Cool down, before people get their panties in a bunch...they're banning the sale of such things as "love spells" and the like. I for one applaud eBay for this move. I mean, why allow something to be sold that cannot possibly be guaranteed??
Think about it. You go onto eBay and find someone selling prayers for financial aid for $100. Would you pay for it? How are you 100% sure that your prayer will be answered, much less answered with a definite yes? You've just wasted $100...$100 that you could have used to pay bills or buy food, seeing as you have financial problems anyways.
It's a waste of money. Someone complained to me once saying something like "not all spell sellers are scammers". No, I've never said "ALL" but I did say a good majority are, because it's an easy buck. People are naive enough to shell out that $100 bucks thinking someone's going to cast a spell for them OR that whatever spell they've bought is going to 100% guaranteed work. Spells cannot be guaranteed. There are a LOT of factors that contribute to the success or failure of a spell, and experience in casting is one; actually doing it is another. Many people who sell casting services for others don't actually do it. It's like "Mama Isis' Psychic Reading" shop down the street littered with stereotypical paraphernalia and a HUGE "crystal" in the center of her table, and "worn" out tarot cards. She's not actually psychic, but a body reader, telling you information you already subtly told her (I'm not shinking on actual psychics out there, because I know there are legitimate psychics out there, but the ones who make their sole business the stereotypical nonsense tv shows as psychics). Spell sellers are just people making money off the naive and ignorant. So what happens when someone pays for a spell and it doesn't work? Do the sellers even have a guarantee?
Now, Tarot, that's tricky. It's an intuitional thing that people shouldn't take as literal fact, but as a guideline (unfortunately there are a LOT of gullible people out there who think that if the tarot cards say that you're going to marry in the next month, you're going to get married in the next month). Tarot cards offer a possible outcome to a specific situation, not a definite. Again, this kind of thing can't really be guaranteed, and the reader should REALLY stress this before making a reading.
I think eBay is doing a good thing. For one, it's but a beginning to the end of people thinking Wicca, Witchcraft and Paganism in general is stereotypical fictitious nonsense of love spells that guarantee you the love of your life (there's that "guarantee" word again).
Selling potions can be dangerous, especially if those "potions" are made by someone who uses plants and herbs they are unfamiliar with OR in dangerously large quantities (even culinary herbs can be dangerous if you ingest too much of them). One should NEVER buy "potions" from someone simply because they make the claim that they're Wiccan or a part of some other spirituality. Being a part of a religion does not mean you are automatically certified in herbalism and herbal medicines. Unless you went to school, you should not be selling or offering concoctions made by herbs. If someone dies or becomes EXTREMELY ill because of what you sold or offered, you can be found criminally negligent, charged and fined if not jailed.
I think it's ignorant for people in the "Pagan" or "Occult" community to complain about this and make the claim that they're being religiously discriminatory (and I use "Pagan" and "Occult" in quotes here for the simple fact that it's not those who truly understand what eBay is doing, but those who like to go off on a tangent without even THINKING or understanding what the reason behind something is...they just see the word "ban" and think "persecution" and "discrimination"). It's not religiously discriminatory, it's preserving the integrity of their business and website. EBay is a private company and IS allowed to discontinue selling anything they want!
You want to waste your money on things that cannot be guaranteed? Go find the hundreds of other websites that are willing to take your naive money and give you nothing in return.
Ma’iingan
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