Common auction misspellings.

[Anexanhume]

Misspellings happen, but not always in the title of the auction. If they do, there's a chance less people than normal would view the auction, but it probably also implies that the seller does not know much about what he/she is selling. However, if there's pictures, and you're willing to take a little risk, hunting out these auctions could help you get things a little cheaper on ebay. So, what are the common misspellings that you've noticed for classic games auctions? I realize most of already know about this, but it could be helpful if misspellings were added so that everyone could know what to search for.

I notice that genesis gets spelled "gensis" a lot.

[-hellvin-]

Well if the whole purpose behind mispelled auctions is to have the edge to get in an some killer auctions cheap, then wouldn't it defeat the purpose by sharing the mispellings of such auctions?

[Iron Draggon]

LOL That's exactly what I was gonna say! I just love it when I accidentally stumble upon something I want that's been misspelled, because it usually does mean that I end up getting it cheaper. Sometimes I'll actually go ahead and bid on one of those no pic auctions too, because those usually mean that I end up getting it cheaper also. I got a perfect sealed UN Squadron for only $10 that way earlier this year, and I sure as hell wouldn't have gotten that game that cheap if the seller had posted a photo of it in his auction. You know how those sealed SNES auctions are, and this was UN Squadron! I've gotten other sealed SNES games for cheap because of poor descriptions recently also. RPM Racing was listed as SNES racing game, got it for $10 too. It's those darn properly spelled multiple pic show it from every angle and scream to the world that you have the rarest of the rare sealed SNES game auctions that get me. Here I am, just trying to expand my SNES collection a bit, and those darn sellers wanna make me fight 20 other people for their games. They need to keep their auctions quiet for me, so they stay cheap!

[esquire]

My favorite misspelling is Tori, Aaron Spelling's daughter who played Donna on Beverly Hills 90210. LOL :P


But my all time favoirte misspelling is the "Beginning Grammer" module for the TI 99/4A computer. Considering that the module is for educational purposes, it is clear that the sellers did not actually use the cartridge. :duh:

Here's a link for one right now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=5124081067&rd=1

[Anexanhume]

Well if the whole purpose behind mispelled auctions is to have the edge to get in an some killer auctions cheap, then wouldn't it defeat the purpose by sharing the mispellings of such auctions?

I almost addressed that in my post, but basically I do not care, since I'm not in the market for anything right now ( no money ), so I thought it would be nice to see if anyone was up to sharing them with everyone else.

[DarkTetsuya]

The Screen Savers on G4TechTV recently featured a website that's right up your alley:

http://www.fatfingers.co.uk/

Type in the item you're looking for and you'll get a list of results featuing common misspelings for yur srch trms. :P

DT

[Anexanhume]

That site takes all the fun out of finding them yourself. However, in all its permutations, it didn't include sega gensis.

[GameNinja]

Here's an example of the seller not knowing what they are selling:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8132891424&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[SegaAges]

i am still punching myself in the face for not bidding $40 on starfox super weekend. i was planning on putting in the bid, but spaced it off. the game was spelled starfox super weeked. it went for $35

[om3ga]

Here's an example of the seller not knowing what they are selling:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8132891424&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

No that is a example of a retard.

LOL

[Duncan]

My favorite misspelling is Tori, Aaron Spelling's daughter who played Donna on Beverly Hills 90210. LOL :P


But my all time favoirte misspelling is the "Beginning Grammer" module for the TI 99/4A computer. Considering that the module is for educational purposes, it is clear that the sellers did not actually use the cartridge. :duh:

Here's a link for one right now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=5124081067&rd=1

The problem is less about grammar and more about reading. Shit, they posted a pic of the cartridge right there! See the word "Grammar"? That's how it's f**king spelled!

Morons...

[Flack]

I got a really good deal on my "Karate Champe" arcade game.