I Paid $40 for this Broken PS5 - I Got Ripped Off!
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- I Paid $40 for this Broken PS5 - I Think I Got Ripped Off! This started off poorly with the box not being properly sealed, the bag of screws not being closed, and there was zero padding protecting the console parts. But I'll still take a look and see if I can get something to work.
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Just as an update on my eBay case with this:
eBay approved my case, sent me a label to ship it back which I did and today (2/5/2024) provided me a full refund of the item and shipping costs.
I was going to say send it to tdr repair but you ship it back
For better or for worse, eBay seems to be very....buyer friendly. Good effort of this one but even I was doubting it right from the jump. You're good but this looked like the seller was testing land mines with it.
I got one new for Christmas and I threw it away for being clutter. Name a single game worth playing. Bet you can't.
He should pay you for adding the missing pieces back
@@buysncharge Try noughts and crosses on top of the white covers.
That eBay seller should be banned. Shipping components like that isn't cool at all. No padding, liquid metal everywhere. What a joke seller.
Yeah, I'm sure ebay will get right on it.
It's fine if it's mentioned
😂@@harborwolf22
Absolutely not. @@silenthill4
Sadly for Ebay standards. They'll say you can only rate a 2 at worst.
PS5 for $40 sounds exciting and terrifying at the same time
Not if you include the $90shipping fee, huge scam
You know they're scamming you when they take their sweet time shipping it out, claiming the post office is closed, and you already paid $90 for the shipping.
Lol, exactly!
@@Tronicsfix Did I call it? All I saw saw "it's closed" and guessed this man's gotta be talking about the post office.....
BROKEN... PS5
Some assembly required
Its Ikeas new PS5 😂
Yeah usually when they charge a ton on shipping. That's usually a big red flag. That guy is definely getting banned.
Former eBay seller here. eBay doesn't take a cut of shipping paid. So a common tactic (that I didn't use mind you) is to put a cheap price on the item but charge $$$ on shipping.
So say your item is normally sells for ~$100 and would cost $20 for good shipping. Instead of eBay taking a chunk out of that $100, you list it for $20 and offset the $80 to shipping. You still only spend $20 in shipping and just pocket the $80 extra.
@@Donut0389That was Patched in 2013 to avoid sellers doing it.
@@Donut0389 You must have stopped selling on eBay 20 years ago, your shipping scam hasn't worked for a long time. The bit you left out is if the customer complained, you'd refund the item price but not shipping, hence all the $1 + $99 shipping items.
eBay charges fees on the total price the customer pays. Listing a low price with high shipping only makes you show up first in the listing, and eBay tends to take a dim view of excessive shipping fees.
@@Matt..007 That's interesting to note. I didn't know that (but never tried it). I wonder if people still think that could be done. Either way this entire sell is a scam, and anytime I see items with insane shipping charges I question them. Honestly most of the times I am bad at calculating shipping and lose out 1 or 2 dollars on the shipping lol.
@@Donut0389 use to do the same damn thing. Made sure my product was the cheapest listed and then mark up the shipping and usually people bought mine bc they couldn’t do math 🤣
I once sold a CPU for $500, the buyer said the CPU was not working and asked to return it, I obliged. I received back a roll of stickers. Ebay initially ruled the seller did in-fact send the CPU back. I then had to threaten legal action. I have since decided never to use ebay to sell again.
I don't sell any tech on Ebay because this happens a lot. I sold a laptop years ago and got back a similar laptop after a dispute but as I mark all my items I could prove this was a different one and that was enough ebay for me. The site is a tech scammers paradise.
sounds stupid but what I do is I film packing the box and bringing it to the postoffice and sending it on its way in one long video - So if they claim it hasnt arrived or crap like that, I am good.
You can make the video even longer and include the part where you use the CPU in a system and its working.
I know its pathetic to have to do it, but everybody will try to scam you, so you gotta cover your bases - or dont bother with ebay.
I am a strong believer in throwaway culture. Dont bother with old stuff, dont buy it, dont sell it. throw it away, fill the landfills. Yeah sucks for the turtles and bees and other critters but its better for my well being.
Indeed they are a joke
This happens all the time with PayPal too. They always side with the buyer, even if that buyer is a scammer and has returned you an empty box.
Never use direct PayPal payment for selling stuff to people you don't know. Never!
That's why there's a ton of people selling expensive electronics with great feedback but always say "NO RETURNS"
There may even be an option to charge a return fee. Sometimes, that can keep someone from bothering, trying to return it.
