Eejit

mfceiling

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0325/china.html

Man left with 6.5 tonnes of salt
A Chinese man who bought 6.5 tonnes of salt, hoping to profit from panic buying spurred by fears of radiation from Japan, is now stuck with the €3,000 worth of the condiment, state media reported.

A Chinese man who bought 6.5 tonnes of salt, hoping to profit from panic buying spurred by fears of radiation from Japan, is now stuck with the €3,000 worth of the condiment, state media reported today.
The man, surnamed Guo, bought the salt in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, when rumours spread across China last week that the iodine in salt could help ward off radiation sickness, the China Daily reported.
Salt prices jumped on the rumours, and, acting on a tip that there would be a supply shortage lasting at least six months, Guo bough 260 bags of salt, which he took back to his apartment in three trucks.
A few days later, the Chinese government urged consumers to stop the panic buying, saying residents will not be exposed to radiation from Japan's quake-damaged nuclear plant, causing a sharp drop in the price of salt.
Guo is now stuck with the salt, which the newspaper said takes up more than half his apartment and had cost him 27,000 yuan €3,000) to buy and transport.
The newspaper said Guo cannot resell the goods, because he has no receipt and also because he was told it was illegal to do so.
He also cannot take it to another province, as the government strictly controls salt transport.

WoollyRedHat

He's going to have to order a crap load of chips.

Salt prices jumped on the rumours, and, acting on a tip that there would be a supply shortage lasting at least six months, Guo bough 260 bags of salt,

I bet the "tip" was from the fella selling him the salt :pac:



p.s. RTE ye have a typo there!

KeithM89_old

Haha what a tool, so dium

Poor Craythur

mfceiling wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0325/china.html

I saw that!!! It's reminiscent of Homer and his sugar pile.

watna

I couldn't take in the details in the salt story because I was too enraged by the American English used in this article.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0326/newcastlewest.html

Investigation into Limerick jewelry robbery

Drives me round the friggin bend! They've spelled it right in the rest of the article too. What's that all about?

senorwipesalot

I know a girl called Saltybox.

admiralofthefleet

we should buy it off him for the winter

Professey Chin

In China, 1st you get the salt, then you get the money, then you get the wimmin

Bloody Nipples

Why would he sell? :O That man will have a clear driveway for life!

ScumLord

He also cannot take it to another province, as the government strictly controls salt transport.

Damn salt, it's just not communist.

whoopdedoo

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

we should buy it off him for the winter

that would be considered thinking ahead

down with that sort of thing!!

Topper Harley

watna wrote: »

I couldn't take in the details in the salt story because I was too enraged by the American English used in this article.

Drives me round the friggin bend! They've spelled it right in the rest of the article too. What's that all about?

Maybe it was just a typo.:eek:

Fighting Irish

mfceiling wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0325/china.html

A Chinese man who bought 6.5 tonnes of salt, hoping to profit from panic buying spurred by fears of radiation from Japan, is now stuck with the €3,000 worth of the condiment, state media reported today.

The man, surnamed Guo, bought the salt in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, when rumours spread across China last week that the iodine in salt could help ward off radiation sickness, the China Daily reported.

Salt prices jumped on the rumours, and, acting on a tip that there would be a supply shortage lasting at least six months, Guo bough 260 bags of salt, which he took back to his apartment in three trucks.

A few days later, the Chinese government urged consumers to stop the panic buying, saying residents will not be exposed to radiation from Japan's quake-damaged nuclear plant, causing a sharp drop in the price of salt.

Guo is now stuck with the salt, which the newspaper said takes up more than half his apartment and had cost him 27,000 yuan €3,000) to buy and transport.

The newspaper said Guo cannot resell the goods, because he has no receipt and also because he was told it was illegal to do so.

He also cannot take it to another province, as the government strictly controls salt transport.

Learn how to make a decent thread, don't make people click links

Agus

watna wrote: »

I couldn't take in the details in the salt story because I was too enraged by the American English used in this article.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0326/newcastlewest.html



Drives me round the friggin bend! They've spelled it right in the rest of the article too. What's that all about?

So if you hate foreign linguistic influence so much why are you posting in English? :pac:

Poor Craythur

watna wrote: »

Drives me round the friggin bend! They've spelled it right in the rest of the article too. What's that all about?

If they spelt it right in the rest of the article, it's probably just a typo!

Typos: depressingly common in the modern Irish media.