I just recent purchased a Sylvania SSC509D off of eBay because it matches my larger 20" Sylvania 6720FDFA. I heard people say it was sketchy to buy CRTs off of eBay, so I searched around from lots and lots of different sellers until I narrowed it down. It was a seller that also sold vintage collectibles and tech, with 100% ratings. The pictures were even a bit blurry, but they were clear enough to see the TV was very clean. I took the chance and bought it. It came about a week later and was packed really well. They put the CRT in a small box lined with foam, and then put that box in a big box that was stuffed with cushioning and paper, it was solid. The TV works great and even the DVD drive functions properly. I guess I got lucky!
@@robsmashed yes, its the perfect place to buy a CRT since buyer is completely covered. Not sure why anyone would trust the shipper though. Most people just don't know how to ship something like this. Not sure at what point in this video he says its the worst place... He literally showed a success. Gotta get them clicks I guess.
i've been offloading my CRTs over the last couple of years on ebay, but only doing local pickup. i'm getting way less money for them, but the piece of mind is worth it.
I haven't purchased a CRT of eBay recently, but I've bought several in the past. I only had one monitor show up trashed, and it was due to poor packaging. It was a 19" Sony PVM, and while I bought it before they started commanding the insane prices they do today, it still took me a long time to find one for a reasonable price. Guess it wasn't so reasonable after all, since it showed up trashed. I got a refund from the seller, who didn't ask me to ship the monitor back, so that was nice. But that meant I had to pay an electronics recycler to take the thing off my hands.
As i have been repairing crt tv's as a profession in the past days, i'd check the ptc from the internal degaussing circuit..there may also be some other type of degaussing circuit. That screen didn't look too bad so that internal circuit should have been able to 'clean' the colour mask. As a tip for the use of the degaussing tool..You don't need to take it that far but you can turn it instead 90 degrees to diminish the field.. You can start it right next to the screen..and make the circular motion..take it back like 1.5m and turn it sideways! Takes only little over 5 seconds, and not much heating! :) While You are up close the crt with a degausser, pay attention if the internal steel color mask buzzes..if it does, the crt is propably bad (the mask is loose from some of it's attaching points and You can never achieve color purity..and the purity may change from the temperature build up inside since the mask can bend if it's loose). My 2 cents! :)
*cough* pallet. you need a pallet to ship a crt. Most sellers will not do pallets even when requested. Probably because it’s much more money for a pallet, but that just pretty much means…don’t try to get crts delivered. Always try to look local.
Honestly from the title of this video I was expecting to see a CRT packed in some ratty sellotaped box with newspaper or some old shirts as packing material (which ive unfortunately received before!). I think the expanding foam is a great idea, maybe not for the environment but definitely for a rare crt I've just spent $500 or whatever. It obviously protected the tube very well, and old mate spent 2 to 3 minutes clawing at it like a kitten when I would have just ripped the sides off the box the moment I opened the top...
I have purchased 2 CRT's off of Ebay. Told both sellers the importance of good packaging, gave details on what needed to be done, and sent links to articles on how to properly pack the monitors. Both arrived completely shattered and destroyed. While I did get my money back on both, disposing of these things is not a cheap or easy task. Only buy local now lol.
I'm going to be honest with you, if I sold someone something and they sent me something like that they are getting refunded. Either that or I will deliberately destroy it (deserved if that was the case Lmfao)
After watching this video, I feel like my PVM arriving from Japan to the US was an absolute miracle. Almost no info on the seller (although they were selling many of the same model of PVM, so maybe they knew what they were doing.), had to be shipped to various intermediate places across two countries, and when it arrived it worked flawlessly with absolutely no issues whatsoever. I honestly believe that my monitor is blessed or something.
I’ve had 50/50 experience on Ebay buying CRT’s. The issues typically stem from the packaging by the seller. No matter if you communicate or insist I’ve had destroyed tv’s show up in crappy flimsy boxes and others in well packed and double layered. It’s a crap shoot like anything else and more often than not Ebay will side with the buyer. Insurance and quality packing materials truly make a difference.
Why "the wrong place"? This looks as if it wasn't the sellers fault at all, neither the packaging. That was just pure genius tbh, even if hard to open.
Foam in place is the way to go. Who is to say the magnetism was there when they packed it? If it sat next to speakers or something in the delivery truck or depot it can easily get magnetized.
I got lucky that I found a seller on eBay that was selling a pristine Sony Wega only a few miles away from me; just took a few DMs and I saved the seller the headache of attempting to ship it and saved a perfectly functioning CRT from being potentially scraped.
Unfortunately eBay tries to penalize buyers/sellers who organize payment or shipping outside of their platform, even in reasonable scenarios like this. I've had issues with that before. They really want their cut.