I'm happy to hear that you opened up a claim with Ebay because this seller needs to be removed from selling anymore items. That listing was a joke and the shipping was not any better.
Hope you get all your money back.
eBay approved my return request so I sent it back!
@@Tronicsfix Hope you removed all the components you added. They may only cost a few cents each, but no sense giving the crap seller a gift.
@@Tronicsfix But do you get the shipping costs also refunded, or only the 40$ for the item? This would be a massive scam if you only get 40$ and they keep lets say 80$ of the 90$ shipping fee you've paid.
@@Tronicsfix Why not blast his ebay name in description? And how to start claim with ebay. I didnt even know that option existed. Amazon returns and refunds are so much smoother.
@@DickRileyTheConquistadorBro eBay was around before Amz...
Good lord! You must have the patience of a saint to replace all those tiny capacitors
Lol, that took a while!
just for it not to work 😭😭😭😭😭😭 i don't have the mental strength for that lol
I remember when I bought my commodore 64 in 2019. I was worried about shipping. It was the exact extreme opposite of this. They not just included the original box, they wrapped the c64 nicely very well packed, but they wrapped the box too. The box arrived in great condition. The C64 was filthy, but after I cleaned it up, it looked brand new.
That’s how it’s supposed to be!
@@Tronicsfix When I eventually finish 3d printing my parent's car part I can only hope I can do at least half as good as my seller did. lol I can definitely do better than yours. lol
Same thing happened to me in 1989
@@UmVtCg I would expect a brand new computer to be well packaged. lol And if it wasn't new, they were still being produced and newish if it wasn't.
Ouch. Hope you get some of that ridiculous shipping charge back, where did he send it from? The moon? 😁
Stupid ebay thing.
Lol, apparently.
From his pocket more like, which is where most of it went.
StezStixFix would have been able to make it work with some ugly bodges...
impressed it even beeped not gonna lie
I’m glad you didn’t lie. That’s reassuring.
@@jrock2460 Indeed. The seller's lies were already too much in this case. No more lies needed.
"The seller said it started up." Was he high on smack?!
I save, I buy a console and I blooming look after it. I still have a working Xbox and Xbox 360. I honestly can't understand these people who trash, damage, let infest with 'roaches, spill beer/soda on something that is half a months wage for some. Boils my blood more than it should. This is why I love your videos, you make do, mend and give it a new life.
well next time there should be follow up question "how long ago did it started up last time?" i can´t really believe that damage to components was just from shipping .. in that corner area where board was scratched a lot maybe but some of the other parts looked too "clean" for accidental shipping damage
@@Tigrha I reckon it was stolen and the bugger dropped it. Then flogged it.
i feel you! When my brother went to prison i got his backwards compatible ps3. My son talked me into buying a ps5 and now we can play every game that Sony has released for all of their consoles. Just recently put a new drive, thermal paste and fan in our ps3 to keep her burnin. I take care of all of my stuff, my kids know not to even change the disc without hollering at old dad first so he can watch. We have a room that has 3 walls full of games. We have a replica mk cabinet. Yep, I am a nerd. I don't have a lot, and I don't have much money either so when you bust your ass for something you treat it like gold.
@@HardWhereHero I want a PS5 next, if I knew a second hand one was looked after and cleaned and tested like our man Tronicsfix here does, I would get it. I got an Xbix series x from the whole family and I treasure it, cause it was a lot for them.
Wow! This has to be the most careful packaging I’ve ever seen from an Ebay seller!
😁 Absolutely, you can really see where the seller spent the $90 for shipping! A lot of care went into that packaging.
Lol!
I agree. I once got a package from germany. box from weight scale and inside was laptop in paperbag. that was it.
10:14 the “spray paint” and the corrosion is from using plumbing flux, not electronics flux. I made the same mistake when I was teaching myself to solder 🤷🏻♂️. My best guess is that this was someone’s first (near first) project
You got an Ikea PS5 😂😂
At least Ikea stuff has some padding in the box xD This was a Cavemans work.
I am honestly surprised after you evaluated the board and seeing all of the components you had to replace, that you even went through with it in the first place so respect for your patience and optimism.
PS5- Some assembly required. And about the "shipping". I'd say that was a trash box that someone dumped a bunch of parts into.
That was a disaster of a board but your efforts were EPIC, man! Love seeing the intricate work up-close!
