Etsy Call Out (the Duplicate)

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reader comment:
SM New York-founded 2005; under Steve Madden Shoe Co.

Whomever bought these got swindled because they were $36.00 and you can get the same pair on ebay for $10. I asked the seller about them and she was very rude and I told her she is deceiving customers by NOT SHOWING THE LABELS of her vintage. She has a lot of non-vintage, but covers it very very well.

Deargoldenvintage

<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=17252019">http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=17252019</a>

and here is the other pair, also SM New York which she promptly removed the label name so no one could research it.

<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26600946">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26600946</a>

You know, I can’t tell what’s worse. The sellers intentionally deceiving naive buyers or the idiots that cannot tell what the hell they are buying.
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There is nothing worse than a rude seller when they get called out. I think we should all send her convo's just to piss her off :) -eco "vintage meets modern" rings a little TOO TRUE.

UPDATE 7/9- SHOP NO LONGER ACTIVE!!!

This seller was on the front page chosen by Admin using the search term "raffia" on June 24, 2009. I can tell just by looking that the items are mass produced.

Here's the Etsy seller:

<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6131221">http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6131221</a>


Here's the Sunset Trading site where you can purchase the same product:

<a href="http://www.tootoo.com/d-p24728783-Hawaii_Beach_Style_Polka_Dot_Butterfly_Knot_Wood_Handle_bag/">http://www.tootoo.com/d-p24728783-Hawaii_Beach_Style_Polka_Dot_Butterfly_Knot_Wood_Handle_bag/</a>

Please note the place of origin (Etsy seller is operating out of Hawaii) as well as the supply ability.

<img alt="" src="http://imgs.tootoo.com/d6/65/d66570ed8fe5985660ec68c4f1861045.jpg" class="alignnone" width="300" height="225" /><img alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.35677783.jpg" class="alignnone" width="430" height="322" />-

I've got an amazing contact that does her homework! This is an email that she sent to Etsy but went ignored:

OK -- this should be definitive info on this reseller. Here's the site, called RIP (Swan China) RIPDress.

1) Notice the 2 ideographs in their banner that make up their name (with the RIP under the 2nd one):
Under "brand" on the listing, you see the same RIP 2 ideographs.
Brand:裂帛
<a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-20fb3fe88cfac53a8f2a599c003544f9.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhiTGa8Qxu2_12_GxCysChKT-ituQA">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-20fb3fe88cfac53a8f2a599c003544f9.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhiTGa8Qxu2_12_GxCysChKT-ituQA </a>

if you scroll down, you can see how many of this identical dress they sold in China, and the feedback for each. 58 this month alone. and that's just this one dress.

Here's the dress on Etsy - just recently added: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25639528">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25639528</a>
looks like what they charge yuan/USD is about 5.5.

2) On this page, there are 3 more dresses idea2lifestyle sells on Etsy:
<a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://shop33483998.taobao.com/%3Fsearch%3Dy%26price1%3Dnull%26price2%3Dnull%26pageNum%3D5%26scid%3D72863166%26keyword%3Dnull%26orderType%3D_time%26viewType%3Dnull%26isNew%3Dnull%26ends%3D&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhijnVnKki-8ooB816Yd0eKX7ELytw">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://shop33483998.taobao.com/%3Fsearch%3Dy%26price1%3Dnull%26price2%3Dnull%26pageNum%3D5%26scid%3D72863166%26keyword%3Dnull%26orderType%3D_time%26viewType%3Dnull%26isNew%3Dnull%26ends%3D&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhijnVnKki-8ooB816Yd0eKX7ELytw</a>
the page might change as they add more, so look through the neighboring pages, too.

3) This is one page from the skirts: <a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://shop33483998.taobao.com/%3Fsearch%3Dy%26price1%3Dnull%26price2%3Dnull%26pageNum%3D3%26scid%3D103915250%26keyword%3Dnull%26orderType%3D_time%26viewType%3Dnull%26isNew%3Dnull%26ends%3D&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhhLvVKNF5oRx6Y_GHUEKJHHfWSxhQ">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://shop33483998.taobao.com/%3Fsearch%3Dy%26price1%3Dnull%26price2%3Dnull%26pageNum%3D3%26scid%3D103915250%26keyword%3Dnull%26orderType%3D_time%26viewType%3Dnull%26isNew%3Dnull%26ends%3D&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhhLvVKNF5oRx6Y_GHUEKJHHfWSxhQ</a>
here is the same skirt on Etsy, sold in July a year ago: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=9587424">http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=9587424</a>
Notice that both on the Chinese site and the Etsy site, they call it Flamingo skirt. What they mean is Flamenco. The same error is not a coincidence.

4) Here's the Chinese website's pants: <a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://shop33483998.taobao.com/%3Fsearch%3Dy%26price1%3Dnull%26price2%3Dnull%26pageNum%3D1%26scid%3D5772248%26keyword%3Dnull%26orderType%3D_time%26viewType%3Dnull%26isNew%3Dnull%26ends%3D&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhhCEILWhyIL4jnBLgunVMoiziU-dg">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://shop33483998.taobao.com/%3Fsearch%3Dy%26price1%3Dnull%26price2%3Dnull%26pageNum%3D1%26scid%3D5772248%26keyword%3Dnull%26orderType%3D_time%26viewType%3Dnull%26isNew%3Dnull%26ends%3D&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhhCEILWhyIL4jnBLgunVMoiziU-dg</a>

and here are the pants all Etsy: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5874423&amp;section_id=5694662">http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5874423&amp;section_id=5694662</a>
They are all there.