Yeah, that's kind of what I took from this too. "Don't buy from eBay -- you'll end up with a TV that needs to be degaussed and then works perfectly." Mmmkkayy.... ?
Hey! Those things are decades years old. So you always have to be prepared for such things. And of course newer do something if you don't exactly know what you are doing)
Gotta be honest - the packing method was pretty damn clever. It's only one step down from the expanding foam packets that a lot of boutique system integrators use for computers to prevent heavy PCI-express cards from snapping the epxansion slots in the system during shipping... On another side - The gaussing issue could have been caused by a metal detector or something similar during transit. The only real way to avoid a problem like this would be to go pick the unit up yourself from the seller if possible, because then you can take care not to expose it to magnnetism.
I was lucky and bought 20L5 from Ebay seller, it had barely 100 hours usage. Sure enough I had to pay alot for custom wooden crate and shipping , received perfection 😊. Great job on fixing that PVM Steve! Steve usually sells PVMs, buy from him!
@@oraclejmt he only sold two PVM's as far as i know that were kept in storage for many years. I would recommend buying from Retro Tech Steve, you can't go wrong with a freshly serviced CRT.
Got my A20 with a 68x inside from eBay a while back. It was shipped with this exact foam too, really came out without any damage. It's probably overkill but I was very happy.
packing job is a pain to open but actually kind of brilliant and effective. and not sure i'd blame the seller. that could easily happen during shipping. i've seen how rough they handle packages and it could've gotten near a large magnet or maybe even xrayed depending on where it shipped from
Is there a risk to using the degaussing coil near other electronics such as PCs with older mechanical hard drives? What about if other CRTs are nearby that are turned off?
I live in the United Kingdom. How do you advise I buy a CRT if ebay is a bad idea? I only really need a 14 inch one, as long as it gives a full picture*, supports 60hz and also supports light guns! * = in the mid 90s, my parents had a 14 inch Sony for their bedroom. It was the only TV we could play Sega Saturn on in the house due to that console including a scart lead but not an RF one. When playing Victory Goal, the names of the players on team 1 could not be seen in full.
This is not really an Ebay problem exclusively. This is a typical online long distance and dishonest seller problem. Which can happen to all online purchases.
This is why I just use a cheaper model CRT I got from family that was no longer being used. It doesn't do any of the fancier things, but it works just fine for the older content I consume. It's actually more authentic to what I used as a kid. I wish CRTs were still being made as there definitely seems to be a market for them.
Local Pickup or no bueno. But Fsck e-bay anyway, and doubly so pay(not your)pal. Faceburg and Crraigslust are still the best, and often cheaper if you aren't seeking a particular model.
A crt almost always needs to be degaussed whenever it is moved, it the earth's natural magnetism that will affect purity....even moving a TV/monitor across the room can affect purity.
Some of us have no choice. I’m in a very rural area, nearest metro is 300 miles away which is where places like Costco, Micro Center, & IKEA are located. We only have a couple thrift stores here and none accept or sell CRTs anymore. FB Marketplace is dead as is Craigslist. For some of us, eBay is our only option and we have no choice but to accept the risk.
They didn't do it right you put it in a bag If anyone orders stuff using buyee from japan thats how they ship i bought many retro aio computers etc etc eg fmtowns ur and ux all perfect
Fb marketplace is probably the best place to buy crts since before you actually get the item you can test is at wherever the seller is selling it at and see if it’s working
I've ordered a handful of crts off ebay and haven't had this issue, I did get sealed unused crt tv that stopped working g right away though... hopefully it's just a bad cap... but if it fried a board I'm prollu out of luck
I resell old CRTs online and I just take them to FedEx or UPS stores and pay them to pack and ship CRTs for me. I always get insurance as well. I've sold probably 60 of them over the years and maybe had 2 damaged in transit. Looks like the seller here did a great job packaging it, so I'm not sure how this example qualifies as a horror story worthy of telling people to avoid ebay for CRTs. Yeah, it needed degaussed, but that was like a 1 minute repair. The more important factor is to make sure you are buying from an experienced seller with good feedback. Avoid people selling CRTs with free shipping. This is one item where you want to pay extra in shipping so the item is packed with the utmost care and not with cost savings in mind.
I've only bought 2 CRT PC monitors on Ebay. One was an HP Pavilion MX70 model which the seller said was in good condition but the display was so dim you could barely see anything, so I ended up returning it because I don't know how to repair CRTs myself and nobody near where I live could do it. The seller relisted it and it's been sitting on their store for almost a year since. The other one I bought is a Gateway EV700 which, besides a little yellowing on the plastic, looks like it's just come out of the box in 1998. Just have to be careful dealing with the seller, communicate with them before you buy to make sure the CRT works properly and they ship it correctly.
