[HN Gopher] Walmart lists a 30TB portable SSD for $39. It is, na...
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       Walmart lists a 30TB portable SSD for $39. It is, naturally, a scam
        
       Author : kposehn
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2022-08-26 18:26 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | mandeepj wrote:
       | I'd not necessarily call it a scam; your money is safe. It's a
       | hassle for sure and mentally stressful - if it does not work or
       | dies soon - you might end up pulling your hair and running for
       | return
        
       | wruza wrote:
       | 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.
        
         | LorenPechtel wrote:
         | 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.
        
         | anubiskhan wrote:
         | "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 wrote:
           | Or your face for that matter...:))
        
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