Ask HN: Lets talk about Etsy

Re:Ask HN: Lets talk about Etsy by cyen on Thursday May 20, 2010 @07:46PM (#1365898)

AFAICT, there's not much line-drawing happening. In terms of handmade vs retail, I've seen people essentially buy retail items, paint a little something on it, then sell the "customized" items... but it doesn't seem like it hurts Etsy much for people to do that.

And in terms of controlling quality, there definitely isn't much... :) http://www.regretsy.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Lets talk about Etsy by MichaelSalib on Thursday May 20, 2010 @09:33PM (#1366084)

And in terms of controlling quality, there definitely isn't much...

In some cases, that goes for safety as well. My wife (a EE) noticed that there are a lot of sellers on Etsy selling jewelry made from recycled printed circuit boards (earrings, necklaces, bracelets, etc). Unfortunately, a lot of the sellers don't know that PCBs are full of heavy metals that should not be exposed to the skin without some sort of varnish coating. Especially since some sellers like to remove components and sand the boards down so they look cooler.

Lead poisoning FTW!

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Re:Ask HN: Lets talk about Etsy by jacquesm on Thursday May 20, 2010 @08:46PM (#1365999)

hehe: http://images.regretsy.com/mswood.jpg

That one is quite funny.

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