Don't think it's the worst. I've bought from local sellers and have had bad experience as well. Basically it all just comes down to the seller and not where you buy it from!
NO Kidding ... I've bought huge tvs locally only to find out they dont work. Ive had excellent success with ebay and wouldnt have any pvms without ebay.
The sellers on Facebook Marketplace are too flaky. I send them a message and they don't respond. At least on eBay you can just buy something and not have to chat with anybody.
Curious question here since I don't really know more than basics on a CRT. Is it possible the image could be thrown off like that in shipping? Say if the package has to go through some sort of x-ray machine before it gets loaded on an aircraft.
I've seen a few posts on Reddit and other forums saying the internal degaussing coil on some pvm's are causing issues and it needed to be disconnected and manually degaussed, I wonder if there's any way to fix those. Seems like it's just a bundle of wire.
Bad example since it was well packaged and the seller said in the description which issues you may experience. If it showed up totally smashed up because the seller just threw it in a box without any padding, then I'd say that totally proves your point. I've heard some horror stories and they were far worse than a simple degaussing. That PVM is totally overrated too. I bought one for $10 and it's hardly better than a standard consumer level monitor in my opinion.
Picked up my PVM locally so I could have the chance to look at it up close, got lucky and found a seller within 2 hours of me. Still shocked they've gotten as expensive as they have!
Just bought my first pvm off ebay. It was packed with crumpled up paper bags, pool noodles around he corners of the pvm, and packing peanuts. Everything looked ok from the outside, but when I turned it on the rgb imputs wasn't reading and I think something is wrong with the internal sync. All I was seeing was fast moving diagnal lines. I took it to an independent cpu/electronic shop just today so I guess we will see if it's salvagable
Bought a early 1980's or so NEC TV off of eBay a year ago. And it was just fine, nothing wrong with it & is still going strong for me. So while you'll get a few bad ones, that doesn't really mean it'd be eBay's fault. No matter where you would buy them from, there is always a risk of getting one that could be damaged/defective in some way
Anyone in Los Angeles interested in buying from my CRT collection? I have PVM 8041q, pvm 1354q, pvm 1412. Local pickup only, to avoid packaging issues as is the talk of the town.
I remember someone got me an early 80's GE color set back in 2016 off of Ebay, and it arrived decently intact just with the number wheel loosen from the VHF knob, and needed some picture adjustment.
honestly, i'd say this video wasn't the best demonstration, it came well-packed, not broken, and was fine with some degaussing done to it, i've bought tvs and monitors from ebay and they've been DESTROYED, utterly shattered, degaussing isn't hard, but getting a rare expensive crt for a good price and having it arrive completely broken is a heart-wrenching experience, i've gotten refunded on all of them after i explain what happened to the seller, but still..
Amazing video. I have two 20M4Us with some discolored spots and a similar degassing coil. I've been wondering - should I move my CRT to another room to do the degauss? I saw that you used the cool in proximity to other electronics, and I was just wondering if it would affect them.
Doesn't seem like a good example of all that can go wrong. I'm glad you got a good unit, but I've heard some really nasty horror stories about this! It's why although I've had some people ask, I refuse to ship any CRTs because I can't risk them being demolished. Don't need that headache! Not to mention eBay is a horrible place to sell things and you get idiots that do return scams on you...
Really, like with anything on eBay Buyer Beware, just make sure you Read Reviews. Personally, I've been burned on eBay, but on the other hand, I've ended up with better than expected items.
Lol cut the box at all 4 corners with a proper razor dum dum. I've bought one crt on ebay, although it was a 9" trinitron all was well. The spray foam is a great idea with the tv inside a good layer of plastic.
I got a few CRTs at my house and apparently my dad said he got them on ebay (back when CRTs were alot more common and LCD was slowly taking over so about 2002-2005 era) Ones a GDM-500PS (dell version) and the other is an IBM P260 which i think is a GDM-F500. Only downside the P260 i have to adjust and stretch the image for 1600x1200 unless i need to change something with a driver or windas. The other i need to test as it has VGA and BNC connections. The IBM actually has DVI-A and vga.
I got lucky the first (and possibly only time) I ordered a CRT off eBay. It was just a very standard, run of the mill 14” set, cost about £50. It was thankfully packaged very well and arrived in one piece and was fully working as it should be
Like you did the best way to open one of these is your slice vertically on the left and right side of a single wall the push that wall outward so you can get your arm underneath whatever is inside.
I bought my 20 inch Toshiba CRT from Goodwill in 2018 and it's given me over 4 years of reliable service. It's such a shame that most Goodwills don't sell CRTs anymore...
