WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.300 Phones are getting really expensive these days. Exactly. Why spend more than you 00:00:04.300 --> 00:00:07.700 have to? eBay sponsored this video so we can take a look at their refurbish 00:00:07.700 --> 00:00:12.980 program which has four different levels of refurbish quality. And we're gonna 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:16.620 have to test ourselves to see if we can tell the difference. Is that right? Is 00:00:16.620 --> 00:00:19.860 that what we're doing? Yeah it should be fun. So with refurbish you can save up 00:00:19.860 --> 00:00:24.860 to 50% on some of the major brands like you'll see here in this video and they 00:00:24.860 --> 00:00:32.460 seem pretty confident that we're not gonna be able to really tell the difference. I'm interested to see how these compare to a new phone. Can we tell 00:00:32.460 --> 00:00:36.260 the difference? I certainly hope so. I mean I'm really interested to see what it 00:00:36.260 --> 00:00:39.820 exactly means for a product to be refurbished. All these refurbish phones do 00:00:39.820 --> 00:00:44.540 come with warranties and everything like that even at the various quality levels. 00:00:44.540 --> 00:00:48.420 So you should be covered no matter what. Right on. But we so we have four phones 00:00:48.420 --> 00:00:55.660 we don't know which is which. So I have the Z Flip 4 5G and the A71 5G from 00:00:55.700 --> 00:01:02.580 Samsung. What do you have? I have a iPhone 12 Pro Max and a Google Pixel 6a. 00:01:02.580 --> 00:01:06.260 But what is interesting is I'm assuming that also comes with a charging brick. 00:01:06.260 --> 00:01:15.420 So all of these came with charging bricks even though I don't think the iPhone 12 Pro Max came with a charging brick. No the Pixel 6a does not come 00:01:15.420 --> 00:01:19.300 with a charging brick I believe but I know that this one doesn't and these 00:01:19.300 --> 00:01:24.820 ones don't anymore either do they? Alright let's see if we can figure it out. I want to start with this iPhone 12 Pro Max because it didn't come with a screen 00:01:24.860 --> 00:01:32.220 protector. Interesting. That's giving me an idea that it's going to be the lower tier. So kind of things we look for is little marks maybe nicks anything like 00:01:32.220 --> 00:01:37.780 that but the the back seems pretty nice. I mean from far away it looks pretty in 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:41.340 good condition. I mean there's yeah no screen protector but like the sides are 00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:45.340 shiny. I'm inclined to say this is like the top level I mean without knowing 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:49.300 anything about the other conditions of the phones or even what the levels are. 00:01:49.660 --> 00:01:54.660 This is tier S tier. Yeah this looks like brand new. Someone was trying to 00:01:54.660 --> 00:01:58.420 sell me this phone I would be like oh they had this in the case it's whole life. 00:01:58.420 --> 00:02:05.420 Okay videos over. We won. Let's try the Samsung A71 5G. It's an entry level 00:02:05.420 --> 00:02:09.380 phone maybe somebody younger had it maybe it's gone through some some rough 00:02:09.380 --> 00:02:12.940 times. Right off the bat I can see there are little scratches on the screen so I'm 00:02:12.940 --> 00:02:17.900 doubting this is the highest level one. So it could be either excellent or very 00:02:17.980 --> 00:02:21.740 good or good. Even then I don't think it's gonna be excellent because that's 00:02:21.740 --> 00:02:24.940 gonna be like new and like I said there are visible scratches right off the bat. 00:02:24.940 --> 00:02:29.780 Well this phone has a headphone jack. Nice it should be top tier just for that 00:02:29.780 --> 00:02:37.460 honestly. It doesn't look like there's any dents or anything do you see anything really? No that's when I'm using my special glasses. I've been waiting to 00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:42.500 appeal this the whole time so. Oh. R slash oddly satisfying. You know what like that 00:02:42.500 --> 00:02:46.500 was and I peeled it off and the screen is nice and clean no fingerprints. Put that 00:02:46.500 --> 00:02:50.820 on Reddit. Oh. Again what I noticed is the screen in the front doesn't look like 00:02:50.820 --> 00:02:54.580 there's any damage. Oh. No scratches or anything like that. I don't see any 00:02:54.580 --> 00:02:59.540 imperfections what the heck. I really expected to see more damage. Even on 00:02:59.540 --> 00:03:03.540 this back glass where the the cameras are like the bar that's what's resting on 00:03:03.540 --> 00:03:09.060 yeah the table or you know ground I don't really put phones but there's no 00:03:09.060 --> 00:03:13.420 damage on anything. Oh little light