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> shippers pretending to sell handmade stuff has put me off What does handmade mean to you? My adidas are “hand made”.
by japanman425 4y ago
> shippers pretending to sell handmade stuff has put me off
What does handmade mean to you? My adidas are “hand made”.
- criddell 4y agoUsually it means you are buying the item from the person who made it or the store you are shopping in bought it directly from the person who made it. It's low volume production with very little or no automation involved.
- notJim 4y agoElsewhere in this thread, someone describes selling lasercut items on Etsy, which is obviously highly automated. Would you argue that shouldn't be considered handmade?
- criddell 4y agoDepends on the specifics. If the service is "submit a file and I'll load it into my laser machine and mail you what comes out the other end", then probably not. That feels like getting photos printed at the CVS and nobody would say CVS sells handmade prints. If there is a substantial amount of manual work to the piece after it comes out of the machine, then maybe. It would have to be judged on a case-by-case basis.