How misspelled eBay auctions can save you a small fortune
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It’s not widely known but a large number of eBay sellers consistently fail to check their auction listings before they submit them to eBay. Sometimes these auction typos are deliberate and result from sellers trying to squeeze too much detail in to the auction title (eBay limits this to just 65 letters). However, more usually these typos are simply due to careless typing or a basic inability to spell correctly.
But why is this important ?
Because unless someone searching on eBay for a particular item happens to misspell the search word in exactly the same way then these misspelled auction items are unlikely to be found.
Up until recently the only way that these auction typos could be found was by wading through the auction listings one at a time.
But now there is another way to locate these misspelled auction items: one that’s been used successfully by tens of thousands of bargain hunters over the last year and it’s to use a third party web site to search for eBay misspellings called Auction-Fatfingers.com.
This specialized search engine works by taking a correctly spelled word or brandname, deliberately misspelling it in a variety of ways and then submitting the list of misspellings to eBay. Any misspelled auction items containing any of the words on the list will then be shown on eBay.
But why do this ?
The answer is amazingly simple ! Because these misspelled auctions are normally quite tricky to find they attract fewer bids. This means that misspelled auctions usually sell for less than the same item which is correctly spelled, if they sell at all. So while these stupid typos cost the sellers money they mean that you, the buyer, can grab a real bargain.
If you’re really smart you can even relist the misspelled items that you purchase (taking care to avoid introducing misspellings) in order to make a profit.
So what are you waiting for ? Why not head over to Auction-Fatfingers.com right now and try searching for ‘Abercrombie’, ‘Motorola’ or ‘Playstation’. You’ll be astonished at the bargains that you can find.
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