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start putting up religious symbols

and you're gonna get offended there's a star i don't get

offended by a star of david guys welcome back to the

million challenge right now we're gonna go check out those two rms

that richard mill for those of you guys

that are new to the challenge

or uh new to watches in general we're gonna go check out those two richard mills uh

that were in yash's exchange i forgot the name of the kid

but the business is like watch me or some shit

so we're gonna go into yash's exchange right now we're gonna

take a look at the watches you're trying to buy both they're literally like 85 000 each

but he's probably gonna be asking like 100 each

if i could get them at 85 000 each that's 170 000 and i think my budget today is 184 186

how are you there you want to buy i just bought

this this is dope i'm gonna start wearing yes this is

a mid -size too small though no it's not i'm gonna

start wearing mid -sized watches i'm make them a thing no i'm gonna put like two

or three of them on the same wrist whatever floats your

boat bro the rms from yesterday i just want to see them please

which one do you like better the blue

or the white the white blue's huge these are both titanium yeah both titanium i love it

because it's super light very light holy i love these watches

i love rms i can't i can't wear the 10 the

10 is too big on my wrist i think the whole five is like more flush Yeah, the 10 is too big.

I like the 67 the RM 67 What the fuck's the difference?

6702 is like the one that has like those white cases the white

and like red or whatever I like the very thin the the green

and yellow one and the red and white ones Oh, yeah, this is fucking way too big dude.

That's disgusting This is dope people are telling me to switch to put like this type of strap on here.

Oh, and they're both naked yeah how much are these just just

get it over with the 05 97 this is i would

do 104 honestly for it perfect for a 10 i think

it's a bit much on my end for a 5 i don't think it's horrible

but i'd probably be under 90 i'd be like 85 tough

i bought my last one at 89 it's white gold realistically

all right i would do 93k no i wouldn't do that i would be at like 85.

i think i'm in it for like 88 89.

and this what's like the best best for both on both i would probably have to be at like 196.

for both 93 and 103.

what is it like sold sold order you're just buying no i'm buying i just like them

and i think they're easy to sell dude i know there's

so many fancy rms and but bro for

that 100k price point you where are you going wrong i

know you're getting it i know i agree i completely agree i do think

that what the watch is doesn't justify the price

but i understand hype and so like they're hyped

so you're gonna end up paying that

that is what it is can you do 89 on this i would give it to you at 91.

i'll make two g's what's best best 91 90.

it's easy 90 90.

you wouldn't meet me and then we'll talk about this payment

when now like now now now within not tomorrow within 40

minutes it'll be thank you what about this not for you you don't need it

i wouldn't pay it anything over honestly 99 no 95 is

like max thank you i appreciate it thank you 90 000 for this one

and i saw another one somewhere else we're gonna go check

it out all right we couldn't get the other rm what about we couldn't get the other rm

but we got an rm5 and when i said i know somebody else

that has an rm10 adam has an rm10 so i'm gonna facetime him

if he has it for like 96 95 94 93 i'll snap call him

and buy it because people are paying up for these right now

and i have one personally

so do you still have your rm10 yeah could you bring it down all right thank you all right

so adam still has it shocking i'm trying to buy

that too it's got to be within budget i paid 90

for this i could pay like up to 98 he should probably be asking like 102 to 105

and i know he's been sitting on it for some time

so he's gonna take what i give him titanium is very

light i know i wish i could tell how light it

is on camera this shit is cream i think i'd honestly

rather have a white gold one though it's white gold it's

gold versus titanium i mean yeah it's a better matter

but i i prefer the titanium as a daily wear watch it's fucking rubber

and it's light it's very light hey so you called me

and i ended up having to wait for you sorry uh

it's not really nice i'm sorry i apologize look what i

just bought oh my god this is on a white strap too yeah Last time it was on a black strap.

I changed it.

All right, sorry, dude.

How much are the straps for this?

I don't know, $500, $1 ,000, some shit like that.

Something like that.

