join a credit union, you get shares in it – credit unions are owned by their customers so it is absolutely not re-creating big banks. Putting money into CU’s is still keeping it in the system – in the Depression people stuffed it under their beds which meant it “disappeared”. We, the consumer, have ultimate power and if we stop giving it away to the very corporate types that got us into this mess, they will be forced to behave differently. There are some very specific solutions (mainly to do with the separation of Govt and big business), but I won’t post them here. For individuals, it’s about being wise where you keep and spend your money. A little thought goes a long way – why not?
+19
53raptor
October 17, 2011 at 10:12 pm
The only two credit unions I’ve ever tried to join have been completely incompetent. It’s really starting to irritate me hearing people talk like credit unions are a godsend. Maybe some are good, but honestly, US Bank has treated me better.
Lady Kwake
Runs on banks weren’t a cause of the Great Depression, the banks were already insolvent at the time, however they did cause massive amounts of economic damage as people who didn’t manage to get their money out of the banks lost it. At the time there was no FDIC insurance to protect bank customers.
Now if people were pulling out all their money in cash and stuffing it under a mattress instead of withdrawing a check or wire transfer to another account (with a CU or local bank) it would be a problem. However most people aren’t doing that, they are closing and moving their accounts.
+2
butts lol
October 17, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Letter-writers and voters work within the system. Demonstrators work to a great extent outside of it, which is really handy when the system is owned by robber barons who want to live in a socialist paradise run by slaves.
Remember, it only took 100k people bused in by rich mineral interests and a few gullible yahoos with guns to kill any hope of getting the financial industry out of health care.
What’s worse, the absurdly high price of the Anthropologie starfish (even though it it by far the uglier of the 2) or the gotta-be-reselling absurdly LOW price of the Etsy one?
Maybe the worst part is that somewhere a filthy hipster is scooping a poor starfish out of the water to dry it out wrapped around a jam jar to make a natural version.
Dear GOD! That is some tacky jewelry! I think this kind of stuff should come with little gold stickers attached (a-la “made in china”) that say “MADE IN ETSY” instead…
+11
amazon
October 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm
You mean you don’t like iridescent rhinestones, clear rhinestones, pearls, unidentifiable acrylic gems and cheap silver tone metal, all on the same piece of jewelry?
+15
LuLuBallooo
October 17, 2011 at 5:18 pm
I prefer vagina agates.
+8
HelplessGiggle
October 17, 2011 at 6:01 pm
+22
mingamonga
October 17, 2011 at 10:45 pm
That is a Monet-esque bracelet…kind of pretty from a distance, but a big ol’ mess up close!
+8
Fia Flammiferous
October 19, 2011 at 9:37 am
@ amazon: If you don’t like that shit you must be an old, unfashionable, dried-up cunt.
No, seriously. It’s impossible to find inexpensive jewelry (I’m a po’ bitch, what do you want?) that isn’t loaded with at least 3 tiers of blinding bling-chunks. Or goddamn owls. Or both.
+2
MontanaRed
October 17, 2011 at 4:18 pm
What? Today was the big Zombie Day sale at Sears??!
I prefer my jewelry to be multi-purpose: earrings that are handcuff keys, rings that carry poison, wonderwoman bracelets to stop zombie bites, that sort of stuff.
At first I thought the knob was some sort of political button, like “Vote NO on proposition 522!”, and I was very curious to know the deeper meaning. When I found out there WAS no deeper meaning, I became very befuddled as to how such a random piece of shite could be suitable for anyone’s dream kitchen makeover. Maybe if the theme for the decor was “graffiti”.
I think I need to see it in a room to truly understand, HK!
Two people reviewed the knobs on the Anthropologie site. Two people took the time to write a description of their pleasure and minor disappointment with drawer knobs that they paid $8 a piece for.
I have the same feeling I get when I have to yell at the dogs to stop licking the bottom of the fridge door: complete and profound bafflement at why anyone would take the time to do such a thing.
I imagine when the Consumer Reports knob issue comes out, I’ll be the one with egg on my face.
Yeah, I don’t understand the point of slapping knobs labeled with arbitrary numbers on your drawers unless you’re going for a “creepy laboratory” look. Failed test subject no. 522 in that drawer… Botched experiment no. 351 in this one…
Obviously I could have done more with the money my parents spent on my doctorate…think of how much ‘found object’ bullshit I could have bought and made shitty expensive jewelry out of!
