Examining strange and shady eBay listings!
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2024
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Today Noah and I take a look at some utterly shady eBay listings to see just how bad they are...
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Luke, can you compare the new quad core macbook air to the 13 inch macbook pro from 2015. I think it’s worth the comparison.
Well, I sure had fun watching this video... Nice job!!!
Hey I would like to make some content with you
Can we get In contact 😀
@irebel_itecheverything on Instagram
I’m a student ready to collab
who's noah? i watched maybe 20 vids and no idea who he is
Luke Miani All is forgiven! 😂
noah blink twice if u are being held captive
Lmao
•Noah•: *-blinks twice two times-*
Noah: 😉 😉
"There's a sucker born every minute" Sadly there are people out there who will not do the homework and buy blindly from shady sellers. My mom taught me the valuable lesson of buyer beware.
14:01 Notice that it says "Microsoft World".
LOL!
Sneaky boi
Seller: sells unibody Pro for $4,170
Me: *_REALLY CONFUSED SCREAMING_*
oh hi im subbed to you
You two have great chemistry. It would be cool to see more videos like this, where you both unscam the scammers.
This whole video is just Luke saying “hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm”
I sure love me some Microsoft World
What about MS bob?
"early 2000s macbooks"
iBook.
3:29, Seller just updated the picture, still selling a 2010 MacBook Air at over $2K which is fraudulent.
3:25 thats a picture of a macbook air listed for a macbook pro....
The price for the first MacBook is a pretty common price for these machines here in Germany. People here think that their old devices don’t decrease in value and they also charge a fortune for broken devices. I got my 2010 13’ MacBook Pro (my daily driver at the moment) for 100€ with a non-working keyboard. And that was a steal compared to other listings.
Milan Schröter thats true to some extend. However the value difference between euro and the dollar also makes a big difference. The 2020 MacBook Air costs 999$ in the US and 1299€ in Germany. So that makes a huge difference 🙂
I have mine 2010 plastic fully working für 50€
I got mine of the same year recently for $135 with the top spec cpu, Mojave, a 128gb ssd(I upgraded to 500gb one) and 8gb of ram.
Luke: "What if I told you there was a service called Total AV, that could protect you online?"
Noah: "I would tell you you are out of your god damn mind"
The one who is out of their god damn mind is me, I bought a Power Mac G4 for 50€. I bought it from a random electronics company through a Finnish selling website, but it has not arrived yet as they haven't sent it yet.
BlueRockEye has it arrived yet? 😂😂😂
@@tyronemcchicken Yes, about two weeks ago :D
@@BlueRockEye still working ok?
@@EvilTurkeySlices Yes, it’s just stored away somewhere, it’s mouldy and makes my nose stuffy whenever I’m in the same room with it
@@BlueRockEye Just needs a good clean
I’m so glad you included some of the seriously overpriced listings. I like to inquire further and fish a bit...
When I use craigslist or Facebook I only look at local listings, and talk to the sellers face to face. One time a seller refused to meet me I immediately flagged it as scam.
Much love from Honduras 🇭🇳 !!
21:20
Luke: now speaker of the internet, it can be a very dangerous place (whilst looking at Daniel I think)
Me: here we go (rolls my eyes)
0:34 Ah yes, truspilot
i am truly sorry for the ones that get through the video 🙋🏾♂️
Love watching your videos. My first Mac (brand new) was a Centris 660AV with the 15" AV monitor. You could simply plug in a video camera and download video and play it back. The hitch was the small HD only held about 4 minutes of video.
Noah mouthing "Help Me" is the best part of this video.
i love how noah is so polite
no thank you
no you can not
Do one in Alibaba. There are a lot of shady listings there
hey Luke can you let us know what that ebay sellers reply was?
Hey Luke. I want to know what do you think about install windows on a MacBook.
Please make a video about this and compare Macos macbook and windows one.
Thanks
It's 5 in the morning but hey
SuperPewPie heyy
It’s almost midnight
Lol same here, 5:03 am
Good to see one of your guest videos. Noah and Elise both seem good people
Luke, I have been watching your videos for a long time. What screen cleaning is the best for MacBook pro?? Please Help!!
TBird BKLN NJ use a microfiber cloth
1st one - $125 (comparing to chromebooks with similar specs)
2nd one - $900 for the macbook pro, $150 for the macbook air
3rd one - $100 for the low end with the ssd hyb, $450 for the 13 inch retina with 16gb ram
4th one - $150
5th one - scam but $1000
6th one - $500
Please do more of this kind of video.. keep the good work up luke🤚🏼
As useless as this video was, it was very entertaining! Thanks for posting it! Stay safe guys!
