I Bought a "Refurbished" NES From eBay - I Wasn't Impressed

I Bought a "Refurbished" NES From eBay - I Wasn't Impressed - Extended Version

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I Bought a "Refurbished" NES From eBay - I Wasn't Impressed - Extended Version - I bought this NES from a refurbisher on eBay for $120, and we're about to see how good of a job they did with cleaning and repairing. Will there be anything broken or missing, and will it boot up on the first try? Let's see if this refurbished NES is worth the price!
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@njones621 Ай бұрын

Note to self: don’t comment on Steve’s videos unless you’re prepared to back up your promises 😂

@AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV 29 күн бұрын

It's more like "Really prepared". I bet he thought he was prepared.

@cidelogic Ай бұрын

This is why when I get a console for my collection , I just stay away from these so called "refurbished" units. I just try to find the best looking one at the best price and refurbish it myself.

@joshkelly4682 Ай бұрын

I buy the nonworking ones so I can repair and restore them

@ElectronicRepairGuy Ай бұрын

Same here I’d rather buy it & restore it myself than buy from someone who so called refurbished it at least when you buy & restore something you know it’s being done right & not halfway.

@omgbeardriving 17 күн бұрын

If you're handy then yeah that's the way to go.

@sheennshine7 Ай бұрын

Looks like "someone" is losing his 100% feedback 😂😂

@davewatson2018 Ай бұрын

Lmao 😂

@JorshPodGaming Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@bapt_andthebasses Ай бұрын

Deserved

@CaptSpeirsB744 Ай бұрын

Should give them a chance to make it right before you give negative feedback.

@ChrisWijtmans Ай бұрын

@@CaptSpeirsB744 they had a chance when ordered :)

@JohnnyG10178 Ай бұрын

Just the way it was tossed in the box is a clue on how this was gonna go.

@evan6568 Ай бұрын

Get better soon brother! I'll be praying for you and your family. I would love to see a long-fix compilation of the most difficult/complicated repairs!

@filipbulev6756 3 күн бұрын

Saying "it's not a big deal" is really off the mark. For that level of investment and the thorough cleaning that's required, it certainly is a big deal to me. Someone's definitely going to lose their good feedback and learn to do better than using just a paper towel and cleaning supplies from the dollar store. I run a repair shop myself, and when I change thermal paste on a PlayStation or repair a controller, I do a complete cleanup, washing every part that can be safely washed with soap and water. By the way, I love these videos! Keep up the great work!

@goldenboi7685 19 күн бұрын

Watching you fiddle with it at first trying to get it to work REALLY brought back some memories lol

@smashed-thumb9886 Ай бұрын

This makes me wonder where my first gen NES is. I miss playing all my favorite games, Zelda, Mario, bump-n-jump, Spy Hunter even A Boy and His Blob. It's been 30 years a wow, so much fun.

@rancedanko 29 күн бұрын

I havent heard anyone mention bump n jump in years, loved that game

@Lazyman1975 Ай бұрын

Put an old credit card inside the sandpaper and slot it straight in and out. It is the best way to ensure not bending pins while your moving back and forth.

@phoenragon Ай бұрын

Glad you took a minute to play a level, Steve! If you’re gonna put the time into fixing it, why not enjoy the victory a bit, right? 😁

@sharpie6136 Ай бұрын

The First NES I brought was from a guy who was moving away and needed the money ,it was with a small 12" TV and 10 extra games all for $100 this was in the mid or late 80s

@briandoss9232 Ай бұрын

Dude that sand paper on the pins is definitely in top 10 for unpleasant sounds.

@Theendgamelv3 Ай бұрын

Damn I thought for a moment this was a new video and he was off Chemo due to getting better and then I realized this wasn't his main channel. Keep on fighting man.

@phoenragon Ай бұрын

Yeah this is older footage BUT he’s in remission now (according to his post on the website), so hopefully we will be feeling better soon

@Theendgamelv3 Ай бұрын

@@phoenragon Sweet, glad to hear.