Grandpa was mad at the ps5 plain and simple.🤣🤣🤣
Sorry to hear about your illness, I hope you beat it and live many many years :)
A valiant effort, my dude. Keep them coming!
I could only imagine what this thing looks like by the title
South bridge replacement or reball looks like the path. Thecod3er does it frequently but like you, I don’t really have that much patience to reball by hand or have confidence to successfully put a new one on it. Excellent video though with getting it repaired to that point you did though!
I watched Louis Rossmann reball MacBooks and oh my god, that looks like the most tedious and infuriating stuff in the world. Would never do that - Rather work overtime so I can afford new hardware instead.
Yeah, it probably could be fixed but since it was in such bad shape I decided to send it back for a refund.
@BatLB That’s because you’re a good little fearful consumer
@@nessamillikan6247 yeah ok internet warrior.
@@nessamillikan6247 He's actually just smart. Reballing CAN be done but it's a horrendous waste of time compared to just getting a new one. There's also the fact that if components have to be reballed, the components are probably dead. Nothing causes a need for reballing other than a dead component, and where do you think people are getting APUs for a PS5? If you get one, it's costing as much as a new PS5. Like with "new" CPUs for laptops.
Work like this is good for the repairs community. Good luck fella. Love your vids.
Taking "parts only/not working" to the next level!
At the beginning I was like ok $40 is not that bad but then $90 shipping!!! yeah that was a rip off!! 😂😂😂
I found the original auction and the seller had no feedback, only one other auction and just one picture of the parts. I’m surprised you actually got anything. 😁
Pretty sure h3 knew what he was going to get and just bought it for a video and get clicks
Yeah, the listing and image looked bad.
I would have never bought it in the first place.
Not surprised by the way it arrived.
Real caveman living in 2024 for sure..
@@amyourpapi23 exactly he got a lot of spare parts for 40$ and I bet the seller even declared everything defective.
This is one of the coolest things ive ever seen. You are amazing! ❤ Love this content!
Enjoy the info about the purchase/buyer. Good video. Thanks
Difference between a hack and a pro. I was pulling for you on this one, Steve!
At a certain point, there's only so much you can do!
This is the kind of eBay seller I'm thankful (and probably lucky) I haven't encountered, even when buying items sold as "for parts".
I have unfortunately just recently had my first bad buyer experience, claimed the item was recieved damaged but wouldn't provide proof for a Canada Post claim as it had coverage, wanted a refund immediately (I was at work and couldn't do it right then) so decided to initiate a payment dispute (which eBay turned down anyway after I provided them proof of his antics lmao) but I'm thankful (and probably lucky again) that has been my only bad buyer in about 5 years of buying/selling on there.
That was an excellent video! Loved the change!
This is insane great job for just diving in I have hope for just about anything.
They need to add the ability to block bad sellers that way you don't accidentally buy from them again
you can, but it takes a third party extension
Can't believe you paid $90 for shipping.. damn!
You care about you man and we support you. Not a lot of people can do what you can do.
soldering xp acquired. (honestly impressive you even tried. hope the refund came through!)
I bought a 5:1 surround sound system (Sony) and it arrived in an enormous box packed with someone's bed pillow but it arrived with speaker leads missing and a broken remote. I had spoke to the seller before I bought it and he assured me everything was there but it wasn't and speaker leads are ridiculously expensive for some reason so I asked to return the item. I was sent a label for a parcel up to 2KG and this lot weighs in excess of 15KG so I contacted the seller and he said "I'll send you a label", 3 weeks later no label and no contact so I started an ebay dispute for a refund. Ebay refunded me after 5 days and I have my money back and a surround sound. Strange that some people just don't seem to care either way, not a good selling technique IMO🤣🤣🤣🤣
Still an awesome video What would have been the next step to fix?
southbridge replacement
Replace the Southbridge and hope that fixes it but after a week of bouncing around in a box with lots of sharp metal I wouldn't be holding my breath
Replace Southbridge. With the condition of this board though there could be other things wrong.
I admire all the work that u went to replacing so many components on that motherboard all for it to still be faulty
Last year I actually fixed my PS5. It's so cool knowing what all the parts are lol. Your knowledge is off the charts. I love videos where you have to fix obscure things. It's interesting seeing you diagnose these things. Nice video 🍰👏
after 4:26 minutes: I have hope 🙏
after 12:44 minutes: Its a cruel world 😭😂
I love your sad stories or failure videos because its honest and hard homie like work, so yeah ,Kudos.
well it's parts of a ps5🤣🤣🤣
Love your optimism to fix garbage. I was also hoping you'd be able to fix it, that would have been awesome 😍
When I see something currently worth $500 for lest than 10% of its value, I just look at it like it is the plague. No thanks! Excellent video though!
