Lily's Brother

Here is Lily's brother, we are calling him Star, short for Starburst for now.

The photo is a little blurry, he didn't want to cooperate in the photo taking process!

Resellers

Even though we aren't selling at the moment, I am constantly on Etsy. Admin has asked for help from the members to flag items that do not belong on Etsy. Since I have the time, I do look for resellers. I have found quite a few of them, most in just a few minutes of browsing. So if I can do it why can't admin do it?

When I send a flag to admin I always try to include proof that the items in question are mass produced and not handmade and are being sold by every Tom, Dick & Harry on the net somewhere! Now in this flagging I don't flag supplies or vintage as I know they are allowed.

Even though I try to send enough proof to show admin why these flagged items don't belong, the shops in question are still being allowed to sell, more and more buyers are getting items they believe to be handmade.

Since Ebay has changed so much, their sellers are trying to find new venues for their items and from the looks of things they have found Etsy. It would be nice if they would read the TOS and know their items aren't allowed.

I do a lot of investigating about the shops I find and sometimes I can't find the item elsewhere on the net but I know deep down they are mass produced and get frustrated when I can't prove it. One sometimes only has to look at the photo, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know they aren't handmade! Sometimes the shop forgets to take the company's name off of the photo they took from the company's site.

Somebody started a blog named Flaggy but the items haven't changed for awhile so I don't know if they have the time to keep it up. It shows mass produced shops and the proof that they are.

Newest Feral Kitten-Lily

About 3 weeks ago I had brought this kitten into the house to clean her eyes and then put her back outside. We hadn't seen or heard her since then, so we figured she had died, she was so tiny when I brought her in. Well yesterday we kept hearing a kitten meowing but couldn't find it. While sitting outside last night I told my husband to get the flashlight because we really needed to find this kitten. He found her, she had came out of hiding and was right outside the door.

I immediately thought that no it wasn't her but lo and behold it was! She is still tiny(runt of the litter), her brothers and sisters are a lot bigger and can eat on their own. She is having a hard time with it. So my husband decides that she needs to come back in since she had cried all day because the mother ignored her. So we fed her and put her in a pet carrier and let her sleep in the house. This morning we tried putting her out but the mother cats wouldn't have anything to do with her, we believe they are all dried up.

So yes she is back in the house and will not be put back out, we live where coyotes are always in our yard and don't want to take a chance on them getting her(she's a big time meower)!

The Handmade Dream

Etsy's dream of a handmade site is becoming more like a resellers paradise everyday!

I have lost count as to how many items I personally have flagged, some have been removed, others not. I will say I was really upset about a listing awhile back, actually made me sick to see it listed on Etsy, it took Etsy a couple of days but it was removed, for that I'm thankful.

Some people say it shouldn't be our job to flag items that don't belong on Etsy, some say if we don't Etsy will become another Ebay. According to a Storque article Etsy only has 3 on staff who monitor flagged items coming in. Well I hate to tell them they really need a whole heck of a lot more, but then why should they as long as they have members doing the job for them.

Do you believe Etsy members should be the ones doing the flagging or should Etsy step up to the plate and hire more staff to do the job?

Romeo Snoozing!

Need I say more!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(Resellers)!

Have you checked out these websites about Etsy.com?

The Good:
http://etsysangels.blogspot.com/2008/06/welcome.html
The Bad:
http://etsybitch.blogspot.com/
The Ugly(Resellers):
http://flaggyetsy.blogspot.com/

Which one is your favorite?

I have to say even though I have only one complaint about Etsy, (taking forever to get rid of the shops that just don't belong or leaving ones that guarantee they made them themselves even though there is prove they didn't), I love reading Etsybitch! I also keep an eye on FlaggyEtsy too. Just in the past 2 days, in a matter of minutes, I have found 4 resellers, so if I can do it, why can't Etsy admin?

We aren't selling right now (due to my medical problems and husband's job). I have a lot of free time on my hands and am a big time lurker on the forums, sometimes I post but not often like some do. I have come to love the feature Pounce, have found so many new sellers/no sales sellers that I have added to my favorites and hope to some day purchase from them. My point of this is that I am always on Etsy looking around and I guess that is how I find all the resellers, now if Etsy would just hire somebody to do that, we the community wouldn't have to do all the flagging just to get frustrated when they aren't removed!

What are your thoughts on this subject?

Mule Races

Every year my daughter and I go to the mule races, mother/daughter tradition. This year there weren't as many mules as there usually is. I have yet to bet on them, maybe I'll get brave enough next year! They are very fun to watch, high spirited animals.