bargain hunting on eBay | how I search for stuff
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- At least 3 people have asked me how I go about finding faulty items for my videos. Well, those people are in luck!
I was going on eBay the other night, and I thought, let's film it, it'll be fun or something. And here it is.
Herein you will find the "secrets"* I use to search for items!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve 2
*may not be secrets - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Steve,
Save time and use the search tags. To search for multiple things, bracket them together. To exclude things, bracket them and put a - before the brackets.
Example:
(faulty, broken, spares & repair, not working) -(car, cd player)
This would search for all words in first brackets, and exclude listings including words in second set of brackets.
Ross
@@_Karlsson I don't know, I use regular brackets a lot in ebay searches, but you may as well just test the square brackets to find out, would be as quick as typing that question but with more immediate results!
@_Karlssonthis is a regional thing. In the UK, what we know as brackets are the round version that our American friends call parentheses. What Americans call brackets, we call square brackets.
For searching, each has a different purpose. For this type of term grouping it's normal round brackets that you need.
@@TheMatthooks Well, that's not a regional thing. That's just incorrect. There are names for these symbols. Parentheses are ( ), Brackets are [ ], Braces are { } and Chevrons are < >. Some of these symbols predate keyboards and have always had actual names. Parentheses and Brackets have been used in mathematics for centuries, and calling brackets as square brackets is actually redundant since all brackets have 90 degree corners. Chevrons are actually the earliest recognized type of bracket found in written languages, however the ones on our keyboards today are a bit squashed as they are primarily used as greater than or less than symbols. People who don't know them have made up the round, square, curly, and angled bracket names. It's fine, it's just not correct, and honestly doesn't have anything to do with region. I can only speak for the US, but plenty of people use these incorrect terms here until they arrive in my CS classes and learn their correct names. You'll probably be able to find many examples of these incorrect terms on the internet because a lot of information on the internet was placed there by people who didn't know the correct ones. So be careful where you get your information. Including me, I suppose. 😀
Great video. Any chance of doing a video on stuff that you have repaired and then sold afterwards? It would be interesting to see “oh, I paid £xxx for this and then got xxx for it repaired”
Thank you for this video, it is always a pleasure. May I suggest you to use an ad blocker though ? Because I kinda have an urge to buy a ROMAN dress after watching this video
Useful indeed, have to admit, always questioned myself about it. Thanks Steve!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and the process....I wait in anticipation for the 2 purchased items to appear on the Chanel!!!
A wonderful change up from your normal videos love it keep up the awesome content!
I have begun buying broken things to fix. Successfully fixed a Digimon d-terminal and some tamagotchi and LCD keychain games already :) thanks for teaching me how with these videos. Always wanted to learn this stuff but was too intimidated. Watching you for the last year has taught me so many things that when I started I felt like I already had a good grasp on it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and learning along with us.
Really helpful video to walk through your search process and thought process. Thanks Steve!
This was a great walkthrough for people looking to try their hand at bringing spares/repairs items back to life.
Brilliant insight to your daily routine thanks Steve 😊
Excellent video, can't wait to see how you get on with the items!
Hi Steve, I'm 1 of 3 people who enjoyed this video :)
I had one of those grandstand consoles it was great when I was 9-10 years old. I'm now 41. Can't wait to see that video. Nostalgia as it's finest there.
Exactly how i used to get things, I used to buy PS3s with drives that didnt work and they came with a controller sometimes two and they are worth more than the console, then you just put a cfw on the console and that also then works. Same with most old consoles, you fix them a different way. Great video been watching for years.
Hi Steve2, thanks for the content! Entertaining as always.
A nice little trick that works with eBay (also Google searches and others) is to add things to your search parameters with a -ve symbol. E.g. "-headphones -earbuds -jump -starter". Then all those annoying things just go away from the search results. I've use this for years to really narrow down on saved searches to look for really specific items (for my disabled child) that are hard to now find. I have the worlds biggest collection of one very specific comfort toy for him now because of the "-" symbol :) !
I would love to see you repair some good old B&O stuff - like a Beocenter 9000 and its brothers and sisters.
Thank you for the work and your humor!
I suppose you want me to fix that Atari Lynx, eh?
yes please
Good luck with that. I have two and they're nightmares to fix. So many parts that go wrong (caps, diodes, volt regulator, LCD, etc). Damn you Jack Tramiel and your ruthless cost-cutting!
Would be great to see you do a screen mod on it as well!
Please dont refer to the stuff you buy of eBay as crap, I have told my wife the stuff I buy are called investments for the future. 😊
Under condition you can select faulty not working 👍
awesome video - really useful.
