Hey Etsy, when am I getting paid?
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Original Post
Didn't know about this site until I was contracted on mturk.com to index a forum thread.
www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6488998&page=1
This one. I had to go through each post and generate some statistics based on what people said to help them with their investigation.
That was a month ago.
Has etsy paid for the work? No.
There was a base fee, and the way it was set up was to have a bonus paid per page. 100 pages, means 100 times the base fee.
But guess what happens if they don't actually come in manually approve and pay it as contracted? the site just defaults to the base pay and I'm screwed out of 99% of my pay.
They have until tomorrow to manually approve it then I'm screwed for the hours of work I did for them.
The thread showed a very clear pattern that most people were losing sales, but take solace in the fact that etsy isn't just screwing its customers here, it's screwing the contractors they hire to help them fix the mess.
Posted at 10:18pm May 15, 2010 EDT
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crossmr says:
"Sounds like Amazon needs to deal with this. "
Amazon has a hands off policy for dealing with problems between users and contractors. They encourage people to work it out themselves, but etsy has remained silent through the site. The only thing they do is give the contractor 1 month to approve or reject the request then if neither is done, it's auto-paid.
but the way this one was set up, auto-pay means I lose 99%
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What if it wasn't Etsy? What if you got scammed?
Posted at 10:30pm May 15, 2010 EDT
artaltered
artaltered says:
MysticMoons says:
cross that is SO screwed but I gotta say "you rock" LMAO
Tell it, tell it, as they say the truth shall set you free!
Most of us knew it was all lies too btw lol
Etsy pay the man for shit sakes
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How do you know this is even real?
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Oh it's real lol Guess you would have to understand contract internet work?
Posted at 10:31pm May 15, 2010 EDT
I want to know what you found so do a lot of other people according to the March Madness
Posted at 10:32pm May 15, 2010 EDT
"So lets hear some results of your work OP "
sure, let me grab some from the spreadsheet.
how big can posts be?
Posted at 10:32pm May 15, 2010 EDT
MysticMoons says:
artaltered
artaltered says:
MysticMoons says:
cross that is SO screwed but I gotta say "you rock" LMAO
Tell it, tell it, as they say the truth shall set you free!
Most of us knew it was all lies too btw lol
Etsy pay the man for shit sakes
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How do you know this is even real?
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Oh it's real lol Guess you would have to understand contract internet work?
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So anyone can make an etsy account and post something anonymously and everyone is just supposed to believe it?
Really?
Are you new to the internet?
X_X
Posted at 10:32pm May 15, 2010 EDT
SatinandBirch
SatinandBirch says:
I want to know what you found so do a lot of other people according to the March Madness
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Ditto!! Spill da beans!
Posted at 10:32pm May 15, 2010 EDT
Seriously? This is not the best way to collect a debt.
Posted at 10:32pm May 15, 2010 EDT
username, 1 - decrease, 2 no change or increase, 3 didn't say, yes or no means was most business from repeat buyers
Name Sales Repeat buyers
judyelizabethsflock 1 n
PattyLakinsmith 3 n
Paradisebodyshop 1 n
TheSilvermoon 1 n
ChristianHayliee 1 n
stitchntyme 1 n
Sandesign 2 n
HarrietsHaven 1 n
Vintage4Vintage 1 n
charliemai 1 n
dayslonggone 1 n
thesistersstudio 2 n
Yoyocottage 1 y
rosecottageemporium 1 n
Wooldebeast 1 n
worksofwhimsy 1 y
taylorseclectic 1 y
fuzzylumpkincrochet 1 y
Posted at 10:33pm May 15, 2010 EDT