I saw those knobs at Hobby Lobby. There is irony in the fact someone will pay 8$ for a door knob and they are a knob to complain about the quality of their eight dollar purchase – but I cant make the snark.
I’m running on about two hours of sleep here, but when I saw the header to this post I thought it was a picture of HK popping a zit on her chin. I’m actually kind of disappointed that it isn’t.
October 17, 2011 at 3:36 pm
*scratches head* …I dunno… look like dupes to me…
October 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Aw…I thought for sure the first one was Etsy ’cause it looked more like a vagina!
October 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
I thought the first one was anthropology, because of the addition of “gold”… gotta class it up a little bit for the mainstream hipsters.
October 18, 2011 at 3:55 pm
And somehow tat class makes it worth $428 to the etsy seller’s $36.
October 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
$428 for a vagina rock ring!??! I am in the wrong business.
October 17, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Check out the “purl one” bracelet that pops up beside the starfish bracelet-
I used to do that empty-spool-from-thread with nails in it knitting when I was a kid. I used the finished tubes as cat strings. Too bad I wasn’t sticking some cheap steel chains onto it and selling it for a fortune like these bastards!
October 17, 2011 at 4:30 pm
here is the necklace:
http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=22526016&parentid=BAYNOTE
and the bracelet I spoke of:
http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=22526321&catId=JEWELRY-BRACELETS&pushId=JEWELRY-BRACELETS&popId=JEWELRYACCESSORIES&navCount=36&color=012&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&isSubcategory=true&subCategoryId=JEWELRY-BRACELETS&templateType=subCategory
I can’t believe they’re selling stuff a child could make for near $200! I also saw a snood for over $200! I haven’t looked at Anthropologie before and they sicken me. Not only are they drawing customers who want a homemade look away from real crafters but they’re ripping off the customer too! Why the hell do people shop there? I read one for a simple little beaded bracelet & the first feedback was “Totally worth the money!” which blew my mind, as it was also in the $100-200 range. Idiots abound.
October 17, 2011 at 4:55 pm
I made those all the time as a kid with looms like these:
I was so ahead of my time!
Speaking of my childhood arts and crafts time, remember these? I’m calling it now as the next “new” trend!
October 17, 2011 at 10:40 pm
I must confess that I LOVED making potholders! Those neon loops would make a magical one for sure.
October 17, 2011 at 10:45 pm
I’m putting my 8 yr old niece to work as we speak… between the fact it’ll be handmade and child labor, I’m guaranteed to get front page, right?
October 17, 2011 at 10:40 pm
GAH those things are ugly! And they look itchy, too.
October 18, 2011 at 9:44 am
You can also knit those tubes with double-pointed needles – it’s called an I-cord, which stands for Idiot, it’s so easy. I think I see big bucks in my future.
October 17, 2011 at 5:19 pm
I love how they give these hyperbolic,but vague descriptions–”nature’s finest fleeces” and “shimmering metals”. I suspect what they really mean is “cat hair” and “lead”.
October 17, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Yes, but on etsy it would be hairballs collected from the seller’s own cat, while the Anthropologie ones are made from the fur of cats captured on the streets of China and eaten by the sweatshop workers knitting the bracelets.
October 17, 2011 at 5:19 pm
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October 17, 2011 at 9:02 pm
I don’t think I could even sell my real vagina for that much. I am DEFINITELY in the wrong business.
October 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
They’re all ugly no matter what the price or vendor?
October 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
this was really difficult with no barnwood backgrounds to help me decipher.
October 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
The Etsy knob is tagged “handmade” and “anthriopology,” so clearly Anthropologie stole her product idea and stole the name of their store from her tags. But they misspelled it.
There may have been time-travel involved by one or both parties as well, since the item is also tagged “vintage.”
IT’S THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE.
October 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Also:
“drawer knob”
“use these knobs anywihere”
“feel free to handle the knobs as much as you can”
“Reserve your knobs”
“I pack my knobs very well”
“This listing is for one knob.”
“RESERVE your knobs”
STOP SAYING “KNOBS.”
October 17, 2011 at 3:51 pm
You can never say “knob” too many times. Knobbity knob knob knob knobbily knibbily knub knubs….
knob.