I just hate how much bigger it is.

Yo, you know what this is called?

The RM tit.

Yeah, the tit.

The tit.

It's titanium.

The tit.

It's a real light titty.

How much?

$99 whole thousand dollars.

Damn, it's PPF'd, huh?

The back is literally PPF'd.

You see it?

Yeah, I saw it on the sides, too.

What's best?

Why would I give you my best number from the start?

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You're still going to chew me down a couple of thousand.

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But if you're friends, you would do that.

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That's what friends do.

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Don't make personal relationships and business.

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So best best?

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Not an ultimate offer.

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I paid, guess what I paid for this one?

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It's a five.

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And I have another five in my showcase.

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You don't care what I paid?

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I thought we were boys.

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We are, but like...

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Oh, so right now we're not boys.

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Right now.

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Because I'll really dick you around.

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If you don't want to be boys, I'll dick you around.

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You and I are playing tug of war.

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I'll give you 91 ,000 for this.

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No. That's what it's worth.

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I could give it to you for 98 G's.

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No. I'll pay 93.

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I keep these glasses.

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93 ,000.

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I don't want to sit here back and forth.

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Do I keep the glasses?

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No, absolutely not.

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Do you know how difficult those were to get? Is he fucking crazy?

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Some panhandler, bro, and I can't keep these?

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No. Those are my favorite pair of glasses.

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What do you want for a lot?

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Is that a 5712?

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Dude, you're stepping up the game, huh?

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Well, listen, bro.

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Then you got a rich dad.

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It makes it easier.

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I love this kid.

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Come on, let's finish this up.

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Okay, yeah, I want to finish this up, but not for these crackhead -ass numbers that you told me.

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94. Damn, I'd take it.

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No, 97.

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96 .5.

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Just to make me feel special.

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Thank you.

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I feel so special.

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You know, my birthday's in two months from now.

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Really?

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Yeah, you can take me out.

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Yo, ladies, hit my line.

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What was my budget?

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186 ,850.

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Worked out.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Yo, I'll be back to pick up my check.

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Yep.

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Yes.

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What happened?

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Don't film it.

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What happened?

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The cross.

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I can't move the cross.

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You guys have stars of David's here.

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We don't.

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We don't.

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I don't let him do it.

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I don't let him.

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David, I'm going to keep that cross out.

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That cross is going to stay right there.

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Why?

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Because I feel like putting it out.

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Oh!

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You can't.

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Came in out of nowhere.

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Then everybody's going to start putting up.

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You're just symbols and you're going to get offended.

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There's a star.

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I don't get offended by a star of David.

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And your name is there.

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But do you put Israeli flags out?

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I'd rather keep a dufu.

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All the years we kept a dufu.

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One guy put out an iranian flag, and I told him to remove it completely for the exchange.

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I didn't even want to see it in the back.

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Are you trying to tell me to get rid of a cross?

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No, not get rid of it.

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On a booth that I pay rent for.

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In my space.

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I'm not telling you to get rid of it.

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All I'm telling you is to put it in there.

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We talked about this once again.

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I'm going to keep it right there.

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I'm not going to stop you, obviously.

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I know. That was interesting.

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Walk around this exchange.

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You look up, you'll see a fucking star of David.

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Here

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that beautiful Jewish symbols everywhere no no sir

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but everybody's welcome yeah it's tiny if the fuck it's not

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if the roles were reversed he goes what is

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that on your wrist are you wearing a 31 millimeter I

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like it that's 31 it's a nice band right i thought

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it was cool i appreciate it thank you very much check

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for 96 .5 i'm coming back in 10 minutes across across this right there anyway

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so some of the key differences here this is a white golds rm5 so this

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and this are the same watch this is an rm10 the

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difference is it's slightly bigger you hear what david just said to me the lambler

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but yeah this is a white gold one these are both

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titanium 186 .5 oh i paid for both 186 .5 90

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plus you really cut it close there dude 90 000 plus

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96 500 yeah i saw 300 bucks left over in the

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budget all right anyway dude i'm still in shock about that that is so beyond wild look that's It's just crazy.

