Someone has obviously lead him to believe that the black chips/packages contain Pt. With todays PM prices, there are rumors abound about e-scrap containing all sorts of things. I just hope he didn't pay a lot of money for them, on the word of the seller that they were rich with precious metals. :|
Edit: I should apologize to hoangaduc for referring to him/her as the third party in this conversation. No harm intended.