Pay with sheep for laptops, smartphones in West China

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An electronics dealer in West China has decided to run a special promotion to accept sheep as payment for his products.

At the store in Kashgar city in the rural Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, a smartphone goes for one sheep, a tablet for two sheep, while a laptop costs four sheep, according to China Daily.
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Pay with sheep for laptops, smartphones in West China | ZDNet

A leaflet handed out in villages around the city promoting the sheep deal.
 

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