JAlexoid

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721.
by JAlexoid 5y ago
I went "screw it, let's get a local tax person". US is a country where IRS is legally obligated to make you screw up as much as possible.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
They are trying to exclude certain type of sellers - so yes
723.
by JAlexoid 5y ago
Because my friend has a washing machine factory...
724.
by JAlexoid 5y ago
Sorry for the late reply, but Ebay.com and ebay.co.uk are considered different landing sites
725.
by JAlexoid 5y ago
You have to ignore the "They will have competition." to make your own bad faith argument. PS: And then miss our further interaction
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
You don't need to say that you're invested into the brand, for me to see it by the terminology you use.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
Except that is not what the word curated commonly means... If that were so - then your local supermarket is a curated store. (which would be a preposterous claim to make)
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
"Mom and pop" shops offer sub-par and high overhead products, almost exclusively. Dollar General pops up, where people are very, very, price sensitive. That "mom and pop" shop is either for tourists or is taking an unrea
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
> I've bought handmade things on Etsy that are a) very high quality and b) obscure/weird enough that I wouldn't know where else to go for them. And my experience with Etsy is that it's a crafty people selling low qual
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
As a lazy person I want sixpack abs, without putting in the effort. Also - monopolies are never good.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
You're right. But we are talking about Etsy taking an active role in what is available on their site, which is curation. Not an easy task as well. They also decided to be way more lax, than some people want it to be.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
> Why should I as a customer go to Etsy if it's filled with knockoff crap rather than handmade things? You don't go there. They aren't a curated product website, so why do you expect them to be one? Let them fail. It'
733.
by JAlexoid 5y ago
You can list the same product for different audiences.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
That's called a brick and mortar store. Try visiting one and check out the opportunity cost price, while you're at it.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
You're basically arguing for a monopoly now. Let them fail.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
I didn't say that they are bringing "more value". They know they provide value and that their fees can be higher. If you think that the value of their service is too low - then you will leave. If you leave. - then they'l
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
> Depends on what you consider "scale". Scale is value and the potential to sales increase. Software license sales have infinite scale, Gwyneth Paltrow egg sales is high scale and $200 hand crafted in spare time earing sales is
738.
by JAlexoid 5y ago
The brand is established and it's not that heavily diluted... Even then - it only needs to keep up with the aesthetics and product types, to keep on top. So no... They don't need to. And curated storefronts were many - I knew of a
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
Yep. You can literally get anything on Alibaba. I bought bulk washing machine motors for millions of dollars and audio amplifier modules for a few thousands and N95 masks for a few hundred.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
So... Let me get this straight - they get a lot of customers off other people's work, but aren't willing to pay for the increased costs of providing them those extra customers. These Etsy people sound like entitled brats.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
Brand recognition and originality is value. Making felt handbags for 10 years and expecting that no one else would copy that - is what drives people away from stagnating crafts people.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
It's not cynical. I'm saying that crafting community isn't large enough to produce enough goods to sustain Etsy. Therefore wholesale outsourcing of production is the only way. These days you can outsource original product man
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
Those are typically written contracts - as in the sign with a camera when entering buildings.
744.
by JAlexoid 5y ago
There's a "however". Actions that reduce the shareholder value without any long term prospects is something that will drive down investment and could trigger lawsuits
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
A) Why should they? B) Are investors not allowed to make any return on their investments in form of dividends?
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
Etsy is really for everyone, but the brand image is that it's really artists sales channel. Based on my experience, curators add an extra 50%+ to the price of a product. Which is the cost of well curated storefront.
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
Therefore it should be clear that the rise in fees is a reasonable tradeoff, for access to more potential customers. I understand the desire to make sure that goods are authentic, but that is the only reasonable argument in the whole strike
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
Etsy sellers could become a cartel. And banding together to force some third player to only play with them, to the exclusion of others, is classic cartel behaviour
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
Complaining is worthless, if you're staying. Businesses understand a hit to the bottom line, not some abstract strike manifest. So exodus is exactly the most efficient way of voicing your opinion to a profit seeking operation
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by JAlexoid 5y ago
But apparently all of those things are worth nothing to Etsy sellers, as they are complaining about the costs.

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