Help, Etsy sellers

[grasswire]

Made my first Etsy sale two days ago. I cannot for the life of me find out what happened to the buyer's payment. I have a note from Etsy telling me to look at the transaction in Paypal regarding delay if an echeck was used. But there is no such transaction in Paypal. Nada. No payment from her. Despite an Etsy designation as "completed" for her transaction.

Is there some black hole where Etsy money goes?

[libodem]

1. One of my close friends does ebay

I could ask her. She may know. I can't help you. I have trouble even using paypal for my star.

[grasswire]

2. no, ebay is no problem

but etsy is a different ball of wax. But thanks anyway.

[Alameda]

3. What happened?

I'm opening an Etsy shop and am curious how things work.

[Vinca]

4. Did you ever find your Etsy money?

I've decided I don't like the Etsy format and I'm sticking with ebay. I did okay over the holiday season, but it seems few things are rare anymore.

[Paper Roses]

5. Hi Vinca, glad to see you after so long! n/t

Long winter ahead, hope you have a great next few months. Same to all dealers here. If people only know how much they would gain by buying something old and that has stood the test of time....oh well, hope springs eternal.
Meantime, this new stuff stuff will come and go.

I work at a charity thrift shop. A lot of what is donated in 'newish' furniture. The good old stuff still is comfortably at hope in one piece.. We get lots of particle board furniture. Good stuff seems to find a home within the families. Keep up the search everyone. You never know!

[Vinca]

6. I haven't been around DU much. Too much squabbling in GD.

For some reason I've been experiencing a "burn out." I almost gave up my booths at the antique shop, but the past couple of days I've perked back up and plan to keep on keeping on. 2013 seems to have been my year of not finding anything really spectacular and by the last fall sale I was a little bummed about it. But . . . on to bigger and better stuff in 2014.

[grasswire]

8. yes, here's to great finds!

I'm expanding my search area. Goodwill has something here called "the bins" where mountains of stuff are basically dumped into big rolling bins and sold by the pound. I have heard good things from people who pick there, although they do recommend wearing gloves while searching. Ha! And I have read that the hawkish dealers can get a bit competitive there. But I met a woman who makes money every month there picking up old quilts and linens and flipping them on etsy. So that sounds fun.

[Vinca]

9. The thrift shop I frequent used to put out a ton of books every Monday.

There were 3 dealers who always showed up and you took your life in your hands if you tried to get between them and the books. The shop finally ended the practice after a couple of years of complaints and one totally innocent woman accidently whacked in the head. What a disgusting lot we are.

[grasswire]

7. yes, I did

and it was a stupid typo mistake that caused it. I had a dot in my email addy and typed it as a dash when I signed up for etsy. A call to customer service straightened it out.