- What's really inside an internet mystery box?
- Let's talk about that.
(gentle upbeat music)
Good Mythical Morning.
- Everybody loves a good mystery
and everybody loves a good gift.
so it's easy to see why mystery boxes are a trend.
Now you find a lot of these for sale on Etsy,
the handmade boxes of assorted items
that come as a surprise to the buyer.
Does this concept intrigue you?
- Buying something from a complete stranger, sight unseen?
- Yeah.
- Can I return it?
- No.
- No, absolutely not.
- Okay, well, you're not going
to love how much we blew the budget for this episode,
because we're not returning any of these items.
But you might be it like resell 'em based on what you get.
Here's how this works.
We've got our hands on some mystery boxes from Etsy
and we're gonna be betting on what they're worth,
"Storage Wars" style.
It's time for Does This Etsy Mystery Box
Contain a Priceless Faberge Egg
or is it Filled with Dust and a Dumb Old Doll Leg?
- Welcome to the bidding ballroom zone.
- And welcome to our contestants
who will be playing along with us,
Emily and Nicole,
our host Stevie,
and our showcase model, David Hill.
- [Link] Yeah.
- [Rhett] Quite a group here.
- Woo!
- Yeah, that's worth a clap.
(crew clapping)
- We're clapping, huh? Okay.
I'm not clapping.
This is a bidding competition.
All right, so the Mythical crew
has purchased four mystery boxes on Etsy,
each one at a different price point.
And in each round,
we're gonna peek inside one of the mystery boxes in order
to then start the bidding.
- Yeah, at that point we can bid on it if we like it.
Once you win a box, though,
you're out of the auction, okay?
- Whoever walks away with the biggest profit,
and that means the difference between how much we paid
and how much the crew paid
will be named the mystery boxing champion.
- Let's get to biddin'.
- Okay, we're gonna start with box number one.
I would like to note David Hill's gloves,
which look very nice and very professional.
Please take your gloved hands,
remove the lid of the box.
We're gonna take a little peeky peek in.
Please direct your eyes towards the monitor.
Look at that box.
- [Link] We got a top down view y'all.
- [Rhett] Hi, gorgeous.
- Coffee then victory.
- Interesting.
- Man, are those candles?
- [Emily] Basic, Basic B.
- [Rhett] Candles in a jar, or is that some sort of bomb?
- But we're not seeing everything.
There's more deeper?
- [Rhett] That's just the top layer.
- Yes.
- [Link] Okay.
- I assume that this all to this theme.
I mean, if I got that for my wife,
I could just dole out a gift
for like every week for months on end.
- Yeah.
- Gua sha.
That's a gua sha stone.
- Ooh, I do wish that we could see the candles.
- A Wabash stone?
- No, no, no gua sha.
It's like, it's like a Chinese stone you use
to help firm your skin.
- Yeah.
- How much does that cost?
- None of your beeswax.
I'm not tellin' you.
- I just feel like we don't,
we can't see the inspirational quotes on the candles
and I know they're there, but I can't see them.
And it's doing me-
- They might be expensive.
- [Link] Okay.
- All right.
- Lots of brushes.
- I'm starting the bidding
and the bidding's gonna start at $25.
Do I hear, Link for 25.
30, 30? Do I hear 30?
- 30!
- What do we do when there's a jinx?
- 35!
- Oh, hey, hey!
- 40, $40. - What is that in the middle?
- Emily for 40.
- Is that hearing aid?
- [Nicole] That's the gua sha!
- That's the stone thing.
- The gua sha stone.
- You put it on your jaw and like rub it around.
- It comes with hearing aids.
- Do I hear 45?
- It also comes, come here, David.
There's a novel book, novel book.
What does that mean?
Is that like write your own novel?
- 45, 45, we're at 45.
Do I have 45?
- That's definitely-
- 40, you already had the 40.
- Oh, I can't do it again?
- Why would you want more money?
- You can do it again.
Do it again.
- Why not?
- Yeah. do it.
- You're at 40, you're the current winning bid.
- Okay, 45.
(Rhett laughing)
50.
- There you go.
- Okay, she's boxing people out.
- Okay, Emily has 50, 55, anyone?
It's a lot of lipstick, you guys.
- [Stevie] 55, anyone?
- That stuff's expensive.
- Is each one of those a lipstick?
- [Emily] Yeah. - [Stevie] Going once.
- Dang, you could do a lot of lips for that.
- Going twice.
- Lipstick lasts a long time.
