What are all those letters in the title of this item? What's NWT? NIB? Huh? Well, there are only so many letters eBay lets you use in the title of each listings, so things have been abbreviated to save room for more important search words. Whether you think this is good or bad, eBayers have become accusomted to doing this and sometimes it needs to be translated! Here's a breakdown on some always used and some not-so-obvious ones:
- NWT- item is new with tags
- HTF- item is hard to find
- NIB- item is new in the box
- BNWT- brand new with tags
- NWOT- item is new without tags
- AF- Abercrombie & Fitch
- AMEX- American Express
- AUTO - autographed
- DUTCH - dutch auctions, more than one is available
- EX- Excellent condition
- EUC- Excellent Used Condition
- FB - Feedback
- FED-Ex- Federal Express Shipping Service
- FS - Factory Sealed
- FVF - Final Value Fee (the fee ebay sellers are charged when an item sells)
- GD- Good Condition
- MIB- mint in box
- MIP- mint in package
- MO- money order
- MOP - mother of Pearl
- YSL- Yves Saint Laurent
- N/R - No Reserve
- NIP- New in Package
- ON- Old Navy
- RET or RETRD- Retired
- S/H or SH- Shipping and Handling
- SIG- Signature
- SO- Sold Out
- TOS - Terms of Service
- UPS- United Postal Service
- USPS- United States Postal Service, also known as the Post Office
- V/M/D- Visa, Mastercard, Discover
- VGC-very good condition
There are so many of these you could really go on all day...every genre has their own abbreviations. This can be effective in some ways, but new eBay users are totally alienated and cannot understand some of these terms. Use sparingly and at your own risk!
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