Similar? WTF?
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An Ebay auction for a digital camera I was bidding on just ended (I didn't win), and Ebay suggested the following "similar items":
6" Drag Y-Bars 1.25" Dia / Harley / Custom
4.8 5.3 6.0 8.1 VORTEC CHEVY GMC ENGINE MOTOR SILVERADO
EBC GREENSTUFF FRONT BRAKE PADS 84-87 HONDA CRX 1.6
05-07 Dodge Magnum Charger 300C 5.7 6.1 Cold Air Intake
92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 CIVIC 1.6 TIMING TENSIONER
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Were you buying the digital camera from eBay: Motors by any chance?
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It's obvious - all of the item numbers start "1103" so they are similar!
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I bet the camera you were bidding on had 1.6x optical zoom?
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@Carnildo said:
An Ebay auction for a digital camera I was bidding on just ended (I didn't win), and Ebay suggested the following "similar items":
6" Drag Y-Bars 1.25" Dia / Harley / Custom
4.8 5.3 6.0 8.1 VORTEC CHEVY GMC ENGINE MOTOR SILVERADO
EBC GREENSTUFF FRONT BRAKE PADS 84-87 HONDA CRX 1.6
05-07 Dodge Magnum Charger 300C 5.7 6.1 Cold Air Intake
92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 CIVIC 1.6 TIMING TENSIONERYou're obviously not thinking about the 'similar' search function properly. Those five items are very similar: they are all almost, but not quite, completely different from the auction you lost. Obviously, eBay is suggesting that you put the lost auction out of your mind, and get into motorcycle mangling^Wcustomization.
(Of course, I'm not sure how one is supposed to fit a car engine inside a motorcycle, but...)
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@tgape said:
(Of course, I'm not sure how one is supposed to fit a car engine inside a motorcycle, but...)
It's not actually that difficult: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2T0cu4JMTc
Unfortunately, it's also not at all good (filthy cornering, crap weight distribution, etc), although 300 lb, KFC deepthroating, NASCAR viewers may disagree with me.
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My favourite was when Yahoo suggested the exact same item I was looking at. There was also some online store that suggested a few items that didn't exist. ("You may also be interested in: this item is not available.") (Needless to say, I didn't end up buying anything there.)
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@Carnildo said:
4.8 5.3 6.0 8.1 VORTEC CHEVY GMC ENGINE MOTOR SILVERADO
Does this motor have variable displacement, or is TRWTF that it's about to start blowing rods out of its liners? ;)
