cyantist wrote:
] A nice little piece by Cory Doctorow, even if it is
] archival and a littledated. Here's an excerpt which --while
] not really representative-- I found to be keenly observant.
]
] ,----
] | Take eBay: every seller there has a damned good reason for
] | double-checking their listings for typos and misspellings.
] Try
] | searching for "plam" on eBay. Right now, that turns up nine
] typoed
] | listings for "Plam Pilots." Misspelled listings don't show
] up in
] | correctly-spelled searches and hence garner fewer bids and
] lower
] | sale-prices. You can almost always get a bargain on a Plam
] Pilot at
] | eBay.
] `----

Hmmmm... I think I'll start searching for "lazers" on ebay to get killer deals on gear!

Laughing Boy

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