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***mandy*** · 09-05-2007, 11:36 AM,

Quote:Let this be a lesson to you: spell check, spell check, spell check. We can't say it enough. We're not spelling snobs. We don't even care if other people think you're a doofus. We just want to save you the pain and humiliation of losing $500,000 due to a bonehead-spelling mistake -- something one poor sap recently experienced on the mean streets of eBay through the sale of a priceless bottle of beer...

full article: http://www.switched.com/2007/09/04/missp...r-500-000/

**kim** · 09-05-2007, 10:20 PM,

Quote:losing $500,000 due to a bonehead-spelling mistake

:blinkie:

sneakymagenta · 09-07-2007, 04:27 PM,

FiberGuy · 09-09-2007, 05:41 PM,

The seller still has the bottle due to fraudulent bids, as I read in antique week a day or so ago.

hint-hint to the seller - call Sotheby's, B&B or an equivalent (if there is such a thing). You WILL get your money.

**amy** · 09-09-2007, 09:13 PM,

{quote]The seller still has the bottle due to fraudulent bids[/quote]

I'd be shocked if the high bidder on a high ticket eBay listing wasn't fraudulent. ;D