Call It Bucky & Maybe People Won't Notice..
7:52 PM Monday, June 22, 2009..and by giving it a completely different description title "Large Deer Trophy" they thought they would throw us off as well from the original "Cardboard Stag Deer Mount" but they did copy and paste some of the item description. And strangely enough, they charge more money.
Popdeluxe- <a href="http://www.popdeluxe.net/cardboard-deer-large.html">http://www.popdeluxe.net/cardboard-deer-large.html</a>
reseller- Cj8n <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24586059">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24586059</a>
<img alt="" src="http://ep.yimg.com/ip/I/yhst-53777107109672_2057_255800900" class="alignnone" width="272" height="272" /><img alt="" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.69175292.jpg" class="alignnone" width="272" height="272" />
Edited to add: They are probably the same people but I still find it odd that the names, descriptions, & price are different if they are the same makers.
Could they be the same person?
Laura September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
This is reselling not a copycat issue.
etsycallout September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
What the hell is wrong with people? There are plenty of venues where it's okay to resell stuff. Why choose Etsy? I don't get it.
Hmmm.. September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Same people, people.
http://www.fawnandforest.com/designers/198/products/1983-cardboard-safari-bucky
Bedazzled Condom September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
http://www.cardboardsafari.com/shop/page.php?&pid=7
Bedazzled Condom September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I agree that it's the same people, but I'm doubting they're making all that stuff by themselves. They have to have employees or be outsourcing somehow. Their distribution is just two wide for it to be truly handmade.
NYCrochet September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
CHANEL COUNTERFITTER RESELLER Please tweet.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7583642
Gern Blanston September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
well, they go featured on the front page a couple of times.
Maybe they make those themselves and sell them from several sites? just wondering. They've been on Etsy for 6 months now.
RunzwithScissors September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
they're the featured seller today! July 8, 2009
susan September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
These items come flat, like as sheets of cardboard that you have to punch out. You can have them cut at a print shop fairly inexpensively.
It's the same guys at every one of the sites.
sparklecandy September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Susan beat me to it. Featured seller today. sigh
Dee September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
From their website
it says "We owe the success of our business to our excellent staff of creative and hard working people. "
Hard for the little guy to compete with this.
Dee September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
VBJ just found this for the REAL maker it looks like:
http://cardboardsafari.com/
Etsybitch September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
they have stores all over the world. They must be a fairly large cottage industry to supply all those stores.
susan September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Featured seller - located in Charlottesville, VA
Cardboard Safari - located in Charlottesville, VA
cj8n's Profile -- Cardboard Safari is a collaboration between Chris Jessee and Luis Rodrigalvarez, based in Charlottesville Virginia.
We make neat stuff from cardboard
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Seriously. They're the same people. These items do not come assembled, You have to put them together. They're die-cut sheets of cardboard.
I used to have to put together Christmas tree ones (from a different place) every year at my job.
sparklecandy September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
@sparklecandy (and anyone )
I believe you that it's all the same folks- so would you say that the "handmade" aspect of their art is you, putting it together? Or the die-cut cardboard is "handmade" on a die-cut machine?
It's a cool idea, but it seems manufactured to me.
susan September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Ehhh...handmade, I guess as they designed it. That's the Etsy requirement. Nowhere does Etsy say you actually have to make your handmade item.
Although, they are much more collective-y than they want to admit.
For me, it brings back cringe-worthy memories of hundreds of christmas tree statuettes, so it's not my thang, not to mention I'm not really into animal-head-on-the-wall decor.
Just to play devil's advocate, what about people that sell prints of their artwork? Screenprinting? Digital Designwork? Do you view that as handmade? Food for thought.
sparklecandy September 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
If you think this type of crap is "creative" and attractive, then you deserve what you get. These cardboard pieces of junk are ugly and should find a bonfire ASAP. And these losers should be OFF Etsy.
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