MrBeast buys brand new Rolex for $14,000 then sells it for $7,200
YouTuber MrBeast has left his fans in stitches after selling a Rolex for $7,200, when he paid $14,000 for it.
The content creator has become one of the most widely known personalities on YouTube. Among the most famous was when he hosted a re-enactment of Squid Game with a prize of a staggering $456,000.
I'm pretty sure Squid Game was intended as a parable about how the super-wealthy pit the poor and desperate against each other rather than inspiration for a real-life version, albeit where no one is murdered, but whatever.
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However, since then the creator has moved on to other ways to build his platform. Among the more recent was seeing how much he could get at a pawnbroker for a valuable item.
He selected a staple of pointlessly expensive items for when you have so much money you don't know what to do with it: a Rolex watch.
The watch was gold and cost just under $14,000 (£11,000) when he purchased it at the shop. Imagine just dropping that much money on a watch...
He then went into a pawnbroker, which was known for driving a hard bargain with people who went there. So, just a regular pawnbroker then?
After paying $14,000 for the watch, the pawnbroker examined it and offered MrBeast a paltry $7,000 for it - half what he had just paid.
MrBeast did attempt to counteroffer, but his demand wasn't exactly controversial.
Instead of asking for the full value of the watch he asked for $8,500. So, just committing to taking a loss here.
In the end he managed to negotiate $7,200 with the pawnbroker. Surprisingly he seemed genuinely pleased with this result, commenting that he had gotten an extra $200 out of the transaction.
Nonetheless, the audience was highly amused by the interaction.
One wrote: "Bro just paid that pawn shops rent for a couple months."
Another posted: "The pawnshops will always pay less than what you would pay them for something. Otherwise they would just be giving stuff away."
One person even thought he'd gotten a good deal, saying: "50% of what the item is worth is actually very good for a pawnshop."
The YouTuber has made a name for himself with content that gives things away to participants. It could be a cash prize, or like in one video where he drew a triangle on the ground and offered to pay for whatever someone could fit in it.
With that in mind, maybe a loss of $6,800 on a watch isn't so bad.
Kit Roberts