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Ebay dictionary Message #1 Posted by Gene on 31 May 2006, 5:36 p.m. Found this in an auction. Found it humorous. Gene ======= EBAY DICTIONARY Hard to Find -- "It's the only one I'm auctioning today." Rare -- "It's the only one I'm auctioning this week." Seller prefers Paypal - "I want your money and I want it NOW!" Very Rare -- "It's the only one I'm auctioning this month." Unique -- "It's the only one I'm willing to sell." Mint -- "It looks more-or-less like it did when I bought/inherited/salvaged/found/stole it." Minty -- "It's mint (q.v.), except for the funny green sauce I dribbled on it while eating lamb chops the other night." New in Box (NIB) -- "I bought this with the sole intent of selling it for many times what I paid for it." Nice -- "Looks great-- doesn't work." Complete -- "Except for the valuable, hard-to-find bits required to make it work." Not Tested/Sold As-Is -- "12VDC? 120VAC? There's a difference?" Like New -- "Like running over it with a car could really be that bad for it." With Extras -- "I didn't feel like auctioning the manual, battery door, and case separately." Buy It Now -- "...for twice what it's worth, or risk paying three times as much to stave off snipers."

Re: Ebay dictionary Message #2 Posted by Mike on 31 May 2006, 7:44 p.m., in response to message #1 by Gene Funny

Re: Ebay dictionary Message #3 Posted by Bruce Horrocks on 1 June 2006, 1:06 p.m., in response to message #2 by Mike Untested = "I couldn't get it to work"

Re: Ebay dictionary Message #4 Posted by John Nguyen on 1 June 2006, 8:15 p.m., in response to message #3 by Bruce Horrocks I'm not expert on this -- "I'll let you figure out what's wrong with it."

Re: Ebay dictionary Message #5 Posted by Ron on 2 June 2006, 10:04 a.m., in response to message #1 by Gene Didn't have batteries to test it -- I'm pretty sure it doesn't work, but didn't want to have to say so.

Re: Ebay dictionary Message #6 Posted by Paul Brogger on 2 June 2006, 2:37 p.m., in response to message #1 by Gene NR!!! -- "No Reserve. (Hardly necessary, in light the auction's outrageously high minimum bid!)"

Re: Ebay dictionary Message #7 Posted by Andy Morales on 2 June 2006, 2:57 p.m., in response to message #6 by Paul Brogger BIN $2500.00 HP 67, mint, full of cigar smoke, battery dead but included so you know what kind to buy, contacts clean shiny, manual worned, torn, broken ac/dc adapter with 440-220 switch (non-working). This is for someonw who can get it to work. As is pictured. Guaranteed zipper function on torn HP like case.

Re: Ebay dictionary Message #8 Posted by Ron on 5 June 2006, 9:35 a.m., in response to message #7 by Andy Morales Yeah - Ilove those that say MINT, and then procede to tell everything that's wrong with em. MINT, except..........................................................................................................................................................................

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