- Today, I'm going to be taking a look
at some of the biggest scams on Costco,
starting with more clothes?
A long sleeve shirt.
I didn't order a long sleeve shirt.
- [Jared] This isn't our pile of stuff.
- Is this a romper?
- [Jared] You're the one who ordered it.
- I did not order a romper.
It came in this package?
- [Jared] It came in that package with your name on it.
- Jared, put the romper on.
- [Jared] What? (laughs)
- [Austin] Oh, you're actually gonna do it?
- I at least wanna see what it looks like.
Honestly, I don't know what a romper, what the hell?
It's just a really long shirt.
How would I look, would my mom be proud?
- Give me an actual item, okay?
- [Jared] Okay, okay. - I got my Kirkland
Signature Fit on.
- [Jared] You want an item?
I'll give you an item.
- This has gone off the rails
and we're seven seconds in the video.
This is a Galaxy Book.
Now you might not think immediately
about Costco and computers.
However, there was a time, especially last year,
when gaming PCs were really hard to get your hands on.
The Costco was the best place to buy a gaming PC.
So when we were looking around for this video
for interesting, cool, unique products on Costco,
the Galaxy Book Go, absolutely, got my attention.
Mm, na, nmm.
- [Jared] Do you have any words to describe it?
- I have words, it's plastic.
(fingers tapping keys)
Not terrible, I mean,
not a lot of flex. - Oh my god!
You say not a lot of flex, dude.
I could eat cereal out of that.
- Do you hear this? (laptop crackling)
That's the whole like chassis flexing.
Not a great start.
But for 350 bucks, if this thing lasts all day,
I can get away with the kind of flimsy build quality, maybe.
Can this play Fortnite?
Can this play modern, triple-A games?
- [Jared] I'm sorry, are we trying to play games?
- I am.
Do not hit the Galaxy Chrome,
I mean, Windows Book for 9,000.
So this is just a whole gaming bundle.
And this is the Boudica Gaming Headset.
There's a lot of things
that make a lot of sense to buy at Costco.
Gaming gear, something I'm a little bit questioning.
If I recall, this was like medium price.
It was like 100 bucks or something?
- [Jared] This was 130.
- 130 bucks, I'm not gonna say that we got scammed,
'cause we haven't actually opened it up.
But this stuff all needs to be at least pretty decent.
Like this keyboard, I will just tell you,
30 bucks maybe on Amazon, maybe.
The keyboard for the record is supposed to look very,
very cool when I fire it up, okay.
So I'm gonna plug it in.
Everyone, ready?
Ready, set and.
Boom! - Whoa!
- Whoa!
I just had an nefarious idea.
I'm gonna say I've heard stories
that Costco's return is generous.
And if I were to say, oh, I don't know,
purchase an item that was of a below average quality,
who's to say I would get scammed.
- [Jared] You either die getting scammed
or live long enough to become the scammer.
- Ha-ha, wait, wait.
- [Jared] Dude, what are those?
- Why is this the world's biggest headset?
- [Jared] Oh, dude! (everyone laughing)
It looks like you have bulletproof ear muffs on.
- It's 'cause the Sam's Club police are coming at me.
Now the mouse is also fine.
It does have the selectable DPI.
I'm not a huge fan of the way it looks.
This little like orb on the inside is fine.
But, again, this is okay.
But like, honestly, out of the Velocilinx accessories,
everything is okay.
I don't think I have anything to say
is egregious or terrible.
I don't think it's necessarily a good deal.
You know, Costco, you get a pass, totally fine.
Let's just move everything off to the side.
'Cause let's talk about this laptop.
Very, very excited to try this,
because it has been quite a while
since I've tried an ARM-powered Windows device.
350 bucks, not bad, right?
And if you pull up the specs,
it's got the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2.
Eight-core processor, seems fine, but it is super laggy.
And one reason for that
is it's only got four gigs of RAM.
This should be illegal and prosecuted
to the fullest extent of the law.
I don't care if this is $350 or not.
Four gigs of RAM is not enough in 2022.
Look at this, look how slow it is.
There we go.
This is like absurdly slow.
So look at this, this is a HP 14-inch laptop
with a Ryzen 3, eight gigs of RAM,
double what this has, 120 gig SSD for $310.
This is $40 less.
I will guarantee you it has better performance.
Not only because it doesn't have to do any emulation
of x86 or x64 in the background,
on top of that, it's just not so slow.
Like I gotta say, I'm not feeling good
about Costco right now.
I mean, mind you, they obviously sell
other non like Samsung ARM-powered devices.
But like I thought this would be okay.
This is just bad.
