05/19/2022
I am TrRACY THOMAS of TracysTimeWarp on Etsy; I have PERMANENTLY CLOSED MY ETSY SHOP AS OF 5/17/2022. ETSY STARTED as a good marketplace for small business craft people and other businesses; NO LONGER!! They have bit by bit squeezed the vendor by doing things to their sites without ANY SAY FROM THE VENDOR. THEY HAVE RECENTLY DEACTIVATED ITEMS RANDOMLY ON MY SITE UNDER A BOGUS POLICY REGARDING "AMBER" IN JEWELRY; THEY PICKED OUT ABOUT SEVEN PIECES THEY THOUGH "LOOKED LIKE "AMBER" ; THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MY PIECES REALLY ARE MADE OF AND HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING OF MINE-- IN PERSON!! Even a "REAL JEWELER WOULD HAVE TO EXAMINE PIECES WITH A LOOP-- IN PERSON!! I KNOW-- MY FAMILY WERE REAL JEWELERS!!THESE PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I HAVE TRIED TO TELL THEM WHAT MY PIECES ARE MADE OF--THEY HAVE NEVER LISTENED!!! HAVE COMMUNICATED OVER AND OVER TO THEM I HAVE NO AMBER IN MY JEWELRY!! THEY DID IT ANYWAY! THEY HAVE INCREASED UNESSESARY RULES, TAXES AND TARIFFS FOR OUTSIDE THE USA. I Have continued to pay RENEWAL FEES AS NEEDED, HAVE BEEN GREAT WITH MY. CUSTOMERS AND HAVE HAD GREAT REVIEWS AND REPEAT BUSINESS.They have no working PHONE NUMBERS TO CALL, NO REAL COMMUNICATION POSSIBILITIES FOR RESOLUTION- THEIR CEO JOSH SILVERMAN I AM SURE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON!! PLEASE-- AT THE LOSS FOR THE GOOD VENDORS, DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ETSY!! I am LOOKING INTO OTHER OPTIONS FOR MY JEWELRY- I WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW IF I DO.
THANKS- THOSE WHO PATRONIZED MY SITE/SHOP!!! SIGNING OFF--'