- Today, I'm going on an eBay shopping spree for tech.
The only catch?
I have to pick whatever the first item
of my search result is.
Is this gonna go badly?
Absolutely!
What if I just type in "good headphones"?
We're going for it, all right.
First non-sponsored results is...
(laughs)
Beats by Dre Powerbeats Pro,
used very good condition, $71.95.
Add to cart.
I'm not sure how I'm feeling about this video right now.
One thing I'm not gonna cheat here is,
I can look at what the autocompletes are
to give me an idea.
Cheap phones?
Cheap gaming PC, oh.
Cheap gaming PC.
I think I need a cheap gaming PC.
Oh, good lord.
HP...
(Jared laughs)
- [Jared] I don't need to hear anything-
- HP sparkle emoji cheap sparkle emoji
desktop gaming computer.
All right, we gotta bring this back.
I gotta get something good.
- [Josh] Cheap PlayStation.
- Cheap PlayStation?
I mean, as long as I keep putting "cheap" in front of it,
I'm sure this won't go wrong.
- [Josh] Yeah!
- Well, first sponsored link was a $900 PlayStation 5.
But, sponsored, doesn't count, all right.
Getting un-sponsored...
Oh god, no! (laughs) No! No! No!
Jumping Flash Long Box PS1 Complete, in box, tested.
It's a hundred dollar PlayStation one game.
(laughs)
- [Jared] Yo! We gotta do it! (laughs)
- How is this cheap?
$100 PS1 game is cheap?
Are you kidding me?
(groans)
Phones, I need a cheap phone.
If I'm an eBay seller, and I want someone to realize
that I've got a great deal on my product,
what's the word I'm gonna use to describe it?
Incredible? Complete? Tested?
- [Josh] Quality. - Quality!
Quality.
Quality smartphone.
Oh wait, I should've put refurbished!
No, I hit the enter button!
(giggles)
SpigenFlex Strap phone grip holder.
This is still not what I want.
It's literally a little like...
Clip that you put on the back of your phone.
All right, I'll add that to the cart.
Refurbished phone, that's my absolute answer.
Unlocked.
That's gotta be safe.
Oh!
All right.
iPhone XR, 260 bucks.
Factory unlocked, very good, eBay refurbished.
I think I could've done a lot worse than this one.
260 bucks for an iPhone XR?
I would think it would be difficult
to buy a phone that is that kind of price
that is as high quality as the XR.
Okay, we're doing well.
Let's not jeopardize ourselves too much.
What do I need to fill out my tech?
I've got a gaming PC, oh a monitor!
Gaming monitor, you really sure about this?
- [Jared] Yes.
- Gaming monitor.
Ay, we actually got a good gaming monitor!
- [Jared] I told you not to-
- Whoo!
eBay refurbished, coming in clutch again.
The Samsung 34-inch 21-by-9 FreeSync display for 249 bucks.
(crew exclaims)
That's actually... that's excellent, and free shipping!
On an ultra-wide monitor.
Whoo!
Although wait... wait...
Wait, why did I get a gaming monitor?
I have a Core i5 with no GPU. (laughs)
This is the worst gaming PC ever.
Low profile graphics card.
Oh god, oh god no, please no, please no.
I think this is okay, actually.
It's an R5 340x for $19.
Is this the way to shop?
Just to like, Ricky Bobby it?
eBay has the wheel?
This is going surprisingly well. (laughs)
Like, this should not be going as well as it is right now.
Budget keyboard... No, what if I said office keyboard?
To me, I wanna get like, the cheapest thing I can.
Office keyboard, that feels like the key word
that's gonna be like, a $10 Dell.
Home office keyboard.
I feel good, I feel good.
I feel good.
I feel great, what the (oof sound effect)
It's a Razer Pro Type Programmable Home Office keyboard
in great condition.
So this is an old Razer keyboard.
Like, I mean, this looks like Windows 98 old.
- [Jared] Oh my god!
- But it's 37 bucks.
(click)
Cheap mouse.