5) Look on the left on the chinese site -- each of those RIPs on the left are a category - dresses, tops, skirts, pants, etc. Every one of the items on idea2lifestyle can be found therein.

6) this rooftop location was popular for the photshoots -- you'll see it on the chinese site, and idea2lifestyle:
<a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-08e22487d80aa73e9db60e4cfa4edd87.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhjcn0hr3k7RslrEuhmAb_yz4NHJnQ">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-08e22487d80aa73e9db60e4cfa4edd87.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhjcn0hr3k7RslrEuhmAb_yz4NHJnQ</a>
here are the Etsy listings with identical pics you'll see -- sold in 2008-- if you scroll down through the pics on the Chinese site above:
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=9049185">http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=9049185</a>
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=9858257">http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=9858257 </a>
BTW -- that turquoise thing is the blue elephant that you seen here in the dress sold on Etsy as "secret garden", here on the Chinese website:<a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-93179bc713d235816826670afdfbd639.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhg3VyhlrMmDEnrzT0hFDjA8nSLi4g">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-93179bc713d235816826670afdfbd639.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhg3VyhlrMmDEnrzT0hFDjA8nSLi4g</a>
and here on Etsy: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=9272806">http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=9272806</a>

7) the little black silk shrug: <a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-1d50528946af68152ea9bf3c18c75825.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhiua3b-1QUlkNcgIa2YYKeczSlReQ">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-1d50528946af68152ea9bf3c18c75825.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhiua3b-1QUlkNcgIa2YYKeczSlReQ</a>
here on Etsy: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25604302">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25604302</a>

8)And then there's this one, maybe a hundred already sold on Etsy: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25608373">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25608373</a>
here in China: <a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-05b13ca5601e2e54e9d5d46093628e65.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhg8359w_0cBvgCmFaZJudGQI6PiSw">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db2-05b13ca5601e2e54e9d5d46093628e65.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhg8359w_0cBvgCmFaZJudGQI6PiSw</a>

9) and if there was any doubt, here are the people from their factory, found by clicking on the {RIP}Story on the banner : <a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://shop33483998.taobao.com/shop/xshop/wui_page-2595736.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhjoGpSw0Mok4zhWe-T37jjUulXyYw">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://shop33483998.taobao.com/shop/xshop/wui_page-2595736.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhjoGpSw0Mok4zhWe-T37jjUulXyYw</a>

10) and here is the rating:
<a href="http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://rate.taobao.com/user-rate-8856ecd822ff62459c8419e9a7408f84.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhh-JJtFLUJaXUqRHZOQEwN2ArHczQ">http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http://rate.taobao.com/user-rate-8856ecd822ff62459c8419e9a7408f84.htm&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;usg=ALkJrhh-JJtFLUJaXUqRHZOQEwN2ArHczQ</a>

82, 106 sales????!!!!

This shop has been flagged by many, not just here, but on Dawanda and elsewhere. I hope this evidence should finally show all their re-writes of their profile on Etsy to be just lies!

funkydarlinvintage where the favorite description tagline is "I know this isn't exactly 20 years old but.."

<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25385724">Jackie O People Magazine</a>- "I know this isn't exactly 20 years old but so many people loved Jackie O and the photographs inside are much older than 20 years old."

<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25547262">1996 Houston Oilers Calendar</a>- "Okay, another item that is not quite 20 years old but there are so many Oilers Fans out there, this will be quite a collectible item."

No wonder vintage is not taken seriously. What a joke.
<img alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.72407159.jpg" class="alignnone" width="430" height="322" />

<img alt="" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.78557982.jpg" class="alignnone" width="430" height="401" />

Here's yet another Hong Kong-based Etsy shop NewVICTORIA churning out the mass produced handmade jewelry <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27387488">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27387488 </a>

Several Asian websites seem to be carrying them <a href="http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=ko&amp;u=http://www.richbon.com/board/board.html%3Fcode%3Drichbon_board1%26page%3D1%26type%3Dv%26num1%3D960757%26num2%3D00000%26lock%3DN&amp;ei=g91QSsfHDYSvtweH_vCtBA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=translate&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Verona%2BEarring%2522%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGLJ_enCA220CA221%26sa%3DN%26start%3D10">http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=ko&amp;u=http://www.richbon.com/board/board.html%3Fcode%3Drichbon_board1%26page%3D1%26type%3Dv%26num1%3D960757%26num2%3D00000%26lock%3DN&amp;ei=g91QSsfHDYSvtweH_vCtBA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=translate&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Verona%2BEarring%2522%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGLJ_enCA220CA221%26sa%3DN%26start%3D10</a>

reader comment:

Can we do another vonlady? Here is her listing:
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12238316">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12238316</a>

and here is the ebay listing from the actual company in China that makes the bracelet, with the same exact photographs:
<a href="http://bit.ly/14MhsT">http://bit.ly/14MhsT</a>
<img alt="" src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg33/keep-first/0016/x0016103401.jpg" class="alignnone" width="530" height="373" />

Can't wait for the all caps retort on this one..

What is this crap?! Laminated magazine pictures. Thanks to Stacey for her "handmade crafts"- lol.
sljohn84 <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7482363">
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7482363</a>
<img alt="" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.78180950.jpg" class="alignnone" width="230" height="370" /><img alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.78184187.jpg" class="alignnone" width="230" height="353" /><img alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.78182507.jpg" class="alignnone" width="230" height="385" />