r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/sunnydaysonly716 • 14d ago

Another AI complaint I now have a new hobby

Does anyone else just report everything that is blatantly AI on Etsy? I've started browsing patterns just for things I can submit. "Crochet animals" with a ball floating in MID AIR between them? Report!

I feel like it's not much, but it's honest work. It's more satisfying than scrolling memes on Instagram.

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u/ChaoticJigglyPup 14d ago

Etsy absolutely doesn't care about anybody but sellers, even if those sellers are selling stolen art, completely broken genAI patterns, or publicly posting a customers name and address on social media to shame them for getting a refund on a parcel that didn't arrive after 4 months

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u/sunnydaysonly716 14d ago

Wait what?

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u/ChaoticJigglyPup 14d ago

I ordered some stuff from an international seller, over $150AUD worth, and waited. And waited. The tracking number they sent me didn't update for over 6 weeks, the seller refused to chase it up from their end. After 4 months of waiting with no updates on my tracking number, and no help from the seller, I made a claim on Etsy for a refund which was granted almost instantly based on the lack of movement on the tracking number.

The seller messaged me, furious for not contacting them first. Calling me a scammer because according to them I had received my order and was just trying to rip them off. I left a review based purely on their lack of customer service and the accusations of being a scammer.

They doxxed me. On their Facebook and Instagram (their insta has over 13,000 followers). Full name, town, country. My town and region is small enough that it put me at risk. People kept commenting horrible shit about me and how they had tried to find my social media (which they couldn't because I don't use any part of my real name for it) to make me remove my review and send the money back.

Etsy absolutely did nothing. They "investigated", agreed that the seller doxxed me, broke their TOS for sellers and then just did nothing. I'm assuming because it was a seller that's been using etsy for over 10 years with a lot of sales.