I buy and sell on Etsy, love it -- In the past months I've ordered fabric, elastic etc from about 10 sellers, and everything was as described and got to me so quickly. I also sell handmade items on Etsy -- and as I provide great customer service, so far so good. I would suggest to BUY FROM YOUR OWN COUNTRY when possible -- when I'm searching for items there is a filter to show ONLY RESULTS from US. Also, I only sell to U.S. customers, this way I avoid a lot of shipping issues both buying and selling. Buyers who look for cheapest items from overseas, for example China or India are possibly going to be disappointed with quality or shipping delays. (I do sometimes buy from overseas, but I am knowingly taking a risk.) Every seller has feedback, look at it before buying -- also make sure to read descriptions -- some items are made to order or take longer to process, this info will be in the detailed descriptions.