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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Wishing All Of You A Happy Thanksgiving
I just want to wish all of you and your family and friends a Happy Thanksgiving. I know I am thankful for many things. My brother is out of the hospital, and I am doing better myself, and really things could be a lot worse, and are for some people, so really I do have a lot to be thankful for. Some of you out there have bigger problems than I do, and you know who you are, and I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers this holday season. I appreciate the concern you have expressed to me for my well being as well. I hope all of you have a very nice Thanksgiving. Bless you all.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Got A Phone Call Last Night
My father-in-law has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. They said he has had it for a while and it has spread through out his pelvic region and into his back. They said it will not kill him, they have drugs to keep it from spreading further, but that he will die with it as there is no cure. Evidently prostate tests aren't very reliable, as he regularly got one, yearly in fact, and his last one before this one was normal, and this one was completely off the charts.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Scam Artist nutmegclick Scores Herself A New Vintage Wardrobe Before Leaving Etsy
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6345959&page=1
SeeBooKnit says:
any reason why not?
i sent her a box of vintage dresses i never heard if she got them , and she swapped me a box of stuff from India but i never got it
i just winder some sometimes how she is and what ever happened with Adia....
Posted at 11:51 am, November 12 2009 EST - Report this post
And as an added aside, why does this fucking bird keep crapping all over itself and everyone else? I know why the caged bird sings, but if anyone knows why this uncaged bird craps please fill us in. Even a cat will use a litter box and then cover it up.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6345959&page=2
LovelandBeads says:
Bird turd
Posted at 11:55 am, November 12 2009 EST - Report
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6345959&page=5
TheSilverHand says:
A bedpan may also be helpful.
Posted at 12:15 pm, November 12 2009 EST - Report this post
You know, TheSilverHand may be on to something here-toss the bird a bedpan.
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SeeBooKnit says:
any reason why not?
i sent her a box of vintage dresses i never heard if she got them , and she swapped me a box of stuff from India but i never got it
i just winder some sometimes how she is and what ever happened with Adia....
Posted at 11:51 am, November 12 2009 EST - Report this post
And as an added aside, why does this fucking bird keep crapping all over itself and everyone else? I know why the caged bird sings, but if anyone knows why this uncaged bird craps please fill us in. Even a cat will use a litter box and then cover it up.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6345959&page=2
LovelandBeads says:
Bird turd
Posted at 11:55 am, November 12 2009 EST - Report
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6345959&page=5
TheSilverHand says:
A bedpan may also be helpful.
Posted at 12:15 pm, November 12 2009 EST - Report this post
You know, TheSilverHand may be on to something here-toss the bird a bedpan.
PD
Friday, November 13, 2009
Well, I Am Stressed The Fuck Out, LOL
I just have so much stuff going on here at home with myself, my family, my friends. It is all very stressful and happening one after the other all at once. I think I am going to close off comments on my blog so no one can comment for a while and leave my blog hanging here and come back to it later if I want to and if I don't want to I won't. The reason I am closing off comments is not because I don't appreciate all of you who read my blog and comment because I do (I love my blog readers), but mainly so nothing left in a comment grabs my interest so I want to blog about it because I just don't have time right now. Here is some of the crap happening:
1. I had heard about people washing their keyboard and it coming out OK so I got the bright idea to wash mine and killed it, so I didn't have a keyboard for a couple of days and had to go buy one. This is just a minor problem though.
2. We went out to eat and I got food poisoning. So for the last 2 days I have been very sick. It's horrible is all I can say. On the bright side though I did lose 4 pounds, but I think there must be a better way to lose weight rather than puking and crapping it off.
3. Our friend died, and is being cremated and the memorial service is Monday.
4. My little brother is really sick in another state and in the hospital and they don't know what is wrong with him yet.
5. My friend has all sorts of problems she is filling my ear with-her son ran away, she lost her job, she is being evicted, her car quit, she has no money, blah blah blah. She is my friend and I love her but it is stressful with each phone call announcing the next big "my life is so fucked up" thing she has going on.
6. When I first got sick and the doctor told me to bathe with Dial soap I told them I am allergic to deodorant soaps and they eat my skin off, but they said they needed me to use it anyway. And sure enough my entire body right now is bright red and raw and itchy and burning and puffed up like a puffer fish because I am allergic to the fucking soap! There isn't a place on my body that soap goes that is not showing an allergic reaction to this soap. So I am miserable. I am changing soap though.
7. Both my step-mom and my mother-in-law just had knee and hip replacements. One is doing Ok the other not so well.
8. Me, who has always had blood pressure so low they check it twice because they don't believe it, now has blood pressure in the hypertension range due to all this stuff happening. I can literally feel my heart beating in my own ears a mile a minute when I go to bed at night. I think it can be reversed though if I just destress. Because it seems to be Ok until something happens-like getting food posioning or having my skin eaten off by soap which I find sort of stressfull.
And that is just a little bit of the stuff I have going on right now. Because there is more but I don't like putting every single aspect of my life out for the general populace to read. The bottom line though is that right now I do not have time for blogging and have other things needing my attention. And since I don't care to read comments wishing death upon me and my entire family I just decided to cut off comments for a while. I can turn them back on later if I want. Also I can always twitter now and then and basically pick it up and leave it off whenever I want. I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season, and I hope to see you again if and when I get back.
PussDaddy
1. I had heard about people washing their keyboard and it coming out OK so I got the bright idea to wash mine and killed it, so I didn't have a keyboard for a couple of days and had to go buy one. This is just a minor problem though.
