What is your experience with etsy? Do you use it, have you had good experiences?

I bought a painting off Etsy. Easy transaction. I’ve never thought about returning though. I went to the site specifically to buy the painting.

Generally pretty good. I have bought several belts, a wallet, and some covid masks from Etsy. The belts were custom made for me, and the guy (who made them) was great with communicating.

Everything I purchased was as described and in good order. I should note, however, that I don’t buy from the ultra-commercial people on Etsy (Etsy has gone downhill recently) but mainly from artisans and people who care about their craft.

Shipping tends to be high compared to other online stores.

@SnipSnip yeah, I’m not a huge customer at Etsy but I’ve bought a number of things over the years and always been very happy, which was why I was so shocked about how this all went down.

@LifeQuestioner Did you contact Etsy yet? What was the outcome?

@jca2 I got more of a response from the vendor at last. She says she will send me a shipping label and I can return the item for free and she will refund my money. Which is the best I can probably hope for, but I still feel that she should have followed through and what was advertised.

@LifeQuestioner The only time I’ve been to the Etsy site was on instruction from the artist who painted the painting I wanted to buy. I don’t expect to go there again, but have learned to never say never unless absolutely sure.

I’ve used Etsy for years and haven’t had any issue with domestic sellers. But I’ve noticed there’s been an influx of sellers purportedly selling handmade goods, but google lens will pull up identical items that are mass produced overseas.