of what is fair and right in pricing a hand-made item. Thanks so much for such a thoughtful, concise and non-combative response to such arrogant rudeness. A suggestion (which I'm afraid might add to your overhead): a small printed version of this cost breakdown, for those of your customers who seem unable to comprehend the difference between handmade work done by artists, and similar-seeming goods either cranked out by machines, or by wage slaves half a world away. Education can be wearisome, but someone's got to do it. Beautiful work! I'm usually astonished at how low many Etsy sellers have their prices set. I buy a lot of my daughter's American Girl clothes through Etsy. My grandmother made a ton of doll clothes-Barbie and Cabbage Patch kids and the like when I was growing up, especially intricate Wedding, first communion, Quincinera, Prom and the like gowns for dolls that took her HOURS upon hours of hand beading, lacework and the like. So, I wanted to support such sellers, because I can easily imagine my grandmother being one of them. Almost invariably, these very intricate, involved outfits, often with wonderful embroidery and trim work, well made, sell for less than an outfit of similar complexity from American Girl that's not near the quality-and which will probably still be wonderful if my eventual grand daughter loves American Girl dolls-just as the Cabbage Patch and Barbie outfits my grandmother made are now adorning my daughter's Barbies and Build a Bears. I used to