http://www.freewarehof.org/acronyms.html#eBay
On-line Auction TermsOk, so everyone's familiar with eBay... But did you ever notice that those acronyms that sellers use can sometimes take on a totally different meaning from the time you bid on that antique beaded lampshade to the time it actually arrives on your doorstep? |
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| ADORABLE | Too tacky to be kitsch |
| ACTUAL SHIPPING CHARGE | You'll pay every last dime including the parking meter at the PO |
| 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 the Negs are on my 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 it |
| 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 |
| NEEDS POLISHING | Oh how I tried, but the finish is shot |
| 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 |
| PRIMITIVE | Untalented, unskilled, pre-school 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 |