2. We went out to eat and I got food poisoning. So for the last 2 days I have been very sick. It's horrible is all I can say. On the bright side though I did lose 4 pounds, but I think there must be a better way to lose weight rather than puking and crapping it off.
3. Our friend died, and is being cremated and the memorial service is Monday.
4. My little brother is really sick in another state and in the hospital and they don't know what is wrong with him yet.
5. My friend has all sorts of problems she is filling my ear with-her son ran away, she lost her job, she is being evicted, her car quit, she has no money, blah blah blah. She is my friend and I love her but it is stressful with each phone call announcing the next big "my life is so fucked up" thing she has going on.
6. When I first got sick and the doctor told me to bathe with Dial soap I told them I am allergic to deodorant soaps and they eat my skin off, but they said they needed me to use it anyway. And sure enough my entire body right now is bright red and raw and itchy and burning and puffed up like a puffer fish because I am allergic to the fucking soap! There isn't a place on my body that soap goes that is not showing an allergic reaction to this soap. So I am miserable. I am changing soap though.
7. Both my step-mom and my mother-in-law just had knee and hip replacements. One is doing Ok the other not so well.
8. Me, who has always had blood pressure so low they check it twice because they don't believe it, now has blood pressure in the hypertension range due to all this stuff happening. I can literally feel my heart beating in my own ears a mile a minute when I go to bed at night. I think it can be reversed though if I just destress. Because it seems to be Ok until something happens-like getting food posioning or having my skin eaten off by soap which I find sort of stressfull.
And that is just a little bit of the stuff I have going on right now. Because there is more but I don't like putting every single aspect of my life out for the general populace to read. The bottom line though is that right now I do not have time for blogging and have other things needing my attention. And since I don't care to read comments wishing death upon me and my entire family I just decided to cut off comments for a while. I can turn them back on later if I want. Also I can always twitter now and then and basically pick it up and leave it off whenever I want. I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season, and I hope to see you again if and when I get back.
PussDaddy
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Yes, It Is True, Psycho Nutter JewelryCafe Is Using My Avatar
http://www.etsy.com/shop/JewelryCafe
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6322387
Thanks to those who let me know. People keep emailing me this so I figured I should just say that I know she is using it so they don't email me when they don't have to, although I appreciate that they care enough to do that, so thanks. Admin is aware of it but will not do anything of course, and honestly I don't really give a damn either-it's simply a picture of my damn cat-what I am going to do call the po-po and claim I have been cat burglared?
Her panties are way more wadded than mine are, believe you me, as this happens to me every time I turn around and is pretty much old hat by now.
Here is the blog post that got this nutjob going in case you missed it.
http://pussdaddyblogs.blogspot.com/2009/11/remember-funny-my-momher-store-etsy.html
The bitch loves me so much she wants my Pussy.
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http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6322387
Thanks to those who let me know. People keep emailing me this so I figured I should just say that I know she is using it so they don't email me when they don't have to, although I appreciate that they care enough to do that, so thanks. Admin is aware of it but will not do anything of course, and honestly I don't really give a damn either-it's simply a picture of my damn cat-what I am going to do call the po-po and claim I have been cat burglared?
Her panties are way more wadded than mine are, believe you me, as this happens to me every time I turn around and is pretty much old hat by now.
Here is the blog post that got this nutjob going in case you missed it.
http://pussdaddyblogs.blogspot.com/2009/11/remember-funny-my-momher-store-etsy.html
The bitch loves me so much she wants my Pussy.
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Shady ShadeJewelry/Chris Anderson/BrinkJewelry Is Sock Puppeting The Forum Plugging His Crappy Ridiculous Blog
He is so desperate to get people to look at his blog that he is creating sock puppet accounts and sending friends in to post the damn thing on the forum. Of all things his last blog posts is about how the new Gift Guide button is unethical on Etsy's part. As if this guy knows anything about ethics to begin with. He did after all get booted off of Etsy for being an unethical seller and had his entire Quit Your Day Job interview removed from the Storque. I encourage everyone to report the hell out of all his spam posts and to not click on his blog to give it any views. The name of the blog is handmadebattlefield so if you see it linked skip clicking on it and report the post. He is an embarrassment to good sellers all over the world. He really does have no shame does he? What a slimeball. His friends are as slimy as he is-slimed by association.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6344183&page=4
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http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6344183&page=4
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My God, I Really Have Been On The Internet Too Long
:-(
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6342805
Although some seemed to get the picture and cease and desist some just couldn't get it through their thick assed skulls.
http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5771027
It is a mistake anyone could make, but to continue on bashing after it has been pointed out so any times is just awful. What a sad display this was. sigh.
PD
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6342805
Although some seemed to get the picture and cease and desist some just couldn't get it through their thick assed skulls.
http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5771027
It is a mistake anyone could make, but to continue on bashing after it has been pointed out so any times is just awful. What a sad display this was. sigh.
