Chinese Man Who Ordered iPhone Receives Pancake Instead

“Pancakes falling from the heavens” is a Chinese saying equivalent to “there’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Chinese Man Who Ordered iPhone Receives Pancake Instead
A typical Chinese pancake. via Dazhou Evening News
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Mr. Hou was skeptical when he saw an iPhone 6S being offered online for 70 percent the normal price, but decided to hear the seller out. When he heard that the Apple product was cheaper because it had been smuggled into the country, he decided it made sense and shelled out 1,500 yuan (about $230) for the phone. 

But when Hou’s package arrived the next day at his home in Sichuan Province, southwest China, he opened it to find a piece of Chinese pancake. 

Hou made immediate attempts to get a refund, but the seller could not be contacted, Dazhou Evening News reported March 23.  

Juliet Song
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Juliet Song is an international correspondent exclusively covering China news for NTD. She primarily contributes to NTD's "China in Focus," covering U.S.-China relations, the Chinese regime's human rights abuses, and domestic unrest inside China.