Might save you some time in future using ebay's boolean search features... for example, "(faulty, broken, "not working", "sold as seen", untested) console" would OR all the keywords in the parenthesis - if you include phrases in quotation marks for things with spaces.. and you can use dash to NOT include words i.e. -automotive
Just posted the same. So many people don’t know about these.
Would love to see you restore an Amiga. Would probably be cap replacement, but seeing you do it would encourage people with actual ability to shine...😅
First up love the content thanks for making some entertaining videos. eBay is so hit and miss with purchasing electronics at the best of times.
I recently took a punt on 3 Xbox ones and a one S for 70 pound. I (think) I got lucky 2 of them seemed to just need resetting to factory (although I haven't used them for any length of time to fully test yet).
One of the working ones definitely needs opening as something's rattling in it possibly got a screw loose like me.
The other Xbox One seems totally dead and I think the One S (may) just need a new internal power supply but need to investigate properly when I get time.
Wow! i didn't think it would have been so entertainig to see you choosing and buying the stuff you fix in your videos... it would be cool if you can add in every video a small clip of you actually buying and checking the potential profit (like you did here) before the fixing part... what do you think?
BTW i really like your contents ! Cheers from Italy!
P.S.: I am learning a lot from your videos, I miss lots of skill in soldering, but i'm slowly improving thanks to you!
sorry for my bad english...
That's funny, I looked at that Grandstand listing myself - I think it was about a month ago. From vague memory I passed on the price as the working resell value wasn't there or there were working ones still in their blister pack for the same price.
This is oddly satisfying to watch. All the thrill of eBay bargain hunting without the personal financial risk involved
Ever use auction sniping tools? I used to use one years ago and it worked so well many times.
Thank you for this video on searchingk and buyingk. Much appreciated ❤ 😂
Will you upgrade the screen on the Lynx? I've been thinking about doing mine...
I stopped looking for stuff online because people try to scam me and the contact is dodgy alot of the time and people want alot of money for broken things these days.
So what I did is I started to repair things for people and they only have to pay if the repair is succesful. This way I can keep learning without the hobby being ruined by scammers and people who are not polite. When you fix somebody else's stuff it's great! Everybody is happy/I can keep learning and even get. Some Money for my time. Win win win.
Only I don't get to keep stuff but I think all repair people already have alot of stuff. XD
But thnx for the video anyways!
The Bose CD players tend to have degraded lasers. You can turn up the voltage to them and revive them most of the time, but if you need a new laser they are not economically repairable. I have one here needing looked at.
2:06 that 3ds is working, literally one pic below what you where looking at
Interesting to watch your strategy. I thing CEX is shiort for computer exchange . I remember when they first opened a shop in our town and I thought hang on what on earth is that going to sell. I recently bought a wii to mend and was successful then went into CEX to get a wiimote....£32 !!! I bought a new one for around £13 on ebay. I suppose they are rather like cash converters in that they will pay peanuts to buy it from you and then zonk it up 3 times to sell it.
Looking forward to that Atari Lynx 2 repair. I bought one on ebay 15 years ago and arrived not working and have left it since. Hoping for some pointers...stupid Atari Lynx 2.
Good video.
Also cex would only give u those prices if the device is unopened
done a few of them bose wave just a full cap replacement sorted them
My first thought with the battery cover was that I would 3D print it.
I've messaged people before asking them for a discount in price slightly, often the equivalent of free delivery, even when Best Offer is not an option.
At your purchase volumes, could add up.
The Bose cd player would be to do with its capacitor I have fixed a few and all of the with cd issue have been the same 😊
I will say, I still have my original Atari Lynx, with case and three games - don't have the AC adapter, but it still works with 6 AAs, so I'm looking forward to the Lynx video!
No Atari Lynx has ever worked with 6 AAs for any length of time. You need at least 60, and 120 would do better if you want to use it in earnest.👅
@@sanityormadness it is not efficient, but you CAN get several hours of gameplay on a fresh set of batteries. Fortunately the games I have are all fairly short gameplay loops
I bought recently a £4 Xbox One 1540 and another for £4.99, first had a dead HDD and second was working perfectly out the box and considering they are both playing high end stuff like Starfield very well albeit only at 1080p max, still looks abs astonishing on my 52 inch flat screen.
Hi do you sell your stuff to cex or back on ebay love the vids btw
Should've ended with "stupid ebay"
That Grandstand console looks suspiciously like a Pop Station.
Just picked up a wii u today, one i have always wanted
0:44 Maybe for the 1st of April you could repair some 'faulty postage stamps' That would defo be worth a watch.
