I found this interesting for a different reason, the Iranian connection.

So there are like a bazillion sanctions on Iran and importing products into Iran is a big transgression, so somethings are hard to come by. One such thing is apparently laptops. The creates a huge black market for them. There isn't a good Chinese counterfeit item (although there are for the accessories)

So stealing these things is currently profitable. But the interesting point was an Iranian guy who out of the blue called me up and offered to buy any "not too old laptops we weren't using" for nearly list price. I was pretty amazed until I figured he was making the profit on the other side.

Sad.