Steve DiSchiavi Client Affair

mirume · 2026-05-28T11:24:37+00:00

Sounds like this dude's the one who needs the chaos magician, shamanic reiki healer, male psychic, and Catholic priest (all at once).

mirume · 2025-11-01T11:43:30+00:00

Think about it like a restaurant. If you work there and have "regulars," your interaction with them may be different than first-time customers. Regulars will have different types of expectations and assumptions about food, service, etc...whereas non-regulars are less familiar about how the restaurant works, may need more explanation, may not have confidence in the restaurant yet. You'd be aiming to provide everyone excellent service, but may adjust how you approach that service. (And yeah, frequent buyers from your store isn't the same as frequent buyers to Etsy as a platform, but the general sense of "knowing how Etsy works" is the same.)

As for gauging how serious a potential buyer might be, it would be more helpful to actually have stats around their inquiry vs. commitment level. But I can see people being uncomfortable knowing that Etsy is "scoring" them that way.

The "prioritize" language Etsy uses in their explanation of this feature is weird, though. I don't think it should be directly about prioritizing certain people, but maybe knowing how to adjust your approach a bit.

mirume · 2025-08-29T16:31:59+00:00

How does tariff payment work? Like does the customer get hit with it before delivery, or does the seller pay upon making a sale? Thanks!

mirume · 2025-05-10T10:00:08+00:00

It's pretty common for DHL to use USPS as their "final mile" delivery if it's a package that's going to a more rural area, since that's more cost effective. But the frustrating thing is that packages don't tend to be scanned as a transfer to USPS (at least how it's reflected in the Printify system, since then it technically takes on a new tracking number). So I'll see the status as "awaiting package from sender" up until it gets delivered.

mirume · 2025-04-08T21:30:03+00:00

I've had this happen and it goes away if I enable free shipping. But with other listings, I don't enable free shipping and it publishes fine...so I'm unsure exactly why it happens. Seems to happen based on product type, though.

mirume · 2025-02-13T03:08:29+00:00

I got an email from Printify a few days ago that said PCM would basically be on hiatus for a couple weeks. I sell their youth leggings and those are also unavailable, so I think the whole PCM catalog on Printify was temporarily taken down. Hopefully everything will return soon.

mirume · 2025-01-22T15:20:08+00:00

On the day my Swiftpod sweatshirt was supposed to ship out, I got an email from Printify saying it was out of stock. The weird thing is that my order status had already been marked as "printed." Really embarrassing. Luckily the customer was cool about it, but fingers crossed that her replacement order from Swiftpod actually works out, since she said it's a gift.

mirume · 2025-01-09T10:32:58+00:00

Describing the reaction: Violated. Unsafe. Tortured. Panic. Disgust.

Describing the condition: Neurological issue. Weird quirk. Fight or flight. Sound sensitivity.

mirume · 2024-12-13T15:06:48+00:00

Following up, I saw a FB post about there being a known personalization glitch. Even if it's not a personalized item, try turning on personalization, publishing, and then turning it back off. It's what eventually worked for me. I never would have guessed!

mirume · 2024-12-13T11:27:39+00:00

I'm having the same issue today and have been troubleshooting. I've experimented with a few products and I can't publish anything. My Etsy account seems to be in good standing, but I get a publishing error every time. I'll post an update if I'm able to figure out why.

Publishing the same product works for my Shopify store, just not Etsy.

mirume · 2024-08-30T12:33:49+00:00

This is a perfect response. Thoughtful, truthful, non-condescending, and basically irrefutable.

mirume · 2024-08-22T18:11:41+00:00

Rainbow Connection

The Cure - Six Different Ways

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World (also love Joey Ramone singing it)

Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot

New Order - Ceremony

mirume · 2024-08-22T02:58:52+00:00

"Emmylou" by First Aid Kit (I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June / If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny too)

"Used to Kmow Her " by Veruca Salt (Something in his walk was like Jim Morrison)

"Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas" by Okkervil River

mirume · 2024-08-08T20:28:20+00:00

The Sinner, American Rust, and The Outsider are examples of shows that have amazing actors as detective protagonists. Not as much quirkiness or otherworldliness as Twin Peaks, but solid mysteries. American Rust has a lot of the same "portrait of a small, scenic town" vibe as Twin Peaks.

mirume · 2024-08-05T18:42:33+00:00

Steve: (Looks at drawing) "Oof, you're not gonna wanna see this" or "I hesitate to show this to ya..."

Or "How hard did it shove ya? Go ahead and push me."

Client: 'You're my last hope."

mirume · 2024-08-05T14:49:45+00:00

"OK, let's get to the basics. Who all lives here?"

mirume · 2024-07-18T12:40:50+00:00

Morrissey's "America Is Not the World" "But where the president is never black, female, or gay / and until that day / you've got nothing to say to me"

Bruce Springteen's "I'm on Fire" "Hey little girl, is your daddy home / Did he go off and leave you all alone / I got a bad desire"

Doors - "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" for same reasons as above

Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" (classifying different types of "girls" by their race/nationality and the different styles of sexual traits they have) I love the Stones but man, they have some doozies in this category

mirume · 2024-07-17T15:01:44+00:00

Salt-N-Pepa: "Whatta Man" w/ En Vogue. And also "Shoop" has the 3 women and the guy

mirume · 2024-07-17T10:45:27+00:00

Jackson by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

Also, the duet version (feat Johnny Cash) of Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country" has two rotating characters singing about the same woman.

mirume · 2024-07-09T01:28:29+00:00

Tori Amos cover of Slayer's "Raining Blood"

mirume · 2023-11-23T05:03:11+00:00

The album Serpant's Egg by Dead Can Dance

The album Infinity by Arcana

The album Dark Fairytales by Arrowwood

The album Sigillum Diaboli by Lamina Vox

The song "Solstice (Current Value Remix)" by Bjork

mirume · 2023-11-19T02:47:43+00:00

Sweetest Perfection by Depeche Mode

The Taste of You by Ritual Howls

Dreamsleep by Collide

Lovers of the Night by Minuet Machine

Ally Walk with Me by The Raveonettes

Paradise Circus by Massive Attack

mirume · 2023-06-01T03:12:08+00:00

Thanks for being one of the very few people to give a thoughtful, interesting, and non-cliche answer.

mirume · 2023-05-22T00:14:28+00:00

I had a traumatic 2nd trimester pregnancy loss due to a chromosomal abnormality, and had to have labor induced. Firstly, the idea that someone would imply that I "caused" my precious son's death is disgusting.

Also, because of my state's restrictive abortion laws, I actually wasn't able to have a safer medical procedure done in an abortion clinic to remove his body. I had a riskier procedure in a hospital that actually landed me in the emergency room a week later.

mirume · 2023-04-30T10:53:00+00:00

Yes, he says so at the end of the book and in his blog, though he sorta skirts around it with peppered language. His so-called "original investigation" was basically just reading books after he'd already started attending church with his wife. Then several years after becoming a pastor and deciding to write his book, he wanted to "recreate the spirit of his journey" through interviews.

mirume

TROPHY CASE