Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Fore sail, cheape: eBay bargains, spelling optional

This article from the NY Times explains how buyers can exploit poor spelling to find bargains on eBay. Misspellings in listings (such as "labtop" for laptop) often means few buyers will find what you're selling. This quote from an eBay "educator" is pretty funny:
Jim Griffith, whose official title at eBay is dean of eBay education, teaches 40 to 50 seminars a year around the country. Although eBay points out common misspellings, he said that the most common question he gets is, "When will e-Bay get a spell checker?"

His answer? "You go to a store called a bookstore, and you buy something called a dictionary."
Um, Mr. Griffith, it looks like I can buy a dictionary on eBay (and I can buy a dictionery too) (Via SlashDot)
posted by Bob at 1/28/2004 08:47:00 AM  | | digg | del.icio.us | reddit