What Ebay Terms Really Mean
Thursday, 4. October 2007, 01:26:57
Adorable -- Too Tacky To Be Kitsch
Actual Shipping Charge -- You'll Pay Every Last Dime Including the Parking Meter at the Post.
Ancient -- My Grandmother Owned It
Antique -- My Mother Owned It
Beautiful -- If You Think Rust Is Art
Brilliant Shine -- My Buffer Really Did a Number on This
Check My Feedback -- All My Negs Are on Other Accounts
Civil War -- Made In India Last Month (India Is Always In Civil War)
Collectible -- I Have Way Too Many
Cute -- Butt Ugly
Clean Per Ebay -- I Wore These Panties on a Hot Date
Don't Miss This One! -- Somebody Please Buy this Porsche Radiator
Exceptional -- Has Everything except What You Hoped
Fabulous -- This Auction Required a Totally Imaginative Description
Fine -- New Paint Didn't Hide the Glue Joints
Great Condition -- The Dog Seldom Used It for a Chew Toy
Great Condition for Something This Old -- Barely Recognizable
Great Item! -- Every Customer in the Shop Handles It; No One Buys
Htf - Hard To Find -- There Were Only 3 Others for Sale When I Posted the Auction
Hot! -- I Shilled This Item with My 30 Bogus Registrations
I Was Told This Is -- ... No One Bid When I Said What It Really Was
L@@K -- This Item Has Nothing Going For It (See Must See)
Le - Limited Edition -- Only 4 Million Before They Stopped Numbering Them
Mib -- Mashed In Box
Mint -- Meticulously Cleaned
Near Mint -- Wouldn't Quite Clean Up
Minty -- Suggestive Word Meaning Seller Is Devious, Untrustworthy
Must See -- This Item Has Nothing Going For It (See L@@K)
Nice -- Dumping It Because I Got A Much Better One for My Collection
Nr - No Reserve -- I Used A Whopping Opening Bid Instead
Nos - New Old Stock -- Is Often Nasty Old Schlock
Old -- Useless Then, Useless Now (See Very Old)
One of A Kind -- I Have No Idea What This Is
Patina -- Rust Never Sleeps (See Wonderful Patina)
Perfect -- It Is For All I know; I've Never Seen Another
Primative -- Untalented, Unskilled, Pre ***** Art
Pristine -- All Remnants of Mouse Feces Came Off In the Washer
Rare -- Site Search Found Only 2 Others for Sale When I Posted the Auction
Stunning -- Garish
Super Rare -- Site Search of Current Auctions Found No Others
Very Old -- Been Useless For Generations (See Old)
Very Rare -- Site Search Found Only 1 Other For Sale When I Posted the Auction
Wonderful Patina -- I Polished the Rust (See Patina)
Shelf Piece -- Damage Visible On One Side Only
Unbelievable -- The Description Doesn't Fit My Item in Any Way
Unique -- Site Search of Current and Completed Auctions Found No Others
Unusual -- Site Search Found Only 4 Others for Sale When I Posted the Auction
Vintage -- Made Way, Way Back In the 1980s When I Was Born
Wonderful -- You'll Forever Wonder Why
Wow!!! -- I'm Really Desperate to Dump This
Actual Shipping Charge -- You'll Pay Every Last Dime Including the Parking Meter at the Post.
Ancient -- My Grandmother Owned It
Antique -- My Mother Owned It
Beautiful -- If You Think Rust Is Art
Brilliant Shine -- My Buffer Really Did a Number on This
Check My Feedback -- All My Negs Are on Other Accounts
Civil War -- Made In India Last Month (India Is Always In Civil War)
Collectible -- I Have Way Too Many
Cute -- Butt Ugly
Clean Per Ebay -- I Wore These Panties on a Hot Date
Don't Miss This One! -- Somebody Please Buy this Porsche Radiator
Exceptional -- Has Everything except What You Hoped
Fabulous -- This Auction Required a Totally Imaginative Description
Fine -- New Paint Didn't Hide the Glue Joints
Great Condition -- The Dog Seldom Used It for a Chew Toy
Great Condition for Something This Old -- Barely Recognizable
Great Item! -- Every Customer in the Shop Handles It; No One Buys
Htf - Hard To Find -- There Were Only 3 Others for Sale When I Posted the Auction
Hot! -- I Shilled This Item with My 30 Bogus Registrations
I Was Told This Is -- ... No One Bid When I Said What It Really Was
L@@K -- This Item Has Nothing Going For It (See Must See)
Le - Limited Edition -- Only 4 Million Before They Stopped Numbering Them
Mib -- Mashed In Box
Mint -- Meticulously Cleaned
Near Mint -- Wouldn't Quite Clean Up
Minty -- Suggestive Word Meaning Seller Is Devious, Untrustworthy
Must See -- This Item Has Nothing Going For It (See L@@K)
Nice -- Dumping It Because I Got A Much Better One for My Collection
Nr - No Reserve -- I Used A Whopping Opening Bid Instead
Nos - New Old Stock -- Is Often Nasty Old Schlock
Old -- Useless Then, Useless Now (See Very Old)
One of A Kind -- I Have No Idea What This Is
Patina -- Rust Never Sleeps (See Wonderful Patina)
Perfect -- It Is For All I know; I've Never Seen Another
Primative -- Untalented, Unskilled, Pre ***** Art
Pristine -- All Remnants of Mouse Feces Came Off In the Washer
Rare -- Site Search Found Only 2 Others for Sale When I Posted the Auction
Stunning -- Garish
Super Rare -- Site Search of Current Auctions Found No Others
Very Old -- Been Useless For Generations (See Old)
Very Rare -- Site Search Found Only 1 Other For Sale When I Posted the Auction
Wonderful Patina -- I Polished the Rust (See Patina)
Shelf Piece -- Damage Visible On One Side Only
Unbelievable -- The Description Doesn't Fit My Item in Any Way
Unique -- Site Search of Current and Completed Auctions Found No Others
Unusual -- Site Search Found Only 4 Others for Sale When I Posted the Auction
Vintage -- Made Way, Way Back In the 1980s When I Was Born
Wonderful -- You'll Forever Wonder Why
Wow!!! -- I'm Really Desperate to Dump This
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