EtsyReviews 1,571

I love Etsy.com - there are SO many wonderful quality items to buy and the sellers I've bought from in the past have all been so helpful and wonderful to do business with. There is one seller, however that is definitely the worst of the worst. Not only does she have overly priced items, she reports that they are in perfect condition. After making the mistake of buying one of these items and having it shipped to me in UNWEARABLE conditions - i'm talking 20-40 1-4"pulls on polyester no less (can't hide that!) I did not write any feedback. I wish I had.

I asked Cloudninevintage not to send me any more emails about sales or new clothing because I didn't think the clothes were special enough to be so expensive.

The reply was "Well, I think you have your head up inside a very dark place, for you have not clue one (obviously) how difficult it is to maintain and endless cycle of eye-catching vintage. You're a rude, self-absorbed person and karma sucks honey bunch."

Not exactly professional. After reading the few negative reviews on the feedback page I see that I'm not alone. I can only imagine how many buyers didn't write any feedback because they didn't think it would matter (like myself). It DOES matter. The person who replied to me and the other negative reviews is so unprofessional I can only imagine it is a 13 year old girl writing from her bubble gum pink lap top.

Use Etsy as a fantastic resource for gifts. Use the feedback page to write about the seller!

Do NOT use this buyer!

Wonderful sellers with first rate products. The administration is another whole matter altogether, however. They are all about the big. Money making sellers, and very abusive to the little shops. I was warned that if a big money maker for etsy felt threatened or if you made them angry, etsy would run you off. This happened to both my daughter and two friends. My shop was closed down, or more accurately all of my items were removed on several occasions while they looked at my vintage items. This was after I returned a damaged purse to a high volume seller. My shop was eventually reinstated, but not for several weeks each time. They didn't refund the showcase fees I couldn't participate in either. I eventually closed my shop completely as I became sick and tired of their harassment. The abuse is horrible as is their abuse of power over sellers.

I pride myself on being a great gift giver! Etsy always has unique items that you aren't going to find just anywhere. I recently had a ton of close friends graduate law school and I found the best graduation gifts on etsy - from hand stamped collar stays and cuff links to custom stationary - great gifts and all at reasonable prices! I've been buying through etsy for a few years now and I've never had less than a stellar experience.

I was one of their most loyal sellers. Had two shops packed with over 200 items in each. HUNDREDS of sales, many repeat customers.
But etsy has changed. They are getting stupider and greedier every second. They stopped listening to their customers. Complainers got muted! MUTED! I'm a PAYING CUSTOMER not a child. Soon after my little time out I got PERMA muted. Now decided it's time to move to Artfire, I TRIED to have a clearance sale. And now with no warning, both my shops have been shut down. I cannot even leave feedback to my last customers. Or mark their items on the way.
NO answers to support emails. (Dating back to last FEB over their privacy violation.) And... I'm finding more and more FORMER etsy people over on Artfire and other such sites.
NO... etsy is not the friendly helpful site they once were. It was nice while it lasted, but it's over.

Go google etsy privacy or etsy resellers plenty of reading there. You'll see.

I have bought a few items from this site. They happen to have sellers who make cute headbands for children that are difficult to find elsewhere. The site is greatly flawed. One seller was extremely rude to me - I have written proof of this (seller "dara43"). This lady accepted my payment for an item and 2 weeks later, I asked her the status because I did not receive it in the mail. She responded to me, "Well, that's funny, because this listing clearly said RESERVED FOR RITA This listing is reserved for Rita and will ship with her order. Do not purchase if you are not Rita!
So I guess I shipped Rita a free headband with her order, because you purchased a listing that was reserved for another customer. So as this was your error and not mine, since you purchased an item that was not reserved for (my name), it was reserved for Rita, and sorry, you are not Rita, and you do not wish to pay the $2.00 which is the balance due for the shipping plus the 35 cents that paypal will then charge me for accepting your $2.00 payment, I did honor your wish to cancel your order, and per my Etsy shop policies for a customer cancelling an order in the link below your order has been cancelled. Is your name Rita? I am running a business." Anyhow, her bad attitude goes on, she charges me $5 for canceling an item I never recd but paid for - I had to go through Paypal to get it back my $5. "Dara43" then left me bad feedback on Etsy, closed the transaction, so I was unable to leave her any feedback. I go to Etsy for help on the issue, it has been 2 months and I keep getting, we are working on it. The last time Etsy Help said that was 1 month ago - I go to follow up on the matter today, and my case has been closed without being resolved. It's not a big deal for me to have bad feedback on Etsy because I am not a seller but it's the principle. I was treated horribly by seller Dara43 and customer service at Etsy is also horrible.

I agree with the warning. If you have a problem with a seller, you are on your own. Here they have made all this money from you (the fees that seller's pay on every transaction), but they don't do anything to help you if you have a problem with a seller. There is no protection at all. In the end I feel totally burned by Etsy. According to them, it is their policy" to have the buyer and the seller work it out themselves". Boy, do they take the easy way out or what. EXTRA WARNING: Never do lay-aways with a seller on Etsy, always pay by Pay Pal and make sure the transaction goes through the payment system, AND BEWARE OF SOME SELLERS SHIPPING POLICIES. With some of the sellers, if an item arrives broken, it is YOUR claim with UPS. You don't get your money back until the seller gets the money back from UPS. The only thing is - they drag their heals in sending in the claim, and dangle you on a chain waiting. I could go on...

I closed my Etsy shop - they treat their sellers like cr@p. You can be muted or even kicked off if you complain about their policies. Do NOT sign up with your regular email - they are now partnering with Facebook and mining personal data at full speed.

Oh, and while there are still many talented sellers on there making beautiful things by hand, the site is now over run by fake "handmade" stuff from overseas factories. Etsy makes a lot of money off these fakes, so they are largely ignored even though they are breaking Etsy TOU.

Buyers beware!