HI all, today we have the mysterious abacus pendant.......... From four different shops, all of them from Hong Kong or China. All of these shops have just added a chain to their mass produced pendant and to me that is Not in the spirit of Etsy. You can find this pendant all over the internet, there is nothing original or special about it. This is the kind of crap that pollutes etsy and makes it more like e-bay. Especially for all of the sellers that take time to make and design special jewelry only to have their listing lost in a sea of mass produced b*llsh*t.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/44228580/to-calculate-silver-abacus-necklace?ref=sr_list_2&ga_search_query=abacus+pendant+silver&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

http://www.etsy.com/listing/43365816/ancient-calculator-silver-abacus-pendant?ref=sr_list_12&ga_search_query=abacus+pendant+silver&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

http://www.etsy.com/listing/44890964/salesliver-abacus-pendant-necklace-movea?ref=sr_list_1&ga_search_query=abacus+pendant+&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

http://www.etsy.com/listing/35339773/abacus-necklace?ref=sr_list_8&ga_search_query=abacus+&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=3&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

Here begins my quest to call out every seller on etsy who is lying about what they sell. Muahahahahah

Okay, so we all know that there are tons of sellers who are manipulative or outright liars about selling handmade or vintage items and we are all getting totally sick and tired of this shit, right? Right! So here begins my career as a super hero (IMHO) to save etsy from these evil villains who are infiltrating the handmade world we all want to live in. So...we are gonna start off with a bang and list a whole group of fake 'handmade' sellers

http://www.etsy.com/shop/OrganicLove2 Uuumm, who carves water buffalo horn into earrings and sells them for $27? Only people in third world countries, thats who!!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/sanfranblissco This shop has changed it's shop announcement to say they don't make their earrings, but know the person who does. They say they help schools in cambodia, but how odd..they have no pictures or names. They are still a reseller even if this is true

http://www.etsy.com/shop/shayisa Hand altered and carved earrings for 14 bucks, those are definitely quite a deal...

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TribalStyle Wow, these people have sold 416 pairs of 'hand altered' earrings since feb 2010! That is f*ing amazing!!!

Anywayyysss..you all get the picture. Some of these shops sell the same things and you can find tons of bone, horn and wooden earrings online wholesale for .60 to 2.00.

Here are some links, maybe we should all start selling these.

http://www.wholesalesarong.com/wholesale-organic-jewelry.htm

http://www.supplyjewelry.com/wholesale-product/natural-organic-jewelry/cheaters-expanders-assortment.htm

http://www.siaminterhandicrafts.com/en-us/dept_237.html