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    typos and ebay -- watch out! —Kerry Raymond
   Given that the "." is next to the "," on most keyboards, I'm surprised I haven't made this error before. However, today, on ebay, I discovered what it means to type "10,50" instead of "10.50". Yep, I nearly bid "$10,500" for the item. I know I'd (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        RE: typos and ebay -- watch out! —David Drew
     Heh. That reminds me of a time when I nearly got a bloke to bid US$2500 for a kids' toy! I was cruising ebay for rebreather auctions, when I found one that was an accessory for the GI Joe action figure. It was a remarkably detailed accessory, from (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: typos and ebay -- watch out! —John Porter
   (...) Personally I can never make that mistake because I use the numeric keypad for entering the figure; there is no comma there so that errors like that can't happen. Having said that though, some areas in the world use the comma as a decimal (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
 

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