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The real question seems to be "who solders the components to the PCB?" The OP says "The knobs, potentiometers, and jacks were all secured by me. I did all of th
by 205guy 13y ago
The real question seems to be "who solders the components to the PCB?" The OP says "The knobs, potentiometers, and jacks were all secured by me. I did all of the wiring as well. Ordered the parts and soldered them all to the board too." The problem is that he makes it sound like an afterthought and does not provide photographic proof of this step (soldering what looks like about 60-80 components to the board in the one picture).
But given that the finished board could be outsourced just as easily as the PCB, the Etsy emails seem to be inquiring about that--without really asking outright, which just adds to the confusion. OP's admission that he is preparing a lot more products without being able to provide photo proof further adds doubt to his case.
I don't know Etsy, their rules, their policies, or what they allow in their store, but they seem to want OP to prove he soldered his boards himself, and he hasn't. I don't know if that's fair or not, but it does seem evasive on OP's part. Also, going nukular and posting the whole thing online (thus knowingly reducing the chance of being reinstated to near-zero) strikes me as something that a dishonest person does when they get caught/called out.
- stelonix 13y agoI don't know about you, but I don't usually record myself while working just so I can prove it to my employer[1]. He's not being evasive, Etsy is asking for too much (it's not even in their ToS). [1] http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/110487/my-customer-wants-me-to-record-a-video-of-how-i-develop-his-software-product http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/110487/my-cus...
- 205guy 13y agoTo expand on your analogy, if a programmer advertized his services on uml-coders.com, he would be expected to show an example of his UML diagrams. I don't know if Etsy has fair policies or enforces those policies fairly. But the OP has a hole in his own story, right around a very significant detail. That raises a red flag in my book.
- ScottWhigham 13y agoSorry, that's just petty. There's nothing in your posts that has substance; it just reads as yet another guy on the internet who wants to be right about something so he nitpicks, nitpicks, nitpicks. OP doesn't have "a hole in his own story". As he stated: nowhere does Etsy say that sellers must have photographic documentation for each build process of each item, and to shut his shop down because he does not have that specific evidence is just BS. Stop looking for reasons to argue with people haha.
- kevinpet 13y agoNo, it's more like he offered to sell a UML diagram, and then after he had created it, the site came back and demanded a video of him having created it.
- robryan 13y agoI don't think that getting attention reduces his chances of being reinstated at all. Makes it more likely they will just reinstate the account to make the negative story go away.
- wnight 13y ago> going nukular Yeah, I know. Sharing his side of the story when dealing with the corporate wall became too much! What a jerk! Non-sarcastically, if you don't want this to happen, don't surprise your customers. Give them actual standards. And don't be hard to reach.