I saw a 13 inch MacBook Pro from 2011 on Facebook marketplace going for $750. I messaged them and they were like “you don’t know what your talking about this computer is amazing what are you talking about, bye cnt” the computer was literally at best worth $150. I just bought a practically fully specced 15 inch MacBook Pro from 2015 (16gb, 512gb, 2.8, r9)
At 7:02 you said you paid 500?? That’s a great deal! Where did you find it
Noah is a great guest star!!!
all your videos need more Noah. You guys play well off each other.
Hey Luke. I recently picked up a mid-2018, 4 thunderbolt port 13" MacBook Pro with 16gb of ram, 256gb SSD, and the quad-core i5 8257U for 790 dollars all in. It had LCD staining when I bought it, hence the price, but I recently sent it into an apple as it was still under warranty and I just got it back to find that they replaced the LCD, keyboard, Logic board, eDP Flex cable, bottom case, and touch ID board free of charge. I feel like I got an excellent deal. What do you think?
Love it. Love having my friends bragging about “Winning” on E-Bay. Once a friend of mine was bragging about winning a Canon HDV camcorder and only paid $3,100 for it.. has broken top handle, non functioning mic.. tons of scratches etc.. but it was less than suggested retail (that cameras NEVER SELL FOR!). I looked at him and showed him B&H and Adorama listings for the same camcorder that where new with warranty from brick and mortar companies for $1,000 less. Love E-Bay. Well sometimes there are deals there.. small new manufactures. Sometimes decent pricing on 30 year old Nikon lenses that no one else wants because they are MF and not Autofocus. But yeah. Love E-Bay.
Really wanna see you do a video of your experience using the new macbook air as your daily machine.
I'm sure some of these are template listings when eBay offer cheaper final value fees for listings set-up for during the offer period. The $4170 laptop probably hasn't arrived with the seller yet or it's not even what they're planning on selling. When they have the actual item they can revise the listing and still benefit from the final value fee offer even if the item arrives outside of the offer period. I wouldn't be surprised if they were re-sellers without business accounts.
That being said, many of these are just scams or overpriced!
thats what they want, for you to get in touch with them/seller to arrange a sale out of ebay and avoid the fee`s
those price are crazy but there are nice deals out there I bought a 12 macbook 2016 for $350 on ebay last december
How's your 10 iMac computers working out?
10:20 yeah it actually is. The default limit is 500$ listed so he must have a brand new account like you said, and he must have already listed some stuff that month. The limit is automatically increased.
He could just list it as an auction starting at 1$ then have it get bidded up to whatever sale price, and eBay would allow that to go through.
10:40 Again no that's not correct. eBay holds the funds, but only until three days after the date of delivery. After 25 sales, you from then on instantly get paid. The 30 day thing is only if you do not provide a tracking number.
Luke, do you sell your rebuilds?
did you report it?
Actually eBay does actually set a limit to how much you can list for, so like if you’re a new account they won’t let you list anything over 500/ 5 products so you can only list up to 5 products with the maximum price of all the 5 products being 500
Plenty of non-sense eBay listings out there for all sorts of things. Some sellers seem to pick the wrong auto-fill templates when doing their listings.
macbook pro 15 inch 2.53 ghz 4gb ram nvidia geforce 2009 is this ne good to get into Mac an have sum fun and is $200 good for it
hey Luke! Just curious what do you do with all these laptops?
can you ship a mid 2015 macbook pro to india? I'll pay for it.
When y’all are such good friends that you two are shipped
Ranked 1 on Truspilot , what is Truspilot?
I actually sold a laptop on ebay, from europe, and i was restricted to a max price of 500 euro since it was my first sale or something. The buyer actually payed the extra 250 that i was asking for separately. But that listing does look like a scam.
i think that for fb marketplace and craigslist, you can pay in person with cash. but im not sure about that bc ive never used them
How much would you pay for a 13 inch MacBook Air 1.6 Gigahertz Core 2 duo 80 gig hard drive early 2008 with battery not working and 2 gigs of ram?
That’s one that I have
What also annoys me when looking at these listings is the "OS year" at the end. So if you're looking for, say, "Mac mini 2018," you'll hit earlier Minis with "OS 2018" and other really weird wording on them.
Luke, I respect you deep knowledge, with that said, could you advice us, laymen, which used, older Mac would still be a good buy because 'EvilBay' listings is a real nightmare to go thru...:-] Seen you new Air 2020 review lately, decided to wait for a while more...:-]
luke is definitely going crazy
That guy looks like Will from the UK Inbetweeners!
Most of those listings are in violation of the search manipulation policy but that's how you get big sales on eBay
Who downloads antivirus for Mac? It’s like downloading VPN for a calculator...
what do you mean ?
Bruh so true
That MacBook from OU Necessities was sold apparently. Also, gone from the sold description: "DM for more products" and "Real price is. . . ."
Luke, I respect you as a content creator, but please do not accept sponsorships from those companies. They are malware makers, and their product is at best a scam, and at worst malware itself.