- And, sold!
Wait, sold.
Which, does this come before or after?
- It doesn't matter.
- Sold to Emily.
- [Rhett] You made the rules. - For $50.
- [Emily] I think I made a mistake.
- Emily got the box.
- Emily, you're gonna get
to take a little peek inside this box.
See what you have won.
- We'll never know.
She could've gotten this for 40, but-
- [Emily] Look at all this! Look at this!
- [Rhett] She paid $50.
- Oh yeah, like you wanna start here?
- Look at these.
There's nothin' in there 'cause they,
'cause they're pretty hard to find.
- Sorry.
- But they're yeah, oh, I don't know if I could show this.
- I think you can.
- It says bitch.
(crew laughing)
- Yeah.
- Bitch, you're must soulmate.
- Look Emily, it's not a novel.
(Emily and Nicole gasping)
- Ooh! - Look at that!
- Do I get to keep this?
- Yes!
- [Emily] Nice.
- [Rhett] I have so many regrets.
- You won it.
- Light it up.
This is the best basic-
- May I?
- Basic bitch package in the world.
I'm loving this so much.
Okay wait, what is this, a collar?
This is a leash.
- Yeah.
- I don't have a dog, but.
- You don't need a dog.
- [Stevie] That's a little strange!
- Maybe I can find a misogynist to-
- Sexy.
- Take some cheers out of this.
- I think it's a strap for maybe what might be a handbag?
- Whoa!
- Whoa! Mercy, merci.
That's a good brand.
- This is like a bachelorette box.
- What is that?
- Those are eyelashes.
- And then you got a, you got all of that?
- Hey! My box!
- You can do this one,
quit messing with her box-
- A mug that says dates.
- In such a disrespectful way, man.
- Oh, look at how sparkly all the little brushes are.
- Okay, I feel like you've won.
- That's actually really good.
- Guys, this is the massive mystery box
from seller VIP Posh Life,
which comes with 30 mystery items
including a purse, scrunchy, flask, mug,
perfume, and many, many cosmetic products.
Emily, you paid 50, you could've paid 40.
You did pay 50.
But we paid 300.
- No! What?
- Oh crap.
Oh no, Emily's gonna win.
- So you gained $250.
- That means I did good?
- [Stevie] You did great. - I did good.
Yay! - You did great.
- It's gonna be so hard to outdo that.
- Dude, this stuff is awesome.
I'm gonna have such a great time
for the rest of this game.
- All right, we're moving on to box number two.
How much more exciting could it get?
David Hill, please.
Wow.
- [Link] It's smaller.
- [Stevie] Tiny box.
- Can really tell by the way his hands are going around it.
- A glimpse inside the box. - [Rhett] It's a cube.
- [Link] Okay, lid's off.
. [Rhett] Let's see.
Oh, it is a camera box.
That's a lens, oh, there's at least a camera.
That's a whole camera.
- [Link] That's a lens.
- That's a lens, that's a flash?
- This is a vintage-
- Minolta.
- $100.
- Oh, crap.
Okay, do I hear 105?
- 165.
- Ho, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Why you goin' up 65, bro?
- It's-
- $200!
- Oh, I'm not even having to say numbers.
- It's vintage, Nicole.
- [Stevie] Do I hear-
- Nicole's feelin' that.
- More than 200?
- You don't even know this thing works.
- Yeah, I mean this thing could be like,
it could be like $15.
- It could be one of those dust collectors
that a hipster's like, bedside table end.
- But hold on.
- Could've said that 15 seconds ago.
- I'm sorry.
I'm just very distracted. - 225!
- I'm out, I'm out.
- I'm pretty sure that there's a nightlight
in the upper right hand corner.
- Yeah, that's what I just saw.
I didn't want you to know that I saw the nightlight.
- Okay, Nicole said she was out.
225, Link.
Do you want to challenge that bid?
- I'll take pictures of you with it.
- [Stevie] Oh.
- I'll take pictures of you,
get 'em developed, send 'em to and your family.
(Stevie laughing)
- Is this just our Christmas?
- It'll be like, it'll be like you own it.
Think about it.
It'll be like you own it but I'm taking the pictures.
If you get this thing,
you gotta just take pictures of just your family
and selfies that you can't see.
I mean-
- So you're saying you would be my personal photographer.
- I'm throwin' that in there.
- What's he at? 230?
- 225.
- One session with me poolside.
- 230.
- 235.
Poolside.
- 240.
- Come on, man.
- It's just $5.
