Bad Spelling Pays on eBay

peebeejay writes "People say that as long as they're understood, spelling is unimportant. These people are unwittingly making others a lot of money online, according to this article in the NY Times (DNA sample and clean boxers required). So, aside from clarity and respect for your reader, there's another good reason to either spell correctly or use a spellchecker: get bidders to find your eBay items and give you their money! Or you can go ahead and see how many people bid on your 'labtop computers,' 'camras,' and 'earings.'"

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L@@K!!1!! NYT ARTICAL WITHOUT REJESTRATION!!!1!

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For those who don't want to sell their organs to read this, visit the link searched for in Google and click on the link to the article. This works in general for NYT articles - Google search for the link, and when you get the "nothing found, would you like to try the link?" page, just click on the link. It's 'cos the NYT uses a Referer check or something.

This valuable piece of advice given in the spirit of the article - ie with a crappy header that'll ensure only people looking really hard will find it.

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