Lee Duna@lemmy.nzcake to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoTo circumvent local government's restriction on sharp price drop, Chinese real estates developers literally handed out gold ingots to home buyers.lemmy.nzimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1187arrow-down1imageTo circumvent local government's restriction on sharp price drop, Chinese real estates developers literally handed out gold ingots to home buyers.lemmy.nzLee Duna@lemmy.nzcake to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
Context : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/gold-bars-used-to-lure-chinese-homebuyers-amid-market-slowdown
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down10·10 months ago Are they handing out fakes as well? This is china we are talking about. Of course they are.
minus-squareiesoulinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoYou’re telling me you would just accept a damn bar of gold handed to you in a similar situation without verifying somehow it is what the seller says it is?
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·10 months agoYou mean in 2023? No I assume everyone is ripping me off, including china
This is china we are talking about. Of course they are.
You’re telling me you would just accept a damn bar of gold handed to you in a similar situation without verifying somehow it is what the seller says it is?
You mean in 2023? No I assume everyone is ripping me off, including china