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(upbeat music)
All right, so these are Skullcandy Crusher EVO Headphones.
- [Jared] I don't know if I want crusher
in the name of something I need to put around my skull.
- You know what you need?
More bass.
Feel the bass tune to you.
Sensory bass headphones with personal sound,
aka scoop city, bass all the way up.
Everything else? Nothing.
All right, let's give this thing a try.
How much were the Crusher EVO headphones?
- [Jared] These were 180 bucks.
- That's a lot,
because these do not have any like active noise canceling
or anything like that,
which is pretty common
at the more expensive over-ear headphones.
Word?
That's actually got like that
sort of like Alcantara-style finish on the top.
USB-C, nice, soft cushions.
Oh, look at this, this is the bass port.
Open or close, more or less bass.
I mean look, Skullcandy, in my opinion,
has a fairly poor reputation for actually being good.
But, I mean, this is checking all the boxes right now.
Okay, I'm connected.
I'm gonna open up the Skullcandy app.
It didn't make me create an account, A+.
Actually, you know what?
This is a nice little app, honestly.
So it's playing a bunch of tones quietly.
And it's, "Can you hear this tone, yes or no?"
And it adjusts up and down.
I think my right ear is better than my left.
Yo, that's mad wrong.
I'm gonna put this up to my mic.
Listen to what it's doing right now.
(sounds skipping)
You hear that?
If this does not pair correctly with another phone,
I'm gonna say that it is actually
a broken set of headphones outta the box.
I'll pair with an iPhone now
to see if that works any better.
If it doesn't work on this, I'm gonna be upset.
So it works on the iPhone.
It does not work on my Z Flip.
I have never had another Bluetooth issue
of any kind on the Z Flip.
Maybe I just need to pair and unpair.
But that is a major red flag for me.
So there's a little slider on the side.
It's the bass slider or whatever they call it.
So with it all the way down, fine.
If I turn it up, my head is actually being crushed.
Like it's like a ridiculous amount of bass.
- [Joanna] Well, it is called the Skull Crusher.
- I can't hear anything you're saying.
I'm just in bass land. - Okay.
- This is the beginning of "Hotel California,"
which is not a bassy song, yet.
- [Joanna] Pick a song that has like a ton--
- Good thumps though, like it slaps.
- [Jared] I'm sorry, Joanna, I was listening to you.
(mellow hip hop music)
- [Joanna] What, what is that? - I'm vibrating the mic!
- Oh, why?
- If you think this is bad,
you've gotta go check out our new This Is video,
which is coming out soon, make sure to subscribe,
where I checked out some of the most ridiculous,
outlandish things that Costco sells.
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That was quite the mighty throw for a mighty item.
The MZ Skin by Dr. Maryam Zamami.
Light therapy, golden.
Is that not... - Zamami?
- Oh, Zamani. (everyone laughing)
It promotes accelerated skin rejuvenation
while strengthening skin tone,
boosting radiance and reducing pigmentation.
Wait, wait, you can't do that.
You're reducing pigmentation.
- What? - That seems bad.
- [Jared] Isn't that the whole point is that you want that?
Is this trying to make you like paler?
- Yeah, that's what I'm saying!
Just wait till you see this one.
Let me open the box.
Just take a look at what it looks like
on the inside of the box.
- [Jared] Oh my god.
- It's horrifying.
- [Jared] Dude, do not look at me like that.
Actually, you looked a lot friendlier now.
(everyone laughing)
- [Austin] This was expensive.
Was this actually the most expensive item so far?
- [Jared] This was $380.
- Let's keep this packaging nice and neat.
Not that I'm gonna return this or anything.
Take a good, hard look for the last time.
Ow, this is the worst fit I've ever felt.
Ah!
- [Joanna] Just the USB hanging out
of the bottom of the mask, perfect goatee.
- [Austin] I'm gonna activate three, two, one.
- [Jared] Well, you didn't light on fire,
so I'd call that a win.
- [Austin] What do I do now?
- [Jared] Oh, why is there different colors?
- Everyone knows RGB is the key to good health, Jared.
Am I beautiful yet?
Blue light will treat and calm me.
Green light will soothe and balance me.
Yellow light will rescue and relieve.
And white light will rejuvenate and refine.
- [Joanna] How does yellow light rescue you?
(everyone laughing)
- All right, so you can see on the inside,
I mean, it's exactly what it seems like.
It's a bunch of little LEDs.
Like there's nothing special.
I feel so rescued and relieved.
- [Joanna] Rescued from what?
- [Austin] Scams on Costco.
- I know we just called this a scam,
but looking it up online in a lot of other places,
this thing is like 580 bucks.
So maybe we actually got a pretty good deal in that case.
