Island of the Lone Sane Thought

I'm totally fascinated by the wank, of course. I have now discovered that Etsy has long promised several upgrades to the site that other sites generally have (stats, easy listing of hearts & views, vacation settings), and that now they're thinking of doing stats--and having the sellers pay for them. Yes, it seems that Etsy, like eBay, has its own problems.

Over the past year I've seen eBay push their homegrown sellers away in favor of the buyers. It appears that Etsy is doing the same. Etsy, however, was unprepared for their giant growth, and hence the system is a little buggy because it isn't meant to have such heavy use. They have issues with searches not working, which is no laughing manner, as it's how people find products.

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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.