PD
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Gift Guide Button Overkill
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6343962
People seem to be very upset that the new Gift Guide button at the top of page where the other buttons like the buy, sell, and forum buttons are at still show up when you enter one of their shops. Honestly, I can't say that I blame them. As a buyer if I was in someone's shop I might see the big ol' orange button and say wow a gift guide, let me check it out as it may be easier to find something. I mean for pity's sakes, a lot of them never make the gift guides, and often the same items make the gift guides over and over as if they have some sort of fetish for that item or something, sometimes the item is not even right for the gift guide category, and reseller crap even makes it into the gift guides. Do they need buyers being guided out of their shop to go buy somewhere else? These poor sellers just can't get a damn break on Etsy, if they are not revamping the damn site during the holday season fucking everything up they come out with crap like this Gift Guide button. I don't blame everyone for being upset. There are several threads with people very upset, and this one where they have started a petition to get it removed.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6344121
Etsy has tweeted that they are listening. Hmmm...
http://twitter.com/Etsy
Etsy sellers, thanks for your feedback on the Holiday Gift Guides, we're reading all of it. Here's info from our forums http://bit.ly/4iL5kg
33 minutes ago from TweetDeck
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People seem to be very upset that the new Gift Guide button at the top of page where the other buttons like the buy, sell, and forum buttons are at still show up when you enter one of their shops. Honestly, I can't say that I blame them. As a buyer if I was in someone's shop I might see the big ol' orange button and say wow a gift guide, let me check it out as it may be easier to find something. I mean for pity's sakes, a lot of them never make the gift guides, and often the same items make the gift guides over and over as if they have some sort of fetish for that item or something, sometimes the item is not even right for the gift guide category, and reseller crap even makes it into the gift guides. Do they need buyers being guided out of their shop to go buy somewhere else? These poor sellers just can't get a damn break on Etsy, if they are not revamping the damn site during the holday season fucking everything up they come out with crap like this Gift Guide button. I don't blame everyone for being upset. There are several threads with people very upset, and this one where they have started a petition to get it removed.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6344121
Etsy has tweeted that they are listening. Hmmm...
http://twitter.com/Etsy
Etsy sellers, thanks for your feedback on the Holiday Gift Guides, we're reading all of it. Here's info from our forums http://bit.ly/4iL5kg
33 minutes ago from TweetDeck
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OMG! The Etsy Bitches Have Been In Bed With ArtFire For A Long Time Now!
THESE BITCHES NEVER CARED ABOUT ANY OF YOU! WHEN YOU THREW YOUR SUPPORT BEHIND THEM ALL YOU ENDED UP DOING WAS SUPPORTING THEIR FREE RIDE OF FREE LIFETIME SHOPS OVER ON ARTFIRE!
As you can see in this blog post of mine in the comment section
http://pussdaddyblogs.blogspot.com/2009/11/well-artfire-i-hate-to-say-i-told-ya-so.html
one of the Etsy Bitches, or an ex-Bitch, whatever
http://etsybitch.blogspot.com/
shows up and talks about how they were given free lifetime accounts at ArtFire for work that they did for HandMadeNews
http://www.handmadenews.org/home/index.php
It's all here in the comment section of the blog post I posted above. Didn't I say from the start that the Etsy Bitches never really gave a shit about any of you other sellers, and that it was all about the Bitches? It always has been and always will be. The whole time they were telling all of you that they were "bitching for change" they were really just hating on Etsy so they could have free shops for life at ArtFire. Their goal it seems was to rip Etsy apart while at the same time tout and sing ArtFire's praises to anyone who would listen. Because there was some arguement with ArtFire about their compensation or lack thereof for working for HandMadeNews now they all hate ArtFire and can't say enough bad things about ArtFire either. How can anyone take these Bitches seriously now? They need to crawl back under the rocks they crawled out from under if you ask me. I think they should have picked a better name too like Internet Whores rather than Etsy Bitch, because now their beef is with ArtFire and to rename themselves ArtFire Bitch would be too confusing, but if they had just named themselves Internet Whores they would not have to change names no matter whose bed they hop in and out of. So you have an Etsy forum of Bitches who take off from Etsy and take up residence over at ArtFire, then you add all this to the mix-a group that is working for ArtFire and the power stuggle that might ensue between the Bitches and ArtFire, and the Bitches trying to Lord it over the "common folk, and just taking into account that they are bitches to begin with and not the only bitches that left Etsy for ArtFire-is it any fricking wonder the forum over there imploded? And this is what their little whine thread in the forum right now is really all about. Artfire got what they deserved trying to deal with these Bitches, the Bitches got exactly what they deserved to, and Etsy is getting what they deserve right now for letting their whine continue on their forum.I am going to post the relevant comments on this blog post in case anyone deletes their comment.
The Sneaky One said...
Its pretty awful. After the treatment I received at HMN, I will never, ever doubt how absolutely nuts Tony is, and how vengeful he can get when people question his thinking.
November 8, 2009 4:25 AM
PussDaddy said...
What is HMN?
Would you sit there and name names of people who are already harrassing you by email or convo or whatever? It is also my understanding that the person may be disable in some way.
PussDaddy
November 8, 2009 4:48 AM
The Sneaky One said...
Puss, its HandmadeNews. We fought for getting our columnists to be paid fairly, and we ended up getting the axe entirely. All because Tony can't contain his temper and cannot stand it when other people prove him wrong. I still haven't seen my earnings from when they let us go on Oct 1.
Anon, yes I sell on Artfire, but no, Artfire is not run by EB. That is a logic fail on your part. Unless you are talking about bitches in general, then I can totally see that.
November 8, 2009 9:23 AM
PussDaddy said...
Is this HandmadeNews?
http://www.handmadenews.org/home/index.php
PussDaddy
November 8, 2009 10:06 AM
The Sneaky One said...