- Jared, if this works, instead of wearing a mask,
I could just stare at my RGB keyboard every day.
It would do the exact same thing.
It's a bunch of RGB LEDs.
- It's that how gamers look so young?
(Austin laughing)
Well, it's okay, it's okay.
If that didn't soothe you enough,
it's not the only soothing you're gonna have today.
Because you also have. - Don't ever say that
to me again, Jared.
So, next, I have the Sharper Image Spa Haven Foot Bath.
Ow, this is a heated spa with massage rollers.
Wait, is this the relaxation episode?
It'll massage my tired feet and smooth my callouses.
- [Jared] This is a powerful, anti-bacterial thing
for your skin I guess.
- What'd you call me?
You know what would make this more uncomfortable?
If you literally duct tape to my head.
- [Jared] We can make that happen.
- [Austin] Wait, wait, wait, wait, no.
No residue, we have to return this.
I mean, potentially return this if it doesn't work.
Just do it before change my mind.
Wait, my hands are in here! - All right, we're on!
We're on, how relaxed do you feel?
- [Austin] Significantly less so now.
Wish me look.
- [Jared] You're surprisingly dextrous with your feet.
- [Austin] Thank you, let me turn on the bubbles.
Woo! - [Jared] It's warm?
- [Austin] Ooh, that's actually very warm.
This feels weird.
Wait, I'm gonna work on my pumices.
- [Jared] Do you want your hands untaped from your face?
- [Austin] No, it's okay.
- [Jared] Yeah, I hope you realize you just like
seriously helped out a huge corner of the internet
with this footage right now.
- Is this what you're looking for?
'Cause if so, I'm sorry.
All right, hang on, I'm just gonna try to relax
and calm myself. (sighs deeply)
- [Jared] Feel the bubbles take the stress away from you.
Let that blue light shed away the stresses of the day.
- [Austin] Mmm, yeah, stress.
- Om.
- Can we still return any of this?
Am I gonna grab the box myself?
- Sorry. - No, that's fine.
I'll grab it myself.
- [Jared] That's huge, what is that?
- This is the Singing Machine Wi-Fi Karaoke Pedestal.
- [Ken] What? - Connects instantly
to home Wi-Fi.
- This is the device of my people, dude.
- The word karaoke was mentioned
and Ken appeared out of literally nowhere.
I haven't seen Ken in weeks. - Oh my god.
- This has Wi-Fi.
This is already like brought into the 21st century.
How much did you guys pay for this?
- [Jared] So this was 200 bucks.
- That's not bad. - That is really good
for what this is.
- And it's got a ton of different ports.
So you've got line in, line out.
HDMI, so you can run this out to a TV.
And you've got like a sub and everything.
But I just realized,
we're about to get Content ID'd hard.
- No. - We're about to get
the channel taken down. - No, no, no, no, no.
It's all MIDI.
It's all just like generic beats, it's fine.
- Sorry, Mr. YouTube, it's just generic beats.
Don't take our video down.
All right, activate Costco.
Oh, and it's lit up on the bottom.
- [Ken] This looks really nice for
200 bucks. - 200 bucks.
I bet this is running Android,
'cause it's taking a long time to boot up.
- It's definitely not the Snapdragon 8.
It was made in '21.
- I'm gonna be so sad if this thing--
- [Ken] Oh, let's go.
- Oh, things happening. - [Ken] We're up.
Oh, let's get ready to rumble!
Okay, let's go. - And turn that down.
- Will the owner of the 1995 Honda Civic
move your car.
("Hotel California" music)
It's a really long interlude.
♪ On a dark desert highway ♪
♪ Cool wind in my hair ♪
- Oh, there's a harmony.
♪ Warm smell of colitas ♪
♪ Rising up through the air ♪
♪ Welcome to the "Hotel California" ♪
♪ Such a lovely place ♪
- [Joanna] Round of applause, Jared.
(Jared clapping)
- Jared's just on his laptop
not even appreciating the performance.
- You gotta realize,
I just had that entire experience directly in my ears
that entire time.
- You should do one of your raps.
This was played once before on your account.
("Forgot About Dre" music)
This is all you, buddy.
Oh god. - [Jared] I'm scared.
- [Ken] Oh no.
♪ Y'all know me, still the same O.G. ♪
♪ But I been low-key ♪
♪ Hated on by most these with no cheese ♪
♪ No deals and no Gs ♪
♪ No wheels and no keys ♪
♪ No boats, no snowmobiles, and no skis ♪
♪ Who you think brought you the Eazy-Es, ♪
♪ Ice Cubes, D.O.Cs ♪
♪ Nowadays everybody wanna talk ♪
♪ Like they got something to say ♪
♪ But nothing comes out when they move their lips ♪
♪ Just a bunch of gibberish ♪
♪ And (beep) act like they forgot about Dre ♪
♪ One day I was walking by with a Walkman on ♪
♪ When I caught a guy ♪
- Hit me, hit me.