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I have an RM5 and an RM10.

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I don't even know really honestly the real market on this.

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I was actually walking over to Antwerp.

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I know he wanted one, so.

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But I heard they're becoming soft, the market.

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Now all of a sudden, all these bigger companies, Rolex and Epi, they woke up, and they realized why they cannot sell half a million dollar watches, 150 ,000 or $2 million watches.

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That's actually, we gotta step it over again.

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They did.

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what's up boys how are you how's it going good what you got for me i have a rm10

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and an rm5 both titanium beautiful beautiful watches yo can you believe this ready

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if you had a cross out

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and the lamp oh my god i do have a mary you have a cross okay

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if the landlord came up to you right now

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and said can you put those away they belong behind the counter what would you say Absolutely not, what do you mean?

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Kind of bullshit about shit.

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Well, I have a.. cross landlord just comes up to me

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and he goes hey could you put

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that away I don't want to offend what did he say

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I don't want to put words in his mouth I don't know what he said

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but he said could you put

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that away it doesn't belong here can you put it behind the counter underneath your landlord said

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that to you tell him to scroll every exchange has a

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Jewish yeah the best is he said nobody else has anything like Israeli

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or Jewish huh they did I don't care right we walked

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around we checked it out one guy has a Hamza with

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the Hebrew writing in it right out displayed about yay big

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another guy has a menorah two silver menorahs doesn't offend me

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i don't care i'm not i welcome all races all colors

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all people i had this off for 20 years nobody said

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a word hey it's not bothering anybody whatever that's all right what you got for me

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so what's the difference between these two just the size

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so they're both titanium right one is a couple millimeters bigger

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so that's really like the main difference because other than

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that they look same exact thing maybe the movement's upgraded slightly on this on the 10 yeah other than

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that i don't i don't know i have the white gold five let me try these on let me see

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which one i know you mentioned you wanted one the other day

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so maybe you buy one yeah i'm just worried some of

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these run too big you know what i mean the 10

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is uh not a bad size it might be a little

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too big for me though let me try on the five

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i wish it was the slimmer ones the slimmer ones are

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really nice you know they make the new the new ones

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they're they're slimmer oh yeah i like the uh the 6702 the nadal is

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that it the green one and the

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and the red one is tough this is a better size

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the five yeah this is too big it's way too much

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this is going to be too big for me how much

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for the five i'll do 100 flat is this naked no it was white gold it'd be like 105.

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it's not the worst price it's naked no papers nothing yeah

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it's not the worst price can you get into the 90s

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like i mean maybe i'll give you 95 95 let's do 95.

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give me a little break 97 i come down three grand do 95.

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let's close it on 95 why don't you take both maybe

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you sell one what am i gonna do with this one how much is the 10 i'll do 103 for the 10.

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so they're almost the same price yes both i'll do 95 each

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the total for 95 000 each comes out to 190 do you want to do 193.

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i mean we're not too far even right there in the

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front people are stopping in all day it sells other shit

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it pays for its real estate 10 times over one of my boys he's looking to spend around 100

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so maybe never know i'm at 193 you're at 190

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if you do 193 divided by two it's only 96 .5

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it's really a small price to pay you're selling the 10 for at least 103 to 105 retail

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and this you'll get 95.

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all right

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so close it at 96 each 192 let's make a deal

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don't break my heart 192 i'll take in the back of my mind just for you is uh is

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that the new trend wearing ladies watches this isn't a lady's watch it's a mid -size okay all right

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so my original my original cost was 186 500 sold them for 96 000 each that's 192 minus 186 500.

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my rights were violated and i still made 5 500 and uh

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we still educated the people like comment and subscribe i really appreciate your viewership Tune in for tomorrow's video.

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We're back on the grind.

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Four, five, six days a week posting.

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Let's get it.

