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How misspelled eBay auctions can save you money

It’s not common knowledge but a large proportion of eBay sellers regularly fail to read through their auction listings before they submit them to eBay.  Sometimes these auction typos are deliberate and arise because the sellers are trying to squeeze too much detail in to the auction title (eBay limits this to just 65 characters).  However, more usually these typos are due to careless typing or a basic inability to spell.

But why does this matter ?

Because unless someone searching eBay for a particular item happens to misspell their 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 located was by looking through the auction listings one at a time.

But now there is another way to find these misspelled auction items: one that has been used successfully by tens of thousands of bargain hunters over the last year and it’s to use a web site outside of eBay 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 auctions containing any of the words on the list of misspellings will then be shown on eBay.

But why do this ?

The answer is amazingly simple !  Because these eBay auction typos are normally so difficult to find they get less bids. This means that misspelled items generally sell for less than the same item which is spelled correctly, if they sell at all.  So while these stupid typing mistakes cost the sellers money they mean that you, the buyer, can get a real bargain.

If you’re smart you can even relist the misspelled items that you buy (taking care to avoid introducing typos) in order to make a profit.

So what are you waiting for ? Why not pay a visit to Auction-Fatfingers.com right now and try searching for ‘Abercrombie’, ‘Motorola’ or ‘Playstation’. You’ll be amazed at the bargains that you can find.