Haunted eBay

If you have ever taken the time to peruse eBay you will notice the beginning of a very odd trend. You see, it seems that anything that is labeled “haunted” seems to be going for quite a bit of money these days. Be it a haunted doll, a ghost in a jar (very popular auction by the way) or jewelry. Why is this? Is it because people want to be able to claim that something they own is haunted? Or is it because it is nice to think that something you wear and carry on your person may have once been very special to someone else; so special that they decided to attach their spirit to that item and follow you around? 
Come along as I delve just a little deeper into the mystery of why haunted sells on eBay. 

Have you ever had an item that moved on it’s own? Or maybe it seemed to hold onto heat. Perhaps it would stay ice cold no matter how long you held it. Oh, I know what you are thinking, you are thinking about all of the properties that make up certain rocks/gems/jewels/metals, right? Well now, we can’t be thinking along those lines. For if we start to think like that the whole “haunted” aspect tends to go out the window rather quickly, and we don’t want that. Allow me to share with you some of the quotes taken from some of the auctions currently on eBay: “This is a beautiful sterling silver ring with an aquamarine stone and marquisate. This ring is charged with a powerful spell to resist the effects of time. She who wears it will seem to forever remain the same age, and might even grow younger.”, “This diamond came from a pendant my grandmother always wore and many believe she wants it back!! If you buy this you will notice that it often disappears from around your neck while you wear it.” – (Side note on this one would be to question how a solitary stone would stay on your neck while you are wearing it anyway, but again, I am thinking too much apparently.) So as you can see, the selling tactics are flawless and all of us should rush out to make a bid. Err… on second thought, better not. I could just be leery of salespeople, but they sound like ploys to me.