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Please, before we film it, don't film this.

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Film him saying not to film it.

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It's magnificent.

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We're going to put that in there.

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We're doing it.

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What is this?

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Fuck.

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You just break a rib?

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I once did that and dislocated a rib.

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Really?

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You ever prolapse your anus?

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Not often.

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Okay.

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Six, seven.

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Six, seven.

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Six, seven, five, one.

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It's a rare reference and that dial isn't saying 2 000 bucks yes

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or no no you how much one price 22 21 done done easy you everything else wow in

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that condition i would probably need like 5 500.

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do you know arena club no i don't okay it's like

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an app right they tasked me with putting together like a

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package for their website okay i'm gonna make a vucom box

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so i have to buy a bunch of like this like shit

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that i started out with right

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so basically i have to buy like a shit ton of this type of okay this is really dope is

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that going in the box

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or no hell no i'm keeping this one oh this stuff

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will go in the box now honestly this isn't really on

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par with this stuff i don't think what else do you

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have anything else that's it you promise me i'm clean swear

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to god clean all right how much is this you said 5 500 yes 5 000 52.

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you think this is a good condition for the box yeah

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it is very clean 51 yes all right done 45 okay

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i'm gonna pass on this completely okay how much is this

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two tone 56 i'll do 4800 i could settle at five on that

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this one same price that's an extra long bracelet i need 52.

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okay how much of these oh that's a piece here yes

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and you know about peas what both of these one price four

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and four with papers all right done what else you got that's it come on okay

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so the reason i picked these specific watches for the wukum tie box

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so this is a white half arabic dial this is the

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blue half arabic dial these are very rare configurations for the rolex dates This is a 15200 reference, so these are both quick set models.

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And to top it off, they actually come with the original papers as well.

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So these are two very, very unique, sick, rare additions to that time box that we're going to be running with Arena Club.

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And then this, this is even more exciting.

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With absolutely crazy, crazy patina on the loom plots and the hands, the patina on the hands actually matches those loom plots.

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And again, to top it all off, this comes with the original papers.

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These three specifically are going to be crazy, crazy additions to that little time box on Arena Club.

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These two, meh, generic.

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I'm going to toss them in anyway, but you guys really would want to go for these rather than these.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “My Religious Freedoms Were VIOLATED”. This video has 330 sentences and 3012 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:20. The speaker talks fast, about 184 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
titanium noun	/taɪˈteɪni.əm/	A chemical element (symbol Ti), atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
offend verb	/əˈfɛnd/	To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
strap noun	/stɹæp/	A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
landlord noun	/ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/	A person that leases real property; a lessor.
dope noun	[doʊp]	Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
dial noun	/ˈdaɪ.əl/	A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
wrist noun	/ɹɪst/	The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
slim adjective	/ˈslɪm/	Slender in an attractive way.
symbol noun	/ˈsɪmbəl/	A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
loom noun	/lum/	A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
menorah noun	/mɪˈnɔːɹə/	A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
patina noun	/pəˈtinə/	A paten (a flat type of dish).
rolex noun	/ˈɹəʊlɛks/	An omelette served inside a chapati.
buck noun	/ˈbʌk/	A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo.
hype noun	/haɪp/	Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
check out verb		To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
come up to verb		To approach.
cross out verb		To strike out (something); to draw a line through (something).
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
put up verb		To place in a high location.
come down verb		To descend, fall down, collapse.
look up verb	/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/	To have better prospects.
pick up verb		To lift; to grasp and raise.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Yo, you know what this is called?
I paid, guess what I paid for this one?
You don't care what I paid?
Do I keep the glasses?
Some panhandler, bro, and I can't keep these?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if you're friends, you would do
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is called · were reversed · were violated

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 142 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, booth /buθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: viewership /ˈvjuːəʃɪp/, flush /ˈflʌʃ/, showcase /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/, configuration /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: titanium /taɪˈteɪni.əm/, configuration /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/, magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like titanium, offend, strap.

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