Marmar B.

I shop on Amazon so much that I swear, if I walked into one of their warehouses, they'd recognize me. I've been shopping there since their beginning, back when they only sold books, and now I can find anything in the world there, which is pretty amazing.

I've never had a bad experience with Amazon, whether I'm buying directly from them, or one of their 3rd party sellers. The very few times that I haven't been happy with a product, I was able to return it for a refund with no problems whatsoever. If there was a problem with the item, they paid return shipping. If I just didn't like it, I paid the return shipping, which seems fair.

Whether I'm shopping for books, toys, furnace parts, electronics, sea salt, boots, or any of a million other things, I can usually find it on Amazon at better prices than anywhere else.

Unless I'm shopping for handmade, I always check Amazon first when I'm looking for something specific. I also find it to be a great place to shop for gifts for those hard to shop for people on my list because for many products, I can narrow the search options down to gender and age. That's priceless.

Wanelo is addicting. Too often I find myself spending way too much time looking at pretty pictures (and then buying whatever's in the picture) and not enough time working. They've changed the layout and tools several times since they went live, and at times I haven't been a fan, but I think it's pretty cool now. It functions well (most of the time) and it looks gorgeous! I really like how our categories/lists are shown as collections on our front pages.

I like to post items to Wanelo, and I enjoy discovering all of the finds from other internet shoppers and browsers. As a seller of handmade, Wanelo's a great site to show off some of my goodies, as well as the items from my crafty artists friends.

I have two shops on ArtFire, and I love it there. The customer service provided by the AF staff can't be beat. They clearly understand that without their sellers, they have no business, so they cater to our needs better than any other venue I sell on, including Etsy. The tools they provide for us (the sellers) are plentiful, and I find the site to be easy to navigate and work on. The forums are full of helpful information, and helpful sellers who enjoy helping newbies (and confused oldies) with their shops.

I also shop on AF a lot, and have never been disappointed with a product or the way I was treated by a seller. I've purchased supplies, handmade bags, scarves, bath and body products, crocheted gloves, fine art, jewelry, wood work, and countless other items. It's not very often that I can't find exactly what I'm looking for on ArtFire when it comes to something unique and handmade.

For people to blame ArtFire when they get burned by a specific seller isn't really fair. ArtFire has nothing to do with that, but they will try to contact sellers when there's a problem, and if the problems persist, they close the shop. They don't want our shoppers to be ripped off! There isn't anything they can really do if something like this happens because ArtFire doesn't have the money, the seller does. That's why it's very important to file a dispute with PayPal or your credit card company within the 45 day window when there's a problem, whether it happens on ArtFire, Etsy, Zibbet, eBay, or anywhere else.