Yes, that's HandmadeNews. I was Editor of the Featured Artisan department.
Most of us have left HMN because of this. The only thing they could offer us was free accounts for life as compensation for all the work we did.
We can do better, and I guess we eventually will. Just proves a pattern that Tony is volatile and immature. I am sorry for anyone who has to deal with him in this instance.
November 8, 2009 12:35 PM
WindysDesigns said...
Wait, so let me get this straight, the Etsy Bitches have shops on Etsy and shops on Artfire, they worked (until very recently) for Artfire for free for life shops?????????????
Well doesn't that put things in perspective. I think EB just lost my respect. I had no idea their ulterior motive was to slag Etsy to build up Artfire.
So you're not really bitching for change, you were compensated for tearing Etsy and their admin down. No wonder you don't want anyone to know who you are.
I am thoroughly disgusted.
November 8, 2009 9:03 PM
PussDaddy said...
Windy, another thing I have always said was that if people thought the Etsy Bitches cared anything about anyone other than themselves then they were crazy. They rant and rave and put on a good show but in the end it is really all about the bitches and always has been.
PussDaddy
November 8, 2009 9:30
WindysDesigns said...
You know, it's one thing to point out Etsy's foibles and gaffes, I don't disagree with a lot of what they say. It's just that my reason for speaking out is to call attention to it in the hopes that if enough bad press is generated it might spur some positive action. I mistakenly thought the EB's were doing it for the same reason. To find out they were in bed with Artfire is just treasonous to me.
As for the rest of the drama, I've only read a handful of threads over there and actually participated in one. I didnt get to read what went on that began the forum post erasures, but knowing who was involved, especially the ones that came later, it didn't surprise me, based on their Etsy forum participation.
And please, spare me the sob stories, it's just a ploy to garner more sympathy, which is now what is happening in the Etsy forums where the probation squad is complaining now about the site just a few short weeks ago was the next best thing to sliced bread and would be Etsy's downfall. I can only hope that Etsy is taking notes.
As for your shopping escapade with Julie....I give you a lot of credit for not losing your cool with her. I hadn't heard about her until that thread and I knew something was up with her. Then I read your thread about not being able to find your purchase and she hopped in and O.M.G. You were a saint.I know that whole scene just earned you a spot on the nice list for Christmas!lol
November 8, 2009 11:03 PM
PussDaddy said...
I admit that this is just about the funniest damn thing I have seen in my life. One day it is ETSY SUCKS, WE LOVE ARTFIRE! And now they are using the Etsy forum to whine and cry and bash away at ArtFire now that ArtFire put the bitches in their place. If I were Etsy I would lock their fucking threads and mute their asses one by one if they insist on bringing their ArtFire drama there. What a bunch of wishy washy self absorbed two faced people.
LOL. Thanks Windy. See I didn't know she was on the thread because she was messaging me at ArtFire too and emailing me and I was talking to her at both of those places. I was surprised she was on the thread when I went back to it. These people with their damn opinions and big mouths, half the time they don't know anything about that of which they speak and should just keep their damned mouths shut. At least I am right some of the time.
November 9, 2009 12:07 AM
Still a Bitch, Just not an EtsyBitch said...
For the record, EB did not start out as a means to promote Artfire. Artfire came to EB to buy a years worth of advertising sometime in the Fall of 2008 (I think September). Discussions between a certain individual EB and Artfire John resulted in that individual EB getting a job with Artfire (as an independent contractor I believe). The quality of EB blog posts started sliding downhill from that point in my opinion.
Just wanted to clarify if anyone cares.
November 9, 2009 5:29 AM
Anonymous said...
Windys-
I just caught that,too - that the etsybitches worked for artfire. Whether it was one or more, it's apparent that the EB blog is tainted. Well, it was tainted when AF put up their ad. At that point, I was feeling ookey about EB and artfire.
I'm amazed the thread is still going on at Etsy. There are only the few sellers incolved who are posting. I wonder if they realize what it signifies that no one else wants to post in that thread. Maybe there isn't so much sympathy for them as they think?
These are all the ones who were on AF saying how they hated Etsy and Artfire was so much more fair, didn't play favorites and all that. Customized was the worst - downright mean to anyone who showed any disagreement with the Queen Bees. Her buddies Glittercritter and cctexan were almost as bad. What's sad is that these ladies seem to think it was okay to act nasty to people because in their minds AF was a "community" and "at the end of the day ,they all supported each other" (I'm paraphrasing what was said in the etsy thread).
They'll be bad in the etsy forums from now on, bitching about etsy. Some things never change. *Sigh*
November 9, 2009 6:23 AM
I also posted about this on the Etsy Bitch's Does Etsy Suck? About.com article that the Etsy Bitches are touting on the front page of their blog right now. My posts are number 36 and 37 and 38 in case they delete them.
http://diyfashion.about.com/b/2009/10/26/does-etsy-suck.htm
(36)PussDaddy says:
Are you aware that the Etsy Bitches were given free lifetime shops on ArtFire to write articles for HandmadeNews? Here is a blog post of mine about it where a couple of Etsy Bitches confirm this in the comment section of another blog post on my blog. How can they have any credibility when they are basically in the pocket of ArtFire and their mission is to hate on Etsy and sing ArtFire’s praises?
