If all of this is legit and Valdi actually has computers to sell, what does he have that he can offer for 150USD?

I’m going to wade in with ”container salvage”. When a shipping container goes overboard a ship, (and it happens a LOT) the contents are insured. What the insurance company does with the salvaged contents once they’ve paid up for the container load is to try and recoup their losses and they don’t usually care whose market they’re spoiling.

Any guesses how many Clevo m540v’s fit in a container? Any guesses what the salvage value of a waterlogged container of laptop PC’s is? What happens if Valdi bids on one, hoping there will be a treasure trove of perfectly good units in amongst the soggy corregated boxboard. What if he wasn’t lucky and there are very few? What if they’re in the far east and—oops—Valdi had no idea that the shipping of a container from there to here would eat up any profit there might be.

I’ve been a purchasing agent and traffic expeditor and ALL KINDS of things are available as salvage for 2 cents on the dollar. Cool stuff like laptop PC’s, too but it’s a blind purchase and you never know exactly what you have until you (or your agents–there are actually companies in the far east that specialize in salvaging and refurbishing the contents of lost and found containers and reporting back to you what you’ve bought) standing on a wharf in Taiwan going through the soggy cardboard. You’re almost buying by the kilo.