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Mis Spelt an item Im selling is their anything i can do

hi just selling my first item and have spelt Motorola as "Motorla" is there anything I can do to change the spelling - I have had 4 bids on it although I think I would get more money if the heading was right.

Also very strange I have had 1840 look at this item??????? seems like a lot of people

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  • rdwarr
    rdwarr Posts: 6,159 Forumite
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    I think you'll be fine. Thousands of people look for misspelled (ironically one of the most often misspelled words in itself) items on eBay and, on finding one automatically assume it will be a bargain.
    If it's for a particular type of phone then people will search on that anyway, for example "V3i" rather than "Motorola".
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  • I think you are stuck with the spelling because you have bids on the item (someone pls correct me if I am wrong), so the only way you could correct the speling is to withdraw the item for sale and resubmit with correct spellings etc.

    I don't think 1840 views is a lot for something like this.
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  • Oscar
    Oscar Posts: 922 Forumite
    magicmaria wrote:
    hi just selling my first item and have spelt Motorola as "Motorla" is there anything I can do to change the spelling - I have had 4 bids on it although I think I would get more money if the heading was right.

    Also very strange I have had 1840 look at this item??????? seems like a lot of people

    You may have had a lot of viewings as there is a site called fat fingers which pick up misspelling on Ebay. This site is popular, for the very reason you want to correct your spelling. If something is misspellt then the normal run of the mill search wont find it ,therefore fewer genuine people will see and bid. Not that the people who use Fat fingers are not necessarily genuine but are aware that there are bargins to be had.

    Hope this makes sense!
    :j
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