I bought a batman crt tv off ebay a couple weeks ago. TV arrived with a smashed case and the screen won't work. It was lightly bubble wrapped and I heard the sound of plastic pieces rattling as I opened it. Heartbreaking. I'm in Australia and getting AU plugs for collectables is really difficult so I can't replace it. I also bought a jvc off ebay a month earlier and it arrived perfect so it's hard to gauge. I try contact sellers but they always make out they are great packers. The batman tv was actually packed by a professional company who just put it in a second box with no packing. It's a Heartbreaking experience getting a smashed crt. Really like the channel BTW!
People often buy neodymium super magnets online and these are shipped with NO attempt at shielding the tremendous field they radiate for several feet in all directions. If one of these was near your CRT during shipping, that may be the source of your issues. These magnets can magnetize the chassis of the monitor as well as the CRT's shadow mask.
If you have a collection of CRT TV's and monitors, get a degaussing coil like the one used here. I have a nice one I found in a thrift shop for not much money. The built in automatic degaussing never works as well as manual one.
Someone just recycled a 21" Trinitron CRT where I work. I was really excited but the tube is just hammered - so dark, and already set to 100% contrast & brightness. I let it go.
eBay remotely feels like a scam now in 2022 for some people i never use them to order TV's, game controllers, mouses, & et-cetra my dad does but the pricing on their app gives me mediocre vibes but i wouldn't worry about them tbf.
I wonder if there is a lot of magnetic stuff in the shipping chain as less things are concerned about being next to magnetic fields nowadays it's not in the popular knowledge. So I wouldn't expect somebody to know not to put a large CRT next to some thing that's magnetic. And the way delivery folks are treated they hardly have the time to be sorting out which shouldn't be next to what.
OMG I WAS GLAD TO FIND THIS CHANNEL, i do want to find a crt as the one's i used to have in my home when i was young were thrown out like e waste, but now knowing what crt's can do over most morden monitors today im sad i can't just mess around with one
EBay has been rough to shop for CRTs on in 2022! What have been your experiences?
I just recent purchased a Sylvania SSC509D off of eBay because it matches my larger 20" Sylvania 6720FDFA.
I heard people say it was sketchy to buy CRTs off of eBay, so I searched around from lots and lots of different sellers until I narrowed it down. It was a seller that also sold vintage collectibles and tech, with 100% ratings. The pictures were even a bit blurry, but they were clear enough to see the TV was very clean.
I took the chance and bought it. It came about a week later and was packed really well. They put the CRT in a small box lined with foam, and then put that box in a big box that was stuffed with cushioning and paper, it was solid.
The TV works great and even the DVD drive functions properly. I guess I got lucky!
It depends on the seller, ebay is just a platform.
@@robsmashed yes, its the perfect place to buy a CRT since buyer is completely covered. Not sure why anyone would trust the shipper though. Most people just don't know how to ship something like this. Not sure at what point in this video he says its the worst place... He literally showed a success. Gotta get them clicks I guess.
i've been offloading my CRTs over the last couple of years on ebay, but only doing local pickup. i'm getting way less money for them, but the piece of mind is worth it.
I haven't purchased a CRT of eBay recently, but I've bought several in the past. I only had one monitor show up trashed, and it was due to poor packaging. It was a 19" Sony PVM, and while I bought it before they started commanding the insane prices they do today, it still took me a long time to find one for a reasonable price. Guess it wasn't so reasonable after all, since it showed up trashed. I got a refund from the seller, who didn't ask me to ship the monitor back, so that was nice. But that meant I had to pay an electronics recycler to take the thing off my hands.
I wouldn't say this is 100% the sellers fault, since the magnetism could be from something that sat next to it during shipping
X-rays at the airport do the same thing
Most of the time is the shipping companies that damage things if you seen how some of them drive no wonder things come in damaged.
As i have been repairing crt tv's as a profession in the past days, i'd check the ptc from the internal degaussing circuit..there may also be some other type of degaussing circuit. That screen didn't look too bad so that internal circuit should have been able to 'clean' the colour mask. As a tip for the use of the degaussing tool..You don't need to take it that far but you can turn it instead 90 degrees to diminish the field.. You can start it right next to the screen..and make the circular motion..take it back like 1.5m and turn it sideways! Takes only little over 5 seconds, and not much heating! :) While You are up close the crt with a degausser, pay attention if the internal steel color mask buzzes..if it does, the crt is propably bad (the mask is loose from some of it's attaching points and You can never achieve color purity..and the purity may change from the temperature build up inside since the mask can bend if it's loose). My 2 cents! :)
yeah he says that towards the end...
