# Random capitalization -or- Ha-ha, loser! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716 "2004-09-16T17:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/1 "2004-09-16T17:35:30Z")
This ebay listing: [new\* TeXaS iNsTrUmEnTs TI-83 PLUS caLcuLaToR _low ship_](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41391&item=5720245442&rd=1) is currently running at about **one half** the price of similar listings. Could the cutsie-pie and edgy random capitalization have something to do with it? Does she (a guess based on the username of “ohmypinkness” but I could be wrong) think that reducing legibility is a better marketing move than making it easy for her customers to see what she is selling? Is she a moron? ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/2 "2004-09-16T17:48:10Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Is she a moron? Yes. I can see it now: oH nO i DoNt GoTs to aNsWeR yO eMaIls BEEYACH - snap. i ToL yOu I aLrEaDy ShIpPeD iT i GiVeS yOu BaD fEeDbAcK rIgHt BaCk. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/3 "2004-09-16T17:51:14Z")
You forgot to put “L@@K!!!” in the title of this thread - how do you think anybody will find it without that?! ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/4 "2004-09-16T18:04:00Z")
Plus, it would sell for a lot more if she said TI-83 Calculator - RARE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/5 "2004-09-17T00:17:41Z")
Chick’s got man hands. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/6 "2004-09-17T00:25:04Z")
In my head I hear the listing being read by Torgo. “thE MAsteR woUld dEfInItely APproVe oF tHis cALcUlaToR…” ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/7 "2004-09-17T01:06:47Z")
Is the seller Sarah Jessica Parker by any chance? “Big S, small a, small n, big D, small e, big E… and a star!” ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/8 "2004-09-16T20:51:08Z")
SanDeE\*, your… your breasts feel weird ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/9 "2004-09-16T21:33:55Z")
Hmmm, interestingly enough, she has another calculator for sale with the exact same story (different annoying background tho’, she uses some wacky variation for all her items). She’s got good feedback from a variety of people. I’d probably chance it although I’m wondering if she’s lifted the stuff. Hmmm, I wonder if she works at a Guess store… ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/10 "2004-09-17T02:27:38Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > SanDeE\*, your… your breasts feel weird SnorT! Now my coffee is coming out of my nose. Damn you! ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/11 "2004-09-18T11:42:21Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > Plus, it would sell for a lot more if she said TI-83 Calculator - RARE!!! Oh, indeed. It kills me every time I’m searching for hard-to-find Tears For Fears merchandise, and I see “Songs From the Big Chair – RARE!!!” selling for $0.07. Haven’t seen any “soNgS FroM tHE BiG ChAIr”, though. Maybe TFF fans are smarter than all that 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-capitalization-or-ha-ha-loser/264716/12 "2004-09-19T02:35:16Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > SanDeE\*, your… your breasts feel weird “That’s because they’re real.”