Is this the worst auction ever?

Seems like they think, "The more words, the better the listing!"

WoW, all that for 4.95 and I wrote a paragraph and sold a $4000.00 item! Hmmm

I've seen worse, but he would have done better with a little bit of white space to break up the lump of indigestible text!
The worst ones are those with no text at all, or what there is is in bright red caps 72pt Arial!

The main thing to remember is give them the information they need, to the point. They don't need your personal history! And for goodness sake , check your spelling!

Chances are good that most of her customers won't even read through all that text.

I think the worst ones are the ones that use those annoying little images that follow your cursor around the screen.

Oh, I hate those thing too!

Do you think this auction listing is long enough? <<click here>>

People sure do like to type!!

I always love when someone is rambling and they say something like, “As I mentioned before”.

LMAO! True!!

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Originally posted by Serenity:
LMAO! True!!

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I guess there are things some people want and can’t have (pretending to be young and sexy). I’m reminded of the title of the “AA Prayer” (of course, being able to “spell” a word doesn’t mean a person knows how to “be” that word).

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Originally posted by Falcon Gal:
Do you think this auction listing is long enough? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1440&item=6507863095&rd=1

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Could have been worse, FG - we could have had the entire text off the pages, in 256 colours!

This one could be worse. At least it is funnier.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4353224520&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

You're right, Mike. I hope she doesn't think of that!

Lol, Mike, hope she doesn't belong to AS!

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And what's with all those apostrophes in the plurals (plural's) Grrr!

That is one of my greatest pet peeves! I used to think that the use of the apostrophe to create a plural was strictly an American phenomenon, but I have found it all over the English-speaking world.

I expecially hate those little signs people put on their mailboxes or on their houses on this model: "The Baker's" or "The Anderson's".

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Originally posted by Liam:
I expecially hate . . .

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Is expecially the singular form of especially, or does that mean a former pecially?

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pecially?

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= a friend who keeps nibbling at things

cf Abominable = Explosive device in male cow

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Is expecially the singular form of especially, or does that mean a former pecially?

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I guess I should be more careful, expecially (oops..I mean especially) when I am criticizing other people's grammar! [grin]

At least I learned that “expecially” means a former nibbler.