*cough* pallet. you need a pallet to ship a crt. Most sellers will not do pallets even when requested. Probably because it’s much more money for a pallet, but that just pretty much means…don’t try to get crts delivered. Always try to look local.
I don't think this is a good example of why not to buy from eBay. It came packed well and in 1 min of degaussing it was good...
Using spray foam is a stroke of genius! Opening the box could use less theatrics.
Honestly from the title of this video I was expecting to see a CRT packed in some ratty sellotaped box with newspaper or some old shirts as packing material (which ive unfortunately received before!). I think the expanding foam is a great idea, maybe not for the environment but definitely for a rare crt I've just spent $500 or whatever. It obviously protected the tube very well, and old mate spent 2 to 3 minutes clawing at it like a kitten when I would have just ripped the sides off the box the moment I opened the top...
He was more mad at the box being ruined than he was happy about the monitor being intact 🤦
I have purchased 2 CRT's off of Ebay. Told both sellers the importance of good packaging, gave details on what needed to be done, and sent links to articles on how to properly pack the monitors. Both arrived completely shattered and destroyed. While I did get my money back on both, disposing of these things is not a cheap or easy task. Only buy local now lol.
The fact you gave them directions and they clearly didint follow.. idiots.
Were they illiterate or just stupid?
I have to drive 40 minutes to recycle electronics. It’s a pain in the ass.
I'm going to be honest with you, if I sold someone something and they sent me something like that they are getting refunded. Either that or I will deliberately destroy it (deserved if that was the case Lmfao)
So, as far as disposal; smash them up with a sledge and put the parts into contractor bags and send out with the regular trash.
After watching this video, I feel like my PVM arriving from Japan to the US was an absolute miracle. Almost no info on the seller (although they were selling many of the same model of PVM, so maybe they knew what they were doing.), had to be shipped to various intermediate places across two countries, and when it arrived it worked flawlessly with absolutely no issues whatsoever. I honestly believe that my monitor is blessed or something.
I’ve had 50/50 experience on Ebay buying CRT’s. The issues typically stem from the packaging by the seller. No matter if you communicate or insist I’ve had destroyed tv’s show up in crappy flimsy boxes and others in well packed and double layered. It’s a crap shoot like anything else and more often than not Ebay will side with the buyer. Insurance and quality packing materials truly make a difference.
Why "the wrong place"? This looks as if it wasn't the sellers fault at all, neither the packaging. That was just pure genius tbh, even if hard to open.
Foam in place is the way to go. Who is to say the magnetism was there when they packed it? If it sat next to speakers or something in the delivery truck or depot it can easily get magnetized.
I got lucky that I found a seller on eBay that was selling a pristine Sony Wega only a few miles away from me; just took a few DMs and I saved the seller the headache of attempting to ship it and saved a perfectly functioning CRT from being potentially scraped.
Unfortunately eBay tries to penalize buyers/sellers who organize payment or shipping outside of their platform, even in reasonable scenarios like this. I've had issues with that before. They really want their cut.
I have purchased 2 CRTs from Goodwill's auction site. They almost always have a couple CRTs for sale, and seem to be packaged really well
That wasn't such a bad example? The packaging was effective and the image problems quickly fixed with the degaussing coil.
Yeah, that's kind of what I took from this too. "Don't buy from eBay -- you'll end up with a TV that needs to be degaussed and then works perfectly." Mmmkkayy.... ?
Dudes got to get views somehow, "Slightly inconvenienced by ebay monitor" doesn't get clicks 😂
that expanding foam is useful asf i might grab a can of that now.
Should have doublebagged so the foam wasn't in direct contact with neither the box or pvm
Hey! Those things are decades years old. So you always have to be prepared for such things. And of course newer do something if you don't exactly know what you are doing)
When You stop crying and doing a drama, let me know, maybe I will back.
In my personal opinion a package was fine. what you expect ?
Gotta be honest - the packing method was pretty damn clever. It's only one step down from the expanding foam packets that a lot of boutique system integrators use for computers to prevent
heavy PCI-express cards from snapping the epxansion slots in the system during shipping...
On another side - The gaussing issue could have been caused by a metal detector or something similar during transit. The only real way to avoid a problem like this would be to go pick the unit up yourself from the seller if possible, because then you can take care not to expose it to magnnetism.
I was lucky and bought 20L5 from Ebay seller, it had barely 100 hours usage. Sure enough I had to pay alot for custom wooden crate and shipping , received perfection 😊. Great job on fixing that PVM Steve! Steve usually sells PVMs, buy from him!
Do you have a link to the seller, or know what the seller's name is?
@@oraclejmt he only sold two PVM's as far as i know that were kept in storage for many years. I would recommend buying from Retro Tech Steve, you can't go wrong with a freshly serviced CRT.