October 17, 2011 at 6:45 pm
mmm knibbily knub knubs! my favorite!
October 17, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Quit slobbering on my knob, man!!!! Knob-slobber!!!
October 17, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Knice Knob.
October 17, 2011 at 4:14 pm
I’m suddenly turned on. Maybe I should slip under the sheets and enjoy it.
October 17, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Silly seller!
Everyone knows the best thing to do to a knob is POLISH it!
October 18, 2011 at 5:29 pm
My favorite pastime…
October 17, 2011 at 4:45 pm
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October 17, 2011 at 3:56 pm
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October 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Oh, I see what you did there. Went back and re-read… Yeah, I guess I deserved that.
October 17, 2011 at 4:08 pm
It seems like LuLu has made a knob of herself!
October 17, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Well pinch my knobs and call me LuLu!
October 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm
*gets in line*
October 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm
You know what’s weird? I think she actually is making them by hand. It’s just that she could only be bothered to steal the Anthropologie photo for the red one.
Meet Mrs. Peacock and Mr. Green.
October 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I usually get these right by betting that the better-made item is on Etsy and the piece of craft is from Anthropologie.
I only got one wrong (but on the last, it was a 50/50 shot.)
I kind of want the Etsy starfish cuff.
October 17, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Yah, I thought the Etsy starfish was way better than the Anthrowuppie one. And the price? Jayzus!
I thought the knobs were political buttons at first – “No on Proposition 522″ (whatever that is).
October 17, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Oh good, I’m not the only one! I was actually looking it up, trying to figure out what political thing I missed because Jon Stewart didn’t cover it (The Daily Show being my sole form of political information).
October 17, 2011 at 4:16 pm
I agree with you both. The Etsy cuff is pretty. The Anthro one is not just less pretty but downright ugly!
But I think the Etsy has to be a reseller.
And I too thought the knob was “No on prop 522″. But no, it’s just a weird product.
It’s a pet peeve of mine when people use “No.” or “#”, because it’s obviously a number, we don’t need to be notified that it’s a number! Like I live in Apartment 202, not Apartment NUMBER 202.
October 17, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Yep, that’s why I just “kind of want” the bracelet, rather than “bought it immediately.”
Still, the Etsy reseller POS is superior in quality and design when compared to the Anthropollogee (or whatever twee spelling they’re using) one.
October 17, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Yeah, my super-keen Spidey-sense said “reseller” as well, but at least it has the virtue of not being ass-ugly like the Anthropologie one.
October 17, 2011 at 6:17 pm
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October 18, 2011 at 6:37 am
IF [CONDITION] = TRUE then
Do X
ELSEIF [CONDITION] = FALSE then
DO Y
END IF
You’re right. The ELSEIF condition is unnecessary, and a simple ELSE will suffice.
October 17, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Me too. Then my Spidey-senses started tingling and I realized (as someone below pointed out), it’s just a reseller
But hey, now it’s just $13 at Sears!
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM5860090901P?ci_sku=SPM5860090901&isABTestAvl=true&ci_src=14110944&i_cntr=1318893044759&sid=IDx20101019x00001a
October 17, 2011 at 4:21 pm
I meant “Me too” about liking the Etsy starfish bracelet.
October 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm
She’s also selling a couple frog bracelets available elsewhere, one that came up at Sears and this one: http://www.etsy.com/listing/80814969/frog-bracelet vs http://www.lureboutique.com/product/gold-tone-green-rhinestone-lead-nickel-compliant-frog-theme-fold-over-bracelet . $29 on Etsy, $22.50 there.
October 17, 2011 at 7:10 pm
No argument, I just wanted to point out that Sears is having a Zombie Day Sale. I think I love them a little bit again.
October 17, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Sweet! It’s Flag Day all over again!
October 18, 2011 at 8:30 am
Has anyone found the original seller of the silver starfish cuff bracelet? I like the look of it, but haven’t been able to find it through my own googling abilities. I was thinking Sears, but they don’t seem to have it… only the gold one.
October 17, 2011 at 3:43 pm
I like that the Etsy photos are usually more crisp or just plain out better looking than the Anthropologie photos.
October 17, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Even better, the etsy agate ring is labeled “one of a kind!”
October 17, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Maybe it’s one of a kind because it’s as big as a damned house!
