You guys can criticize shop owners for lying, along with many other things, but really, it's their shop. You're probably thinking "Well no duh it's their shop." My point is they worked harder for that shop then you could possibly imagine. And it doesn't stop when they get the shop either. Along with a sudden burst of mail, everyone keeps a close eye on them and expects them to be their hero. Figuring out what you are posting isn't always easy, and if you are competing your best chance is to go into a so called staring contest as everyone waits to see how much everyone is posting for.
As for gifting, I know I felt a ton of stress about when the gifting would be, if they would go the right way, and I even had the feeling that I was letting the people I didn't/couldn't gift down. I wanted to do a lot more things with my first shop, and then I really couldn't do it... It's so much easier to say something then do it, and yeah, I felt really bad, but I realized with the help of advice that I earned my shop, I should have been able to do whatever my heart desired with it.
I don't mean that in a selfish way, I truly wanted to have the shop be a lot more for the public, especially people with less designs, but it just did not make sense to do all that stuff right out of the gate. To also set things straight I CAN guarantee the stuff with my next shop will happen, meaning I am posting at least one DIFFERENT unisex stock for a very low price for the public, and having a couple gift giveaways. I don't care if I lose all my T$ that's what I will be doing.
WITH THAT BEING SAID although I don't think it was right for gagaluv to obviously lie about giving up shops, it's her shop, she paid for it, so you really shouldn't bother worrying about it. In addition, when people post a bit higher then they say they will, there is most likely a reason for it, they aren't out to be a tengaged a-hole and take everyone's T$, ok. They all try to be the most reasonable, some more than others. I think it's possible if they had better communication skills, then items could be posted for somewhat less, but it's a competition, you can't expect anything but high prices... Especially because they are trying to get the most T$ back they can.
This all doesn't mean that there aren't some shop owners that are jerks, because everyone has different opinions and have people they like/don't like... if you don't like some shop owners simply don't plus their spam and just don't be friends with them. I myself thought shop owners were pretty much jerks - that is before I got my own, then I experienced everything with my own eyes. I lost 900T$ for my shop, I gave up a ton of my free time spamming for the discounts I had and worried way too much about whether I would make auctions or not. Basically, this and many other things make it extremely difficult to do what they do, so next time you hate blog them or say stuff behind their back, just please re-think it and cut them a little slack. Thanks :)
