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Re: Check out this on eBay...
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 3 Feb 2000 02:22:17 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Herzberg writes:
Similar mistake was also made here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=252054596

Don't some people in Europe use 9,99 to mean what we in the US call $9.99?  I
seem to remember seeing the comma\period switch somewhere before.  I'd be
suprised if this didn't happen more often.

Ben Roller



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  Check out this on eBay...
 
Obviously it was mistake (the auction has eneded), but I wonder what would have happened if someone actually bid? (URL) mistake was also made here: (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)

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