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Why misspelled eBay items can save you money

It’s not widely known but a significant number of eBay sellers regularly fail to read through their auction listings before they submit them to eBay.  Sometimes these spelling mistakes 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 letters).  However, more usually these typos are due to carelessness or a basic inability to spell correctly.

But why is this important ?

Because unless someone searching eBay for a particular item happens to misspell the search word in exactly the same way then these misspelled auctions are unlikely to be found.

Up until recently the only way that these misspelled auctions could be found was by looking through the auction listings one at a time.

But now there is another way to find these misspelled auctions: one that has been used successfully by tens of thousands of bargain hunters over the twelve months and it’s to use a third party web site to search for eBay misspellings called Auction-Fatfingers.com.

This specialized search engine functions 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 matching any of the words on the list of misspellings will then be shown on eBay.

Sure it’s clever, but what is the point ?

The answer is stunningly simple !  Because these misspelled auctions are normally so difficult to find they attract less bids. This means that misspelled auctions usually 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 purchaser, 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 immediately and try searching for ‘Abercrombie’, ‘Motorola’ or ‘Playstation’. You’ll be amazed at the bargains that you can find.