When buying handmade goes bad...

I read this interesting blog post this morning on my friend Nancy's blog.  I kinda felt the need to share.   I've been lucky to have only one semi bad experience as a buyer from sellers I've found on Etsy.  And it was a supplier.  Anywho... Beautifully worded Nancy!  We all have personal problems, but when they start effecting your work you need to be professional and shut down business. 

I could never leave a customer hanging like that.  I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.  Letting a situation get out of control like this is bad for the Handmade community.  It feeds directly into the fears of buyers.  "What if I never get what I ordered?"  "What if I pay my hard earned money to this individual and I never hear from them again?"

It reminds me to be thankful to every one of my customers who took a chance on me for the first time.  I'd like to think that after the first transaction with me people realize I am on the up and up.  But guys like this, whose work is gorgeous BTW,  give buying handmade especially online a bad name. 

Such a shame....