@@SamsungS-or1qf That's a genius idea. I don't know why I didn't thought of it.
@@oraclejmt Chill, have some coffee :)
@@SamsungS-or1qf I was genuine. Why do everybody think i'm sarcastic all the time. I'm never ever sarcastic
Got my A20 with a 68x inside from eBay a while back. It was shipped with this exact foam too, really came out without any damage. It's probably overkill but I was very happy.
packing job is a pain to open but actually kind of brilliant and effective. and not sure i'd blame the seller. that could easily happen during shipping. i've seen how rough they handle packages and it could've gotten near a large magnet or maybe even xrayed depending on where it shipped from
Is there a risk to using the degaussing coil near other electronics such as PCs with older mechanical hard drives? What about if other CRTs are nearby that are turned off?
I live in the United Kingdom. How do you advise I buy a CRT if ebay is a bad idea? I only really need a 14 inch one, as long as it gives a full picture*, supports 60hz and also supports light guns!
* = in the mid 90s, my parents had a 14 inch Sony for their bedroom. It was the only TV we could play Sega Saturn on in the house due to that console including a scart lead but not an RF one. When playing Victory Goal, the names of the players on team 1 could not be seen in full.
Not sure how this was a bad example. It arrived in one piece and just needed to be degaussed.
This is not really an Ebay problem exclusively. This is a typical online long distance and dishonest seller problem. Which can happen to all online purchases.
I doubt it. The box was probably x-rayed at the shipping center which magnetized the tube.
This is why I just use a cheaper model CRT I got from family that was no longer being used. It doesn't do any of the fancier things, but it works just fine for the older content I consume. It's actually more authentic to what I used as a kid. I wish CRTs were still being made as there definitely seems to be a market for them.
The side of the road is my favourite place to "buy" crts
Local Pickup or no bueno. But Fsck e-bay anyway, and doubly so pay(not your)pal.
Faceburg and Crraigslust are still the best, and often cheaper if you aren't seeking a particular model.
A crt almost always needs to be degaussed whenever it is moved, it the earth's natural magnetism that will affect purity....even moving a TV/monitor across the room can affect purity.
Some of us have no choice. I’m in a very rural area, nearest metro is 300 miles away which is where places like Costco, Micro Center, & IKEA are located. We only have a couple thrift stores here and none accept or sell CRTs anymore. FB Marketplace is dead as is Craigslist. For some of us, eBay is our only option and we have no choice but to accept the risk.
one of my recent CRT purchases has a shadow on the left side of the screen close to the speaker. would a degausser help fix the shadow?
They didn't do it right you put it in a bag
If anyone orders stuff using buyee from japan thats how they ship i bought many retro aio computers etc etc eg fmtowns ur and ux all perfect
I don’t understand why this an eBay issue. More of a buying used stuff from people you can’t meet issue.
Fb marketplace is probably the best place to buy crts since before you actually get the item you can test is at wherever the seller is selling it at and see if it’s working
Unless you got the Luck of someone like Cathode Ray Dude, you might as well ask the guy the smash the crt before shipping it.
Video title as if this was an example of a bad seller.
Turns out this video was an example of a bad buyer.
Lol You had to C-section that out...or in this case, CRT-SECTION...
The box was probably x-rayed by the shipper which magnetized the CRT.
I really want one of those really small PVMs, but they are quite expensive.
I got lucky , ordered one for 40 bux free shipping and it came in perfect condition
I've ordered a handful of crts off ebay and haven't had this issue, I did get sealed unused crt tv that stopped working g right away though... hopefully it's just a bad cap... but if it fried a board I'm prollu out of luck
Wait, am I hearing music from WCW/nWo Revenge??!!
I resell old CRTs online and I just take them to FedEx or UPS stores and pay them to pack and ship CRTs for me. I always get insurance as well. I've sold probably 60 of them over the years and maybe had 2 damaged in transit.
Looks like the seller here did a great job packaging it, so I'm not sure how this example qualifies as a horror story worthy of telling people to avoid ebay for CRTs. Yeah, it needed degaussed, but that was like a 1 minute repair. The more important factor is to make sure you are buying from an experienced seller with good feedback. Avoid people selling CRTs with free shipping. This is one item where you want to pay extra in shipping so the item is packed with the utmost care and not with cost savings in mind.
10:50 what does that poster in the background say🤔
I've only bought 2 CRT PC monitors on Ebay. One was an HP Pavilion MX70 model which the seller said was in good condition but the display was so dim you could barely see anything, so I ended up returning it because I don't know how to repair CRTs myself and nobody near where I live could do it. The seller relisted it and it's been sitting on their store for almost a year since. The other one I bought is a Gateway EV700 which, besides a little yellowing on the plastic, looks like it's just come out of the box in 1998. Just have to be careful dealing with the seller, communicate with them before you buy to make sure the CRT works properly and they ship it correctly.
