The Internet auction sensation has long since passed, but pioneer eBay still carries a lot of weight in the market. Buy It Now has replaced the more traditional auction format, if only because we Internet users crave instant gratification – we lack the patience to monitor an ongoing auction for days on end, only to get sniped at the very close and lose out by a dollar. An amazing deal on eBay is becoming harder to come by, at least on the types of product I’m most interested in – electronics. Still, eBay has quite a following and many people are quite content on continuing with what they are most familiar with, even with the screaming deals of just a few years back are gone.

Nonetheless, one way to score a smoking deal on eBay is to take advantage of many sellers kryptonite – the misspelled auction title. Everything is driven by search and eBay is no exception. A buyer looking for a playstation 3 is unlikely to come across a hasty listing for a playtation 3. That’s where a site like Auction Bloopers can help you find those misspelled gems.

Use Auction Bloopers as you would with the normal eBay search; a search for playstation 3 returned over 68,000 listings because it also includes results of a few dozen typical typos. If you come across an auction for a Sony Palystation 3 odds are in your favor that you will get a below market price because typical eBay buyers will never have found the listing. If you are patient, and the truth is most eBayers are, you may be able to save a few bucks and return some of that magic eBay once had for everyone!