He Paid Me $300 to Repair a Watch He Found on the Street 😱

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The video taps into a common ethical dilemma and a surprising outcome (repairing a seemingly irreparable item), creating a compelling narrative hook that encourages viewers to watch until the end to see the resolution.

Summary

A repair technician is presented with a heavily damaged smartwatch found on the street, which the finder paid $300 to have repaired. After successfully repairing the watch, it connects to Wi-Fi and reveals the original owner's information, leading to a moral dilemma about returning it.

Structure

1Customer brings in a destroyed smartwatch
2Repair process shown
3Watch is successfully repaired and functional
4Original owner's information appears
5Dilemma of returning the watch
6Customer refuses to return it, demanding his money back

Product placement

Apple Watch (appears to be an Apple Watch, its interface is shown, it is repaired, its functionality is tested, its data is accessed) - Acts: The video shows the process of repairing a damaged Apple Watch, including disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, and testing its functionality. Removing it would change what happens in the video.

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Would you return the watch to its original owner to repair it

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#iphone #edit #iphonerepair #phone #reparationiphone

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He Paid Me $300 to Repair a Watch He Found on the Street 😱 A CUSTOMER WALKED INTO WITH THIS COMPLETELY DESTROYED SMARTWATCH AND OFFERED ME $300 TO BRING IT BACK TO LIFE IT BELONGED TO HIM THEN HE TOLD ME WHERE HE GOT IT THE GROUND OUTSIDE A SHOPPING CENTRE THE SCREEN WAS DESTROYED THE FRAME WAS DAMAGED SOMEONE HAD PROBABLY STEPPED ON IT HE SAID HE WAITED AROUND FOR A FEW MINUTES LOOKING FOR IT. SO INSTEAD OF LEAVING HE TOOK IT HOME A FEW DAYS LATER HE BROUGHT IT TO ME I STARTED BY COMPLETELY DISASSEMBLING THE WATCH AND SEPARATING THE DAMAGED SCREEN THE DISPLAY WAS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION SO I REMOVED THE BROKEN LAYERS CLEANED THE REMAINING COMPONENTS AND STARTED REBUILDING EVERYTHING AFTER WORKING ON THE DISPLAY I INSTALLED IT BACK INTO THE HOUSING AND REASSEMBLED THE WATCH THEN CAME THE TEST THE TOUCH SCREEN WORKED THE DISPLAY LOOKED GOOD AND SOMEHOW THIS WATCH THAT LOOKED COMPLETELY DESTROYED WAS USABLE AGAIN BUT THAT'S WHEN THINGS GOT UNCOMFORTABLE ONCE THE WATCH CONNECTED TO WI-FI NOTIFICATIONS STARTED APPEARING THE ORIGINAL OWNER'S INFORMATION WAS STILL ON IT I TOLD THE CUSTOMER WE SHOULD TRY CONTACTING THE OWNER HE IMMEDIATELY REFUSED HIS ARGUMENT WAS SIMPLE I FOUND IT PAID $300 TO REPAIR IT IT'S MINE NOW THEN I COULD COMPLETELY ERASE THE WATCH I REFUSED NOW HE'S DEMANDING HIS $300 BACK BECAUSE I WON'T HELP HIM FINISH SETTING IT UP WOULD YOU RETURN THE WATCH TO ITS ORIGINAL OWNER TO REPAIR IT

Transcript

A customer walked into with this completely destroyed smartwatch and offered me $300 to bring it back to life. At first, I assumed it belonged to him. Then he told me where he got it. The ground outside a shopping centre. The screen was destroyed, the frame was damaged. Someone had probably stepped on it. He said he waited around for a few minutes looking for it. So instead of leaving it there, he took it home. A few days later, he brought it to me. I started by completely disassembling the watch and separating the damaged screen. The display was in terrible condition, so I removed the broken layers, cleaned the remaining components and started rebuilding everything. After working on the display, I installed it back into the housing and reassembled the watch. Then came the test. The touch screen worked, the display looked good, and somehow this watch that looked completely destroyed was usable again. But that's when things got uncomfortable. Once the watch connected to Wi-Fi, notifications started appearing. The original owner's information was still on it. I told the customer, we should try contacting the owner. He immediately refused. His argument was simple: I found it, paid $300 to repair it, it's mine now. Then, I could completely erase the watch. I refused. Now he's demanding his $300 back because I won't help him finish setting it up. Would you return the watch to its original owner to repair it?