I once bought a broken portable tv off of ebay. It was in 2 peices.
that wasn't a good place to put the power cord where it could be cut into with a knife
the first time i ever saw a guy get his but kicked by a box lol
Overpriced and high risk for damage in transport
That test you did to check for the discoloration, what did you use for that? Like switching the colors to red, green, blue and white.
3:00 Did you not think of just... grabbing the monitor in the bubble wrap out of the bag? I think that's probably what the shipper intended. 😅
Wow that's a awesome way to pack stuff expand foam
The colors on that cathode ray tube when you moved them around was the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen
You need to get out more often.
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I imagine that the purity problems really happened by sitting in trucks and such, I would be hard pressed to blame the seller for that part lol.
it must have been shipped next to some monster magnets
the box may be ruined but the monitor was safe
10:38 can anyone tell me where to find the Ad image on the upper right corner, the animel girl with the PVM please?? thanks.
Google "240p test suite"
Don't think it's the worst. I've bought from local sellers and have had bad experience as well. Basically it all just comes down to the seller and not where you buy it from!
NO Kidding ... I've bought huge tvs locally only to find out they dont work. Ive had excellent success with ebay and wouldnt have any pvms without ebay.
The sellers on Facebook Marketplace are too flaky. I send them a message and they don't respond. At least on eBay you can just buy something and not have to chat with anybody.
It's hard to buy without seeing it in person
Where should i buy a CRT?
Where is a good place to buy old Crt tvs then if not ebay?? Anyone?
If you are in the continental US pretty much everywhere.
Curious question here since I don't really know more than basics on a CRT. Is it possible the image could be thrown off like that in shipping? Say if the package has to go through some sort of x-ray machine before it gets loaded on an aircraft.
to be honest the foam packing was pretty clever.
That's just how all of them should be shipped, unless you have the original box or it is shipped freight in a wooden crate.
Always cut away from the body
i bought a sony pvm from ebay today there is buyer protection
Got a 20L5 on ebay but I drove pretty damn far to get it. I sure as hell wasn't gonna risk it being mailed haha
wow! love to watch degaussing process...looks like magic
I've seen a few posts on Reddit and other forums saying the internal degaussing coil on some pvm's are causing issues and it needed to be disconnected and manually degaussed, I wonder if there's any way to fix those. Seems like it's just a bundle of wire.
Bad example since it was well packaged and the seller said in the description which issues you may experience. If it showed up totally smashed up because the seller just threw it in a box without any padding, then I'd say that totally proves your point. I've heard some horror stories and they were far worse than a simple degaussing. That PVM is totally overrated too. I bought one for $10 and it's hardly better than a standard consumer level monitor in my opinion.
Picked up my PVM locally so I could have the chance to look at it up close, got lucky and found a seller within 2 hours of me. Still shocked they've gotten as expensive as they have!
I bought a Sony Trinitron and it was completely destroyed bc the seller didn't package it correctly and FedEx just smashed it to pieces.
Excellent work, dude. Very satisfying to see it survive shipping and magnetization.
Just bought my first pvm off ebay. It was packed with crumpled up paper bags, pool noodles around he corners of the pvm, and packing peanuts. Everything looked ok from the outside, but when I turned it on the rgb imputs wasn't reading and I think something is wrong with the internal sync. All I was seeing was fast moving diagnal lines. I took it to an independent cpu/electronic shop just today so I guess we will see if it's salvagable
@2:45 Why doesn't he simply turn the box upside down, then SLOWLY lift and shift the box around to get the TV to slide out?
Bought a early 1980's or so NEC TV off of eBay a year ago. And it was just fine, nothing wrong with it & is still going strong for me. So while you'll get a few bad ones, that doesn't really mean it'd be eBay's fault. No matter where you would buy them from, there is always a risk of getting one that could be damaged/defective in some way
I’ve had great experiences on eBay (uk based), but I only got high end pc crts, think 2070sb and iiyama 513 pro, I also only do pickups
Anyone in Los Angeles interested in buying from my CRT collection? I have PVM 8041q, pvm 1354q, pvm 1412. Local pickup only, to avoid packaging issues as is the talk of the town.
I'm guessing the seller's intent was you pull the PVM out by the bubble wrap not the bag. Interesting packaging job, but poorly executed IMO.
