Etsy featured reseller Ecologica Malibu has packed up her Balinese boat wood furniture and sailed off of Etsy. Well technically, her four carpenters packed everything up while she got a manicure.

The important thing is, she’s gone, without so much as a Govern Yourself Accordingly.

I’m going to miss the old sea hag, and I’m not the only one. Look at this lovely treasury created in her honor last night:

Now, if you happen to be looking for imported, lead-soaked boat wood furniture that pretends to be eco-conscious, you’re in luck! Mariana and her many Juans have taken their dog and llama show over to homsav.com, where they have apparently given up the pretense of making this shit in Malibu.

Unless of couse, these are pictures of their workshop:

For the record, I really don’t have a problem with people reselling factory produced goods, as long as they aren’t on Etsy and pretending to make them. So for me, at least, this case is closed. Bon voyage, and good luck in your new con. I mean endeavors.

And speaking of resellers, here’s a fasntastic update on toofashion2010, a blatant reseller you have been reporting to Etsy for at least a year now.

When I frst brought this to your attention, toofashion2010 had almost 6,000 sales. As of today, they have over 20,000.

When I suspect someone of being a reseller, I have a pretty extensive process I go through to prove it. It takes a lot of research, and it can take a long time.

Regretsy reader Chris, however, has discovered a fantastic timesaver.

She just asks.

I SMELL A FEATURED SELLER COMING ON

You magnificent bastards have made Bronc one of Southern California’s top 50 fundraisers for this year’s AIDS/Lifecycle!

That means he not only gets a jersey, a windbreaker and a hat, he also gets a solar charger for his phone!

And that will come in very handy tonight when he’s icing his taint in a tent in the middle of Shitsville, and wants to share.

Thanks again!

Not really, but whatever

You may recall I posted the world’s most unintelligible Cease and Desist letter yesterday, as drafted by Howard Schechter of Ecologica Malibu/Bali Ha’i Imports.

The letter was not directed to me, but to a woman who started a thread in the Etsy Forums the other day. She posted a polite and reasonable request, asking Etsy to make a formal statement on the issue as soon as possible.

It is important to note that she did not level accusations at the Schechters, nor did she hurl invective at them. She did not call them, say, “liars” or “cheaters,” or “thieving lying cheating resellers,” for example. She did not use words like “sham” or “con” or even “douchenozzle.”

Even so, Mr. Schechter, or possibly Mrs. Schechter, or possibly one of their four carpenters, felt this constituted “liable” against the company, which has now been proven to be a reseller, or as Etsy calls them, “a collective.”

Enter Ken at Popehat.com. Ken, an attorney who occasionally offers pro-bono help to bloggers, thought this particular Cease and Desist merited a reply.