#117 The World's Most Expensive Free Watch

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Gimlet

Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.7 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, the story of a man who made the extremely dubious decision to order a watch that he found in an Instagram ad. We explore the strange world that watch came from. Further Reading Jenny ODell's "There's No Such Thing As A Free Watch" Alexis Madrigal's dropshipping article Apply here for the Reply All summer internship! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever been caught out by payments you've forgotten about?
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0:22.4	To find out more, go to Lloyd'sbank.com forward slash cost of living.
0:27.0	Lloyd's Bank, by your side.
0:36.0	From Kimlet, this is reply off. I'm Alex Goldman.
0:39.0	I'm PJ Boat.
0:43.0	So PJ, I have a story to tell you.
0:45.0	Okay.
0:46.0	And the story begins with a person making a...
0:50.0	...do-be-us-online choice.
0:52.0	So you know those ads on Instagram that are for like really fancy designer goods that are incredibly cheap?
0:59.0	Yes.
1:00.0	This is about a guy who gave in to temptation and clicked on one of those ads.
1:05.0	His name's David and it was about a year ago. He was living in San Francisco.
1:09.0	And he was on public transit.
1:11.0	And it was probably in the evening, had a back home.
1:14.0	And I was on my phone and I was on Instagram.
1:18.0	And I was scrolling and I think I saw an ad. A limited offer of a free watch.
1:24.0	Here I have it on my computer. Let me show it to you.
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