@MizuhoChan Ай бұрын

Ehh, I know ebay can be tricky, but if you're selling as a business, I'd say you should get some actual decent boxes and packaging material, even if you increase the price sightly to cover it. And definitely make sure it's working well before you send it.

@TronicsFixLongs Ай бұрын

Agreed!

@jgick7 29 күн бұрын

Figuring out the exact process for making your personal nes work was half of the fun. I had to slap the shit out of the side of mine after putting the game in and then turn it on. Worked every time.

@Icmlost Ай бұрын

I have two old NES consoles that do the same thing with reading the game cartridges. I'm going to follow what you did here to hopefully get them going good. One of them looks brand new and the other one definitely needs to be retro brighted due to the yellowing.

@TronicsFixLongs Ай бұрын

Hope you can get them fixed!

@mitchjohnson4970 Ай бұрын

I would have given the console review either a 2 or 3 depending wether or not they showed proof the console was chippied on the outside before your purchase. The packaging was subpar at best, and they definitely should have checked the pin connection with the issues of the blinking light. I forgot there a few screws were missing from the board, too.

@reverend_sasquatch583 Ай бұрын

What is so hard about these companies understanding what is expected from a "refurbished" console? It's actually infuriating. When people buy refurbed, they should 100% be able to take it home, plug it in, and have it work like new.

@noneyabidness9644 Ай бұрын

Though Atari 2600 was my family's first consolue, the NES was MY persnal first console. And I have to say, still my favorite. Such amazing titles.

@ThePred2009 2 күн бұрын

flashing red light on NES is nearly always because of the pins you need to replace the pins on the mainboard

@EnkinduGamer Ай бұрын

Sincerely, when I read the word, "refurbished" I expect that to be in, "like new" condition. Meaning pristine and thoroughly cleaned and all caps replaced, with certified parts (72 PIN connector for example). Basically everything except for the logic board. You can't trust anybody these days. The scratches and faded front text is unacceptable for a refubished device. That is not, "Like New" which is what refurbsihed means. You need to be a TronicsFix guy or a tinkerer like MyMateVince these days. I am considering offering my skills to this craft. We would all provide quality products. Let's start the group The Refurb Massive! It's a working title.

@stofopdenaald132 14 күн бұрын

I always had problems with the nes, every one I got stopped working after about a week, and always needed to fiddle with the carts. Recently I found an early nineties Famiclone. Cleaned it up, and it still works like a charm. Nintendo 0, bootleggers 1 😂

@brucepreston3927 28 күн бұрын

I used to make a killing selling refurbished NES consoles locally about 8-10 years ago...I kept a pile of 72 pin connectors and I would just change them out if they looked bad...It saved me a lot of headache if the system actually worked when they got it home!

@amrahmadabdelaziz Ай бұрын

Grtting better... we all pray for you

@waahwaah236 Ай бұрын

Do u also fix WD easy store hard drive?

@opatapreta Ай бұрын

How you are going? I don't wanna live in a world widout tronics fix.

@carletonrutherford1799 Ай бұрын

21:41 I was waiting for the "4 hours later" meme.

@UnwellGaming Ай бұрын

why did they put "working condition" its like they put "give me a negative feedback" if they are going to restore a console AND list it as "IN WORKING CONDITION" u would thing they would test it to make sure it meets that minimum requirement. sellers that do that give ebay a bad name and im glad that this seller got the negative feedback that they deserved. Great video. next go to a good will and see if u can find a nes there for you to restore.

@retro-bengaming Ай бұрын

Had to use the old "just the tip" method to get the game to work.

@KirkLee1983 24 күн бұрын

Paid 80 for mine locally and it works on first try everytime.

@Mikelp73 Ай бұрын

This is like electronic dentistry

@krimsonkoolaid9755 Ай бұрын

Everybody knows that you have to blow into the cartridge to get it to work, blowing into the console sometimes work too.

