Bad spelling on ebay=bargains since nobody searches for them

rubadub

I saw playstation spelt wrongly and it went for cheap in a completed listing. This must happen all the time, anybody looking will enter the correct spelling so will not find mispelled items. Did a quick google and found this!


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

Link edited due to post below by OFDM.
Well spotted!

All links generated via the main page go through spam/spyware site qksrv.net, putting a tracking cookie on your computer - using http://www.fatfingers.co.uk/NoAffiliate.aspx removes the tracking element of the generated link.

jimi_t

That is a beautiful find - cheers!

A Dub in Glasgo

Bookmarked already

paldude

Great one - I've bid on three misspelled items already tonight!

parasite

good idea, it's probably going to eat itself though

kleefarr

I did a search for computers with generated spelling mistakes and came up with 3982 results.

Did a search for computers spelt correctly and got 4150 results.

besty

yea, same again. good find this one

rubadub

kleefarr wrote:

I did a search for computers with generated spelling mistakes and came up with 3982 results.

Did a search for computers spelt correctly and got 4150 results.

Yeah but did you see what it generated
(omputers,cmputers,coputers,comuters,compters,compuers,computrs,computes, computer, cmputers,cmoputers,copmuters,comupters,comptuers,compuetrs,computres,computesr,ccomputers,coomputers,commputers,compputers,compuuters,computters,computeers,computerrs,computerss,ccmputers,cooputers,commuters,comppters,compuuers,computtrs,computees,computerr,computerz,compwters,computwrs,computrrs,compurers,compuyers,compyters,compiters,cimputers,cpmputers,computera,computerd,xomputers,vomputers,conputers)

you'll get more for computer alone than computers

kleefarr

Spelling error generated search - computer - 54.
includes - (omputer,cmputer,coputer,comuter,compter,compuer,computr,
compute,ocmputer,cmoputer,copmuter,comupter,comptuer,compuetr,
computre,ccomputer,coomputer,commputer,compputer,compuuter,
computter,computeer,computerr,ccmputer,cooputer,commuter,comppter,
compuuer,computtr,computee,compwter,computwr,computrr,compurer,
compuyer,compyter,compiter,cimputer,cpmputer,xomputer,vomputer,
conputer)

no spelling errors search - computer - 4219.

Must be doing something wrong.

OFDM

rubadub wrote:

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

All links generated via the main page go through spam/spyware site qksrv.net, putting a tracking cookie on your computer - using http://www.fatfingers.co.uk/NoAffiliate.aspx removes the tracking element of the generated link.

rubadub

kleefarr wrote:

no spelling errors search - computer - 4219.

Must be doing something wrong.

when you put it computers it listed computer as a word (i.e. computers spelt wrongly without the s at the end)
when you put in just computer it only listed incorrect spellings (i.e. it didnt throw on an s at the end)

if you put in computer you may get say 2000
computers may only get 1000 since it is more likely people just put the singular in.

but sitck in computers in fatfingers and it searches all words including computer so will find 2000+

Sponge Bob

Default is ebay.com not ebay.co.uk


The UK ones are more likely to ship to Ireland

Excellent link Rub and OFDM