• Etsy bans sale of 'magic' items like potions and 'magic spells'
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[URL="http://www.people.com/article/etsy-ban-spells-witches-anger"]http://www.people.com/article/etsy-ban-spells-witches-anger[/URL] [QUOTE]A few weeks ago, Etsy decided to throw a wrench into its thriving market of spells, hexes, potions and crystals – by banning them entirely. The site's magical community is not happy. ...earlier this month, when Etsy released the following statement: "[B]Any metaphysical service that promises or suggests it will effect a physical change [B](e.g., weight loss)[/B] or other outcome (e.g., love, revenge) is not allowed, even if it delivers a tangible item.[/B]" A petition against the new ruling has garnered over 5,500 signatures (sample comment: "As a Witch, I appreciate the personal touch these items provide"), and a forum concerning it has notched over 1,000 comments. [/QUOTE] Fuckin' Wiccans.
Good, we need less snake oil salesmen like these bastards.
If you're that interested in selling your pseudoscientific rubbish, why not just sell it for non-medicinal purposes? It will do the job just as well if people just make up what it does [sp]ie not at all[/sp].
But I'm due to fight a warlock later this week!
Where else am I supposed to get the love potions that keep my girlfriend with me?
Good. Wiccans are the laughing stock of the actual pagan world anyway.
etsy's potions are too strong for us
B-but... I'm going into battle... and I need the strongest potions...
i have been brewing levitation potions nonstop for weeks in preparation to sell them on etsy & i will be taking them to court for ruining my business like this. i am $500,000 in debt.
Good for me. Really annoying to find trinkets being sold at inflated prices due to mystical reasons.
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[QUOTE=EuSKalduna;48028070]B-but... I'm going into battle... and I need the strongest potions...[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_FQU4KzN7A[/media]
[QUOTE=draugur;48027974]Good. Wiccans are the laughing stock of the actual pagan world anyway.[/QUOTE] And Pagans are the laughing stock of the real world, so thats saying something!
Where am I supposed to get my crystals now?
What about gaming themed soft drinks labeled potions?
Interesting to hear that this includes reiki stuff like magic healing crystals, because I know someone who believes in that stuff.
good maybe my sister will stop spending all her money on etsy
What do health potions taste like? What about mana potions?
[QUOTE=Swiket;48028550]What do health potions taste like? What about mana potions?[/QUOTE] They taste like bullshit
[QUOTE=edberg;48028542]good maybe my sister will stop spending all her money on etsy[/QUOTE] Does that mean she's buying potions from Etsy? because that's shady.
I once knew a girl who believed in such things. Spiritual energy, demons and dijin and all that jazz. She said her and her family combind would spend about 3k a year on such items. The friendship stopped once she started reccomending hocus pocus bullshit to help my mother fight cancer (including a herb that after 3 minutes of research was shown in clinical trials to spur cancer growth). I really hope for their own financial and health purposes they stop believing in such.
My takeaway from this is that I missed yet another opportunity to use the internet for profit without actually spending any money or effort myself.
godless heathens get out
[QUOTE=Zeke129;48028726]My takeaway from this is that I missed yet another opportunity to use the internet for profit without actually spending any money or effort myself.[/QUOTE] Let alone conscience, I would've gotten pissed off every day at the fact that people are actually buying my products.
how will i get more J.O. crystals
I thought I was buying a WICKER basket not a WICCAN basket. No wonder my dog has been levitating all day!
[QUOTE=Swiket;48028550]What do health potions taste like? What about mana potions?[/QUOTE] health potions taste like sawdust & mana potions are just sprite mixed w/ grape cough syrup
Does this ban tarot card readings and shit too cause those are so dumb
Time to cash in on this but just write a disclaimer on the item page. "Intended as a joke gift item only."
Well, I assume this includes pagan ritual-related items as well as snake oil things like love potions.
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