Genuine imbecile or marketing genius?
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Is this guy genuinely this illiterate or is he a marketing genius?
If the latter is true one would like to think there really is some hope for this country. He did, afterall, manage to get over 1700 hits on his Ebay advertisement for a pretty undesirable car. I'm guessing a lot of those hits were from people like me who came to wonder in awe at his spelling! Nevertheless, he thus gained wide exposure for his sale.
Sadly, I fear the former option may be the case as the car failed to sell and bidding petered out at a mere £310. I'm therefore left feeling that there probably isn't any hope left.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
If the latter is true one would like to think there really is some hope for this country. He did, afterall, manage to get over 1700 hits on his Ebay advertisement for a pretty undesirable car. I'm guessing a lot of those hits were from people like me who came to wonder in awe at his spelling! Nevertheless, he thus gained wide exposure for his sale.
Sadly, I fear the former option may be the case as the car failed to sell and bidding petered out at a mere £310. I'm therefore left feeling that there probably isn't any hope left.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
ker.I put this in the Horrors thread. Looking at the feedback he's left for others -
[quote]grat service
exlent deel
good service hope to do bisnuse a gen
aone ebar
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Reply by shirleylibra (21-Apr-07 19:14):
I dunno what that means, but thanks anyway!
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I guess he's genuine. Certainly there are plenty of people who aren't particularly good spellers or use English as their first language but this is something else. Would you not get someone else to write it for you?
[quote]grat service
exlent deel
good service hope to do bisnuse a gen
aone ebar
*
Reply by shirleylibra (21-Apr-07 19:14):
I dunno what that means, but thanks anyway!
[/quote]
I guess he's genuine. Certainly there are plenty of people who aren't particularly good spellers or use English as their first language but this is something else. Would you not get someone else to write it for you?
Kozy said:
That looks like dyslexic spelling to me.
OP, you are a bad man.
I must admit I was just beginning to feel a slight twinge of guilt...especially when I read one of his other listings...and was wondering:OP, you are a bad man.
"How on earth does one gets by in the Age of Communication when one spells "small" as "smorl" ?"(
):http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
But then I read another listing and he seems perfectly capable...one might even say eloquent!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
I don't think he's dyslexic. I now think he's a genius! If I had a business I'd want him on my marketing team!
Choppers said:
I will tack some more pictures 
, I suspect he's no marketing genius !!
I WORKED IN A JOB CENTRE AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO SIGNED LATE WITH WRITTEN STATEMENT, IFORT IT WAS ANOTHER DAY OR I FOUGHT IT WAS. Was incredible, found out most schools don't correct spelling mistakes anymore content is more important been, like it for years now. I think they should claim COM-PAIN-SAY-SHUN., I suspect he's no marketing genius !!derin100 said:
Kozy said:
That looks like dyslexic spelling to me.
OP, you are a bad man.
I must admit I was just beginning to feel a slight twinge of guilt...especially when I read one of his other listings...and was wondering:OP, you are a bad man.
"How on earth does one gets by in the Age of Communication when one spells "small" as "smorl" ?"(
):http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
But then I read another listing and he seems perfectly capable...one might even say eloquent!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
I don't think he's dyslexic. I now think he's a genius! If I had a business I'd want him on my marketing team!
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