@vincentcloud Ай бұрын

He should have just blown on it. It worked 100% of the time when i was a kid. Take cartridge out blow on it and inside the NES and put back in, played everytime.

@AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV 29 күн бұрын

"The best game ever made Super Mario 3"...that's debatable.

@DOC_951 23 күн бұрын

No one ever counts on a customer actually opening the console

@H2Oredfirefox Ай бұрын

You probably already knows it but it's the Nintendo's lockout chip It's probably not getting a signal from the cartridge that's why it's doing that or the chip is damaged in some way🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@sirseriously Ай бұрын

@5:12 the most uncomfortable sound ever

@Grant-H2O Ай бұрын

This broken edges are standard when dealing with old Nintendos

@SourdoughDan Ай бұрын

@9:12 when youre so in the zone your forget to push the cartridge down. 😂

@mbagle Ай бұрын

I dont believe you need to push down the game to turn it on.

@vincentcloud Ай бұрын

@mbagle he was able to turn it on put I 100% gurantee you it will not play a game if isn't pushed down.

@perrycoffey5410 Ай бұрын

@@vincentcloudJesus Christ it's guarantee

@jayceasar2661 Ай бұрын

hold reset down and hit console twice when it blinks like that

@nostalgiarules1348 14 күн бұрын

Those are some pretty bold claims from the seller. I clean up systems i sell, but i never say it had been refurbished.

@echonomix_ Ай бұрын

My man can play Super Mario backwards

@titogreggy Ай бұрын

DK oldies is moonlighting on eBay

@abdulafzil2600 Ай бұрын

That 1 double 00 got to go 😅

@tmetito3535 Ай бұрын

Bro you should go to a trift store and buy one for like 15 bucks and they even test it in front of you if you like

@RolandoAvalos-ji7cf Ай бұрын

SEND IT BACK 😂

@SpaceManJack1969 Ай бұрын

The missing foot and rattle in the controller would have had me sending it back immediately. Not to mention the finicky 72 pin. These refurb companies are complete BS. Can of compressed air and a bleach wipe is all they do I swear.

@joshkelly4682 Ай бұрын

When I clean a console, I take all the plastic parts and give it a bath in hot water and dawn dish soap and I have a facebook page with pics showing my work

@joshkelly4682 Ай бұрын

No matter how much you clean the cables on retro consoles they will always produce that brown substance because you're wiping away material as well as dirt that has absorbed in the plastic. I've spent hours trying to get it to stop and it never would

@rorykelly8275 Ай бұрын

That’s exactly what I do also. I leave no internal part unclean and untested.

@rorykelly8275 Ай бұрын

@@joshkelly4682if you use a baby/wet wipe it really does get the cable clean. There’s something in the wipe that just lifts the brown stuff off the cables n

@joshkelly4682 Ай бұрын

@@rorykelly8275 I always disable the lockout chip because they are known to cause the nes to blink, but also I boil the pin connector and then carefully blow dry it, because the heat can warp the pin connector, then I scrub the pins with ipa and a toothbrush and bend the pins and mine will play first try every time

@nooneson1 Ай бұрын

Wondering if the same person that suggested this company commented on this video

@mugogrog Ай бұрын

That's not acceptable if someone claims to hand clean their stuff. Goes to show there's dishonest private sellers out there as well. Give the dude a bad detailed bad review if possible and people can hopefully get a heads up. I guess it's more to do with wether people just want to make as much money as possible and just shit out consoles and not giving them the TLC they deserve.

@dragonflye4561 Ай бұрын

my ebay store has 100% seller raiting i work hard to keep 100%

@Rleydic1 Ай бұрын

I think the guy lied about it clearly working

@DjDestinyChicago Ай бұрын

I’d return that

@guadalupe8589 29 күн бұрын

This a new video?

@jaimevaca160 9 күн бұрын

Is this an old video?

