Anyone reading this: Please realize I am not talking about the buttercup beds...this is about the Cloud Nine Bed
Let me clarify something here. The YT member being discussed did not purchase a Cloud Nine Bed from YHR. I am quite certain that I know who did get it (and they actually won it, did not "purchase" it) and give it to her. Maybe Jen gave it to her...but as she said the woman lost it and then she must have gotten it elsewhere. I will not say who I suspect.
Bottom line....just the fact that she was selling it on Etsy was enough for me to know she intentionally copied it. She did not list it on YT as she did with all of her other dog items....so I believe she knew full well how that would be viewed.
She is not making them the same way that YHR is...I am positive of that. She is more than likely using different stuffing...she refused to say what she uses in them. I can guarantee her that if she uses a cheaper filling they will not be as loved. Some people might like them, but the dogs really do know the difference!
The beds YHR makes have been fully paid for by the members of YHR who make them up until now. Let me fill you all in on the cost:
fabric on average is about $10 .. often more
stuffing is $10
YHR pays for the shipping at up to $11
so......that leaves about $8 as a profit. I hardly think that anyone would spend the time to make them for that small amount of money.
I believe that person is selling hers for $40 plus shipping...oh and also asking people to send their Paypal payments as cash to avoid paying Paypal fees that all of us, including rescues, pay.
I can see with some things, but if you are selling, I believe you should pay those fees.