I remember The Gift Shop EXTREMELY vividly when he first started vending, because I was one of his first orders. I was also floored to see his shipping state, town was like 10 minutes away from my apartment. Ive never ordered from TLS, but at this time, there were definitely both active at the same time and im pretty sure on the same market. So I ask, what's the proof here? What's the angle? Im not trying to diminish TGS's reputation because he is an absolutely stellar vendor. I just don't know where this claim came form and am seeing it all over the place.
The children from a special education class could run both of those vendor accounts at the same time. Awful customer service, and as I recall, a lot of orders not showing up.