October 17, 2011 at 3:44 pm
From the 522 seller on etsy:
“I pack my knobs very well.”
Now I need to work that phrase into conversations.
October 17, 2011 at 3:50 pm
By the time she got to “feel free to handle the knobs as much as you can” I decided she had to be aware of what she was doing.
October 17, 2011 at 4:20 pm
I think I need that phrase on a t-shirt.
October 17, 2011 at 5:20 pm
!!!
October 17, 2011 at 3:48 pm
anthropology
The Geodes are cool, even if they do resemble a Georgia O’Keefe painting.
October 17, 2011 at 3:48 pm
I feel like the Starfish Cuff is humping the Anthropologie model’s arm.
October 17, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Did it yell, “Surprise?”
October 17, 2011 at 3:50 pm
I figured out the first two from the identical Anthropologie backgrounds. Needless to say, this did not work on the third.
October 17, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Oh that Agate Ring is awful!
October 17, 2011 at 3:59 pm
The etsy agate ring doesn’t bother me as much as the model’s hairy knuckles do.
October 17, 2011 at 4:51 pm
is she supposed to be shaving her knuckles?
October 17, 2011 at 5:12 pm
No, I have hairy knuckles too… but that macro photography and especially the pattern on that huge ring point directly to it. I wouldn’t want to draw attention to any of (my) weird body hair.
October 17, 2011 at 5:14 pm
This is what the blur brush is for. Photoshop, the hirsute and large-pored among us thank you! (macro photography=unforgiving to most mortals)
October 17, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Yes, if they haven’t been stripped from dragging on the ground.
October 17, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Gee, I was right on all counts. I’m gunna go reward myself with a nap and fish cakes.
October 17, 2011 at 3:55 pm
I know politics and Regretsy mix like oil and water but this is yet another reason to support Occupy…corporations ripping off talented artists…GAH!
October 17, 2011 at 4:00 pm
What can Occupy do about anything though? Sure it makes The Man notice that there are a lotta upset people, but we already had letter-writing campaigns and voting to do that. I’m not OPPOSING it- I don’t imagine it can do much harm- but I just don’t see it changing anything either.
October 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Yep without Govt creating stricter regulations in regards to financial insitutions, it won’t change from the top. But if people boycott said institutions (and unethical corporations), they will fail, which is why people are closing bank accounts and opening credit union accounts etc. Buy from small, independent and preferably local vendors instead. The Govt won’t want big businesses to fail so they will have to step in and regulate them. The fact that people are thinking (and hopefully acting) means Occupy is making a difference. ok….
*gets off soapbox*.
May I add…
KNOBS!
October 17, 2011 at 4:16 pm
I’m with you 100% regarding credit unions. I’ve been in one for about 25 years and it’s great. The interest rates on savings aren’t higher (or only fractionally so) than banks, but the service is terrific, and lots of perks (I bounce a check, it’s only $5–lots of banks charge $30, so I’m saving $25!!!!)
I was once a teller in a commercial bank. I know how rude I was and I was the nicest person there!
October 17, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Targetting big banks, transferring all your funds to credit unions, I don’t think thats any kind of solution. People panicing and pulling all of their money out of the banking system in the 20s was one of the things (along with the stock market crash, the dust bowl, etc) that caused the Great Depression. Also, if the big banks crash, hundreds more people will be out of a job, adding to the already high unemployment rate. True, credit unions will need to hire more people to deal with the sudden increase in business, but isn’t that just recreating the big banks again?
I want to like the Occupy Wallstreet campaign, and I definitely think there needs to be change, but the rallying cry against the rich is getting us no where. Somewhere we need to step up and offer solutions, VIABLE solutions. Higher taxes for the rich, more regulation for big businesses and banks, that’s all well and good, but that doesn’t get us any JOBS.
*gets off the soapbox*
October 17, 2011 at 5:24 pm
Lady Kwake…When you join a credit union, you get shares in it – credit unions are owned by their customers so it is absolutely not re-creating big banks. Putting money into CU’s is still keeping it in the system – in the Depression people stuffed it under their beds which meant it “disappeared”. We, the consumer, have ultimate power and if we stop giving it away to the very corporate types that got us into this mess, they will be forced to behave differently. There are some very specific solutions (mainly to do with the separation of Govt and big business), but I won’t post them here. For individuals, it’s about being wise where you keep and spend your money. A little thought goes a long way – why not?