http://pussdaddyblogs.blogspot.com/2009/11/omg-etsy-bitches-have-been-in-bed-with.html
PussDaddy
(37)November 10, 2009 at 7:18 am(37) PussDaddy says:
Also, I think it is important to get a fair and balanced perspective on things. One cannot give a fair and balanced perspective on one venue when one is being compensated by another venue with a free lifetime shop. And in the interest of fairness I am going to post on my own blog that I posted this here, so that it stays here, in the interest of being fair and balanced. Thank you,
PussDaddy
(38) PussDaddy says:
Also, no one needs an Etsy Bitch to fill any gap as far as providing a platform for people to bitch about Etsy. Anyone is free to start their own blog and bitch, and they can do it in another name, or anonymously, and allow anonymous posters to post there. So what the heck does anyone need Etsy Bitch for? I’m not saying that Etsy doesn’t have problems buyer and seller wise, I am just saying that Etsy Bitch was basically in the pocket of ArtFire, provided with free shops for life to do HandMadeNews articles, and to bash Etsy and make ArtFire look like Saints, and once this business venture went south, now you see they hate ArtFire now as well.
No one needs paid mouthpieces like Etsy Bitch to do a damn thing.
PussDaddy
This About.com peep is the same one who cause so much drama with her double ought spy thread in the forum. I get so sick of seeing these Etsy Bitches play their self-serving forum games and people just eating it up.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6338972&page=23
Alluna says:
Thanks guys.
I'm putting together an article and had to play devils advocate, here. The article focus is that underpricing is affecting the way the average consumer views handmade goods. I just needed some opinions on both sides of that fence and some information about pricing.
Stirring the pot is fun, though, eh? If I can quote your opinion in my article, please let me know. Not your opinions on Sculpey, though. I may get sued.
underoakstudios, sunflowerexpress, savor, ArtsAfire, DesignedByLucinda, fivelittlegems were especially helpful.
Again, sorry to get you all fired up, but it's an evil way to get people talking about something like prices. I've been selling to galleries and shops in my area for years and have never been told that I've overpriced, but I've always had to keep a close eye on underpricing.
Sadly, underpricing is one of the reasons that I don't sell (not anything but paper bracelets just to keep an account open) on Etsy. Remember when the same thing happened on eBay (before Etsy)? Handmade clothes used to go for so much more there...
Anyway, thanks again for participating!!
Posted at 3:30 pm, November 5 2009 EST - Report this post
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As you can see in this blog post of mine in the comment section
http://pussdaddyblogs.blogspot.com/2009/11/well-artfire-i-hate-to-say-i-told-ya-so.html
one of the Etsy Bitches, or an ex-Bitch, whatever
http://etsybitch.blogspot.com/
shows up and talks about how they were given free lifetime accounts at ArtFire for work that they did for HandMadeNews
http://www.handmadenews.org/home/index.php
It's all here in the comment section of the blog post I posted above. Didn't I say from the start that the Etsy Bitches never really gave a shit about any of you other sellers, and that it was all about the Bitches? It always has been and always will be. The whole time they were telling all of you that they were "bitching for change" they were really just hating on Etsy so they could have free shops for life at ArtFire. Their goal it seems was to rip Etsy apart while at the same time tout and sing ArtFire's praises to anyone who would listen. Because there was some arguement with ArtFire about their compensation or lack thereof for working for HandMadeNews now they all hate ArtFire and can't say enough bad things about ArtFire either. How can anyone take these Bitches seriously now? They need to crawl back under the rocks they crawled out from under if you ask me. I think they should have picked a better name too like Internet Whores rather than Etsy Bitch, because now their beef is with ArtFire and to rename themselves ArtFire Bitch would be too confusing, but if they had just named themselves Internet Whores they would not have to change names no matter whose bed they hop in and out of. So you have an Etsy forum of Bitches who take off from Etsy and take up residence over at ArtFire, then you add all this to the mix-a group that is working for ArtFire and the power stuggle that might ensue between the Bitches and ArtFire, and the Bitches trying to Lord it over the "common folk, and just taking into account that they are bitches to begin with and not the only bitches that left Etsy for ArtFire-is it any fricking wonder the forum over there imploded? And this is what their little whine thread in the forum right now is really all about. Artfire got what they deserved trying to deal with these Bitches, the Bitches got exactly what they deserved to, and Etsy is getting what they deserve right now for letting their whine continue on their forum.I am going to post the relevant comments on this blog post in case anyone deletes their comment.
The Sneaky One said...
Its pretty awful. After the treatment I received at HMN, I will never, ever doubt how absolutely nuts Tony is, and how vengeful he can get when people question his thinking.
November 8, 2009 4:25 AM
PussDaddy said...
What is HMN?
Would you sit there and name names of people who are already harrassing you by email or convo or whatever? It is also my understanding that the person may be disable in some way.
PussDaddy
November 8, 2009 4:48 AM
The Sneaky One said...
Puss, its HandmadeNews. We fought for getting our columnists to be paid fairly, and we ended up getting the axe entirely. All because Tony can't contain his temper and cannot stand it when other people prove him wrong. I still haven't seen my earnings from when they let us go on Oct 1.
Anon, yes I sell on Artfire, but no, Artfire is not run by EB. That is a logic fail on your part. Unless you are talking about bitches in general, then I can totally see that.
November 8, 2009 9:23 AM
PussDaddy said...
Is this HandmadeNews?
http://www.handmadenews.org/home/index.php
PussDaddy
November 8, 2009 10:06 AM
The Sneaky One said...
Yes, that's HandmadeNews. I was Editor of the Featured Artisan department.
