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Re: Botched up ebay auction title?

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From: NSM
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 18:49
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"Rogelio Perea" <os9dude@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:hXnme.3688$So7.1552@fe10.lga...

> Funny thing is that the seller not only fouled up the DISK word in the
> title, but the model number of the system was mis-typed twice, both at the
> title and in the description...
>
> Oh well, they'll keep on coming...

If you can guess at misspellings you can often find bargains. Sprint did
this - set up companies that registered phone numbers that were slightly off
well advertised numbers and similar and then charged premium prices. I
remember "Any long distance company" was one they used to great profit.

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