@punker-gamer-trucker-guy 29 күн бұрын

If you're going to say it's been hand cleaned, it better be spotless. Otherwise, don't even mention it.

@DOC_951 23 күн бұрын

Seller definitely deserves negative feedback. Complete false advertisement. It wasn’t refurbished or cleaned… he sold it assuming no one would open it or bother posting a video on it. Exact same shitty selling practices of DK Oldies. I really hope you gave them your honest feedback.

@tymon995 Ай бұрын

It was refurbished, just not “Fully Refurbished”..

@1ohmwrecker Ай бұрын

He regretting making that comment now! 😂

@renejc805 Ай бұрын

Where I can contact you, I have 3 nintendo switch lite, 1 is completely a parts 1 switch dock to sell , all needs repairs. I would love to see it on your channel. I give you good price.

@kevincoones4368 Ай бұрын

Hi Tronics fix I Got My Nes from Amazon. its worked right out of the box. And its very clean.

@joelbournival762 25 күн бұрын

Who sold it?

@kevincoones4368 25 күн бұрын

@@joelbournival762 Sg Book _S

@Rico0333 Ай бұрын

Did you try blowing on it?

@timehunter9467 Ай бұрын

I don’t think that 100% is right. Unless someone rubbed dirt on the cable and stole screws during shipping, they didn’t do what they said at all.

@michaellokolore4955 Ай бұрын

Ich have 100% 😊

@DimasFajar-ns4vb Ай бұрын

wow its not an atari sir

@Yipper64 21 күн бұрын

Basically they did what they said but on every turn they didnt do it in the best way they could have. Just a sorta slopy job all around but at least it wasnt a near irreparable NES.

@gumbypokey7 29 күн бұрын

Dad joke alert - 15:32

@LethalBubbles 12 күн бұрын

never liked to get other people's repair work but sometimes ebay is like "well that could save me time" but jokes on me it needs fixing or to be sent back and no time was saved at all. But you know, someones gotta do it. These are game consoles, not untouched virgins of purity. We shouldn't have such standards and instead just care for the dwindling stock.

@shady4422 Ай бұрын

refurbished my arse lol

@mikuneverdies6288 Ай бұрын

miss the days you could walk down the street an buy a Used NES for 20$~!! XDDDD Oooof

@Lstead15 Ай бұрын

Green Light Vintage = CANCELLED!!!!

@BRGKasumi77Main Ай бұрын

Maybe you can repair DVD/VCR combo or VHS tapes too

@urimhykaj8446 Ай бұрын

Did your hair just came back on?

@TronicsFixLongs Ай бұрын

This is an older video before I started the chemo treatments.

@danielpowers5891 Ай бұрын

Update, update, update! (I mean get these videos uploaded faster)

@gamehulk Ай бұрын

Note: That inspected date was 2023, so it's been sitting around for a year before it got shipped to you.

@danielwilliams5993 Ай бұрын

you dont know when he filmed this.. actually since he has hair in the vid it was filmed awhile ago

@gamehulk Ай бұрын

@@danielwilliams5993 the item number begins with 3546 which means the sale occurred within the last 6 months.

@namco5182 Ай бұрын

@@danielwilliams5993 it was within the last 6 months. Check for yourself 0:18

@reallegendsquest 26 күн бұрын

Note: it doesn’t matter when it was “inspected” if it’s advertised on the description of the item.

@JimiJamma Ай бұрын

I have a PS3 that the HDMI port is bad, please fix it, I’ll pay you! I have a donor console to work with. Please help me out.

@I_am_Allan 29 күн бұрын

Steve, when was t his filmed, considering you have gone gloriously bald in the last couple months. Still sending good thoughts your way.

@adilator Ай бұрын

Whoever sold you this was bragging about his refurbishing skills??