- 245.
- 250 is too much for my blood.
- Oh, sold to Rhett for 245.
- Hey! I got a camera!
- [Stevie] All right.
- [Link] Does it work, though?
- Let's bring this box around
so you can take a real peek inside.
- I will only look at the box if you roll it in on a cart.
- Well, you're in luck.
- Look, Lucas got gloves too, man.
- Yes! Ooh.
- This is a "Antiques Roadshow" situation.
- That's a zoom lens.
Oh, a film canister.
Fresh.
- Fresh!
- There it is, it is a Minolta XG-1.
- Wow. - [Emily] Cool.
- And it came.
- It's clear he knows how to use it.
- [Rhett] It came with,
Oh, it came with pictures of someone's grandmother.
- Oh, mementos.
- It's a wedding party.
- These are beautiful.
- Oh, these, I could, listen,
I'm gonna start a whole new Instagram
that's just black and white pictures of film
and then I take pictures of the pictures with my camera-
- All these people are dead.
- And put them on Instagram.
- Emily.
- You're gonna have to do something-
- They are.
- To try to make up the loss that you've just endured.
I don't think this is worth what you paid, my friend.
- No, no, no, no look, it passed.
It passed.
- Oh, and look, there's a-
- Oh, a special note from grandma.
- Oh, that's just another picture.
- Oh, let me read about it.
- Please tell me that he is-
- 1957, last snow of the spring in 1957.
- This is the vintage photography mystery box
from Film Culture.
- [Link] Cool.
- It comes with two Minolta cameras,
one lens, one flash, and five vintage photographs.
- Oh, this is another camera.
- That's a little camera?
- I must say that the cameras are decorative
because they no longer work,
and Rhett, you paid 245 for this box.
We paid $100 for this box.
So you lost $145.
- Hey, listen.
I can't do that poolside session for you anymore.
- It's gorgeous, though.
- Yeah.
- Like, I mean, I, you know what?
Here's what we'll do.
I'll bring the cameras,
I'll take pictures of you,
someone will take pictures of me with a camera
that works but me taking pictures of you,
you post that on your Instagram.
- So I'll be posting pictures of you taking pictures
of me with a camera that's broken.
- Yeah, because the picture that we'll be taking
of me with a camera that will works will be
of me using a camera that doesn't work.
So it'll be like artist at work.
- My takeaway here is that you've lost.
- Yeah.
- Why don't you guys just give it to one
of the single guys who works here
so he can look interesting in the park?
(crew laughing)
Some lady will be like, ooh, old camera.
It's decorative.
- Oh wow, what a loser.
- You know, Link, I was going to mention it earlier,
your shirt.
- Oh, you like?
- I do like it, but I was thinking if it had sleeves?
- [Link] Yeah.
- And perhaps a new wash, I'd really like it.
- Yeah. Well, you know what?
You're in for a treat, Stevie,
because you and everybody else can get
that long sleeve different wash version
of this shirt at mythical.com in time for the holidays.
Mythical Beasts, people are loving this shirt.
It's metal.
- So, okay.
This round's a little bit different
because it's box number three,
and there's only another box left,
and you only get one box.
So let's reveal box number three and box number four.
But here's the deal.
The losing bid of box number three gets applied
to box number four and you wind up with box number four.
So you gotta weigh your options here.
And I'm not gonna give you a peek inside box number four.
Mind tricks.
Do you understand?
- Nicole, it's down to us.
- It's going down, Link.
Let's go.
- [Link] Oh, mm hmm.
- I am going to give you a peek into box number three,
so let's do that right now.
- Let's see this.
All right.
This is a food box.
- [Rhett] Is that a summer sausage?
- There's definitely ice.
- Just for posterity.
- There's little toasties but the toasties are broken.
- [Link] Okay, we got some Maracona monds.
- Oh, be careful. Be careful.
- It's pronounced Marcona.
- What is it?
- It's an almond.
- Oh, I see some,
what are those orange things that give you gas called?
- Apricots?
- Yeah, dried.
- Yes.
- [Rhett] Got some fig spread.
- [Link] Big farts.
- Dalmatian fig spread.
What does that say?
- [Nicole] Yeah.
- This looks like the rind of a cheese.
- Yes, they're all cheeses and meats.
It's basically like a charcuterie board.
Okay, great.
Let's do it.
- Okay, I'm gonna start the bidding.
- Charcuterie board in a box?
- I think Nicole has an advantage here.
- At 25.
- 25.