scratching on the bottom here. Oh. Extremely 00:03:13.420 --> 00:03:17.220 minor. What also I actually noticed with most these phones we're all so far no 00:03:17.220 --> 00:03:20.580 scratches at the charging port right around very charging from trying to put 00:03:20.580 --> 00:03:24.340 it your your cable in and missing. Phone owners are a lot more coordinated than 00:03:24.340 --> 00:03:27.780 they used to be. Yeah I should catch up. Well especially because these are 00:03:27.780 --> 00:03:33.780 reversible you know in the olden days flip it over. Okay okay grandpa. All my tech 00:03:33.780 --> 00:03:38.140 tips. All right now let's take a look at the Z Flip 4 see if maybe this is the 00:03:38.140 --> 00:03:41.180 lowest tier because again there's nothing that's really clear like this is 00:03:41.260 --> 00:03:47.100 the lowest tier. But again nothing too crazy on this one. This being a folding 00:03:47.100 --> 00:03:51.820 phone the hinge is something that people you know often say is like one of the 00:03:51.820 --> 00:03:55.980 first things to fail in these phones. It's like another point of failure that 00:03:55.980 --> 00:04:00.500 a non-folding phone doesn't have so. Yeah and this is a soft plastic screen for a 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:07.500 lot of these foldables as well so fingernail things like that can damage it. As somebody who uses a foldable daily those things can start to add up but no 00:04:07.660 --> 00:04:12.460 nothing crazy here again and there's no like creak in the hinge. It's hard to 00:04:12.460 --> 00:04:17.140 compare because my Oppo uses a different kind of hinge so it's I can't really 00:04:17.140 --> 00:04:20.940 compare the two. One thing that I would be looking for in a folding phone as I 00:04:20.940 --> 00:04:25.260 said is like the ability of the of the hinge to stay at that you know I would 00:04:25.260 --> 00:04:29.100 expect maybe if it's an older one that it would want a snapshot like your Oppo 00:04:29.100 --> 00:04:33.700 but this like wow that it's doing really well. When did this phone come out? The 00:04:33.740 --> 00:04:38.060 Flip 4 5G? Is that what it is? It would have been like last August, August 2022 and 00:04:38.060 --> 00:04:42.420 yeah you can't see any micro cracks in the hinge or like where the screen has 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:48.220 the hinge, no fingernails or anything like that. Screen looks good. Okay I'm 00:04:48.220 --> 00:04:53.620 actually a little bit disappointed I really expected to have more damage 00:04:53.620 --> 00:04:59.740 like physical damage obvious. I'm thinking that the A71 5G is the good 00:04:59.780 --> 00:05:03.820 because the scratches on the front screen are noticeable. They're not bad when 00:05:03.820 --> 00:05:07.580 you have the phone screen on like you can't tell. Are there multiple scratches 00:05:07.580 --> 00:05:11.460 on this one? Yes there's one and then there's one down here as well versus the 00:05:11.460 --> 00:05:15.300 pixel just has it on the back. This one has a little tiny scratch on the back but 00:05:15.300 --> 00:05:20.020 like you can't even we had to like use a magnifying glass basically. This one is 00:05:20.020 --> 00:05:26.020 the good this one is very good. I feel like I feel like this is the order and 00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:35.380 now for the grand reveal. Good refurbished. Good refurbished. The Samsung A71 5G. Nice. 00:05:35.380 --> 00:05:43.140 We were right. Yeah put the bing bing bing. Editor put the bing bing bing. So good 00:05:43.140 --> 00:05:47.860 means that it has moderate wear and it is backed by a one-year warranty but 00:05:47.860 --> 00:05:51.740 otherwise it's fully functional you know despite some like superficial damage. 00:05:51.740 --> 00:05:57.900 Yeah it's crazy that's moderate damage like obviously it'll vary per device like if you're buying headphones that might look a little bit different. I guess for 00:05:57.900 --> 00:06:08.340 a phone the screen is the most important part so that could be considered moderate. Also that phone costs $250 Canadian on eBay which is 42% off MSRP. 00:06:08.340 --> 00:06:15.140 42% off MSRP. 250 Canadian that's a deep discount. You can get like almost half 00:06:15.140 --> 00:06:20.580 off if you can tolerate a couple scratches on your screen. Next up we've got the very 00:06:20.620 --> 00:06:27.540 good refurbished which is Google Pixel 6 8. Wow we're killing it. It's like we it's 00:06:27.540 --> 00:06:30.980 like we deal with phones a lot and know what they're supposed to look like. So 00:06:30.980 --> 00:06:37.700 very good means that there's minimal damage it's gonna be backed by that same one-year warranty and then it comes with you know included accessories like we 00:06:37.700 --> 00:06:43.540 saw the chargers and