Could you give us a tutorial on soldering. 🙏
I have a faulty wii u If you're interested. The main console seems to come on and work. But I cannot get the game pad to come on. Only thing I've tried is to change the battery, but it still does not work. It will not give me a light indicating that it's charging.
Nice
I am a part of those 3 people which wanted to see how you find the faulty stuff, I always wanted to see and find junk for myself to try and turn them into gold
Would be interesting to see you buy electronics from car boot as they are probably broken half the time
I just finished modding a Lynx 2. Do yourself a favor and grab an upgraded screen it makes a world of difference
You should consider investing in a 3D printer to replace broken plastic parts such as battery covers
Hmm interesting. You ok if I do a response video to this and show how I use some boolean keywords queries to get into some real detail?
You should also check by vendors and put them as private...
2nd channel? i'm in!
When I started eBay in the early to mid 2000’s, they used to have a category basically saying….. last minute deals
Niice!
How do subscribers contact you to see if you would be interested in fixing tech that they have? Tech that’s faulty and you haven’t fixed before on the channel.
Yay, I'm one of three people
PSP is still a great console its one of only 3 handhelds I have (admittedly I mostly emulate on my phone these days.
But yeah Have a PSP 2000 a game boy micro and a Vita surprisingly of the 3 the PSP is probably the one I like the most I admit probably nostalgia as of course the Vita can run psp gamesas well.
I'm person number 2!
Interesting that cex will pay £60 for a Wii u, I have one I want to shift, now do I take it to my local cex or eBay it....
"And as always...goodbye?" 😂
You need a 3d printer, you're never worry about a battery cover anymore 😂 Oh and i really enjoyed this video , something else interesting!
-aww finished the video and you mentioned a 3d printer 😂 i thought of it before you said it (in my video) though haha
TIL add to basket in UK
the prices people ask for some junk items is staggering
should buy one of those wii u consoles that are bricked just to try out that weird pi zero fix or whatever its called.
ive most of these in the attic didnt know they where selling for this much
Like to see you do a fat backwards compatible PS3. Ylod vs Stez
Please try a faulty electric scooter. It might be an easy fix but I've never seen a fix for it
A frozen light up jumper, wow im shocked they could "Let it go" for such a price.....dadum tissssss
Click on the ads next time.... would like to see you fix the trousers
Hahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂 for those 3 people
@12:39 Ahhhh! A POP Station!!
Did a bit of research on this unit. It was marketed as "Game Wizard" in the US by MGA and "Triple In" by Epoch in Japan. The housing is exactly the same for all of these. The Japanese one looks like it may have been more aggressively marketed, using licensed characters and such. But, information is sparse on this device. Only other thing I can find is it was probably made in the late 90's, about 1997.
Why the blur in the top right?
It kept randomly showing my Postcode up there. Would have taken hours to do it frame by frame, so I just blurred the whole lot! 😬
That PSP looked soo water damaged at a quick screen glance.
First like 👍
Have you noticed a rising trend in the prices of faulty items since the growth of repair channels on here?
Do you have a site where you sell the items you repair?
Yes it's called eBay
@@ShadowcasterZero ok link to his eBay shop?
What's your favourite Red Dwarf episode?
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I never understood why people sell broken electronics at unreasonable prices. I know someone MIGHT fix them, but it's so dumb asking outrageous prices on items.
You realize they have a filter built into ebay for parts and not working right? Not that everyone selects that correctly when listing.
You made a mistake not selecting the Bose Wave CD radio. It's worth at least £100 in working condition.
Yeah, I should have taken a punt on that one for £10. Was kicking myself afterwards...
@@StezStixMixI knew because I own won. They're fantastic radios when they work. I have a Polk Audio equivalent radio the broke that I couldn't figure out how to take apart. I'm in the US, it's a complete radio and it's actually pretty high end. If I could figure out an economical way to send it to you, I would send it to you.
Can't understand the Lynx prices...silly money.
I would have a few drinks and just pick up deals….
+ another that is 4
I'm I'm of those 3 people
4 people
That will be 4 people now
Can’t say I love this video because you don’t show your handsome face but it’s alright
Should have been stupid eBay to end 🤣🤣🤣
How you search for junk you mean
Yeah, pretty much 😅
What...! No Stupid eBay?
Stupid faulty Ebay stuff!
Try searching for stuff but use the wrong spelling, use your imagination as to what someone who can't spell would spell something. Not everyone is good with computers or don't bother to spell check. faulty (fawlty) Sometimes find some bargains that no one finds coz of how its spelt.
I have a broken ps4, unopened if you are interested. Free!
Who's still watching in 2024?
Do people really not know how to buy things of ebay ?