I think a lot of these computers with really high prices were restock listings. Selling on eBay, I do that sometimes. Set a price extremely high rather than ending the listing while waiting for stock. If sone poor soul were to buy from me during restock, though I would DEFINITELY immediately refund them and cancel the sale.
When's that podcast coming?
When I saw that unibody’s price my soul was yeeted out of my body, I got 2 2011’s with a i5, I think I one came with 2gb, and another with 4gb (ram), and 750gb hdds for 360$, idk if it’s a good or bad deal, but at least it isn’t 4,500
Can someone help me to figure out if i should sell my mbp 1499 model to get the upcoming 14”?
Bruh keep up the good content, also you really look like ben feldman!
People on eBay? Shady? Noooo! 😂
I ain’t trying TotalAV
You can tell they’re having fun
I got a mid 2012 with 16gb and 500gb ssd. Mine is in perfect condition and got it for 2000 Swedish Crowns. And it works great.
What I've learned is to take Luke with me when I buy a used Mac!
Please do more funny kinda videos really liked this one !
Noah is scared, a hostage, and also somehow bored
I like your videos keep up the good work
Apology accepted! Still Love all the Apple content, keep it up Luke
BTW. Great educational video for those that want to purchase a used MacBook.
Normal prices here in Czech Republic, people are crazy sometimes. 😐
This is the most backwaters alleyway shit of the enternet.
I can’t be the only one who wants to see the sellers response to Luke’s Insta inquiry
you really have nothing else to do ahah I'm gonna ask you to buy me a macbook pro - I had a laugh at the end thank you hardy guys
I would NEVER pay 800 bucks for a 2015 MacBook Air, it's a terrible deal for the specs, unupgradable RAM and everything!
When seeing on Apple's website that upgrading from 16GB to 32GB of memory adds 400 DOLLARS sorry but that's a BLATANT SCAM!
Just wanted to say that eBay does have selling limits and I had to talk to a representative to increase my limit so that I can list my laptop.
Hey fellow tech people, I’m looking to buy an iMac but I have a question so please help a sister out. I don’t know if I should buy a 21.5 Mac with 256 SSD i3 QUAD CORE ; or a 21.5 i5 SIX CORE BUT 1TB FUSION DRIVE. In my country 🇮🇹there is only a 40€ difference so that’s the point. I don’t neeed this computer for much, just school things and OCCASIONAL gaming but nothing serious (otherwise I would not be looking for a Mac) PLEASE HELP ME :(
I would get the i3, because the Fusiondrive is trash.
But you wont be able to game on it like on a pc
great video. scams are everywhere, but great experiences are more common in FBM.... i’ve found some really great deals on facebook market and some outrageous lot on mac computers. Usually the best prices are on computers with something wrong or someone who got it as a gift. a 2011 17” mbp i bought for under 100 because the screen glass was cracked and had an overheating issue. easily fixed with a 2nd hand glass replacement from ebay, thoroughly cleaned and added new thermal paste. works great, just needs a a new battery! :::::::::: a 2012 i7 15” non-retina had only a bad trackpad and keyboard but again, i bought it on FBM for under $100, bought a second hand top-cover for about $15 and manually replaced the trackpad and keyboard (top cover itself didn’t fit my model for some reason). currently it has 16gb ram, 500gb ssd and replaced the superdrive for the original hdd at 750GB. And like that I’ve had many experiences. I guess now with covid, I’ll finally sit down and edit the footage... But yeah, Facebook Market if you know what you are looking for and ask the seller the right questions, you can get great deals. But you gotta be quick. many sell within a few hours of posting. Anyway, that was my rant. Stay safe and nice informative video!
Normal people: Watching the video
Me: Noticing that at 0.38 he spelt trust pilot wrong
Always just assume they left something out. As trust worthy sellers will describe in detail. Then post plenty of pictures. To get max value...
Last week i found a used 2019 16gb quad core 1.4ghz 256gb ssd 13 inch macbook pro for 600 usd on local classifieds. I feel like i won the macbook lottery
Hey i am your friend from India. I want to buy 2015 13" Pro. Can you please help out to get this at best deal?
Facebook Marketplace does NOT let you list above their "high-end" price
Anybody think a mid 2009 20” iMac is suspicious for $70 no power cable?
0:44 lol
In germany you can sell a Pro 13 2015 with i7 easy für 1000€
12:41 lol
Lighting is a bit dim but still a great video
I want an update on that instagram seller's response.
I love how Noah behaves like a child
Apple MacBook Pro 13 in. 2.66GHz Dual Core 8GB RAM 320 GB HDD Mid 2010 - Silver. For £150, $150 is it a god price ASAP please
The other day I saw a listing for a Macbook Pro on ebay where the title said 15 inch but the actual photo of the back of item (the spec area) showed that it was a 13 inch 😕 I hope the people bidding on it realized that😅
I have experience buying from facebook marketplace most of the people on there are Karens who have no idea what they are talking about.
The Apple Geek what are Karens?
This was funny af