October 17, 2011 at 10:12 pm
The only two credit unions I’ve ever tried to join have been completely incompetent. It’s really starting to irritate me hearing people talk like credit unions are a godsend. Maybe some are good, but honestly, US Bank has treated me better.
October 18, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Lady Kwake
Runs on banks weren’t a cause of the Great Depression, the banks were already insolvent at the time, however they did cause massive amounts of economic damage as people who didn’t manage to get their money out of the banks lost it. At the time there was no FDIC insurance to protect bank customers.
Now if people were pulling out all their money in cash and stuffing it under a mattress instead of withdrawing a check or wire transfer to another account (with a CU or local bank) it would be a problem. However most people aren’t doing that, they are closing and moving their accounts.
October 17, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Letter-writers and voters work within the system. Demonstrators work to a great extent outside of it, which is really handy when the system is owned by robber barons who want to live in a socialist paradise run by slaves.
Remember, it only took 100k people bused in by rich mineral interests and a few gullible yahoos with guns to kill any hope of getting the financial industry out of health care.
October 17, 2011 at 5:17 pm
I’ve had an idea. Much like the Grinch, it’s a wonderful, awful idea.
I think there needs to be an Occupy Etsy protest.
October 17, 2011 at 3:57 pm
What’s worse, the absurdly high price of the Anthropologie starfish (even though it it by far the uglier of the 2) or the gotta-be-reselling absurdly LOW price of the Etsy one?
Maybe the worst part is that somewhere a filthy hipster is scooping a poor starfish out of the water to dry it out wrapped around a jam jar to make a natural version.
October 17, 2011 at 4:00 pm
It’s $13 at Sears
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM5860090901P?sid=IDx20101019x00001a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=SPM5860090901
October 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Damn I missed out on a Compare and Save!
October 17, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Don’t worry, there are plenty more from that seller:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80813908/starfish-bracelet?ref=v1_other_1
http://www.fashionboutiquestore.com/Stunning-Bracelets.html
October 17, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Dear GOD! That is some tacky jewelry! I think this kind of stuff should come with little gold stickers attached (a-la “made in china”) that say “MADE IN ETSY” instead…
October 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm
You mean you don’t like iridescent rhinestones, clear rhinestones, pearls, unidentifiable acrylic gems and cheap silver tone metal, all on the same piece of jewelry?
October 17, 2011 at 5:18 pm
I prefer vagina agates.
October 17, 2011 at 6:01 pm
October 17, 2011 at 10:45 pm
That is a Monet-esque bracelet…kind of pretty from a distance, but a big ol’ mess up close!
October 19, 2011 at 9:37 am
@ amazon: If you don’t like that shit you must be an old, unfashionable, dried-up cunt.
No, seriously. It’s impossible to find inexpensive jewelry (I’m a po’ bitch, what do you want?) that isn’t loaded with at least 3 tiers of blinding bling-chunks. Or goddamn owls. Or both.
October 17, 2011 at 4:18 pm
What? Today was the big Zombie Day sale at Sears??!
October 17, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Don’t you get the flyer? Not to worry, they’re open until 11:59. At midnight the zombies’ shift starts.
October 17, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Oh crap, whoops, I posted the below.
October 17, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Really, any of these would be good in a street fight. It would just be too expensive to use the Anthropologie items.
October 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Especially that starfish..that’d cut a bitch!
I prefer my jewelry to be multi-purpose: earrings that are handcuff keys, rings that carry poison, wonderwoman bracelets to stop zombie bites, that sort of stuff.
October 17, 2011 at 4:02 pm
That “We’ve been waiting for you, let’s get to know each other” message that pops up on Anthropologie is creepy as hell.
October 17, 2011 at 5:16 pm
It reminded me of many a happy hour back when I was single.
October 17, 2011 at 6:12 pm
You forgot “come and knock on our door.”
October 17, 2011 at 9:20 pm
I know right! All it needs is some faint calliope music and a whispered laugh to completely freak me the fuck out.
October 17, 2011 at 10:51 pm
“All are welcome… all are welcome…”
October 17, 2011 at 4:04 pm
I honestly liked the Etsy versions better than the Anthropologie.
Except the knob, of course, which is identical, and needs to be gobbled, just so I can call somebody a KNOBGOBBLER!!!!
