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my office loves taobao
if you don’t know about taobao, you really ought to. much more than “china’s ebay” – the range of goods available is much wider. my colleagues often buy from taobao – the amount of food items, clothing, toys and other sundries which are sent to our office on a daily basis is astounding.
one of my cubemates recently just bought a bunch of medieval and roman era figurines and arranged a battle on his desk.
so, you say, “i wanna get in on this taobao stuff, but i don’t read chinese.” no worries, check out taobaofieldguide.com. or do what i do – search yourself and get your chinese colleagues to buy on your behalf.
11:43 am on November 23rd, 2009
Yeah TB is awesome. The question isn’t what can you buy on TB it’s what CAN’T you buy. And Taobao has now become a verb in Chinese as in “I’m going to Taobao it”.
Is your cubemate single and in his 30s by any chance?
10:54 pm on November 23rd, 2009
actually my cubemate is married and barely 30. but his wife is both a willing participant and also an enabler – she is partially to blame in this matter.
8:55 am on November 24th, 2009
Well I suppose it’s good to have hobbies. I myself like drinking and eating. A bit like yourself without the drinking.
10:45 am on November 24th, 2009
eating, basketball and well, I suppose that’s it for me. And lusting over expensive bicycles which I shouldn’t buy.