WHY?????

For whatever reason that we may never know, Etsy has chosen to remove a couple of the CPSIA compliant listings. When this was brought up in the forums of course we got shut down and told that this was a personal matter between etsy and the seller. Whatever, I feel that they should have at least addressed the issue and told other sellers what to do to make it so that their listings do not get pulled. From what I have been told Etsy is all for these CPSIA compliant listings, so why pull 2 of them that I know of? Etsy, can we expect a comment from you soon? The listings which are no longer visible on the etsy site are these items...

CPSIA Compliance Via Handmade Artisans

You will not believe what it is going to be costing for some very cute items. If you haven't emailed, called or snail mailed the powers that be I suggest you do it. Here are some great items that only the rich will be able to afford, that is if the individual crafter can afford to do the testing. Prices range from $23,027.00 to $509.99 this is after testing, most of these items are between $10 to $80 before testing. This is no joke, The CPSIA, is making EVERYONE test their items and these are the projected costs for these items. With the new law that will go into effect Feb. 10, 2009, the CPSIA will require that each store selling products for children under the age of 12 test each product in our shops for lead. Each component will cost $70 for the lead testing. Add in the additional $350 per component for phthalates testing and that adds up. Each image can be clicked on to take you to the crafters item.