Budget mouse.
Affordable mouse.
- [Jared] RGB mouse.
- No... oh actually, I think you're right.
Oh yeah, yo let's go, baby!
MSI M99 RGB Wired Gaming Mouse, $19!
Have we cracked the code?
Have we been overthinking it the entire time?
Okay, so we got a lot of PC components,
although it's actually not so bad.
So everything's shown up in a fairly quick manner.
Probably the most legit looking package here
is the Samsung refurbished monitor,
which wasn't sold by Samsung
but clearly was actually refurbished by Samsung,
so I feel good about that.
Is this our graphics card?
Aw, look how tiny it is!
Aw, so cute!
You've got the red and the black cooler.
Oh wow, this is also packed well.
What the (oof sound effect)?
- [Jared] Oh my God, What?
- You couldn't have taken a paper towel... What?
Oh, Jared!
- [Jared] What?
- Look at the hard drive, can you see the hard drive?
- [Jared] Oh my god!
Was this a smoker's PC?
Here we go.
- [Austin] Ah, not terrible.
- [Jared] Cleaner than I thought.
- Yeah, we can work with this.
The thing with these PC's is that
you can get a good deal.
Like these are, generally speaking, very affordable
considering, you know, the specs
and the single channel of memory,
but you have to just be very careful
when it comes to your upgrade path,
you need to be thoughtful about it.
I think, in a span of 30 seconds,
I can install this graphics card.
Look at that.
There we go, that's some air flow.
So Ken, we have a very exciting thing to show you today.
We went on eBay and we purchased every single
top search result that I typed in.
- Can I ask why you guys chose to buy
all of the first results on eBay?
Is there a reason for this (laughs)
or is it just one of your arbitrary video ideas
that you think will get clicks?
It's probably that one.
- [Austin] So this display is a beautiful Samsung
that is incredibly high quality,
75 hertz, it's beautiful.
- Okay, I'm not gonna lie.
I saw this around the studio
and I wasn't sure why it was there
but we've definitely had this monitor before.
- [Austin] No we haven't.
It's brand new.
- I'm pretty sure one of our editors had it at some point
and did not like it after like, a couple weeks.
- [Austin] Well, I think it's great.
I actually think it's maybe
the best gaming monitor of all time.
Jared, how much was this beautiful monitor?
- Well, this was actually a great deal at 250.
- [Austin] 250 United States freedom dollars.
- Tell me more about this,
what kind of panel, is this like, a VA, IPS?
- [Austin] It's an ABCDEFG HIJK-
Not only is it high resolution,
beautiful, it's also 75 hertz, and FreeSync compatible!
What more could you ask for
when you type a word into eBay search
and hope that something good shows up?
- An LG ultra-wide?
I don't know if you can actually get
a 1440P ultra-wide at this price point.
- [Austin] You can't, it's impossible.
Only through the power of eBay and...
- Now that you're stressing...
Wait, you paid 250?
- [Austin] Yep.
- Okay, so I'm on eBay refurbished, 230.
(cheer sound effect)
- [Austin] When it was time to actually get
a gaming PC setup, that was where things got dicey.
- Wait, wait, wait...
You typed in gaming PC and this is what you got?
Oh, did you add like, a modifier?
- [Austin] Maybe...
- Did you add, like... cheap to it?
- [Austin] No!
(Ken laughs)
I put in good, super good.
Okay, well why don't you crack it open?
See (stutters) we modified it.
- Crack it... wait, what?
- [Austin] Oh, you think we're just gonna buy a PC on eBay?
- No, get outta here.
- [Austin] Just pull it, Ken.
It's a high-end gaming PC, look at that.
That's the high-end gaming PC quality you expect.
- [Ken] I have never see this before.
- [Austin] It's a high-end cooler that routes it
directly channeling through the vent and the case.
- [Ken] Oh, that actually does, huh?
- [Austin] High end, Ken.
Yeah, yeah, there you go.
But there's more!
- [Ken] Oh, you did SSD.
- [Austin] Yep.
Ken, you know what you should do though?
Pop open that disc drive.
- [Ken] Oh, no.
- [Austin] Whoo!
Look at that!
Pop-open door, baby!
- [Ken] Yeah, like every HP of this era.
- [Austin] Yeah!
High end.
- [Ken] It doesn't wanna...
- [Austin] You're supposed to press the button.
But Ken, we're not even done yet.
(Ken laughs)
You might notice... there are some things missing here.
- [Ken] Oh, yeah peripherals, you got peripherals?
- [Austin] So I've got myself an MSI gaming mouse,
individually bagged.
- [Ken] Yeah, I've always liked these, yeah.
So good. - Some are better than others.
- [Ken] They're so good, Austin.
Look at this, look at the high... (laughs)
What... which part of this is not working?
That's part of the game!
(Austin blows)
No! (Austin blows)
That's not gonna work.
You remember what HP stands for?
Hot poop!
(laughs)
- Let me just confirm that it's a mouse problem.
Look, yeah, it's... okay, the mouse is dead.
- [Ken] Yeah, MSI quality right there!
- We're just gonna, uh, (clears throat)
editing team, just cut this part of the video out.
That never happened.
(whispers) Please help me.
You know what you really need though?
- [Ken] I hope to god this is an MSI keyboard.
- It is not!
You can see the fine sellers on eBay
have amazing packing jobs.
I'm pretty sure that this is mildly illegal
'cause you're not supposed to do this
but whatever, it's fine.
- [Ken] Oh, I don't like the look of this.
Oh, what is this?
(laughs)
Wait...
- [Austin] Ken, I'm not sure if you're familiar,
but Razer's been making keyboards for a long time.
- [Ken] That's a thing?
- So long in fact, that they shipped keyboards
with a 30-pin iPod connector on them.
You've got your shuffle button,
you've got your volume, you've got your little music button
and wait until you hear these incredibly high-end switches.
Get a load of this.
(keyboard clicks loudly)
- [Ken] It's membrane, isn't it?
- Mmm.
Revolutionary product with many years of R&D.
Honestly, this is really the reason why Razer exists today.
- [Ken] So, where do you
think they sold- - Don't worry about it.
Oh, is this not PC enough for you?
Is this not what you expect
when you type a bunch of auto-completes into eBay
(stutters) and you get items?
Well, I've got more to show ya!
- It's a 128 gig USB 3.1 flash drive from Micro Center.
Why did you buy this on eBay?
- [Austin] So, while you could go to Micro Center
and get one for free, we chose to buy one on eBay instead.
- Wow.
- [Austin] How much do you think someone sold this for
that they got for free at Micro Center?
- I would hope to god you didn't
spend more than five bucks on this.
- [Austin] Jared?
- This was 13 dollars.
(Ken laughs)
But with free shipping!
- [Ken] With free shipping? - [Jared] With free shipping.
- [Austin] This is capitalism at its finest!
- No cap.
- [Austin] No gaming PC setup could possibly be complete
without this next item.
- Is it a headset?
- [Austin] This is copy of the highly acclaimed,
world-famous release of the game of the century,
complete in-box copy of Jumping Flash, which...
- [Ken] Yeah, I was gonna say, not new in box.
This is far from new in box.
- [Austin] Complete in box.
- [Ken] I don't like that.
- [Austin] It's fine... okay, don't ruin the manual.
It's the hottest game of 1995, my friend!
- [Ken] This was really the first result?
- Yes.
(Ken laughs)
There was a slight wrinkle with this one,
in that after we purchased it,
the listing disappeared.
But it was $120, so I'm sure we're gonna get
lots of high quality items. - [Ken] What did you type in?
Okay, those are...
- [Ken] Gate hinges!
- [Austin] Oh god.
- [Austin] Oh wait, hang on, hang on.
There might be some stuff in here.
There's also-
- [Ken] Oh, I need these!
- [Austin] See?
- [Ken] Suction.
- I knew you needed a suck, Ken.
There is an 18 inch towel bar.
That's worth solid $5.
A soft-close door frameless insert.
- [Ken] Man, someone really just robbed the Ace Hardware.
- How 'bout a knob?
- [Jared] What'd you call me?
- [Ken] It looks exactly like you!
- Hey, a set of drill bits!
Look, it's a $70 value if purchased separately.
I think we've already got $120 of value
but I'm gonna keep going.
Oh this one's heavy, this is probably...
Heavy means good.
We've got... (Ken laughs)
Another set of... you know what?
Sometimes you need a lot of drill bits.
I go through so many drill bits.
I think there's another one and there is another one.
(Ken laughs)
Jared, do you need a new set of...
I've also got... oh, a stud finder.
Actually it's not, it's a scale between dry and wet.
- [Ken] (laughs) What?
Wait... Wow. - In case you couldn't tell.
- [Ken] I don't need a machine for this.
- Look at this, a little heater.
- [Ken] Don't even think about plugging that in, dude.
Why would you hold it from there?
Why are these handles here?
- How far away is that from the good deals?
- [Ken] This is like dad left home
and just to remove all the memories of his existence,
we just put his poop in a box and sold it to Austin Evans.
- Does this not look like $120 worth of value?
- [Ken] This looks like my dad
and every mistake that he made that wasn't me.
- That was a rare self-own on that one.
So Ken, what else do you use on a daily basis?
- [Ken] A phone!
- This, my friend-
- [Ken] Is an iPhone!
- [Austin] Yeah, it is baby, XR!
- Oh, it is!
Is this.. oh, my god.
I will defend Apple LCD's to the ends of the earth.
- [Austin] Like you do on Denki all the time?
- I do.
Yeah, there's scratches on the screen.
- [Austin] No, there's not, no, what?
This was supposed to be in very good condition
and it is in, I would say, fair at best.
That screen is pretty rough.
- Yeah.
- [Austin] But good thing is Ken,
that's not the only thing we got.
You can't use an iPhone without accessories, right?
- AirPods?
The PowerBeats pro?
- [Austin] Yep.
- I forgot how big this case was.
It's the size of my hand, dude!
Oh right, that's why it's big.
Because it has the... - [Austin] Ear hooks.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I actually do like this design a lot
because these never fall out.
They also look fairly clean,
is this a refurb or new?
It's probably refurbbed, right?
- [Austin] Super minty, best condition.
- Now I'm gonna ask a very legitimate question.
Are these legitimate?
- [Austin] I don't know, you be the judge.
- Yeah, these sound real.
- [Austin] (laughs) They just sound real?
- If these are fake, they're very good fakes
but I doubt they're fake.
For upwards of 70 bucks, these are great.
- [Austin] Oh, you think that's great?
The video will be over as soon as you open this product.
People will be so amazed, they will have no choice
but to watch another Austin Evans video.
- Oh come on, you were amping this up
like it was gonna be bad.
In what world is this bad?
- [Austin] I didn't say it's bad,
I said it's high quality, it completes your setup.
- I mean, it absolutely completes the phone setup.
I mean, it's not clean.
Could probably find a better solution that looks nicer
like a Pop Socket but come on, for these bigger phones?
Oh wait, that's a little...
Oh, it's just for one finger.
Well actually, no.
That's great.
Is this a seat heater?
- [Austin] So, you don't have heated seats
in your vehicle, now do you?
- No, we live in California.
- [Austin] Oh, Ken.
Are you gonna have a heated seat on the cyber-quad?
- Put this here.
- [Austin] You know, I don't think you're warming your butt,
I think you're warming some other part
of your anatomy with that.
- Even better.
Okay, I'm gonna sit on it
and hope for the best.
- [Austin] How you feelin' there?
- You know, between this and the heated blanket
that you got me last time, maybe I just
have a really high tolerance for heat.
- [Austin] Well, at least I have an excuse
to get B-roll of your ass now.
- No.
(Austin laughs)
- Some days at work just... this ain't it.