Most of us have left HMN because of this. The only thing they could offer us was free accounts for life as compensation for all the work we did.
We can do better, and I guess we eventually will. Just proves a pattern that Tony is volatile and immature. I am sorry for anyone who has to deal with him in this instance.
November 8, 2009 12:35 PM
WindysDesigns said...
Wait, so let me get this straight, the Etsy Bitches have shops on Etsy and shops on Artfire, they worked (until very recently) for Artfire for free for life shops?????????????
Well doesn't that put things in perspective. I think EB just lost my respect. I had no idea their ulterior motive was to slag Etsy to build up Artfire.
So you're not really bitching for change, you were compensated for tearing Etsy and their admin down. No wonder you don't want anyone to know who you are.
I am thoroughly disgusted.
November 8, 2009 9:03 PM
PussDaddy said...
Windy, another thing I have always said was that if people thought the Etsy Bitches cared anything about anyone other than themselves then they were crazy. They rant and rave and put on a good show but in the end it is really all about the bitches and always has been.
PussDaddy
November 8, 2009 9:30
WindysDesigns said...
You know, it's one thing to point out Etsy's foibles and gaffes, I don't disagree with a lot of what they say. It's just that my reason for speaking out is to call attention to it in the hopes that if enough bad press is generated it might spur some positive action. I mistakenly thought the EB's were doing it for the same reason. To find out they were in bed with Artfire is just treasonous to me.
As for the rest of the drama, I've only read a handful of threads over there and actually participated in one. I didnt get to read what went on that began the forum post erasures, but knowing who was involved, especially the ones that came later, it didn't surprise me, based on their Etsy forum participation.
And please, spare me the sob stories, it's just a ploy to garner more sympathy, which is now what is happening in the Etsy forums where the probation squad is complaining now about the site just a few short weeks ago was the next best thing to sliced bread and would be Etsy's downfall. I can only hope that Etsy is taking notes.
As for your shopping escapade with Julie....I give you a lot of credit for not losing your cool with her. I hadn't heard about her until that thread and I knew something was up with her. Then I read your thread about not being able to find your purchase and she hopped in and O.M.G. You were a saint.I know that whole scene just earned you a spot on the nice list for Christmas!lol
November 8, 2009 11:03 PM
PussDaddy said...
I admit that this is just about the funniest damn thing I have seen in my life. One day it is ETSY SUCKS, WE LOVE ARTFIRE! And now they are using the Etsy forum to whine and cry and bash away at ArtFire now that ArtFire put the bitches in their place. If I were Etsy I would lock their fucking threads and mute their asses one by one if they insist on bringing their ArtFire drama there. What a bunch of wishy washy self absorbed two faced people.
LOL. Thanks Windy. See I didn't know she was on the thread because she was messaging me at ArtFire too and emailing me and I was talking to her at both of those places. I was surprised she was on the thread when I went back to it. These people with their damn opinions and big mouths, half the time they don't know anything about that of which they speak and should just keep their damned mouths shut. At least I am right some of the time.
November 9, 2009 12:07 AM
Still a Bitch, Just not an EtsyBitch said...
For the record, EB did not start out as a means to promote Artfire. Artfire came to EB to buy a years worth of advertising sometime in the Fall of 2008 (I think September). Discussions between a certain individual EB and Artfire John resulted in that individual EB getting a job with Artfire (as an independent contractor I believe). The quality of EB blog posts started sliding downhill from that point in my opinion.
Just wanted to clarify if anyone cares.
November 9, 2009 5:29 AM
Anonymous said...
Windys-
I just caught that,too - that the etsybitches worked for artfire. Whether it was one or more, it's apparent that the EB blog is tainted. Well, it was tainted when AF put up their ad. At that point, I was feeling ookey about EB and artfire.
I'm amazed the thread is still going on at Etsy. There are only the few sellers incolved who are posting. I wonder if they realize what it signifies that no one else wants to post in that thread. Maybe there isn't so much sympathy for them as they think?
These are all the ones who were on AF saying how they hated Etsy and Artfire was so much more fair, didn't play favorites and all that. Customized was the worst - downright mean to anyone who showed any disagreement with the Queen Bees. Her buddies Glittercritter and cctexan were almost as bad. What's sad is that these ladies seem to think it was okay to act nasty to people because in their minds AF was a "community" and "at the end of the day ,they all supported each other" (I'm paraphrasing what was said in the etsy thread).
They'll be bad in the etsy forums from now on, bitching about etsy. Some things never change. *Sigh*
November 9, 2009 6:23 AM
I also posted about this on the Etsy Bitch's Does Etsy Suck? About.com article that the Etsy Bitches are touting on the front page of their blog right now. My posts are number 36 and 37 and 38 in case they delete them.
http://diyfashion.about.com/b/2009/10/26/does-etsy-suck.htm
(36)PussDaddy says:
Are you aware that the Etsy Bitches were given free lifetime shops on ArtFire to write articles for HandmadeNews? Here is a blog post of mine about it where a couple of Etsy Bitches confirm this in the comment section of another blog post on my blog. How can they have any credibility when they are basically in the pocket of ArtFire and their mission is to hate on Etsy and sing ArtFire’s praises?
