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Someone Is Trying to Sell Those Stolen Three-Screen Razer Laptops in China (geek.com)
Just a few days ago, Razer's awesome Project Valerie laptops -- the one with three 4K displays -- were stolen. Now it looks like whoever stole them is trying to sell them. From a report: It turns out that the thief (or thieves) didn't just nab one Project Valerie prototype. They actually got ahold of a pair. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan understandably wants them back, really, really badly. The company was willing to offer $25,000 to anyone who could offer information that led to the prototypes' return. So where did the laptops end up? Somewhere behind the Great Wall, apparently. Whoever has them isn't trying to quietly fence them in some dark Beijing alleyway, either. They've actually been listed on the immensely popular Chinese e-commerce site Taobao -- where they were spotted by writers at Engadget Chinese and Wccftech.
Pay the guy in China the $25k you're offering.
. . . maybe if they throw in the Brooklyn Bridge, as well, I'll make an offer. Oh, and the Ginsu and the Spiral Slicer . . .
You don't have to actually have something, in order to sell it.
This is looking more and more like a publicity stunt.
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[cough] fake news [cough]
Whoever wrote the summary is wrong. Razer isn't offering $25K for the return of the prototypes - it's offering up to $25K for "information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of the thief." It's been reported that way by multiple sources.
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I'm surprised that no one here has pointed out that this is likely a hoax listing.
The photo in the listing is from Razor's CES suite. There's no proof, photographic or otherwise, that the seller actually has the laptops.
This is a hoax listing; a bored nerd having a giggle. Which shouldn't surprise anyone given that even after 20 years, yahoos are still putting up listings like the Ark of the Covenant on eBay.
The whole thing is a publicity stunt. These cheap china made laptop don't worth any where near $25k. But free press coverage they had in the past few day is priceless. Fake news all the way down.
The source article says right up front "*This is currently being debunked. Possible PR stunt.". That somehow got overlooked when posted here.