The reason sellers have ridiculous shipping rates is because eBay doesn’t refund the shipping costs back to the buyer. Only the cost of the item can be contested not the fees around it. It’s a scam
not true you can get postage refunded if it's not as described or a faulty item. You just have to ring them, which isn't that hard to do.
incorrect, they do if its not as described etc. you get a full refund... it just shows up as a cheaper option when filtering ebay for whatever it is you are looking for... also in the past (years ago) ebay didnt charge fees on shipping, but changed that like 10-12 years ago
This is not true. If the item is not as described or a scam like this eBay will fully refund the buyer.
I'll add to all the comments and say.. WRONG!
no you get all fees back and the seller has to pay for return postage , they should send you a label (barcode to scan to print etc), which you use to return it , not sure if fleabay pays at first then gets it back from the seller so it costs him even more , as they can get their postage back from the guy .
So close!!! Great work 💪😎
I have to say, that circling the areas that you have checked is brilliant. Simple and effective. **thumbs up**
Ship it to Thecod3er for round 2 lol
i feel like $40 for a parts only PS5 in rough shape is still a pretty good deal. (seen people spend well over $100 for donor party only PS5s)
but if they sold it as a Working product that' just needs a little repair and it showed up like that then yeah that's a pretty bad deal especially with nearly a $100 shipping cost.
idk how the shipping costs work entirely on said site but i know some people will over charge shipping so they can pocket the excess while making the base cost cheaper and more appealing. i think that counts as a type of fraud right?
China does it all the time, wish, temu etc
Yeah.. it seems to me like there's $40 worth of donor parts there?
Oh... the shipping! 😅
I wouldn't say fraud, but dishonest. That's definitely what they were doing was putting a high shipping price and hiding it under a lower buy price. In that case (especially how it was shipped), they should have just charged $130 (original buy price + the $90 they put for shipping) and just did free shipping. Same price and at least the bad shipping job he could have at least argued he did free shipping so it wasn't going to be great (still wouldn't have been a good excuse, but would have at least made more sense and come across slightly less dishonest).
That's exactly what some will do. I've seen people charging $15 to ship a Gameboy USPS standard and it'll just have a single round of bubble wrap in the standard $3 USPS box. I bought a GBA SP screen from someone outside of ebay (on his own site) for $5 and the shipping was $3 and it came in a standard USPS shipping bag in its own strong cardboard jewelry shipping box.
Sellers think they'll get more money by hiding the fees inside of shipping. But eBay takes out of shipping because of folks trying to scam the system.
I came here to tell you that everything is going to be OK with your diagnosis. Keep fighting! Be strong!
I ended up watching this whole video first.
Making dua for you❤
You sir tryed to perform a the impossible most would had just tossed out. Respect my friend good video
Was the seller Temu
eBay, big brain.
@@VadelGame Making a joke, big brain.
No it was Ikea, self assembly required
Lol
You bought a donor board for $40..No wonder some of the componets were missing..
it wasn't really about the state of the board it was more about how it was shipped for the cost of 90$
Nice work man 👍🏾
Incredible content! Love the videos!
But it’s 40 bucks. Why not lol. You can Frankenstein it
Plus 90 for shipping
Hope you’re doing well. Praying for healing.
4 years ago, I purchased a DX6 RC transmitter . I paid $140 and it worked 1 time and quit. I opened it and found all the screws loose on the motherboard. Upon closer expection, I found the mother board damaged beyond repair. I ended up saving a few components from it and ordered a brand new transmitter. I learned my lesson concerning buying used electronics on E- Bay. I saved nothing by buying someone else's junk.
Great Video. Would have loved to see a South bridge replacement.
This board is for spare parts, a lot has already been removed from it for another PS5, and you are restoring it. but this is a big like
Respect for that crazy work with all the tiny parts. I hope you get your money back or the other parts are be okay. But with this video you will get the money back I think.
unbelievable how some people can sell stuff like that. All in all it was great content and a good watch. cheers!
Thank you. That was very educational
Was worth a try. I enjoyed this a lot as it creates a mystery if the PS5 is actually working or not after putting in a lot of effort. :D
It was worth the watch, editing and uploading for entertainment
I just got my PS5 Slim and using a PC monitor that isn’t 8K, and doesn’t have speakers but still display just fine. I’m also working on getting PSP 3000 parts for a build I’m going to do for myself
Bro your work ethic is second to none
Tronics - you do such beautiful work. Shame you couldn't fix it.