- 35.
- 40.
- Okay.
- 50.
- Wow.
- Man, I'll trade you my camera for those almonds.
- 55.
- Are we going over 50?
We're staying.
- I mean to be sure,
there's $60 worth of food in that box.
I mean, just the amount of labor
to even assemble the box would not be justified
with less than $60 worth of meat,
fig spread and Nordic ice packs.
- Look angry.
(Stevie laughing)
My grandfather always got us summer sausage for Christmas.
- So you think,
okay, you think the blue box has got something?
- I don't know what's in the blue box,
but I'm excited to see what's in it
and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna win
so I'm not really worried about it.
- Okay.
- Oh!
- It's gonna be hard to beat Emily.
She's got $250 profit.
- We'll see, we'll see.
- So we're at 55 for Link,
which is currently the winning bid.
You're holding at 50.
- I'm going to hold.
- Okay, sold to Link for 55.
- I don't feel good 'cause food lady over here
did not want it.
- I don't know, man. - Food lady.
- This is so stressful.
- Let's see what's in this mystery box.
- Isn't that what your Twitter profile says?
- Food lady, it does, oh my gosh.
You know so much about me.
- I mean, you call yourself that.
I wasn't calling you a name.
- What is this?
- Horseradish cheddar?
- Yeah, I'm not even into this.
You can have it.
- I really want this.
- Can we trade?
- Yes.
- Can I have a cheese?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- For the hard work.
- I love everything in here.
You can put this on your shelf.
Is it legal to do what we're doing?
- Yeah!
I wanna know what's in the food box, though.
That's what I'm interested in.
- [Emily] Take it all out.
- [Rhett] Salami.
- [Nicole] That's Manchego.
- [Link] There's orange fart makers.
- A cheese knife.
I've got a gold medal winning-
- [Nicole] Ooh, there's good cheeses in here.
- Preserved cheese.
- I bet this is expensive cheese, Nicole.
- [Nicole] I think it is.
- I might, I might have got you.
- And I think I made a big mistake.
- Brie. - French stuff.
- Oh, wheel of Gouda!
I'd like to just take this,
put it on two slices of bread,
and just eat it.
- [Stevie] Okay, wait, hold on.
- [Link] Italian language stuff.
- She knows the value of cheese
and at this point she's regretting her decision.
- The drunken goat?
- That's really good cheese!
- Bathed in red wine?
Cheese board?
- Cute!
- Cutting boards.
- [Link] And these Maracona.
- Okay guys,
this is the ultimate gourmet sampler
from seller Shop Gift World.
It comes with 10 pounds of gourmet goods,
including meats and cheeses, crackers, spreads, nuts,
cheese knives, and a cutting board.
Link, you paid $55.
We paid $190.
Which means you gained $135.
But Nicole?
- Yes?
- You paid $50 for mystery box number four,
so let's go ahead and see what you got for your 50.
- Thank you very much.
- [Link] There you go, Nicole.
- Okay, cool.
- Read it and weep.
- I'm scared.
- It's a One Direction box.
- Oh, yeah.
- Let's bring this over here.
- I cannot specify how little I know about One Direction
or care about One Direction.
- What is this?
Our Moment body lotion. Ew.
- A lot of this stuff is collector because they don't,
you know, they broke up.
- Oh.
- [Rhett] They broke up recently.
- [Nicole] That's good to know.
- I just think that boy bands should not sell girl's lotion.
I think it's just, that should be the line.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Okay, well this is a box that I really,
I'm just gonna it put over there
unless they're expensive collectibles.
- What is this?
- Unless, unless.
- So, yeah.
So this is the One Direction themed mystery box
from seller Amy J. Sale.
It comes with one CD, two pins, a mug,
a Blu-ray of the One Direction "This is Us" documentary
and a bottle of Our Moment body lotion.
- Two buttons.
- Nicole, you paid $50 for this box.
- [Nicole] Oh my gosh.
- It costs $75, which means you gained $25.
- $75?
- In the middle.
- But this means Emily, you have won.
You have the highest profit of $250-
- Yay!
- And you are the mystery boxing champion!
- Dang.
- Thank you.
- Oh yeah, you know what?
- I will wear this.
- Support that, I'll hold this for you.
- If this is too small for me, I will cry.
(crew laughing)
- Congratulations, Emily.
- Thank you.
- Congratulations.
- The great news is we all made a profit,
except for the loser.
- Yeah, but you know what?
I'm walkin' away with the thing I would've chosen.
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