What's Rule #1 of Selling?

[a_c_green]

I'm going to say, "Proofread your ads." This (below) just popped up in mobile format on my smartphone. Someone's getting a bit muddled up with their double letters. It reminds me of the time that the label printing page managed to misspell the word "Successful" in honking big type across the top.

[stickboy1974]

My favorites -  "there" and "their" ? I am amazed at the misuse of those two words.

An example of how they should be used:

There -

She is there now; He stopped there for applause; There is no hope.

Their -

their home; their rights as citizens; their departure for Rome.

I think people depend too much on spellcheck - although it does come in handy for me as my fingers can hit the wrong key while typing.

[a_c_green]

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@stickboy1974 wrote:

I think people depend too much on spellcheck - although it does come in handy for me as my fingers can hit the wrong key while typing.

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My own biggest problem isn't spellcheck; it's that I tend to type so fast that I end up leaving out entire.

[coffeebean832]

brian@ebay- Making sure somebody from eBay sees this.

[equid0x]

I know it looks bad, but everybody makes mistakes. Even some marketing droid at eBay.

Yes, you would think that they might have a QA process in place to prevent stuff like this, but I think its become pretty obvious over the last year or so that eBay has let that department go.

[muttlymob]

Maybe they were just really really passsionate about their occassions.

[nmemoryof]

Bbutt whyy?  It takess toooo lonng.

[dola-8189]

Once you have their money... you never give it back.

[inhawaii]

"Buy low.  Sell high."

[brian@ebay]

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@coffeebean832 wrote:

brian@ebay- Making sure somebody from eBay sees this.

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Thanks @coffeebean832!

[namele365]

lest we forget:
they're - They're going to the movies.

[namele365]

I often wonder how many of the errors are generated by speech recognition, as some may be posting from their phones.

One that bugs me is lose vs loose & losing vs loosing

"there dang policy is loosing me money"

[city*satins]

...do the flintstone peddle thingie?

I'll take pedal for $1000, Alex.

[namele365]

Perhaps Fred was a peddler

[city*satins]

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@namele365 wrote:
Perhaps Fred was a peddler

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I suppose that it's possible that when he was a bronto crane operator he peddled stuff in his off hours.

[namele365]

🙂
could be he pocketed some of the gems he discovered at the quarry