02-29-2008, 09:53 AM
Quote:Etsy.com calls itself "your place to buy and sell things handmade" and is a pretty cool website that we personally enjoy. The sellers who use the site, however, are getting all riled up after several stores were shut down without notice due to simple, easily-resolved complaints from buyers.
Reader Elizabeth writes:
Over at Etsy.com, there have recently been a rash of insanely unprofessional events, most importantly, the closing of several stores without notice and for no reason given, but clearly violating Etsy's own written standards about the very stringent requirements in place before such a drastic thing should happen...
and:
Quote:Forwarding routine complaints (or threatening to forward them) to the FBI seems to be a theme at Etsy:
full article: http://consumerist.com/360889/sellers-gr...sm-at-etsy
response on the Etsy forums to the Consumerist article: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5488619
a thread on forced store closures:
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5429569
another one:
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5423683