Am Still Baking Genius

I must confess, I am having rather a lot of fun with my new bread maker. I am so very rock and roll...

It was with some trepidation that I attempted a granary loaf, having been told they can be a bit hit and miss in bread makers, but look...

How marvellous! A perfect loaf of bread with bits in.

On a roll now, I then had a bash at rye bread, as the machine comes with a special knobbly blade thingy with which to make rye type things. And tada!

Okay, so it doesn’t look terribly impressive this one, but rye bread is supposed to resemble a brick. Honest...

Anyway, it was rather lovely, especially toasted, cut into soldiers and dipped in boiled egg.

Appear to have become somewhat of a bread fiend now. Hurrah for carbs!

Sweatshopbytiq/Kawaii Parlor - Scam: Update

You may recall from an earlier entry that I was having problems with this seller, aka Kawaii Parlor and Royalteababy, as I had paid for an item from her Etsy site, she had sent me one 4 sizes too big, told me to return it to her and has never provided a replacement, but did keep my payment.

I reported sweatshopbytiq to Etsy for non-delivery of an item, they investigated, and I am pleased to say they found in my favour, as she provided them with no proof of postage of the replacement item and refused to confirm that she would provide the replacement or a refund. So, ultimately they said they had no choice but to close down her Etsy store. A small victory for moi, as this girl really did take the piss! Here is their email:

> > Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:38:08 -0400> > From: abuse@etsy.com> > To: lauren543@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: Etsy Notification of Non-Delivery> >> >> >
Hi Lauren,We are sorry to report that after many attempts, Etsy has not received an update that indicates the seller has or will settle your transaction. Consequently, we will ban them from using Etsy or operating a shop on the site (this is set to happen this Friday). We hope that you were able obtain a refund. Kind regards, Erin Haldrup Etsy Support abuse@etsy.com
abuse@etsy.com>

I also found her previous Ebay ID http://myworld.ebay.com/sweatshopbytiq*com which has a ton of negative feedback from other buyers that she's ripped off. Obvs, she no longer uses this ID and now operates under a different name... Also found further negative feedback here http://sweatshopbytiq.ecrater.com/view-feedback.php?storeid=17818 Glad it's not just me...

Anyway, sadly Etsy were unable to persuade her to provide me with the item I paid for, or a refund, and advised me to file a complaint to the Internet Crime Centre, which I have done today. I don't hold out much hope of them being able to do anything, as this girl really is a total nightmare and just responds to emails with irrational gibberish and no actual answers to queries!
But, you know, fingers crossed. At least she can't rip anyone else off via Etsy any more though :)

Watch this space...

Edit: 14/12/09

Oh dear, looks like Tiq has been up to her old tricks again. Check out the Ebay feedback...

royalteababy*corsets ( 563 )

Member since: Nov-18-06 in United States

Corset never sent; received refund from seller after 5 weeks.
Buyer:
bisonicgal ( 1161 )
Aug-01-09 14:09

Goods not recieved, failed to reach the seller. Transaction reported to Paypal
Buyer:
macha140471 ( 100 )
Jul-30-09 01:23

Goods not recieved, failed to reach the seller. Transaction reported to Paypal
Buyer:
macha140471 ( 100 )
Jul-30-09 01:22

measurements totally off; only fits 18 m.o child; seller totally nonresponsive
Buyer:
oxfordbunny ( 88 )
Jul-22-09 17:01

Items still haven't arrived after almost two months - not good enough.
Buyer:
kj-angelcakes ( 61 )
Jul-01-09 22:23

Still haven't received items after 7 weeks, despite "promises" from the buyer.
Buyer:
kj-angelcakes ( 61 )
Jul-01-09 22:22

Made several documented attempts for contact Seller never shipped item no excuse
Buyer:
12478 ( 889 )
May-25-09 20:23

Over a month waiting. Still no product. Was supposed to be for daughters prom.
Buyer:
steve17 ( 426 )
May-16-09 12:42

Item not shipped. No communication. I appreciate the refund, however. Bleh.
Buyer:
stargazer206 ( 135 )
Apr-20-09 15:57

Oooooops!!! What a way to run a business.

Thanks for the heads-up Ellie-pie :)

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Sweatshopbytiq/Kawaii Parlor - Beware this Seller! AKA Royalteababy...

Ugh. Had the most awful experience of Etsy ever so I thought I'd do a little review. I attempted to purchase an Alice in Wonderland corset, kinda gothic/pirate striped top from Etsy seller Sweatshopbytiq in May last year. She eventually sent me one 4 sizes too big, even after I gave her my measurements, then told me to return it to her (at my own expense, even though it was her error) and she's still not sent me a replacement, won't provide a refund and ignores all my emails. I'll get round to typing up the whole story at some point, but basically she is a liar and a thief, so if you're ever thinking of buying anything from this seller, I would strongly advise don't. Just don't.

It just makes me sad that people have no conscience and are happy to rip you off. Sigh... Oh well, I hope karma gets her, someone steals all her money and she is left bankrupt and destitute!

Edit:

Please see updated post here to find out how it all turned out and for lots more info from a ton of other people ripped off by this girl http://weloveshinythings.blogspot.com/2009/05/sweatshopbytiq-update.html