Great idea Aunty Anthea. I've both laughed and been disgusted by some of these stories. I just can't believe the gall of some people.
@Citrin I've had some crappy experiences giving feedback for other readers as well. I used to exchange on another board online. I was given a timing reading by a reader who wanted to practice. She described the job I had just interviewed for very well - some things were off but overall I felt she was on track so I felt pretty confident in her prediction. Her reading said I would DEFINITELY get a job offer. She was very positive and upbeat saying that it was just a matter of getting the paperwork together but that I got it and I would be notified within a short period of time. Unfortunately, I did not get a job offer nor did I get my rejection letter within the time period she specified. I popped back on the board to tell her the unfortunate news. I felt I was really respectful - I thanked her for her time and provided feedback on the timing of the events for her notes. Her response was rude, saying "I cannot control how your energy changes because of the reading nor how it might affect the outcome. I foresaw a high probability that you would get the job but that it wasn't 100%. My reading was accurate." Umm....ok. Lol. Needless to say, I don't read with that group anymore
Even though that was a crappy experience, my worst reading was relatively recent. I am so annoyed with myself for doing this because I should have known better, but oh well. Earlier this year, I was contacted by a woman that somehow got my information from (what I thought) was a reputable reading site. She said she felt called to me and wanted to know if I'd be interested in an extensive life path reading. I was leery but up until this point I had had pretty good experiences with readings so I figured I'd be open to her "style". She gave me quite the runaround - told me she needed money for some bulls&*t candle and some other "supplies" (
@Laurelle and @AwakenedQueen sounds similar). I paid $300 for the reading which was going to take her 3 days to complete. She also said she needed me to send her a brief life history (red flag) before she could do her work. I knew I made a bad choice as soon as she asked me for my life history, but I had already paid her and was feeling a bit of buyer's remorse so I ended up putting some basic information together and sending it to her. 3 days later she called me and babbled about how my guides wouldn't leave her alone and that I SO needed her help. She spent 30 minutes telling me some BS story about how my guides were wandering trying to find me but my energy was so black they couldn't see me and they were panicking because they knew I needed their help *eyeroll*. She then spent about 15 minutes basically reading my life story back to me and throwing in some nonsense deductions about the events I listed. Nothing psychic at all about it.
What made the reading the worst I've ever had though, was how she reacted after she told me all this nonsense. She tried to rope me into another, more expensive reading in order to connect me to my guides. I respectfully thanked her for her time and said I didn't have any need for further readings. She began to get hostile with me, saying that I apparently really needed her help because I didn't even realize how much trouble I was in. Again I told her I wasn't interested. She then told me that she could see why I wasn't successful right now and started to put me down saying that if I refuse her help I was basically going to screw up my life and end up a "loser". I was so taken aback by her rudeness I just hung up.
Seriously, there are some really sh#tty people out there. It's no wonder people are leery of anyone who claims to be psychic or uses tools like the Tarot. If you're open to the wrong kind of person, anything can be twisted by people looking to make some money off of your vulnerability. I am no longer on that site because this crazy person should never have been able to contact me in the first place. Not cool but live and learn, right?
My heart goes out to the people who don't call these people out on their BS - or at least do it after spending 10s of thousands of their hard earned dollars. Such a crime.