Is it bad to buy kandi?

xXJustJoking8P 1/22/2022 11:27 am 2760

Ya, I made an account just to ask this, kinda dumb I know lol

I'm a bit of a new scene kid (Not sure about being a kandi kid but at the same time I'm not familiar with the differences) and whenever my friends ask if I made my kandi and I tell them I bought it they normally look at me weirdly, is it like, looked down upon to buy kandi? I want to start making my own but I love the ones I bought so I'd hate having to throw them out to avoid being a poser : (

Edit: Should've mentioned this but I buy my kandi from Etsy, lol

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shark_bonez
Member

Jan 22, 2022 11:35 am

its ok to buy it! I would recommend buying it off of Etsy or something tho, so it supports small businesses. there's a lot of kandi sellers on Etsy!

xXJustJoking8P
Member

Jan 22, 2022 11:43 am

@shark_bonez: Oh, oki doki! maybe I'm just imagining the looks then, lol! Don't worry, I always buy from Etsy, it's my fav store! <33

V4MP1RE_GUTZZ
Member

Jan 22, 2022 12:11 pm

if ur buying it from like claires or hot topic then yeah thats pretty bad lol, but if ur jus buying off like etsy or depop or poshmark or sumn, then thats completely fine!

xXZ0mbi3_Gut5Xx
Member

Jan 22, 2022 1:11 pm

i mean- from etsy or d-pop or actual kandi kids no

edit: from etsy is good! lots of kandi kids looking to make some money lol-

-flint/tobie

Crumpet
Site Owner

Jan 22, 2022 1:34 pm

There will always be people who will say yes, but I personally don't agree with that. Sometimes people like the aesthetic of kandi but don't know how to make it themselves, so buying it from someone who knows how to make it is a valid option. In the early days of this site, I sold a few cuffs to people who were desperate to own cuffs but didn't know how to make them, and who insisted on paying me for them (I think it was about $10/cuff). I put just as much love and care into those cuffs as I did for the ones that I gave away at raves.

But yes, please don't buy commercially-produced kandi like from Hot Topic etc. It has more meaning if someone has made it by hand. You don't want a piece of machine-made kandi that thousands of other people have. That's just a bracelet.

CoNN13Killz
Guest

Jan 22, 2022 1:42 pm

you dont have to throw it out but kandi is for making memorys and its a piece of urself

CoNN13Killz
Guest

Jan 22, 2022 1:44 pm

@shark_bonez: @V4MP1RE_GUTZZ: yeah i agree if u are gonna buy it then at least help someone out and not support big business

CybrBoy
Member

Jan 22, 2022 2:10 pm

Buy all the stuff u want just not from big retailors like hot topic, amazon or like claires and sh. Buy from etsy/depop aka small shops! Just bc its not true kandi unless someone makes it with there pure little hearts lol. Its just a bracelet not kandi