http://pussdaddyblogs.blogspot.com/2009/11/omg-etsy-bitches-have-been-in-bed-with.html
PussDaddy
(37)November 10, 2009 at 7:18 am(37) PussDaddy says:
Also, I think it is important to get a fair and balanced perspective on things. One cannot give a fair and balanced perspective on one venue when one is being compensated by another venue with a free lifetime shop. And in the interest of fairness I am going to post on my own blog that I posted this here, so that it stays here, in the interest of being fair and balanced. Thank you,
PussDaddy
(38) PussDaddy says:
Also, no one needs an Etsy Bitch to fill any gap as far as providing a platform for people to bitch about Etsy. Anyone is free to start their own blog and bitch, and they can do it in another name, or anonymously, and allow anonymous posters to post there. So what the heck does anyone need Etsy Bitch for? I’m not saying that Etsy doesn’t have problems buyer and seller wise, I am just saying that Etsy Bitch was basically in the pocket of ArtFire, provided with free shops for life to do HandMadeNews articles, and to bash Etsy and make ArtFire look like Saints, and once this business venture went south, now you see they hate ArtFire now as well.
No one needs paid mouthpieces like Etsy Bitch to do a damn thing.
PussDaddy
This About.com peep is the same one who cause so much drama with her double ought spy thread in the forum. I get so sick of seeing these Etsy Bitches play their self-serving forum games and people just eating it up.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6338972&page=23
Alluna says:
Thanks guys.
I'm putting together an article and had to play devils advocate, here. The article focus is that underpricing is affecting the way the average consumer views handmade goods. I just needed some opinions on both sides of that fence and some information about pricing.
Stirring the pot is fun, though, eh? If I can quote your opinion in my article, please let me know. Not your opinions on Sculpey, though. I may get sued.
underoakstudios, sunflowerexpress, savor, ArtsAfire, DesignedByLucinda, fivelittlegems were especially helpful.
Again, sorry to get you all fired up, but it's an evil way to get people talking about something like prices. I've been selling to galleries and shops in my area for years and have never been told that I've overpriced, but I've always had to keep a close eye on underpricing.
Sadly, underpricing is one of the reasons that I don't sell (not anything but paper bracelets just to keep an account open) on Etsy. Remember when the same thing happened on eBay (before Etsy)? Handmade clothes used to go for so much more there...
Anyway, thanks again for participating!!
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PussDaddy
PD
Monday, November 9, 2009
So Much For Etsy's New Do's And Don'ts As Seller herjodren Was Allowed To Cancel A Sale Behind Her Buyer's Back
while the buyer still had an active abuse case in the works with Etsy admin. This dire tale of Etsy admin and Etsy seller buyer butt-fuckery started on Oct. 12, when a buyer ordered an item from Etsy seller herjodren
http://www.etsy.com/shop/herjodren
By Oct. 21 the buyer has not received anything, and contacts this seller who replies tersely that she is on vacation. She continues the conversation anyway and it is agreed to wait at least two weeks after that date of the transaction to issue a refund. The buyer contacts herjodren again on Oct. 24th to say she still has not received it and asks for a refund. No reply. On Oct. 28th the buyer again contacts seller herjodren. No reply. On Oct. 30 buyer again contacts seller herjodren twice asking again for the seller to communicate with her and saying she is going to have to file a Paypal dispute as time is running out. No reply. On Nov. 2, the buyer contacts seller herjodren again and says she went ahead and filed the Paypal dispute.
On Nov 8 the buyer writes:
I opened up a Paypal dispute, as well as an Etsy non-delivery claim. Then see the seller opened back up their shop, never contacted me despite all of my convos and Paypal dispute messages asking for my refund.
Today I notice that the seller has CANCELLED the transaction to make it look like it never happened at all--here is the email I just sent to Etsy about it (they had originally sent me an email confirming they were working on my non-delivery report):
Dear Etsy,
I have just noticed that the seller who never sent me my item CANCELLED THE TRANSACTION ---- DESPITE MY FILING AN ABUSE CASE!!! I do not understand why Etsy.com would have allowed this to happen considering I have received NO communication from the seller, nor has my Paypal dispute been rectified.
I did not receive ANY communication from Etsy.com, and now I am unable to leave feedback as well. Please explain to me why the sale was cancelled as though I never paid?????? Now I am out the item, out my refund, AND out being able to leave well-deserved negative feedback for this seller.
I am appalled that this sale was allowed to have been cancelled considering I have an OPEN Etsy abuse case against this seller.
I can't believe Etsy allowed this!!!!!!
Oh, I also sent the Abuse emails to Bernadette Sweeney, who is the Director of Customer Relations over at Etsy--I've met her before and she seems a nice lady. Here is what I emailed the Abuse Team this morning after forwarding everything over to Bernadette:
Bernadette,
Here is the last email I sent the Etsy Abuse team as well, I am forwarding you this as well.
___________________________________
I have forwarded an account of all of this to Bernadette Sweeney as well for her to look over and perhaps help straighten all of this out. I hope that someone is able to respond to this---I am disturbed that this seller would be allowed to just cancel the sale, even though my abuse case is about the fact that they never delivered the item to me, and I have sent proof of this. Are you saying that that the Billing Dept. and the Abuse Dept. do not communicate with each other?? That depending upon who answers the email, the Abuse Case may be just swept under the rug??
Just to reiterate:
I paid for my item.
I never received my item.
I tried in vain to contact the seller over 6 times.
The seller never responded.
I opened up an Etsy non-delivery Abuse case.
I forwarded all proof of convos I had sent the seller.
I forwarded the screenshot that I had opened up a paypal dispute.
I am told that my case is open, and is being worked on by the Etsy Abuse Team.
