[geeks] Chinese buying Macs?

[Nadine Miller]

Rick Hamell wrote:
> I'm trying to sell a Dual 2.7gh PowerMac G5 on Craigslist.
> 
> In the last two weeks I've gotten roughly a dozen hits on it. 8 of those 
> have been from Chinese people. This is odd because Portland has an 
> extremely small Asian population percentage wise. And having just sold 
> another G5 a month ago, I didn't get a single Chinese person at all.
> 
> Not trying to be racist here, but three or four would have been an 
> extremely strange coincidence. Eight has to be a conspiracy. Is some 
> Chinese company (or Government,) trying to stock up on Power PC chips 
> for some reason?
> 

You may be getting the CL version of the Nigerian scammers.  E.g. "I'm 
out of the country, but will send you a check for more than you want if 
you'll give the computer & change to my friend."

It's a common response to CL posts, though I've yet to run into it.

=Nadine=