everything like that. Yeah if it comes with the accessories those come with it. Like I said for something that is saying it's gonna have 00:06:43.540 --> 00:06:48.140 minimal wear that is extremely minimal wear I would never notice that it took 00:06:48.140 --> 00:06:51.500 us quite a while. Yeah. So pretty impressive. And you know as someone who 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:54.620 just puts a case on all my phones anyways these are things that are like 00:06:54.620 --> 00:07:00.220 basically do not factor into my usage or enjoyment of the phone. So they'll take a look at my 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:03.700 phone especially because like I don't use a phone case and my phone does have 00:07:03.700 --> 00:07:09.700 you know some some little scratches on it and I'm loving this phone this would 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:39.660 be like a good. To hit us with the price. So the MSRP for the Pixel 6 8 is just over 600 Canadian and it sells on eBay refurbished for 330 Canadian. Wow. So it's about 50% off it's like another 42% off. Yeah 40 something. Editor you know what to do. This is for the 40 somethings. And the Pixel 6 8 is only a year old. So again I've pre-sealed the deal and when you compare it to 00:07:39.660 --> 00:07:51.620 the 7a this phone still performs very very well we put it through Labs testing and the battery life and everything is really good. I mean like so it has been as you're saying it has been a year since the phone launched so it you know it's gonna be you're 00:07:51.620 --> 00:07:57.860 probably gonna find it most places for less than MSRP anyways but that's almost 50% that's not the kind of 00:07:57.860 --> 00:08:01.900 you're not gonna find that like at the Google store probably. The thing that I love is that they 00:08:01.900 --> 00:08:08.300 certify that they're fully functional because it's one thing to be like oh it's a used phone and it looks like it's in good condition it's another thing to have a 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:21.540 entity certify an entity that's what the E stands for an eBay entity pay. It's another thing to have somebody certify that don't worry like it's fully functional it's gonna do what you 00:08:21.540 --> 00:08:37.540 wanted to do so. Cool what's next. The excellent refurbished phone is. Apple iPhone phone. Okay we killed it. Dang it. Why are you just sad about that. I wanted to be wrong. Why do you want to be wrong. It's more interesting. 00:08:37.540 --> 00:09:00.780 Why. I don't want to be surprised. Boo. Alright so excellent why don't you tell us what an excellent quality phone means. So the excellent tier is basically the same as the very good tier except that this one is in like new condition and this one has allowed to have minimal wear. So this one as we pointed out there is no visible wear on it. 00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:37.300 That's messed up. 600 Canadian. 1600 Canadian. For a 12 Pro Max. For a 12 Pro Max. You can buy a computer. And that's the base storage at 120. That's oh. It sells uneven refurbished for 900 Canadian dollars. 900 dollars. Still very expensive for a phone but that's like again close to half off. And for a Pro Max. This looks a little smaller compared to these other large phones but this is the Pro Max which will have a big battery. 00:09:37.380 --> 00:09:52.700 And the great thing about refurbished iPhones is that they last a long time. Like you can keep using them. You know as much as I make fun of Apple they do a really great job at like making sure that you can use their phones for years and years and years. Which is something you want to do I think in this day and age. 00:09:52.700 --> 00:10:11.620 Can you guys guess which one is a certified refurbished phone out of the four. It's the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4.5. Wow. So certified refurbished. It's pristine. It's like new and it comes with a two year warranty instead of just the one year that these other devices have. What's it cost. 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:16.620 32. $1,300. Okay. Expensive for a phone. 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:21.620 So the eBay refurbished price is about 1100 Canadian. 00:10:21.620 --> 00:10:24.620 Okay. Say a couple hundred bucks. A couple hundred bucks off. 00:10:24.620 --> 00:10:27.620 But. It's like a new phone. Pristine. 00:10:27.620 --> 00:10:33.620 Why are you getting a couple hundred bucks off. Basically just because someone else held it for a while. They took good care of it. 00:10:33.620 --> 00:10:38.620 But what's also nice is that you'll get a two year warranty instead of the one year that you usually get with a manufactured warranty. 00:10:38.620 --> 00:10:42.620 Okay. Wow. So you get $200 off and an extra year warranty. 