ETSY ALLOWS THE SELLER TO CANCEL THE SALE WITHOUT EVER FIXING ANY OF THIS JUST SO SHE CAN AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK??????
A response to my concerns above would be appreciated....I cannot fathom how this was allowed to take place, and I am greatly disturbed that Etsy would allow a seller to cancel a transaction that is the center of an Abuse case without it being ever resolved, AND without contacting me, the buyer. Did Admin even ASK the seller for proof that a refund or any communication was sent to me???
The buyer also states:
What angers me more is that I'm a repeat buyer of this seller---I've placed large custom orders with them 4 times before this one. And this is how she treats repeat buyers??? Never again...I wanted to much to send her a convo about how underhanded she is and that I will be telling everyone I know to never buy from her shop..I still want to do it, lol--hopefully she reads your blog.
So the bottom line is that the new Etsy rule that says a seller cannot cancel a sale to avoid bad feedback is pure bullshit, as it is still happening. In this instance the seller cancelled the sale behind the buyer's back leaving the buyer with no item, no resolution, and no way to leave feedback for it. I knew it was too good to be true. And I do have the buyer/seller convo's back and forth between the two. And IMHO, this is a really crappy way to treat one of your repeat buyers.
PD
http://www.etsy.com/shop/herjodren
By Oct. 21 the buyer has not received anything, and contacts this seller who replies tersely that she is on vacation. She continues the conversation anyway and it is agreed to wait at least two weeks after that date of the transaction to issue a refund. The buyer contacts herjodren again on Oct. 24th to say she still has not received it and asks for a refund. No reply. On Oct. 28th the buyer again contacts seller herjodren. No reply. On Oct. 30 buyer again contacts seller herjodren twice asking again for the seller to communicate with her and saying she is going to have to file a Paypal dispute as time is running out. No reply. On Nov. 2, the buyer contacts seller herjodren again and says she went ahead and filed the Paypal dispute.
On Nov 8 the buyer writes:
I opened up a Paypal dispute, as well as an Etsy non-delivery claim. Then see the seller opened back up their shop, never contacted me despite all of my convos and Paypal dispute messages asking for my refund.
Today I notice that the seller has CANCELLED the transaction to make it look like it never happened at all--here is the email I just sent to Etsy about it (they had originally sent me an email confirming they were working on my non-delivery report):
Dear Etsy,
I have just noticed that the seller who never sent me my item CANCELLED THE TRANSACTION ---- DESPITE MY FILING AN ABUSE CASE!!! I do not understand why Etsy.com would have allowed this to happen considering I have received NO communication from the seller, nor has my Paypal dispute been rectified.
I did not receive ANY communication from Etsy.com, and now I am unable to leave feedback as well. Please explain to me why the sale was cancelled as though I never paid?????? Now I am out the item, out my refund, AND out being able to leave well-deserved negative feedback for this seller.
I am appalled that this sale was allowed to have been cancelled considering I have an OPEN Etsy abuse case against this seller.
I can't believe Etsy allowed this!!!!!!
Oh, I also sent the Abuse emails to Bernadette Sweeney, who is the Director of Customer Relations over at Etsy--I've met her before and she seems a nice lady. Here is what I emailed the Abuse Team this morning after forwarding everything over to Bernadette:
Bernadette,
Here is the last email I sent the Etsy Abuse team as well, I am forwarding you this as well.
___________________________________
I have forwarded an account of all of this to Bernadette Sweeney as well for her to look over and perhaps help straighten all of this out. I hope that someone is able to respond to this---I am disturbed that this seller would be allowed to just cancel the sale, even though my abuse case is about the fact that they never delivered the item to me, and I have sent proof of this. Are you saying that that the Billing Dept. and the Abuse Dept. do not communicate with each other?? That depending upon who answers the email, the Abuse Case may be just swept under the rug??
Just to reiterate:
I paid for my item.
I never received my item.
I tried in vain to contact the seller over 6 times.
The seller never responded.
I opened up an Etsy non-delivery Abuse case.
I forwarded all proof of convos I had sent the seller.
I forwarded the screenshot that I had opened up a paypal dispute.
I am told that my case is open, and is being worked on by the Etsy Abuse Team.
ETSY ALLOWS THE SELLER TO CANCEL THE SALE WITHOUT EVER FIXING ANY OF THIS JUST SO SHE CAN AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK??????
A response to my concerns above would be appreciated....I cannot fathom how this was allowed to take place, and I am greatly disturbed that Etsy would allow a seller to cancel a transaction that is the center of an Abuse case without it being ever resolved, AND without contacting me, the buyer. Did Admin even ASK the seller for proof that a refund or any communication was sent to me???
The buyer also states:
What angers me more is that I'm a repeat buyer of this seller---I've placed large custom orders with them 4 times before this one. And this is how she treats repeat buyers??? Never again...I wanted to much to send her a convo about how underhanded she is and that I will be telling everyone I know to never buy from her shop..I still want to do it, lol--hopefully she reads your blog.
So the bottom line is that the new Etsy rule that says a seller cannot cancel a sale to avoid bad feedback is pure bullshit, as it is still happening. In this instance the seller cancelled the sale behind the buyer's back leaving the buyer with no item, no resolution, and no way to leave feedback for it. I knew it was too good to be true. And I do have the buyer/seller convo's back and forth between the two. And IMHO, this is a really crappy way to treat one of your repeat buyers.
PD
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