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[girlofprey]

As I say, I have been buying things on Etsy, but a few weeks ago I received a bracelet that was so different in colour from the picture on the site, I feel like the seller must have honestly touched up the photo in some way. Which is kind of a bummer. But it was only a £20 bracelet and I don't really need any extra stress, so I was kind of like 'whatever'. But last week I ordered a necklace, and it arrived today, and...it was a lot smaller than I was expecting. Looking at the listing, it did say how long it was, but it also used a picture of the necklace on a showstand where they either used a much longer necklace, or a deliberately small stand. And now I'm getting kind of annoyed. I tried to discuss the bullshit with my mum, but accidentally got my dad involved instead, and now he's annoyed and trying to tell me what to do about it. He's suggested reporting the shop/s to Etsy, but Etsy REALLY wants you to bring any problems to the seller first. So I have to debate every problem with the person I kind of feel like scammed me before Etsy will even really get involved. And I have to go into each case with a specific idea of how I want the seller to make it up me, from a short list of choices. Which is a pain, if I don't feel like ANY of them is what I want. I don't really want more trips to the post office to send things back any time soon, but I also don't really want to let these sellers get away with it. It's bullshit. And a pain. Why can't people just be honest?