MaxSpeed Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Rare - as in Wow a Rare Combat Cartridge for Atari VCS L@@K - my response is to look away ! MINT - as in I just cleaned it or got rid of the cigarette odor ! Wow ! - As in Wow, there is a sucker born every minute. Am I missing any ? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Or how about "special"...as in "a special psx, plays all types of games" EDIT: Cool! The Al's are blocking the little eyes in "Look"! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratwurst Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Extensive use of the asterix (***) characters and of course, all caps lock. Not words, per se, but redundant trends in listings that I've noticed. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Rare - as in Wow a Rare Combat Cartridge for Atari VCS Well they are, aren't they? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Rare - as in Wow a Rare Combat Cartridge for Atari VCS Well they are, aren't they? *stops wiping behind, looks at cart in hand* WHOOPS! This was a rarity? DAMNIT! DAMNIT TO HELL! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 here's one "untested" meaning= i have all or all but one of the connections but it don't work! Take Care, Rick Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomyou Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 I always like " System worked the last time I used it but sold as is" this means about 6 out of ten times they know it doesn't work Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Yes, its all in code . Here are the meanings decrypted: "Rare" - not rare "Extremely Rare" - uncommon "Ultra Rare" - about a 5 on AA "Mint" - not mint "Sealed" - my mom has a shrinkwrap machine at work "No way to test" - might be good for parts Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Well, they're not "overused words," but I find these two techniques "overused": FIRST IS ANY AUCTION THAT'S WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS WITHOUT PUNCTUATION AND THE ENTIRE DESCRIPTION IS ONE LONG RUN-ON SENTENCE WITHOUT ANY REAL PUNCUATION SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS YOU'RE BIDDING ON WHEN THE SELLER CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO USE A FREAKING PERIOD UNTIL THE END. My second beef is the overuse of exclamation points! Every signle sentance has an exclamation point! No matter how short a sentence! Really! This is supposed to get us excited! And, if it's really exciting, we'll use a whole string of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And then we'll throw in a "Wow" with a string of them like this! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ugh. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 How about LQQK! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 How about look! You know Albert censored that right ? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Or when people use punctuation in their words like: W@W L@@K Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 How about look! You know Albert censored that right ? I do now... Al, it was for illustration purposes only. I didn't mean it.. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-199870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxSpeed Posted January 8, 2003 Author Share Posted January 8, 2003 That explains why I could not get it to show up. Maybe L@@@K will work. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-200227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 I've seen plenty of junk going on EBay for ridiculous amounts of money. I've noticed how some people don't know how to spell, use fancy words like RARE too many times(usually without looking up the game on AtariAge first), and spend too much time auctioning off indivdual games( I think a Lot of different games would fetch more than selling each game individually). Overall, it's not bad. I'm bidding on my first item on EBay since I signed up. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-200289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 Al, it was for illustration purposes only. I didn't mean it.. It was only censored because we had several instances where people were advertising eBay auctions in our forum and actually putting that bastardization of the word "look" in the title. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/18848-the-most-abused-words-on-ebay-are/#findComment-200303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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