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This is not new. I remember back in early 00’s my buddy bought hundreds of 512mb mp3 players in China for local resale and only accidentally figured out that th

by wruza 4y ago

This is not new. I remember back in early 00’s my buddy bought hundreds of 512mb mp3 players in China for local resale and only accidentally figured out that they were 64mb or so. The most interesting part was that they played songs, but different ones than those listed in the catalogue! That was one in a million chance to notice. When he went back to the shop, the seller already started packing his boxes. Luckily he was with a guy who knew a thing or two about negotiations so they got their money back eventually.

anubiskhan 4y ago
"Knew a thing or two about negotiations" Is this like, "Nice boxes you're packing there. Be a shame if something happened to them..."
- cosmodisk 4y ago
  Or your face for that matter...:))
- v-yadli 4y ago
  Early 00s Chinese "computer cities"? Noooo. You don't do that to merchants. Merchants do that to you.
LorenPechtel 4y ago
Yup. I'm thinking back many years ago, I forget just how long. Returning to the US from China, the lines got way out of balance and they redirected a bunch of us in the citizen/resident line to the non-resident line. Big difference in their attitude, the guy wasn't willing to believe we hadn't brought home any souvenirs. (Hey, you have our travel history in front of you--many flights, all to Shanghai. Is that someone playing tourist?? No, it's someone with ties to the city. You can see her name, you can see her appearance, you can certainly tell English isn't her native language. You should have already realized I married a Shanghainese and that we were visiting her family.) None of the cheap electronics?? Really now, why would I have wanted those "200gb" storage devices I was seeing all over the city?? At the time no 200gb flash devices existed, certainly not at those prices.