eBay gum

by Sue Bailey

This post was written in February 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

It must be a slow news day at the Telegraph. Blogger Richard Tyler is filling some column inches with stuff about eBay. Apparently, “the Derby, Nottingham, Leicester triangle” has the highest concentration of eBay businesses, while London figures pretty low on the list.

While I have no way to really refute Mr Tyler’s assertion that eBay is somehow more in tune with Northern market sensibilities than “southern chic”, I’d like to offer him the following thoughts:

  1. Del Boy was from London. And if he thinks markets are limited to oop North, Mr Tyler should get himself down Brick Lane of a Sunday morning.
  2. If you think “the Derby, Nottingham, Leicester triangle” represents “the North”, you need to work on your geography: where I come from, Leicester *is* the South.
  3. Asserting that eBay sellers don’t pay tax on their earnings is likely to get your comments filled up with irate repudiations from tax-paying eBay sellers. Or it will if I have anything to do with it ;-)

Thanks to Dan for the link, and the title.


Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Filed Under Featured
 

Comments

16 Responses to “eBay gum”

  1. northumbrian on February 28th, 2008 7:35 am

    leicester is so south you migrate to it

    every item you have ever sold ever! is traceable on ebay, if you dont pay your taxes your crackers

  2. Jimbo on February 28th, 2008 8:00 am

    I always understood that “The North” was anything north of watford gap services.

  3. Store Your Stuff aka Jade on February 28th, 2008 8:13 am

    Its simple :-) I originally come from Wolverhampton. Therefore Leicester, Nottingham & Derby are not Northerners OR Southerners, they are Easterners. Mancs, Liverpudlians, Geordies are all Northerners, anyone South of Coventry is a Cockney, unless they are from the South West, in which case they are a Bumpkin (and I luv it down here in the South West, Bumpkins et all, so please don’t take offence at that :wink: )

    So there we have it an unbiased summary of our regional English tribes. :lol:

  4. northumbrian on February 28th, 2008 8:38 am

    froff blowers
    firty free fousand fevvers on a frushs fhroth

  5. Biggles on February 28th, 2008 9:12 am

    Brizzol is going North for me. :grin:

  6. Store Your Stuff aka Jade on February 28th, 2008 9:33 am

    BULL CALF North!

  7. Dan Wilson on February 28th, 2008 10:18 am

    I’m from Brighton. You’re all northerners to me. Except you Sue, you’re forinn.

  8. Sue Bailey on February 28th, 2008 10:21 am

    Dan, I was at college with someone who came from Brighton, who asked me in all seriousness if Sheffield was near to Scotland :lol:

  9. Dan Wilson on February 28th, 2008 10:25 am

    And I hope that you answered, quite correctly, that indeed it was. ;o)

  10. Sue Bailey on February 28th, 2008 10:25 am

    Yeah yeah :-p

    *hangs around thread, hoping to be able to say “every planet has a North” before Dan (or North) does*

  11. Dan Wilson on February 28th, 2008 10:43 am

    oooo, but is that right? Been so long since I saw it: it’s eteched in my brain as “Lots of planets have norths..”

  12. Sue Bailey on February 28th, 2008 10:49 am

    Ooh, yeah, you’re right:
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0562992/quotes

    Sorry, the angels have my brain ;-)

  13. northumbrian on February 28th, 2008 11:06 am

    naw most times I am on another planet to you lot

  14. northumbrian on February 28th, 2008 11:08 am

    BRIGHTON

    sod that! cant be done with the

    mosquitoes ,tropical disease,, visas, etc

  15. northumbrian on February 28th, 2008 11:14 am

    Hoves ok though :grin:

  16. Josordoni on February 28th, 2008 9:57 pm

    Are there any Americans here?

    Because the Long Islanders I know think France is a part of England, and Paris is just down the road from London….

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