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Etsy or Regretsy? Your Guesses and Answers

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Earlier today I asked you to tell me which of the following items are real listings on Etsy, and which ones I made up. We have thoroughly enjoyed your guesses, and the tortured logic you’ve been using to make your decisions.

It was a little harder this time, but many of you still nailed it. Next time, Bronc and I will truly bring it.

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YOUR GUESSES:

“Fabulous Felt Pineapple Parashit: Regretsy. There’s no way that was created ‘smoke-free.’”

“Pineapple felt thing: Etsy. I don’t think you could glue shit to other shit quite that good, HK.”

“Pineapple necklace looks like the real fucking hipster deal.”

AND THE ANSWER IS

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YOUR GUESSES:

“If there is a God that feeder is real.”

“The Hummingbird Feeder is Fake. If it were Whitney Houston, I’d say Real.”

“Paula The Birdfeeder, The Garden Art and The Fruity Necklace must be real.”

AND THE ANSWER IS

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YOUR GUESSES:

“The junk drawer has got to be the fake one. It’s like it already knows how to mock itself.”

“I don’t think you’d waste a wrench on the garden art and go to the trouble of setting it up outside. OR WOULD YOU”

“I’ll guess that the fakes is the junk drawer, because it looks like something you could have thrown together in under three minutes and then gotten back to drinking.”

AND THE ANSWER IS

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YOUR GUESSES:

“Nails have GOT to be Regretsy, because you spelled “aesthetically” right, but ‘guesstimated’ wrong. There is no way anyone could do that by accident.”

“I don’t think even the worst of Estiers would make a Rusty Nail Bouquet.”

“If that “rusted nails bouquet†is real, I will buy it and drive it into my heart.”

AND THE ANSWER IS

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YOUR GUESSES:

“The portrait of Kevin Dillon is fake, because if it were real it would be priced at about $600.”

“100% certain the portrait is fake, and I’ll bet that Bronc drew it.”

“The portrait is REAL. It’s an awful drawing of some obscure celeb that some poor bitch is obsessed with and figures she can’t be the only one.”

AND THE ANSWER IS

Thanks for playing!

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Etsy or Regretsy?

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One of the questions people ask most about Regretsy is whether or not the things we feature are real. I can’t blame them.

It’s very difficult to accept the fact that not only are people sitting at their kitchen tables and making these, but that they actually think they found a way to quit their day job.

So last month, we introduced a new game: Etsy or Regretsy. It was a big hit, though some of you were very clever and saw right through my pathetic efforts to appear deranged. So this week, I am upping my game.

At least one of these is a real listing on Etsy. At least one is fake.

Which is the Etsy and which is the Regretsy?

Leave your guesses in the comments. Answers will be revealed later today.

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How to Take Eye-Catching Photos

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More eye-catching Ebay photography here

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Step into My Orifice

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In case you missed it, Bloomberg/Businessweek published a look at Etsy’s Brooklyn offices last week, calling it “nursery school for grown-ups.” Tee-hee!

I should not have to tell you that Etsy has three fake British phone booths, or that every new hire gets $100 decorating money to spruce up their cubicle. You should just have assumed that by now.

But would it surprise you to know that Etsy has a giant owl made out of trash? I know! Me neither.

And tonight, as Bronc and I looked through the photos of Etsy’s kooky digs, where all manner of high spirited shenanigans ensue, we realized we had a golden opportunity: to send all of you some very Etsy Valentines.

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- See the whole riveting story here