[QUOTE=Magrus]That's a large difference from how things are here Lestat.
Half a year's salary for a computer? I know I'm broke compared to most American's, but that's far-fetched for me as well.
I suppose there's no hope of getting it returned?
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Well a few rich people on top (and I am considered rich here) - and a large mass of poor people underneath with hardly any middle class in between. Plus a large number of people traumatised by war. Some people have to survive on a dollar a day. To put it in perspective, food is a lot cheaper too (at least the local fare), but still. As someone said, Liberia is not the lowest in the list of the Human Development Index (general indicator for wellfare & wellbeing in a country), it even hasn't made the list yet.
And for recovering my laptop, offering money to get it back, no questions asked, might work. My landlord said he was sending out someone to scout for it (and he is willing to cough up the money). I said the same to the guards, and other people. And I told a guy I know who does computer maintenance here to tell me of anyone who comes with a suspicious computer to have it flushed.
