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To circumvent local government's restriction on sharp price drop, Chinese real estates developers literally handed out gold ingots to home buyers. (lemmy.nz)
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/gold-bars-used-to-lure-chinese-homebuyers-amid-market-slowdown

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Are they handing out fakes as well?

This is china we are talking about. Of course they are.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

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?

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

You mean in 2023? No I assume everyone is ripping me off, including china

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Damn, that's interesting!

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