I just can't get over how much these people charge for readings. And I've pretty much always limited myself to the ones that charge under $3 a minute and have rarely gone over that. But even $3 a minute seems exorbitant! Even if the platform they are using is taking over half of that away in fees, that's still WAY more than I've ever earned at any job. Most jobs pay by the hour or else you get a yearly salary. Have you ever thought about how much you actually earn
per minute? My latest pay raise will only bring me up to earning about 25 CENTS PER MINUTE. That's after having been in the job more than 8 years, and it's about the best I can do given my current circumstances. I live in a low income area with little opportunity so it was actually sort of miraculous that I got something paying that much. But I am also very limited in the amount of hours I can work each week so I really don't earn a lot anyway.
Now if I had a dime for every time a reader told me something like "I see money around you" or "I see more money coming in soon" I'd probably be in a much better financial position. Of course the money they see coming, never comes. I feel like they just say things like to give you a false sense of security so you will keep spending money on readings. It's hard to believe that because one reader who told me this was so accurate on other things and really seemed like a very honest reader overall. But when she said "I see money around you" I felt like hanging up the phone right away because it sounded so phony. It really makes me doubt everything else she said.
Another reader used to really lay a guilt trip on me about how much she needed money, especially after she raised her rates. She would tell me sob stories about things she needed money for, like her daughter was stranded in a foreign country with no money. She would send free minutes a lot, so it seemed like she was being generous, but then she would chew up those minutes with chit chat.
I noticed a lot of readers do that with free minutes, they just use up that time with small talk before they really start the reading. And I'd end up spending MORE in the long run because the small talk was a distraction and it would take even longer for them to get focused.
Anyway that one reader would offer to do work to help manifest things for no charge. I didn't believe it would do anything, but I thought, what could it hurt? She did all this on her own time, not on the phone, and never charged any money for it. However as time went on I noticed how much of our time on the phone was spent talking about "the work" and how late she was up at night doing this for me and other clients. So again it felt like a guilt trip. And I began to value our time on the phone less and less because I felt she was doing so much for me on her own time.
Needless to say none of her predictions/work ever manifested anything for me, and it's been over 3 years at this point so I don't think it's just delayed. Especially not the one about having more money and abundance coming to me. And getting readings set me back so far financially, it may be a long time yet before I fully recover.
So I don't know, hearing any predictions about more money coming just feels to me like they are rubbing salt in the wound. I know some of them are crooks and they are just deliberately milking desperate people for money any way they can. I've learned to spot those pretty quickly. But it's much harder to take coming from someone who seems really kind and sincere and sounds like they really want to help their clients. Ironically I've experienced far more damage talking to the ones who seemed the most sincere and helpful, not just losing the money spent on readings, but serious emotional and psychological and spiritual damage.
And in the long run, losing money in and of itself can cause a lot of psychological damage as well. I know it has for me, I've lost a lot of confidence in myself and overall just feel like I've been ripped off. I quite honestly feel like less of a person now.
Along the way I have had readings that were very beneficial for me, and probably saved my sanity at certain points...but it has taken SO much trial and error. It has been a very expensive process just to get those few little nuggets here and there.
And even the best readers do damage at some point. It's not just about whether or not the predictions come true...that's about the last thing I'd expect anymore anyway...it's how they handle their relationship with the client. Are they judgmental or critical of you? Do they lay a guilt trip on you about anything? Do you feel like you can leave honest feedback without retaliation or getting blocked? Do you feel manipulated...literally in your gut, in your solar plexus, do you feel they are manipulating your energy? Do you feel that they respect you?
Do they waste your time on the phone talking about themselves? Or do they talk a lot about other clients (thereby letting you know they probably don't respect YOUR privacy either?) Do you feel like the full amount of time in the reading is focused on you and answering your questions? Do they keep repeating themselves to fill up the time? Do you feel like you really got your moneys worth for the time you paid for?