Thanks for the content
Found this channel not long ago and watched a bunch of videos. Forgot the name of the channel though but just searched for "perfect amount of thermal paste" 😂 now im subscribing.
Love your videos! Have you ever tried to fix a NES Faimilyfitness mat? Just wondering how hard work it would be. I got one mat from the 90´s and few of the "buttons" aren't responding.
we are sorry about what happened at least we learned a lesson from it!
otherwise would you please make a video on how to inject voltage and diagnose motherboards? thank you forward steve!
Crazy fix , with so much going wrong. Love the Jazz music though
I really hoped you could fix that! Bummer!
I hope you get money back. That kind of stuff happens sometimes. They needed quick money at that point of time, which they got. At least we saw soldering which is also very nice ;). Thank you.
You did your best to fix this nightmare destroyed PS5.I like to see your videos.
I once have brought Nintendo switch from eBay for repair it came in huge box without any padding or bubble wrap around so the docking station, controllers and tablet with charger were rattling inside banging on each other and by some miracle everything was still in tact...
this is why whenever I buy something from someone on ebay, I always look at the reviews the seller has, the amount of reviews, look at the negative reviews if they have any, and how long they have been on the site for as well as other items the seller is selling to get a general idea as to whether or not it's worth buying from that person or to look for another seller
For some reason, within the past year or 2, eBay sellers don't know how to pack stuff right. I had a seller just throw DVD'S in a box and send it with no packing at all. Had another seller just toss a CD in a padded envelope that looked like it had been used before, and the padding was almost non-existent.
Finally, I had a seller that just put a valuable xbox 360 game in a plain envelope, no padding at all! Needless to say, all arrived damaged. Of course, when I contacted them about it, they blamed the USPS.
Sad that it was unrepairable. Not surprised by the amount of missing components and warped board. Don't know how this can end up in such rough shape!
Hope u fill better soon .
I tried watching TV. Shut it off and put in Netflix. Then shut that off and now I'm here and I'm invested lol
I have an original PS4 I took apart years ago as practice and never put back together. Every single piece is there. I build custom gaming PCs and do some console cleaning/refurbishment. Maybe I'll send it for you to male a video on. Figured I better add mine has not been stored like that and would never ship like that 😅
Respekt for this work. 😮
Steve even attempting a repair on this was a noble feat
You are a absolute wizard!
Only you could take on this and make it look easy, This board looked like a donor board from a trainee tech but instead of repairing it threw it on concrete constantly. Shocking I would of gave up when i opened the box. Great video as usual your so patient. Hope you get a full refund
Being the awesome guy you are..I know you’re gonna package it well when you return it lol. I can’t say the same for myself though. How I got it is how I return it 😂
This was a fun and informative video.
This was super interesting, I was really rooting for you. That was not an insignificant amount of work. In theory, could the southbridge be replaced? Is specialist tooling the limiting factor?
Yes, it could be. I’m just not skilled enough to do that, lol
@@Tronicsfix course you are, you just haven't destroyed enough yet
They shipped all of that loose in a box... I'm surprised you received it at all and it didn't fall apart in transit.
I would retry reflowing the southbridge or reballing definitely able to be done.
12:13 that transition was 💯
You could try and swap that southbridge out with hot air. Reball is within your skills.
Reminds me of my uno eBay experience selling a high end motherboard that I packaged extremely well and the buyer jacked it up trying to install it and claimed they received it that way. They didn't even message me, just opened a claim 4 days after they received it. I made a very detailed rebuttal with a ton of pictures including the condition during packing and prior to. Needless to say the guy never responded and eBay closed the case several days later. Just shows what can happen buying/selling used electronics.
Noooooooo!!!! I was hoping you could rescue that one😅
All this time all I had to do was learn how to solder and I could have save all those games! I do some tinkering with electronic and computers. When it comes to stuff being wrong on the boards like this, that's where my skillset stops. I think I might learn now.
At the end I was hoping it would work even though I kind of knew it wouldn't. Bad seller for sure, but good content for you.
Will you attempt to replace the SB or are those paired/serialized with other components?
For some of these projects without schematics people should take high resolution pictures of the boards one of a fully functional board and the other one with suspect parts and then compare them in Photoshop turn one semi-transparent and overlay them
Oh my! I like the fan.