I remember someone got me an early 80's GE color set back in 2016 off of Ebay, and it arrived decently intact just with the number wheel loosen from the VHF knob, and needed some picture adjustment.
honestly, i'd say this video wasn't the best demonstration, it came well-packed, not broken, and was fine with some degaussing done to it, i've bought tvs and monitors from ebay and they've been DESTROYED, utterly shattered, degaussing isn't hard, but getting a rare expensive crt for a good price and having it arrive completely broken is a heart-wrenching experience, i've gotten refunded on all of them after i explain what happened to the seller, but still..
Amazing video. I have two 20M4Us with some discolored spots and a similar degassing coil. I've been wondering - should I move my CRT to another room to do the degauss? I saw that you used the cool in proximity to other electronics, and I was just wondering if it would affect them.
Doesn't seem like a good example of all that can go wrong. I'm glad you got a good unit, but I've heard some really nasty horror stories about this! It's why although I've had some people ask, I refuse to ship any CRTs because I can't risk them being demolished. Don't need that headache! Not to mention eBay is a horrible place to sell things and you get idiots that do return scams on you...
Really, like with anything on eBay Buyer Beware, just make sure you Read Reviews.
Personally, I've been burned on eBay, but on the other hand, I've ended up with better than expected items.
Goodwill, and Salvation Army. Gaage sell if you really have to.
Lol cut the box at all 4 corners with a proper razor dum dum. I've bought one crt on ebay, although it was a 9" trinitron all was well. The spray foam is a great idea with the tv inside a good layer of plastic.
I got a few CRTs at my house and apparently my dad said he got them on ebay (back when CRTs were alot more common and LCD was slowly taking over so about 2002-2005 era)
Ones a GDM-500PS (dell version) and the other is an IBM P260 which i think is a GDM-F500.
Only downside the P260 i have to adjust and stretch the image for 1600x1200 unless i need to change something with a driver or windas.
The other i need to test as it has VGA and BNC connections.
The IBM actually has DVI-A and vga.
I think you are making a mistake in generalizing all eBay sellers as scammers.
Believe me, you are wrong.
I got lucky the first (and possibly only time) I ordered a CRT off eBay. It was just a very standard, run of the mill 14” set, cost about £50. It was thankfully packaged very well and arrived in one piece and was fully working as it should be
Like you did the best way to open one of these is your slice vertically on the left and right side of a single wall the push that wall outward so you can get your arm underneath whatever is inside.
Ebay purchase
My pvm 9044qm
Has green tint on corner
I cant degauss it im just waiting it out idk
I bought my 20 inch Toshiba CRT from Goodwill in 2018 and it's given me over 4 years of reliable service. It's such a shame that most Goodwills don't sell CRTs anymore...
CRT stands for cathode ray tube. CRT is a tube not a monitor.
I have bought a 16AP4, 10BP4 and a 25GP22 and all were excellent. Look them up.
I bought a 32 inch JVC CRT with the original remote.... for $15.
I bought a batman crt tv off ebay a couple weeks ago. TV arrived with a smashed case and the screen won't work. It was lightly bubble wrapped and I heard the sound of plastic pieces rattling as I opened it. Heartbreaking. I'm in Australia and getting AU plugs for collectables is really difficult so I can't replace it. I also bought a jvc off ebay a month earlier and it arrived perfect so it's hard to gauge. I try contact sellers but they always make out they are great packers. The batman tv was actually packed by a professional company who just put it in a second box with no packing. It's a Heartbreaking experience getting a smashed crt. Really like the channel BTW!
Where could I buy that degaussing coil?
Ebay
People often buy neodymium super magnets online and these are shipped with NO attempt at shielding the tremendous field they radiate for several feet in all directions. If one of these was near your CRT during shipping, that may be the source of your issues. These magnets can magnetize the chassis of the monitor as well as the CRT's shadow mask.
If you have a collection of CRT TV's and monitors, get a degaussing coil like the one used here. I have a nice one I found in a thrift shop for not much money. The built in automatic degaussing never works as well as manual one.
Someone just recycled a 21" Trinitron CRT where I work. I was really excited but the tube is just hammered - so dark, and already set to 100% contrast & brightness. I let it go.
eBay remotely feels like a scam now in 2022 for some people i never use them to order TV's, game controllers, mouses, & et-cetra my dad does but the pricing on their app gives me mediocre vibes but i wouldn't worry about them tbf.
I wonder if there is a lot of magnetic stuff in the shipping chain as less things are concerned about being next to magnetic fields nowadays it's not in the popular knowledge. So I wouldn't expect somebody to know not to put a large CRT next to some thing that's magnetic. And the way delivery folks are treated they hardly have the time to be sorting out which shouldn't be next to what.
OMG I WAS GLAD TO FIND THIS CHANNEL, i do want to find a crt as the one's i used to have in my home when i was young were thrown out like e waste, but now knowing what crt's can do over most morden monitors today im sad i can't just mess around with one