iPhone owners left stunned after user reveals someone paid to see phone destroyed

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iPhone owners left stunned after user reveals someone paid to see phone destroyed

The Apple user showed the bank transfer of $293.26.

People have a unique fascination with watching things get crushed. I mean, there's a whole community of people obsessed with watching a hydraulic press destroy anything from bowling balls and skittles.

But paying to see a broken phone feels a bit extreme.

Instead of using an online marketplace to buy and sell products, a stranger used it to message someone, offering to pay them a couple of hundred dollars to break their phone.

The caption on the Reddit post read: 'A couple years ago, some guy on marketplace paid me over $350 total to send him videos of me destroying an iphone'.

Dinonuggetenjoyer/Reddit
Dinonuggetenjoyer/Reddit

The stranger first asked the Reddit poster, Desperate-Reality-72, how old their iPhone was before requesting that they essentially break their phone.

'If I paid you 75 would you crush it?' asked the user.

When asked why, they responded: 'Cuz it’s satisfying and I wanna bless you and let you take some anger out.'

Now, I'm not sure why someone would destroy a device that has everything we basically need on it.

But, I guess everyone has their price.

The Redditor showed screenshots of the messages they sent to the buyer along with images of a very damaged Apple device looking slightly bent with an obliterated screen.

Additionally, the iPhone user captured a shot of the back of the phone which is also completely destroyed with a red circle drawn around the following: 'Potential for fire or burning. Do not disassemble, puncture, crush, heat, or burn,' which hopefully didn't encourage the user further.

Dinonuggetenjoyer/Reddit
Dinonuggetenjoyer/Reddit

The stranger also weirdly asked the Apple owner whether they had glue adding to the oddity of the situation.

Screenshots showed the bank transfer from the unique requester, completing a total of $293.26.

One Reddit user commented: 'New business opportunity. Web site where people can tip you to destroy electronics in whatever ways they desire.'

'Hydraulic press chanel exists to crush stuff and people love it. I am not surprised at all by this,' another wrote.

One user clearly wanting to earn some extra cash wondered: 'Whats his username. Asking for friend'.

Other users were shocked at the Apple owner's willingness to perform such an act, writing: 'No way would I do this, I’d rather sell the phone if working or recycle it!!! This is such a waste!'

Despite the mixed comments, the Reddit post has surprised some with what some people are willing to do for a bit of extra cash, garnering a total of 27k upvotes with over 1,000 comments.

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