From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Phil Payne"  wrote in
message news:4441069a$1{at}w3....
> http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/April
/theworld_April553.xml§ion=theworld&col=
>
> "He said he sold about 50 for 100,000 afghanis (US$2,000; euro1,680),
> roughly about 2,000 afghanis (US$40; euro33) each. A day earlier, he was
> selling them for about half that price."
>
> One single dealer sold 50 back?  How many got out before anyone realised?
>
> (Or were they taken in blank ...)
>
> --

Well they've learned the value of capitalism and a free market quite well.
'The shopkeepers have said they are not interested in the data and are only
selling the drives for the value of the hardware.'

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