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#117 The World's Most Expensive Free Watch

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The Price of a Watch

A friend of David's, her name's Jenny Odell and David actually gave her the watch. She was working on an exhibit at a place called the Museum of Capitalism where people could just bring in their junk. So getting this watch was like Christmas morning for her. But then he gets it out of the package and I could tell right away. Just the fit and finish was was poor. You know, that you'd maybe tapped with your fingernail on the glass and it would just rattle. It felt like if you would warn it, you might get a rash in a couple of hours. That is the one thing that actually makes it look slightly scammy.

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