Priceless Wedding

• Wooden Doll Blanks - $8.95 per pack of 50
• Acrylic paint pens - $12
• Finding a wedding-frenzied bridzilla willing to pay $85 for two little doll cake toppers that even a fifth grader could make - PRICELESS

Vendolius caveo

Oh my goodness! Sometimes I see things that just bring out the Miss Manners in me and today, I saw the most shameful item at Miss Kitty's blog! I learned of a buyer who chastised a seller for not including a free gift!

I love this little book,thank you for selling it to me! You know most Etsy sellers at least put in a little thankyou note, most put in thank you gifts, you had nothing...it felt strange and cold...just a suggestion to at least say thank you to the person buying from you, and you do want return business don't you?

Yes indeed, a polite "thank you" note is a nice thing to slip into your customer's packaging, but really...there is no etiquette rule that states a seller must give you a free gift in addition to your purchase! Chastising in public like that, especially for such a minor issue, is a Miss Manners no-no, Darlene! Publicly telling a seller that you won't shop with them because they did not include a free gift reveals your greed as much as the alleged transgression you had hoped to reveal. Small home businesses are having a hard enough time today, without greedy, people trying to squeeze extra freebies out of them. For shame!!!

The diplomatic and tactful way to handle that issue, if you simply had to say something, would have been to write a polite private note, not to create an embarrassing and uncomfortable public scene.

thanks for selling the calendar to me, you were smart to get in on a sale at Staples and triple your money! I will also do that by now framing the photos for resale! :)

Darlene, Darlene, Darlene! Did your mother not ever tell you that public discussions about another person's finances were quite inappropriate? Of course your kind shopkeeper made a profit on her merchandise! That is what business is all about! But to announce her mark-up to all and sundry was a tactless breech of business etiquette! How would you like it if someone posted YOUR Etsy shop's markup?

As a final note, after perusing your other feedback, it does appear as if you are extra sweet...almost flirtatious...with the sellers who send you extra treats and goodies. There is a not-so-nice name for ladies whose affections can be courted by the promise of gifts. I know we need not go there, do we? Worse yet, implying to others with that very public message, that they too could suffer the same fate and have their feedback sullied, if they don't give you free goodies, in addition to the item that you ordered, not only borders on blackmail, but lets the world see that you can be bought for the price of a two-bit brass angel charm.

Now really...you don't want that, do you?

Tsk tsk.

Vistaprint.com