Infected by the meh bug

Went to the doctor and was told that I have a sinus infection. Otherwise known as my perpetually reoccurring friend. Anyway, bactrim + valis = soon to feel better. Thank goodness. It came in under my radar because a) I have not been congested and b) the headache was mistaken for my usual hormonal headache because it came in at the same time. I only realized what was going on just yesterday when I thought, "Hey, this headache has lasted six days and shows no sign of stopping..."

Am trying to take some pictures of merch. I've been bummed because Etsy really slowed down, but then I listed three new items yesterday, and sold nine today. Nine inexpensive items, but still. I've spent a lot of time going through the Etsy forums over the last few days. ( blah blah Etsy )

The most hilarious part of the Etsy forums are clueless people, of course. There was one thread where a very, very sweet lady was explaining the renewal process and breaking it down into simple math (100 renewals per month x twenty cents per month = $20), and everyone kept responding with, "My renewal costs are $8 per month, and that's 7% of my sales" and stuff, and there was much talk of renewing and relisting and comparing fees and stats. Then a clueless person posted, "If I renew all 48 listings in my shop every day for the next month, how much will that cost?" I am basically evil so I laughed and laughed.

I mean, the sweet lady did not start the thread so she could solve story problems, y'know? Plus, all Clueless had to do was tack in the obvious numbers: 48 x .20 x 30 = answer. And then Clueless pouted when no one answered her.

More intriguing Etsy stuff

Apparently no one monitors Etsy during the weekends, and that's when buy/sell people set up shops. They list two hundred items in a matter of minutes, "shill" (sell to themselves to increase feedback) and are gone by Monday morning, when Etsy minions come back online.