So, I've been trying for a bit to order a specific Etsy item for a couple of my friends for Christmas. I've been conversing with the seller about construction time (since it's custom) and shipping time and what information I need to include, etc.
We finally get to the point where she can set up a custom listing for me that includes the total price of the items I want to order as well as shipping, so she does so and sends me the link. When I click on it, however, it says the item has sold; I mention it to the seller and she says someone must have bought it without looking too closely at the price (significantly higher than other items of the same type, obviously) and creates a new listing, this time titling it "Reserved: Do Not Purchase".
You can see this story playing out, don't you?
Somebody disregards the title very shortly after she posts the listing, and buys it anyway. Seller sets up yet ANOTHER custom listing, this time including the "DO NOT PURCHASE; RESERVED FOR [myname]" in large letters in both the title and the description.
Someone buys it AGAIN. Seriously, people, what part of "DO NOT PURCHASE" do you not understand? I've been trying for about a week to buy this thing, and because of other people's idiocy and inability to read instructions, it looks like I'm not going to get these in time for Christmas.
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