What *is* the law on selling cursed/haunted/magical/sacred stuff?

[SolidGoldVampireBat]

Do you just have to put a bit of small print somewhere on it saying 'For Entertainment Purposes Only' or 'Novelty Item'?
Because, after all, you can't prove that it is/isn't haunted or magic, can you?

Hmm, RomanKindle, I am planning to stay away from fertility woo because the potential punters' desperation would make me feel guilty. Even though it's going to have a similar hit rate to other woo (sometimes fertility issues are bound up with fretting about your fertility so woo might work; woo will not regrow a fallopian tube or spontaneously reverse a vasectomy though).

Well I suppose there is a possibilty of placebo effect in some cases - it's not being sold as that though which I find dishonest. The same seller did weight loss spells and posted them along with a note telling the buyer to eat less and exercise. I guess to have to slightly admire her front!

THe whole thing with woo peddlers is that they fall into three basic categories - crook (wants your money), nutter (wants all sorts of wierd shit including power) and well-meaning idiot (sincerely believes in his/her abilities despite them not being very effective, doesn't charge much). Me, I'm going to be a well-meaning crook.

Ok, but the next time you talk about cons fleecing mourning idiots, I'm going to call hypocrite! :) Good luck. I hope you make oodles.

I won't be really fleecing them as in I won't be telling outright lies ie that I can talk to the dead or any crap like that.

PMSL. As someone who "understands" a lot of this "magickal" stuff (practising pagan), that page is one of the best I've seen for a long time. What a pile of old woo-woo bollocks!

Maybe you just need carefully-placed punctuation.

"Cursed"(1) necklace

Earrings that belonged to a "witch"(2)

(1) - I swore at it
(2) - I have been called a witch before

Which location has jurisdiction? Seller's or buyer's? Here in Sweden a woman was recently convicted and sent to jail for fraud for doing this kind of stuff. Don't want to find yourself sharing a flight with Mr Assange, do you now ...

The seller's area has jurisdiction. If you live in the UK and buy from non-UK traders you are bound by their country's laws.

I am actually being pretty careful - I am including a 'this item is sold for novelty/entertainment purposes' bit and not actually making any claims that can be easily disproven. (You can't prove that something is/isn't 'magick', you can prove that it is/isn't real silver/this big/contains (or caters to) nuts.)