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Apr 16, 2013 08:36:28 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Didn't realise you don't have noughts in the US. I thought we'd taught you everything.
We have donoughts, and we used to have dreadnaughts. :D
When it is used here, it's spelled with an "a," rather than an "o."
On many English shows, I've heard people pronounce it "now-t." Is that how you pronounce it? We pronounce it like the word "naughty."
Apr 16, 2013 09:09:53 #
sloscheider wrote:
but shouldn't ebay have autobid just to the next highest bid increment from the other bidders? If other folks bid $75 and viscountdriver accidentally bid $800 instead of $80 and the bid increment was $1 eBay should have just dropped him in at $76
You should be able to bid $1,000,000 for a $20 item and be safe because it's extremely unlikely anyone else would bid it up much beyond it's market value. Even the seller can't see what your maximum bid is.
You should be able to bid $1,000,000 for a $20 item and be safe because it's extremely unlikely anyone else would bid it up much beyond it's market value. Even the seller can't see what your maximum bid is.
Yes, this has happened to me. Maybe eBay USA has a different operating procedure. (800/80 example)
Apr 16, 2013 09:39:24 #
viscountdriver wrote:
I did something stupid. I bid on Ebay for a new lens but, without realsing it I puit in an extra nought.Of course I won but at a bigger price than I wanted. The seller kindly said I could pull out but I felt pbliged to go ahead, it was my mistake.
Carefully check.
Carefully check.
What was the bid before yours?
what was your bid?
and what was your winning bid?
If the winning bid is not excessively high, then maybe you could say "oh well, my mistake" and pay up. Otherwise, accept the seller's offer to withdraw the mistaken bid, and if he/she must pay to re-list the product then you can arrange a settlement.
Apr 16, 2013 11:58:21 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Didn't realise you don't have noughts in the US. I thought we'd taught you everything.
Sure we have noughts. Doesn't anyone remember how Jethro Bodine used to do math? One nought and one nought is two nought. See!
Apr 16, 2013 11:59:54 #
eye2eye wrote:
Sure we have noughts. Doesn't anyone remember how Jethro Bodine used to do math? One nought and one nought is two nought. See!
Right over my head. :shock:
Apr 16, 2013 12:02:54 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Right over my head. :shock:
Sorry, The Beverly Hillbillies. Silly sitcom from the 60's-70's.
Apr 16, 2013 12:06:37 #
eye2eye wrote:
Sorry, The Beverly Hillbillies. Silly sitcom from the 60's-70's.
Ah, of course. There have been other Jethro's on TV, Gibbs, for example (NCIS).
Apr 16, 2013 12:52:38 #
eye2eye wrote:
Sure we have noughts. Doesn't anyone remember how Jethro Bodine used to do math? One nought and one nought is two nought. See!
The thing I remember most about Jethro was when he decided he wanted to be secret agent nought nought seven
Apr 16, 2013 22:45:16 #
Apr 16, 2013 22:53:19 #
Brian in Whitby wrote:
What do you have if I have not naught?
Something. :D
Apr 16, 2013 23:14:01 #
viscountdriver wrote:
I did something stupid. I bid on Ebay for a new lens but, without realsing it I puit in an extra nought.Of course I won but at a bigger price than I wanted. The seller kindly said I could pull out but I felt pbliged to go ahead, it was my mistake.
Carefully check.
Carefully check.
You don't need the seller's permission to cancel a bid. especially for the good reason of "whoops, I screwed up!"
Apr 17, 2013 04:26:45 #
Latest on this is the vendor dropped the price and I bought it. I believe you should stand by your mistakes.
Apr 17, 2013 04:55:10 #
jerryc41 wrote:
We have donoughts, and we used to have dreadnaughts. :D
When it is used here, it's spelled with an "a," rather than an "o."
On many English shows, I've heard people pronounce it "now-t." Is that how you pronounce it? We pronounce it like the word "naughty."
When it is used here, it's spelled with an "a," rather than an "o."
On many English shows, I've heard people pronounce it "now-t." Is that how you pronounce it? We pronounce it like the word "naughty."
"Nowt" is an integral part of the language over here, and is an alternative, more slang, word for "nothing" (as opposed to "something"). We tend not to use it in the context of naught or zero. "Nowt" has its origins in the north of England and Scotland, and is pronounced "like "out" with an n on the front. There's a well-known Yorkshire expression "there's nowt like folks" - which is used to describe or explain the huge differences between people and their actions.
Apr 17, 2013 05:03:29 #
I nought not have started this in the first place.I am really naughty.
Apr 17, 2013 06:42:46 #
craggycrossers wrote:
"Nowt" is an integral part of the langua... (show quote)
Yes. That's how I've heard it used, on "Dalziel and Pascoe," for example.
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