@FranklinClinton1 Ай бұрын

Can you believe anyone at all? Shamelessly calling it "refurbish"

@Michael-oi8pu 24 күн бұрын

Extortionate price

@moderusprime Ай бұрын

Literally a nudge to the left or right while it's pushed down will make it work in 99% of most cases so it engages with the pins.

@vearl97 Ай бұрын

I wonder if Steve can review the Ninten-Drawer.

@Grant-H2O Ай бұрын

Dude! You just gave that NES the VULCAN DEATH GRIP. I've realized dealing with that, there is no realistic way to perfectly adjust the pins unless you do that process many many times. Maybe you can think of a way that can expedite this process of trial and error for original 72 pin connectors. THANKS!!!

@joshmatthiesen4552 Ай бұрын

Haha $150?! Naw I’m good

@taterzsalad9252 Ай бұрын

i refurbish these all the time , i sell them with one of them cheap multi carts and pull 300 canadian for them on kijiji. i never bother with ebay im to remote and shipping makes it a killer.

@danielpowers5891 Ай бұрын

It's not refurbished if its still got old caps.

@xphiles2345 Ай бұрын

I never pushed mine down and they worked

@Kevin87A 23 күн бұрын

I'm calling shenanigans. Dude has 100% feedback and you just happen to get something that barely works. Yeah, okay.

@pezjme Ай бұрын

Those controllers lasted forever. I have to get a new ps5 controller every 6 months.

@FTfilm Ай бұрын

You are not supposed to throw them at walls you know.

@pezjme Ай бұрын

@@FTfilm They cost too much for that.

@leex187 Ай бұрын

That guy needs to lose his perfect review score its misleading

@christopherm9720 Ай бұрын

atleast it worked (to a point) and was clean, id take the risk and buy from them over anyone else

@thunderdragon8341 23 күн бұрын

Don’t trust this guy he was suppose to fix my Wii U but he kept it and my money he is a thief

@DJMarkGyro Ай бұрын

Much too high priced for a console with a broken edge....

@GenghisClaus Ай бұрын

Green Light Vintage confirmed scammer. His undeserved good reputation needs to be ruined.

@pmcelraft 22 күн бұрын

Why not hustle buy the nes don kit and put ine rogether?

@CaptSpeirsB744 Ай бұрын

Another refurb fail.

@tambias Ай бұрын

The flashing red light is a hit or a miss on these units.Just a quirk of an old machine.

@VyperByteX Ай бұрын

Except that he displayed exactly why it was doing it. He had to position the game just right for it to work, then when he took it apart the 72 pin connectors were bent, and rusty. It worked on the first try after his work, which is what it should have done out of the box.

@tambias Ай бұрын

@@VyperByteX its easy to pick fault with someone elses work,i have bought refurbished units and they have done exactly the same,their definition of refurbished might not be steves high standards.Just buy a unit at £40 and clean it yourself.Getting sick of these videos from youtubers slagging dkoldies and now this mob.Dont buy their “refurbished “items.You can make content another way.I know steve is ill and filling in the blanks but he is in danger of loosing views as we know all these refurbished websites are crap!

@gamehulk Ай бұрын

@@tambias Steve is doing a service by showing what you get buying from these refubished sellers. Sure YOU have bought refurb units and know what to expect, but I have not. You sound like an advanced retro gaming enthusiast and probably just need to unsubscribe move on.

@tambias Ай бұрын

You are missing the point,they are all at it,they are never refurbished properly. in fact hell mend anyone that gives them a penny.

@tambias Ай бұрын

@@gamehulk i am an extremely experienced collecter of retro items and i have watched steve from the start.These videos are getting tedious and he has the capacity for much better content.I think i will decide when i unsubscribe and move on! understand steve is extremely unwell and thats not an ideal situation.There is no harm in dialogue,please appreciate others points of view. if you look on youtube lately every retro/repair youtuber is evaluating refurbished items. Steve has already showed us over many years how to refurb your own consoles so i find the critiques of refurb companies pointless.