Northern Exposure/ Ghost in the Machine

Another Etsy "Ghost buyer".

Said potential buyers ask questions about an item, ask you to drop the price, sometimes ask you to put said item on hold, then they disappear, never to be heard from again. This one asked about some prints I have for sale. She asked if the signatures were dotted.

The signature on each is a different size and in different locations, if they were printed on, they would generally be identical and in the same locale. Two are on the lower left and are large, one is small and on the lower right, they are not identical.

I added though, that the glass on the frames, and paper they are printed on is textured, giving them a bumpy appearance when you look at them. I am sure this lone piece of info will deter her. I already have them listed at half of what I would really want for them, which is about what an unsigned one would be going for.

Etsy has been going to the dogs lately. It is getting worse than ebay, and the shitty once or twice a month $10 sales are not worth the trouble.

I am tired of negotiating, putting shit on hold, and getting burned over and over. I saw that ecommercebytes had an article that focused on Etsy getting a lot of Google exposure as of late. I think that as more asshole buyers jump ship from ebay, the more they seem to defect to Etsy.

The bitch I gave the refund to was Exhibit A.

Even an ebay buyer will usually go away quietly once you refund them in full. I could have photographed my son's hospital bracelet as evidence of why my communication was "slow", told her "the fucker wasn't scanned - not my fault, I mailed it, and too bad!" and went on with my life, but NOOOO. I had to go taking the high road, lost some money, and instead of being happy she got her money back, the bitch decided to trash my feedback instead.