Find hidden treasure by hunting for bloopers

by Gabrielle on January 17, 2010

Wouldn’t you just love to stumble across an unbelievable bargain, like a diamond necklace for $40 or a Nintendo Wii for $20? You can by tracking down auctions with bloopers in their listings. Thousands have mistakes—for instance, diamond misspelled as dimond or Nintendo’s Wii misspelled as Wi—which means they don’t come up in auction searches and few, if any, people bid on them. The result? The price stays low leaving you in the position to snag a fabulous bargain. Even better? Finding those hidden bargains is now easier than ever thanks to websites that do the searching for you—free. Simply head to  auctionbloopers.com, typobuddy.com or fatfingers.com, type in what you’re looking for, and these websites will reveal all the possible misspelled ways the product might be listed.

[photo: Uriel 1998]


 


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