MagicMetal

http://www.etsy.com/listing/87391994/cute-cat-ears-ring-animal-neko-wild
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/508812883/Hot_Selling_Cat_Ear_Ring_NBJ0RI82087.html

http://www.etsy.com/listing/73037724/new-fox-ring-wolf-coyote-retro-vintage
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/464181117/fashion_jewelry_vintage_antique_brass_cat.html

http://www.etsy.com/listing/86516278/new-ram-ring-cocktail-metal-aries-zodiac
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/501180792/lovable_goat_ring.html

http://www.etsy.com/listing/85995341/dragonfly-necklace-turquoise-crystal
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/501004020

rebeccasrags2riches

I’ve been seeing some topics in the Etsy forums about how awesome a job Etsy is doing shutting down bags and purses resellers that are reported.  So I thought I’d have a look at the cleaned up handmade Bags and Purses category.  But OMG right on the forst page of results (by recency) is an obvious reseller:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/rebeccasrags2riches

I guess this one was never reported because the shop mails from the USA instead of China, and isn’t listing fake Chanel, LV and Hermes.  And the shop owner claims to handmake all her items ‘with love’ so she can’t possibly be a reseller, right?

I was in the process of finding other sellers with the same items for sale as rebeccasrags when I clicked on a ramdom listing in her shop, and got lucky:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/85294752/genuine-hair-on-hide-belt-with

where she lists the name of her wholesale source, Wholesale by Atlas:

http://www.wholesalebyatlas.com/home.jhtm

I took a look around, and a lot of her inventory is here, same photos.  Wow, that was easy!

TheRustyChandelier

Please take a moment and review this shop below.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheRustyChandelier

They claim that their rings are cast from antique jewelry, listed as vintage 80s items. What a joke! That’s not vintage, or close to it. If their items are antique then why do they have multiple rings in the same color & design? Luck!? Old stock maybe?! We all know that even old stock from an estate have limited quantities and will have vintage storage wear. It gets even better, they sell true vintage items, only to hide the real truth. Very clever! Another big fat lie, they claim that some of their vintage rings were casted by an English silversmith. Fact: England never hallmark their jewelry 925.

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=hallmark%20england&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CDQQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.silvercollection.it%2FENGLISHSILVERMARKSEG.html&ei=O2PMToj1Osbf0QH32e3pDw&usg=AFQjCNHjT7_W7LmW5YS5hMgAAUlCkBFRMQ&sig2=1pYwPuLY_unWp1jNz1rHzw

Maybe this can help my case further,

one of their Designer’s ring listed

Jean Dousset

http://www.etsy.com/listing/86511166/huge-vintage-art-deco-sapphire-dome?ref=v1_other_2

Jean Dousset is a new Designer. Est. 2005

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jean-dousset-celebrity-engagement-ring-designer-launches-try-before-you-buy-site-90121092.html

limoryaron

No doubt this shop will become an Etsy favorite. Already seem in the gift guide pages.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/limoryaron

It first of all links every product to their website where you buy them there. But their products are not made by them. Their candles: “Manufactured by “Yotzrim Or” a Candle factory that occupies mentally challenged people. Part of the non-profit organization “Shekulo Tov”

http://www.etsy.com/listing/34707181/train-candles-colorful-and-scented-set
http://www.limoryaron.com/Train_Candles.html

nestingpretty

Just a reminder before we get angry mobs for these copycat posts- this is someone’s callout, not written by us. Don’t shoot the messenger. Now then, discuss…

NestingPretty copies NestPrettyThingsShop down to the name!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/nestingpretty
http://www.etsy.com/shop/nestprettythingsshop

It’s so obvious she’s copying the original shop (NestPrettyThingsShop). Their designs are similiar but some listing descriptions are flat-out copying the original Nest PrettyThings shop.

She also copied Dreams by the Sea with her leaf bobby pins.

I confronted NestingPretty on Facebook when she linked her leaf bobby pins telling her she was a copycat and even though she KNOWS she’s a copycat she has the ballz to say:

“I don’t really understand your comment. All of my designs are original one of a kind designed my myself. If someone else has something similar I am not aware of it. Maybe you could inform me??”

Yeah right! Loser!

**Definitely check out the comments with lots of interesting links…

jodieholdman

Here’s a seller who calls her self out in her shop name: “Real Pretend Vintage” http://www.etsy.com/shop/jodieholdman

All handmade items as she claims? Here’s some pencils with “China” stamped on them. Maybe she made the box http://www.etsy.com/listing/60634052/box-of-no-2-pencils

Christian Louboutin

“Handmade original” Louboutin heels! Buy now:

Loboutin site – just $6,395
http://us.christianlouboutin.com/daffoldile-160-mm.html

Want to save $5000+? Shop on Etsy!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79744282/christian-louboutin-swarvosky-cristal
http://www.etsy.com/listing/75939197/thanks-sale-10-off-christian-louboutin

Or from a different, cheaper source:
http://www.myheelshoes.com/christian-louboutin-daffodile-160mm-aurora-boreale-pumps-P75.html

paintedcottages

This shop

http://www.etsy.com/shop/paintedcottages

sells both brand new and vintage furniture — all given the same “shabby chic” fauxtiqued treatment that includes faked wear and aging.  This item was featured in Get The Look Decor on Nov. 13

http://www.etsy.com/listing/84849511/painted-cottage-shabby-aqua-chic-china

the seller has dated the item during the listing process as being from the 1940s, so the attribute says it was handmade by the seller during that during that decade.  Which is impossible!  But Etsy just doesn’t get that fauxtiquing furniture — applying a contemporary finish and adding fake wear — is not a restoration or repair.  The seller should date the item by when they applied the new faux finish to keep these altered pieces from bleeding into vintage searches.  Items recently given fake age marks by the seller should not be dated as vintage.

Taking a look at the rest of the shop, it can be seen that the new furniture they sell, like this item:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/76003180/painted-cottage-aqua-chic-romance-bed

is given a similar treatment.  This is what the shop is about:  painting furniture, old or new, to give it their signature look.   I have actually seen unaltered pieces of old cottage painted furniture (original paint) and the look is very different from this!

RareEarth

This entire shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/RareEarth

buys most everything premade from Stuller, a wholesaler. Even the customizations are available from that company.

Theirs: http://www.etsy.com/listing/79547270/14k-morganite-amethyst-gemstone-earrings
Stuller’s: http://www.stuller.com/products/68510/?groupId=108972

Theirs: http://www.etsy.com/listing/79594441/swiss-blue-topaz-diamond-ring-14k-white
Stuller’s: http://www.stuller.com/products/67078/?groupId=93114 (the picture is mirrored)

Theirs: http://www.etsy.com/listing/84312814/14k-rose-gold-diamond-ring-diamond
Stuller’s: http://www.stuller.com/products/67809/?groupId=103627

and on and on

trendypillows

http://www.etsy.com/listing/78090906/12×20-9010-feather-down-inserts
are from http://www.downlite.com/