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:46.620 And peace of mind. And fulfillment in life. 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:49.620 Buying things will make you happy. 00:10:49.620 --> 00:10:55.620 Actually they won't. Which is one of the main reasons why you should buy maybe a refurbished phone over a new phone. 00:10:55.620 --> 00:11:03.620 Is that it's like you're not contributing more to the massive plastic and metal that's killing our fish. 00:11:03.620 --> 00:11:07.620 Well though your fish are dead and you can't get your money back on that. 00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:13.620 On top of these warranties that the phones come with they do come with eBay's money back guarantee free shipping. 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:16.620 Nice. A 30 day return policy. 00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:22.620 Oh my gosh. We're in such sync right now. But what quality level do you think you would go to now that you've seen these different tiers. 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:28.620 Well as everyone knows I'm a minimalist. Not really. I'm a fake minimalist. 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:34.620 But I would probably I don't need much in a phone. I would probably go with the good tier the bottom tier. 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:40.620 My main concerns with phones is whether they function and whether they are cheap. 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:43.620 But it's $200. $200 is very nice. 00:11:43.620 --> 00:11:47.620 However this thing was what 350? 330 Canadian. 00:11:47.620 --> 00:11:53.620 Pixel 6a that's a year old phone. It's got Google's tensor chip which is like a fairly new chip. 00:11:53.620 --> 00:11:58.620 And I'd be happy with this one. So for in this specific scenario I would go with very good. 00:11:58.620 --> 00:12:02.620 But I might as well I very well might go with just a good if it was a newer phone. 00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:05.620 Yeah I think I am somebody who likes the flagships. 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:11.620 I go through phones quite a bit and as like the phone host you know I get the privilege of using a lot of these nicer phones. 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:14.620 You're an anti-minimalist. I am. I'm a maximalist. 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:18.620 So I would probably go for a certified refrigerator phone. 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:21.620 Something that will hold its value for quite a long period of time. 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:24.620 It's a very very new phone. There hasn't been a new flip. 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:28.620 But I do think for people who may be hard on the phones. No offense rather. 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:31.620 Younger people. People maybe with a little bit of a lower budget. 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:34.620 There's nothing wrong with a good level phone. 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:39.620 But in different product tiers I would probably go for a lower tier. 00:12:39.620 --> 00:12:44.620 Like maybe headphones. I don't need a highest tier or you know gaming accessories. 00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:49.620 If we're talking like headphones or something you know where you're like using it at home. 00:12:49.620 --> 00:12:53.620 Like I don't care if it's got scratches or whatever on it. I would totally go with like the good tier. 00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:57.620 But if it's something that is going to be more front facing that other people are going to see. 00:12:57.620 --> 00:13:00.620 Yeah and with headphones specifically you might be worried. 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:03.620 Well I'm a little bit worried about you know the fact someone else may have warned it. 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:06.620 But knowing that it's been professionally inspected and cleaned. 00:13:06.620 --> 00:13:12.620 Then refurbished. That's pretty nice. Well you can splurge sensibly and buy that product you've always wanted. 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:15.620 Using the link down in the description to check out eBay refurbished. 00:13:15.620 --> 00:13:18.620 Thank you so much for watching. Make sure to like, comment, subscribe. 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:22.620 And let us know if Ryland and I should make more videos together. 00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:26.620 Or more ancient structures. I did it!