Come on, ow!
Hit me with the product.
- Oh, oh, sorry, sorry.
- So Costco, wondrous place.
You can get yourself some hot dogs.
You can get yourself some tires.
You can get yourself some
industrial-size buckets of lubricant.
But another thing that's very important
you can get at Costco
are the things that really sustain you in life.
Pokemon cards, yes, friends.
I got not one,
but two of the Single and Rapid Strike
Urshifu VMAX Premium Collections.
- [Jared] Those are just the same thing,
but different colors.
- No, one's are single and one's rapid, totally different.
Y'all wanna open some Pokemon cards?
- [Joanna] Yeah. - [Jared] Yeah.
- [Joanna] It's that giant card.
- You can have the giant card.
- Okay, so first person to pull a rare card
gets a free-day vacation.
- [Joanna] Well, what's your definition of rare?
- Nope.
Oh, he got Full Art! - Jared, Jared, Jared.
Jared, Jared, Jared, why didn't you wait?
Why, why? - My one moment.
The one thing I can be proud of in life
and you weren't even there
to catch it on camera. - [Joanna] What is that?
- You know what, I don't even know
if we need this card any-- - What is it, what is that?
What is that, what is that?
Give it.
- It's a Dancer. - Dancer?
- [Austin] It's a Full Art.
That is a pretty solid pull.
- Cutiefly. - That's a good one.
- Yeah, it's pretty good.
- Lotad. - Lotad.
- Wait, wait, what's that in the back?
You got something really shiny in the back.
- Oh yeah, I have this.
- Oh, oh! - She's so unexcited for it.
- Oh!
Do you see this?
This the Alt Art Sylveon V.
That is one of the best cards in the set.
- [Joanna] This is a winner though.
- I don't think that's quite the same.
Isn't opening Pokemon cards more fun
when you're with friends?
All right, hit me.
You know what?
That was quite the throw, my friend.
This is my little pal Grogu.
Now toys--
- Are you sure that's not Gretchen?
- [Austin] Did you say Gretchen?
- [Joanna] Jared, what did you call it?
- I couldn't remember his name and so I called him Gretchen.
- What's wrong? - How the heck do you get
Gretchen from Grogu?
- Mandalorian and the Gretchen.
That's a great series.
So how much was this little Grogu toy?
- [Jared] This was only 15 bucks.
- [Joanna] I think even if it doesn't do anything,
it's probably worth $15 just for the branding.
- Wow, toys have gotten so much better these days.
Look at this, you just have to lift and pull the tab.
Look that's it, it's done.
Man, back in my day, you'd be there with tape
and little like twist ties and all.
It'd take you 10 minutes to get something out.
Grogu, activate.
- [Jared] Dude, he's fast.
That's the power of the Force.
- He's zooming. - Dude.
(Jared and Joanna laughing)
- [Jared] Oh my god. - [Joanna] What?
(everyone laughing)
- What is this? Wait, wait, wait.
Let's put him on the ground.
Let's let him run around. - This is the best $15 ever.
- [Austin] He's got real torque.
- [Joanna] Oh no, oh.
- [Jared] Yo! - Dude, this is great.
- Excuse me, sir, I think we need
to exchange insurance information.
- Run, Joanna, run! - No, no, no, no, no!
(everyone laughing)
- [Jared] We've given Austin too much power.
- Because we have our brand new office,
what better way to test things from Costco
than by building basketball hoops.
I was waiting to actually do this on camera
for the first time.
And you guys are over here
like being pros with this already.
- Pros, pros. - You guys, now.
- Come on, Joanna. - What?
- Jump in, jump in.
What, you can't do it from behind the camera.
Okay, ready, set, go.
All right, Kinsey off to a lead.
Uh-oh, I got you.
Kinsey's looking unstoppable right now.
- [Kinsey] Don't say that. - There you go.
- Too much pressure. - All right, 10 seconds.
- Five, four. - No.
- Three, two, oh!
Joanna got it at the end!
- [Announcer] Curry way downtown!
Bang, bang! (audience cheering)
- So what did we learn today?
That buying this from Costco
was one of the only good decisions from this entire video.
Now I'm gonna make this over my shoulder
and it's gonna be a great moment.
Jared.
- Whoa! - Did I do it?
- You made it, woo! - Yeah!
- You made it! - Yeah!