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The con entails a sale of what is claimed to be a small pig, in a poke (bag). The bag actually contains a cat (not particularly prized as a source of meat). If one buys the bag without looking inside it, the person has bought something of less value than was assumed, and has learned first-hand the lesson caveat emptor.
Perhaps the largest scam on eBay is the scam of shipping a falsely advertised item. Examples include fake, counterfeit, broken, or damaged items. “As with most things, if it’s too good to be ...
As good an argument as any for English-language spelling reform. Glossary of Wobbly terms: Would you see the beanmaster fry a couple eggs on the banjo? Hamburgevons: Literally all you need to know if a typeface is any good. Hopi time controversy: A long-lived academic debate about the concept of time in the Hopi language. How now brown cow
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This seems to be just slightly faster than the 24% sales increase at Amazon, and looks much better than eBay's 14% sales increase. If you exclude currency changes, however, the numbers change ...
Image credits: Lisa Corbett #4. A walnut. My grandfather, who died long before I was born, carried it round in his pocket so he had something to fidget with. It was never explicitly admitted but ...
e. "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." is a six-word story, one of the most famous examples of flash fiction. Versions of the story date back to the early 1900s, and it was being reproduced and expanded upon within a few years of its initial publication. [ 1][ 2] The story is popularly misattributed to Ernest Hemingway; this is implausible, as ...
For example, with the same initial $300, a trader could short 10 shares of the stock or buy one put. If the stock finishes at $35, then: The short-seller makes a profit of $50, or ($5 decline * 10 ...