posted on March 17, 2003 01:07:30 PM new
Was putting up some rocks from Mom's attic, realized I misspelled fluorescent. Out of curiosity, did an eBay search. 569 flUO hits, 135 misspelled flOU hits
Another search:mahagany 3, mahagony 53, mahogony 60, mahogany 3100.
posted on March 17, 2003 01:40:14 PM new
Many people make a full time business of looking for mis-spelled items as they get them for much less as they are not found in a search using the correct spelling.
posted on March 17, 2003 06:28:25 PM new
"shabby chick"
Thanks for the laugh! Doesn't get much better than that!
How about "neklace". There are 16 of those up now. Brakelet is another one I've seen. Or, how about necklice - would sure hate to have a case of those. Or try wear a neckless. LOL
Cheryl
[ edited by CBlev65252 on Mar 17, 2003 06:43 PM ]
posted on March 17, 2003 06:54:23 PM new
One of the most frustrating things is when a word is spelled incorrectly so often, that it becomes acceptable. One example is omelet. It is also spelled omelette. If I list an omelette pan, I will spell it one way in the title and the other way in the description.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
posted on March 17, 2003 09:56:58 PM new
I don't know if anyone is interested or not but there is a great little tool to help out with all those typos when filling in web boxes. It's a quick and easy install and really works great.
posted on March 18, 2003 03:31:23 AM new
Sanmar...Good idea, done it myself, but ya know, I figure they don't think it's a typo so they won't check the spelling...
posted on March 18, 2003 04:06:12 AM new
Or you can write the preliminary listing description in a word processor with spell check then paste to your auction software. Problem is, my typos are so bad it can't tell what word I was trying to type! It asks me, "HUNH?!!"
