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coltyhuxx
07-27-2006, 02:50 PM
Apologies if this has been posted before. It was news to me.

It's a little webpage called TypoHound... basically you type in the item you're looking for in eBay and it searches for mispelled auctions. I'm sure this isn't a totally new concept but this site runs fast and it's powerful.

Example: I put in Castlevania and it found a *much* less successful auction (translating to a much lower bid, obviously) because someone had spelled it as Castelvana. The program is pretty powerful and it created around 70 different potential mispellings.

It only takes a second to utilize Typohound, and it might not help you every time but methinks why not run my queries through it, just in case.

www.typohound.com (http://www.typohound.com)


(http://www.typohound.com/)

toper
07-27-2006, 04:23 PM
Would you want to buy from someone who can't spell, though? What if they spell your address wrong when they ship your item? :)

All kidding aside, this sounds like a good idea for a site...I'll check it out later.

CappyCobra
07-27-2006, 10:52 PM
Cool little tool. Thanks OP!

sying
07-27-2006, 10:55 PM
Put in my faverites

4tygames
07-27-2006, 11:43 PM
That is awesome, $2.99 Resident Evil 3 for GameCube just because the seller spelled it Residemt Evil 3.

Great Find OP!

DomLando
07-27-2006, 11:49 PM
Yeah this is a cool tool to have. Thanks OP!

Quintox
07-28-2006, 01:32 AM
Nice find!

Technique
07-28-2006, 01:54 AM
I've been using another site for a while now called, www.fatfingers.com
Get it?
I'll check out this site, thanks!