Ebay ban the sale of "spells"

[technodad]

From The Daily Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9483065/eBay-bans-magic-spells.html

"In a policy update it said sales of "advice, spells, curses, hexing, conjuring, magic services, prayers, blessings; Psychic, Tarot, Reiki, and other metaphysical readings & services; magic potions [and] healing sessions" were all forbidden from 30 August."

Excellent news!

I'm not sure how you could sell a spell anyway?

Why is this excellent news?

Because it will stop people being ripped off. Ignoring the argument surrounding if these things work or not, these "services" are completely unregulated and need to be controlled in some way to protect the public.

Sounds a bit silly to me....

I suppose there is always the danger that anything you buy to use/consume may not be fit for purpose and that there is no way of checking authenticity/quality of ingredients. However, morally, charging for most of these is wrong. Hexing is never a good idea, either.

Exactly OP always someone ready to make a buck out of others trust & misery.

If I sell a CD player on eBay, it is easy to prove that it doesn't work!

I think many of these sellers will find a way around it and continue to make money out of people.

My friend bought a fertility spell once, poor girl knew it was liked to be crazy but she went along with it because she was desparate and got sent a piece of rose quartz on a necklace as well. She figured that at the very least she would get a nice necklace, but in my mind it made the seller worse because she was charging £20 for something that was worth £2 but had managed to convince my friend it was worth it.

This rule was well overdue, but they need to be strict about it.