Earlier today I asked you to tell me which of the following items are real listings on Etsy, and which ones we made up. As always, we have thoroughly enjoyed your guesses, and the tortured logic you’ve used to make your decisions.

Here are your best guesses, and the correct answers.

1. INFATUATION – TWO BRANCHES LOCKED IN EMBRACE

YOUR GUESSES:

“Infatuation is undoubtedly Regretsy … I’m pretty sure I recognize the carpet … which I assume matches the drapes”

“Regretsy. The words are all spelled correctly and nobody called it ‘dreamy.’”

“Etsy – because the description made me gag”

AND THE ANSWER IS…


2. CLOTHESPINS. JUST CLOTHESPINS.

YOUR GUESSES:

“Clothespins are always Etsy. They love them some clothespins which ironic as they never seem to wash any of their clothes.”

“The clothespins are Regretsy. The ‘featured on frontpage’ sign was a touch too much.”

“Only on Etsy could someone write 13 lines about clothespins.”

AND THE ANSWER IS…


3. MORNING JOE – RECYCLED CREAMER LAMP

YOUR GUESSES:

“The Nestle light is Etsy because April’s would be a vodka bottle.”

“I really think the coffee creamer light is Etsy. These are all bad, but really, who looks at a coffee creamer bottle and says, ‘Light!’”

“The creamer lamp is Regretsy, inspired by the fact that coffee creamer can be made to create an excellent fireball.”

AND THE ANSWER IS…


4. FORMLESS KNITTING

YOUR GUESSES:

“Formless knitting is totally Regretsy. ‘I will try to clean most of it off?!’ Hahahaha that can’t be real. It… just… can’t…”

“The formless knitting has to be Regretsy. I don’t have enough glitter tears in me if it’s a real thing.”

“That knitting is too ridiculous for even April’s drugged up brain to invent. That’s got hippy written all over it.”

AND THE ANSWER IS…


5. BRUSH CAN FOR A MAGNETIC MAKEUP BOARD

YOUR GUESSES:

“I love the soup can idea, which probably means its April’s.”

“Regretsy: A real Etsy seller would consider the dirt to be part of the piece.”

“Etsy- Because it’s so stupid, it must be real.”

AND THE ANSWER IS…


6. DRYER LINT BEASTS

YOUR GUESSES:

“I will puke if that’s real.”

“If the dryer lint is real, I will feel sad to be Canadian.”

“Out of focus photo, trash materials, bent spoon backdrop, promises of loving packing: sounds like Etsy.”

AND THE ANSWER IS…

Thanks for playing!

It’s time to play…

Here’s how this works:

At least one of these is a real listing on Etsy. At least one of these was completely invented by us.

The question is, which is the Etsy, and which is the Regretsy?

Make your best guesses in the comments, but don’t cheat (if you do cheat, don’t post spoilers).

Answers will be posted in a few hours.

Pretty with Ink Invites sells handmade wedding invitations on Etsy.

Callin’ Out on Etsy thinks this Pretty With Ink design is awfully close to Vistaprint’s.

So they put up a post about it.

Then this happened.

Yes, Dances With Vistaprint didn’t care for this feature, and she’s going to do something about it.

LET ME HELP YOU WITH THOSE SIGNATURES

Personally, I don’t think this really fits the definition of handmade. But sadly, the fact that she types your name and address into Vistaprint’s website for you is probably enough for Esty. Have a cup of Earl Grey Area.

If you’re a lying, thieving, lazy ass reseller and you get busted by the internet, there really are only two things you can do:

1. Take down the listings
2. Leave them up because – like Etsy – you don’t give a shit

But the absolute worst course of action would be to involve yourself in the comments. And whatever you do, don’t allow your friends to come to the rescue.

It’s just embarrassing, and it impacts the way customers and potential customers perceive you.

But more importantly, some jackass on another blog is going to see this as content. Then their readers will join in, and it will turn into the worst PR you ever had.

AT LEAST I HOPE SO

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UPDATE: Oops.

- Submitted by Brad O’Farrell

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