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Moonstick2 Where does the article writer get the idea that this was in Portugal from? The currency's marked up in $ not Euros. I couldn't find anything in the thread or the user's handle mentioning it (though I didn't look exhaustively), and the ¿Quieres un mejor precio? is Spanish not Portuguese (according to Google). Seems more likely it was some US pawn shop in a heavily Spanish-speaking area? Reply
ezst036 When people do not know what they have is usually where you can make these sorts of scores. It's a story in the news every six months or so someone discovers some long lost painting from a "great". Barn finds of old rare short-production-run cars. Etc Reply
SkyBill40 Needle in a haystack find right there. Good on him for sure; bad on the seller for being ignorant in the worst way. Reply
Shiznizzle This beats those "found a 1080 TI" in a dumpster story by far. This is a steal considering DDR5 prices. I am gonna hold off buying a MOBO till the new year. Retailers will be choking on their own goods at that point since nobody can buy DDR5. I almost plonked down 200 pounds for a mobo today and had second thoughts. I have the memory for AM5 so just need the rest now. I am in no rush Reply
abufrejoval Moonstick2 said: Where does the article writer get the idea that this was in Portugal from? The currency's marked up in $ not Euros. I couldn't find anything in the thread or the user's handle mentioning it (though I didn't look exhaustively), and the ¿Quieres un mejor precio? is Spanish not Portuguese (according to Google). Seems more likely it was some US pawn shop in a heavily Spanish-speaking area? I'll happily go along with believing that the Portugal connection is entirely fabricated! Handwriting on the price quite clearly indicates the US, because a 1 in Europe generally 'wears a hat' top-left, often going so low that most people from the US mistake if for a 7, which is why sevens in Europe are usually crossed at the stem to counter that misconception (conversly, to me a US 7 often appeared like a 1…). And both "¿Quieres un mejor precio?" and "Podemos negociar" are excellent Castellano (what most of the planet mistakes labels 'Spanish', yet is just one of at least four major languages spoken in Spain), and certainly not Portuguese, which is most closely related to Spain's north-western Gallego. While from my experience ever more Portuguese are quite capable of speaking rather excellent 'Spanish' or Castellano (at least in a business context), the two languages have grown quite apart from a common Romance root. Interestingly, the opposite isn't true, very few Spaniards seem to speak Portuguese and that to me somehow reflects the situation between German and Dutch, even in terms of how the sounds have shifted and differ in both cases. Mutual intelligence is mostly a matter of shared interests, a few beers (or a couple of finos) generally close the gaps. Reply
JamesJones44 Moonstick2 said: ¿Quieres un mejor precio? As a close to fluent Spanish speaker this translates to "You want a better Price?". The little I know of Portuguese doesn't line up for this sentence. This is most definitely Spanish, not Portuguese. Seems more likely it was some US pawn shop in a heavily Spanish-speaking area? Another clue is the "Podemos Negociar" sign below the computer. It's "we negotiate" in Spanish. With the English word "deals" above. So I think the theory on Spanish speaking area of the US or near US boarder Mexico, like Tijuana makes sense. Reply
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