October 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
I don’t think it would digest too well, but I can offer to polish it if that would do.
October 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm
At first I thought the knob was some sort of political button, like “Vote NO on proposition 522!”, and I was very curious to know the deeper meaning. When I found out there WAS no deeper meaning, I became very befuddled as to how such a random piece of shite could be suitable for anyone’s dream kitchen makeover. Maybe if the theme for the decor was “graffiti”.
I think I need to see it in a room to truly understand, HK!
October 17, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Two people reviewed the knobs on the Anthropologie site. Two people took the time to write a description of their pleasure and minor disappointment with drawer knobs that they paid $8 a piece for.
I have the same feeling I get when I have to yell at the dogs to stop licking the bottom of the fridge door: complete and profound bafflement at why anyone would take the time to do such a thing.
I imagine when the Consumer Reports knob issue comes out, I’ll be the one with egg on my face.
October 17, 2011 at 10:47 pm
Well, you know, sometimes a seller just wants to get some feedback on their knob.
October 18, 2011 at 6:17 pm
Well if you want to be really geeky 522 is the sum of 6 consecutive prime numbers 73 + 79 + 83 + 89 + 97 + 101 but I tend to over think these things.
October 19, 2011 at 9:31 am
Yeah, I don’t understand the point of slapping knobs labeled with arbitrary numbers on your drawers unless you’re going for a “creepy laboratory” look. Failed test subject no. 522 in that drawer… Botched experiment no. 351 in this one…
Although I am very, very tempted to request 666.
October 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm
@ kat buy one and resell it with a wacky made up story behind it !
October 17, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Knob!
October 18, 2011 at 1:00 am
Bristish readers of a certain age will remember a hardware store called “Knobs and Knockers”…
October 18, 2011 at 1:01 am
BRITISH! BRITISH! Stupid fingers.
October 17, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Etsy?
http://www.etsy.com/listing/82174638/starfish-cuff-bracelet
or Sears?
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM5860090901P?ci_sku=SPM5860090901&isABTestAvl=true&ci_src=14110944&i_cntr=1318893465569&sid=IDx20101019x00001a
October 17, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Whoops, dividedby5 beat me to it.
October 17, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Oooh! Oooh! Can I just vote “Etsy” on the starfish with the boner, since all the admin are dicks?
October 17, 2011 at 4:42 pm
All this talk of knobs in starfishes is getting me madly aroused.
October 17, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Did anyone notice one of the ‘bracelets’ that come up on the sidebar for the starfish?
http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=22186969&parentid=BAYNOTE
Nearly $300 for a hardware fitting and some grosgrain ribbon. One size fits all suckers!
October 17, 2011 at 5:32 pm
File under bullshit.
October 17, 2011 at 6:28 pm
WOW, WTF. They didn’t even sear or serge the end of the ribbon to keep it from fraying!
October 17, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Obviously I could have done more with the money my parents spent on my doctorate…think of how much ‘found object’ bullshit I could have bought and made shitty expensive jewelry out of!
October 17, 2011 at 11:20 pm
from the link:
DETAILS
Soft ribbon weaves through a three-sided square of brass
…okay I admit that I am drunk, but WTF is a “three-sided square”?
October 18, 2011 at 1:34 am
Not a square!
October 17, 2011 at 5:04 pm
I saw those knobs at Hobby Lobby. There is irony in the fact someone will pay 8$ for a door knob and they are a knob to complain about the quality of their eight dollar purchase – but I cant make the snark.
I fail
October 17, 2011 at 5:11 pm
I’m running on about two hours of sleep here, but when I saw the header to this post I thought it was a picture of HK popping a zit on her chin. I’m actually kind of disappointed that it isn’t.
Also: knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob
October 17, 2011 at 6:03 pm
…knob is the new spam.
October 18, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Aww, and the Etsy knock-off knob sold. Quote from the page:
“THIS ITEM WAS FEATURED ON A TREASURY, THANK YOU ETSY”
Go handmade!
October 19, 2011 at 11:25 am
Man, I got the last two wrong this time.
The first two were pretty easy once I looked at the photo backgrounds though. Somehow.
October 28, 2011 at 1:10 pm
I’m in love with that starfish. No, I don’t want to wear it. I DO want to start a collection of delia deetz mini-sculpture: