hi today I'm going to be testing out returned art supplies from Amazon if you've ever wondered
what happens when you return an item on Amazon it actually gets sent back to an Amazon warehouse
where an Amazon employee will actually inspect the item and based on its damages we'll give
it a rating of new good or acceptable and from there they'll actually re-list the item
on Amazon at a discounted price and today I bought used art supplies from each of the
damaged categories and today I'm gonna find out just how damaged or not damaged some of
these art supplies are because let's be honest it might be a total rip-off it may be the
best thing ever I have no idea let's find out so to start this off we're going to start
with Amazon's best tier of return items and that is the like new category according to
the website if you purchase an item that is like new the item is guaranteed to be in perfect
working condition the packaging may have a little bit of damage but all the items are
fully functional and it comes with all of the accessories included so I went ahead and
bought one of my favorite items that I have use literally thousands of times prismacolor
Premiere colored pencils I got this 36 pack for 27 bucks when it's normally 28 bucks so
for only a dollar discount I'm hoping that this thing is literally unopened perfect alright
so here it is right okay yeah here it is in theory what I'm about to open should be in
perfect condition so let's see [Music]
what is that I don't know what that is oh God what is that oh God so I just opened it
and the first thing that I'm noticing is that there's like this weird water stain or mud
stain or some kind of like a substance that was once wet and now dried on the packaging
and it pretty much covers most of the packaging and it doesn't look like a water stain because
normally water stains have like a white texture to them but this one is almost has like a
yellow like Sandy texture to it I don't know what that is I I have no idea but that doesn't
matter to me because hopefully the inside is still in perfect condition so let's see
[Music] okay all right so here's the inside and as you can see the pencils are definitely
out of order as far as like the colors go usually prismacolor comes like perfectly organized
but yeah other than the weird stain and they're out of order they're perfect they're in perfect
condition the next item that I got for the like new category is the 16 piece brush set
now this one I actually got a really good discount on okay it's normally 15.99 but I
got it for only ten dollars okay so so far just opening it the packaging looks good I
see literally zero damage to it let's see the inside oh wow this is like in perfect
Mint Condition there is literally nothing wrong with this it still has literally its
original packaging on everything it has the entire brushes it's literally never been used
everything looks absolutely pristine I can't believe I saved six dollars on this yeah I'm
trying to find something that's wrong with this to like report back to you guys but this
literally is in perfect Mint Condition I wouldn't even say that this is like new I would say
that it is new that's so crazy I can't believe how perfect this is so far nothing is totally
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the next category for Amazon returns is the good category according to the website if
you buy a return that's from this category it'll be guaranteed an item that's in good
condition that may show a little bit of use but still fully functions the item packaging
might be damaged or arrived repackaged and lastly the item may be missing valuable accessories
and it may not be used until those accessories are purchased separately so that's kind of
a risk and the first item that I got for this category includes a 24-piece gouache set that's
normally 21.99 but I got for a really incredible price at only 14 bucks so from this category
downward I noticed that all of the items have an Amazon warehouse inspected sticker on them
which is kind of weird because the other ones did not have that sticker like the ones that
are like new so I'm wondering if this sticker is just to like let the customer know like
we did try this it may look janky but it actually does work we promise we inspected it so let's
see
okay so I just opened it and so far there seems to be zero damage to the packaging at
all and honestly so far it looks better than the prismacolor from last category please
have no colors open please have no colors open please have no colors opened
oh my gosh none of the colors are open this is in perfect condition oh thank God I'm gonna
have to calm down I was having a borderline panic attack because I was so worried that
one of these colors was gonna be closed but no as you can see it's in perfect condition
in fact it even still comes with all like the original packaging the slips and I don't
know why this isn't labeled like new I think literally the only damage to this was this
little Mark right here on the box because I'm not seeing anything wrong with this and
the fact that I got this for almost 50 off is amazing so far the good category is on
par with the like new category the next item that I got in this category includes these
I hate saying this word stab below Stabilo that just sounds weird like it doesn't sound
like a real word stablo the stablo fineliner pens and normally if you were to buy this
it would cost you 25 bucks but I got it for only 18. all right next up will be the Stabilo
fine liner pens I still hate seeing that word stab hello and this one comes with a little
sticker that says thanks to you this product has a second life I love that that's so sweet
[Music] oh god oh
booger so I just opened up the package and as you can see at first glance it looks like
there's nothing wrong with it it looks like everything is in order except for this one
random little smudge on the page kind of looks like maybe hot sauce or maybe dried up food
of some sort or like maybe some kind of glue and if you look carefully you can see like
little dots that look like some kind of seasoning kind of reminds me of like chili powder and
hot sauce or something yeah I have no idea what that is but let's check out the pens
so it looks like it comes with every single pen not one single one is missing the actual
pens themselves are actually completely fine and to be quite honest with you I think none
of these have ever been opened until I just opened them just now the fact that I'm saving
seven dollars on these pens and the only visible sign of damage being this little weird Mark
thing I could just wipe it off with a Clorox and this is basically a brand new pen set
you know what I mean I would definitely buy these again and this brings us to the last
category now this one I am anticipating a dumpster fire this is the lowest tier of Amazon
returns the category of acceptable it almost reads as like a warning instead of like a
guarantee but if you buy from this section the website guarantees the item will have
clear signs of usage but it still does its main function the item packaging may be damaged
or completely repackaged the item will show signs of previous use the item may be missing
valuable accessories components or spare parts which you will have to purchase separately
and the item may not be functional until you buy those extra components for this one I'm
a little worried about because I'm just buying art supplies like what damage does an art
supply have to have to be considered missing valuable Parts you know what I mean like what
does that even entail so the first item that I got for this terrifying category is this
50 piece grabby watercolor set and normally it would cost you forty dollars but I got
a discount of only only three bucks okay so I don't even know where to begin with this
one to be honest with you I guess we'll go ahead and start off with the garby 50 piece
watercolor set okay so I just opened it up and already I can see that there's pretty
major damage to the actual tin that holds the watercolors I don't even know if it's
closable at this point [Music]
wait this is like in perfect condition the paint is completely untouched the paint brushes
are unwrapped not one single thing has been used I don't know why this is considered acceptable
because the only damage I'm seeing is just the little lock thing and look I like messed
around with the tin a little bit and then it kind of fixed itself it's literally in
perfect condition I guess I shouldn't be too surprised because this one was only a discount
of two bucks so maybe the other stuff is a little bit more damaged the next item in the
acceptable category this discount goes crazy this is a 52-piece drawing set that has all
the bells and whistles and it would normally cost you 22 bucks for all of this but I got
a really big discount and only got it for 14. next up will be the sketch set that's
a hard word to say sketch sketch set
alright so the very oh I guess the Amazon worker who is opening this item I guess they
might have opened this with a box cutter like the box that it came in because this has like
a giant perfect slit like box cutter would create on the back of this that definitely
seems like something that I could get past but we'll see if there's anything on the inside
oh oh oh oh man okay ah this is definitely more what I was expecting in the acceptable
category you can definitely tell that this has been used before we have an eraser that
has clear signs of usage there's pencils in here that are just straight up missing there's
a blending stump that has definitely been used before there's a charcoal pencil that's
been used almost a third of the way of graphite sharpener that has been definitely used and
it looks like there's charcoal sticks that are completely broken oh my God and now that
I'm looking at the chart of what's included it looks like there's even more stuff missing
than I originally thought it looks like I'm missing a box cutter two paper clips and a
kneaded eraser so yeah this thing is definitely kind of a mess and in my opinion I feel like
this should be at least 50 off with just the stuff broken and missing and just unusable
hopefully we end this on a good note I don't know because it's in the acceptable category
so who knows this is the Amazon Basics watercolor pad it's normally twelve dollars but I got
it for 9.68 so right off the bat this one definitely does have damage to the actual
box which historically so far in this video means that it's gonna be hopefully in perfect
condition
oh God I see watercolor marks on this I wonder if there's gonna be a straight up drawing
inside of this you know what I mean yeah you can definitely see that somebody had used
this before to make a painting it kind of looks pretty like the orange and the green
it's kind of pretty and the only other damage that I'm seeing is a little bit up top up
here on the spine you could definitely see some leakage but honestly that's it I don't
see any other damage to this paper I can see why this one is called acceptable because
yeah it has been used and there are some pages that are damaged but honestly for five dollars
off I mean can you really complain I would definitely buy this again okay so here are
all the items it's definitely a random selection of items it's a little concerning because
I'm gonna be mixing non-water soluble art supplies with water soluble art supplies I'm
really gonna have to put my last two brain cells to work to figure this out and try to
make a drawing out of this
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[Music] okay so final thoughts the best section out of all of them was definitely the good
category all of the items were pretty much untouched like new except at a better discount
and I don't recommend the acceptable category because as we saw it's the wild west you have
no idea what you're gonna get and the like new category it doesn't seem all that worth
it just to save so little and you're still receiving like a damaged item but I really
like the good category it was like the perfect in-between of the two and I'm very happy with
the
trouble with the blending but nothing I couldn't handle the Amazon links to everything will
be in the description box down below as well as my merge stickers all that good stuff thank
you so much again for watching I hope you have a wonderful day happy drawing guys and
I will see you guys next video bye