Baad Speeling

My friend & I have a speller of the week contest. There is a seller that cannot spell the name of a watch manufacturer correctly, and it is clear on the auction photos........ on the face of the watch. Now how on earth can a seller make money on items so hard to find?
On the plus side, I buy misspelled items way under value, when I can find them!

Can you just picture this woman speaking.......??



This is A PAIR NORSTROM OWN LABEL BROWN SUEDE LEATHER SUPER TALL SEXY BOOTS MADE IN ITALY FROM NORSTROM in size 6B,WILL WORK FOR EVERY outfits IN WINTER TIME OR OTHER SEASON,measurement TOE TO BACK:9 1/2",heels measure:1 1/2"high,the boots measure from bottom to the top is:22 1/2"tall(CAN WEAR CUFF OVER),Retail was ABOUT $300.00 BEEN WEAR FEW TIME GREAT CONDITION,GREAT boots for this winter/SNOW seasons OR WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE WEAR A TALL BOOTS YOU ALWAYS LOOK FABLUOUS~,sales Final,Any questions please asked prior bidding,PAYMENT:CASHIERS CHECK,MONEY ORDER(BIDPAY MONEY ORDER,Post office or bank money order),PERSOANL CHECK(10 days hold),payment due in 10 days after auction end,thank you for looking Good Luck!!

Poor spelling can be a real goldmine, you'd be amazed at what you might find because some poor sucker, er, I mean seller, can't spell well.

This thred crakks me upp tho.

Lisa,

How exactly would you use bad spelling to your advantage in auctions? That's a real head-scratcher, this coming from a seasoned bidder like myself.

Phoenix

Try intentionally mispelling a prominent word that might produce a result in your search. For example, if you're looking for a Stetson cowboy hat you would input Stetsen or Stetsin in your search and occasionally you'll hit on one that has nobody else finding it via a correctly spelled search. Now then again, if you were looking at hundreds of listings in the browsing section of cowboy hats you might chance upon it. Most folks use searches though...

Just put on your baaad speeling hat and be creative with your searches... Good Luck

I recently took advantage of a bad speller, quite by accident.

I was after Medal of Honor for the PC, with the game regularly selling for about £20 - £25.

I did a search just for "Medal of" - basically due to laziness, and found a guy selling Medal of Honer (I ended up with it for £16) - there were also a few spelling "Honor" the correct way too in English "HONOUR"but obviousley the wrong spelling for the game.

Gauge is another good one:-

Oil/AMP/Temp 3 Gage Set by Autometer

Height Gage

71-73 MUSTANG GUAGE CLUSTER W/TACH

and computer:-

COMPUTOR TWO NEW SPEAKERS AND MOUSE

I guess these folk aren't too worried if they sell or not!

No snipe like the present!

Hugh(_!_)Janus writes, "...there were also a few spelling "Honor" the correct way too in English "HONOUR"but obviousley the wrong spelling for the game."

Yes, obviousley.

I see you spotted my delibereet mistake.

Um...isn't that spelled "misteak"?

And how often do you see BRACLET instead of BRACELET !

Lead, Follow or get out of the way!

Today I saw NUETRAL. Hope I'm not around when the guy shifts gears.

Well, did you folks know that ORAL-B makes a "PLAGUE REMOVER"? Yep, I saw a few while shopping around for a new electric toothbrush. If they only had such a device when the black plague was so prevalent.

Speaking of which, do an eBay search on PLAGUE. Then sit back and watch how many people don't know how to spell PLAQUE. Like the "DALE EARNHARDT MEMORIAL PLAGUE" I just saw. Sure sounds like a bad disease to me.

Have fun!

"PLAGUE REMOVER"? Now, that's funny. Thanks for the laugh.

Well, bored B4 going to University I looked up Plague Removers and felt compelled to send an email to the culprit:-

quote:

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Can the BRAUN ORAL-B PLAGUE REMOVER MODEL D6011 D6011 that I saw advertised
on your site also deal with Black Death and other diseases carried by rats?
This is particularly of interest to me as I live near London where they had
a big outbreak a few centuries ago and I'd like to be prepared for the
worse!

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If the reply is worthy I will post it here...

I certainly can understand your concern Oli. Have you received a response? GRIN!!!

I actually sent a few of these out - no response yet!

No snipe like the present!

I wonder if there are sellers out there that may misspell a word in the title to be able to retract the item for relisting if they don't get the hits they were expecting?

I can't believe I followed this entire thread without once trying to cut, paste and correct everything (and no, I'm not a school teacher). I went to grammar school when they actually taught spelling, grammar and punctuation. Ah, the good old days.
I once had a kid working for me named Michael who 50% of the time spelled his own first name wrong (Micheal).
I'd love to find auctions that are spelled wrong, I just have a hard time spelling them wrong in order to find them.
And LISA...find me one of them there Stetson hats, would you?

I ran across an offer on eBay for a "Merchim Pipe." Turns out the seller had a meerschaum pipe he was trying to move. I sent him an e-mail with the correct spelling and he thanked me, saying that he had been worried about the spelling.

This thread was a HOOT!!! I must admit that I have had the opportunity to take advantage of several 'po speellers' ...and did so gladly. I hunt for those people's auctions and get great deals. And that's a "GOOD THING".

'If you're not worried, you're not paying attention.'