REAL TRUTH behind NorthRidgeFix products | How to get them half the price
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- Опубликовано: 3 апр 2023
- This is real truth behind NorthRidgeFix store and products they sell.(Like NF.Short Voltage Injection tool, NF.Mini,Fume extractor etc.)
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This also explains why all of NF products do not come with any actual warranty
I knew this at the beginning, like northbridgefix was selling microscope cameras with fake imx sensors...
Rossmann addressed this in a video of his last year - when a company, such as NorthRidgeFix, sells something like this, they take on the responsibility for handling support, warranty, returns, etc.
Getting warranty and returns from them is nightmare
He also has said he is pretty much aware you can get it cheaper directly from China and if you wish to go that route with Int. shipping and deal with other possible issues be his guest. It is not like it is some secret that you can get the products from China cheaper.
There are reviews on Google for north ridge fix complaining about not being able to get any warranty support for items that broke in 7 months
But Alex from northridge fix love to say "we are making pennies on this products..."
If I am a responsible buyer who never returns goods or bothers support, why should I pay double to cover people who do? AliExpress cuts out all that overhead. Alhough they are less attractive now because they charge VAT after a new EU law was passed, and the customs might charge it again.
You're telling the truth man, I also noticed that he makes 3 times the prices, anyone can win but he always wants more than normal
Fantastic info thank you very much.
Thank you so much for making this video! Really appreciate it. Customs from the US would’ve made those even more expensive.
I used to live in ZhuHai china and work in Shenzhen... Almost every westerner who wanted to setup bulk purchasing deals is doing the same thing. Hell some people set this stuff up without setting foot in the country. Don't hate on the man because he's selling you a product that you can source yourself for less. The parent company of the company i worked for would charge for rebranding stuff so it didn't look like it was manufactured by our parent company. I don't know how much that costs though or if Northridge fix is using a similar service.
I came to the same conclusion before. I noticed smaller things like the sucker pen are even up to 5x the price. One more point: In case of a warranty repair it can even be a disadvantage to have a middle man instead of the original seller.
this shit gotem a 1.8 million dollar home here recently.
seems drop shipping and 2/3x the normal rates works
especially for idiots. no warranties on either products you chose unless you go amazon.
Drop shipping is when you act as a middleman in a transaction. The customer orders through you and then you place an order with a drop shipper who then ships it to the customer. Northridgefix actually buys products in bulk and has them physically in stock at his store, so its not dropshipping.
@@canwefixit8129 "buys in bulk" but STLL sells for double the normal rate! i dont watch northbridge anymore.
Northridgefix has an F rating with the BBB, in case that means anything to some.
Why do you care so much how much his house costs.
@@Taras-Nabad are you ignorant, or ?
dudes line of work will NOT buy that house dude.
I’m here. I can’t afford them prices. Northridge fix does find these devices and tests them and show they work well and teaches us how to solder or use them. He does mention this mark up as the price you pay is a thank you added on for learning and you aren’t forced to pay the prices and can find them your self or use other products
the issue is he advertises them as "unique". but all he does is rebranding lol
@@ezwtwrziehag1736 I don’t think I’ve ever heard him do that. He’s said in a video before we can get them cheaper on aliexpress but people from aliexpress hasn’t helped us like he ha’s and that’s the tax he adds on basically. I’m not one to pay more when I can find it cheaper but I respect paying more for someone finding good products in a load of crap from China
@@ezwtwrziehag1736 but on his solder sucker video he “tested” a load and said they where all rubbish and I’ve got one and it’s fine. It was just a cheap one from eBay and going against him I would like to have an electric solder sucker as they seem better with less risk
You're right he's price gouging on the product that he sells. If his viewers are foolish enough to buy the products that he offers without shopping around first, then they deserve to get their money taken from them. Main lessen IMO is to always shop around before you purchase anything for big money, it's can always be found cheaper elsewhere. I'll keep supporting NorthRidgeFix via his videos!
I live in Europe, and i arrive to the same conclusion, i bought a lot of his product on Aliexpress because to buy anything from america , i will have custom to pay a lot. From China, we can buy here in Europe until 150€ tva inclued and shipping inclued without any extra fee.
The problem some people like me is in africa where shipping is almost half the price of the product when buying from northridge fix
The nf mini pen is just the qianli one but to be honest his price is fair for that but other things are expensive, however importing stock from china is not cheap and tax’s and other charges on income have to be calculated and they have to make a profit.
The short killer is not the same as the one you showing on aliexpress though, the soldering station his is the same but his has extra handle so it will cost around 200usd.
The fume extractor he’s charging extra 20-40usd as the china one has 98angeloU shipping charge
I did buy some stuff from aliexpress because i'm poor but i love reppairing stuff if i had the money i will buy from nf eyes closed i wanna support them but what can i do ... Only watching and likes ... He deserve supporting like louis rossman too this ppl open our mind in better way,don't forget he did give away equipments for his viewers.... 🎉🎉❤❤❤ thanks for the video keep going ... Wait he said it multiple time that we can buy them directly from china ... So he is transparent and deserve respect and supporting
Hes not transparent at all. First of all he claims that the tools he sells are the best tools for the job. When in reality they are mostly cheap shit that will break. His markup is literally insane and well above the national average for wholesale to retail. I bought the NF.Grind which he claims can last forever on a charge and can drill, grind and cut. Its literally so weak and has such little torque you can barely touch the spinning tip with your finger and it stops dead. Its literally easier to scrape a trace with tweezers then it is to use this shit rotary tool. Also you only see on his channel short circuit repair and port replacements. Anything else he deems a nofix and charges customers 100$+ bench fees just for looking at their device. Read his actual reviews, He probably only repairs 10% of the devices that come into his shop but yet can afford a 2 million dollar house.
but with him thousands of people learn to repair several things laptop, iphone nintendo switch, then he tests the products before selling them, on the other hand with you we learn nothing at all
Just he show you can buy half the price and you learn nothing??? Maybe you can save some money and get a brain scan but I'm not sure there is a disease named IDIOTIC
Why are you wasting your time then…?
You learned your crush is fleecing you for substandard kit.
You are confusing him testing products before selling them to make sure they are quality with actual reality. Hes a skilled professional and could solder a hdmi port on with a 2$ soldering iron. Hes using his skills to make cheap chinese products appear that they do amazing work tricking people into buying them at what is considered a rape level of markup.
Thing is, what you are paying for extra is fast delivery and swift replacement if broken in a warranty period rather than paying less but waiting on the slow boat from China to hit stateside. I imagine too that stateside a lot of the profit is eaten up with import taxes, sales tax, state tax, postage costs so its prob not such a wide profit margin as one would expect. Aliexpress has opened a major set of states based warehouses so it does pay to shop around but also Aliexpress can be a devil to do business with esp on returns, caveat emptor always
do you know where to get the thick solder wick he uses?
Regardless of which one he exactly uses, there is the Mechanic double layer solder wick. I've seen it being used in channels like KrisFix germany and northwestrepair
The real LESSON here is LEARN to give yourself options, and above all learn to be a good SEARCHER for your own benefit and budget.
Hilarious. This guy's videos showed up on my front page for no reason, i watched about 3 of them and that was enough for me to come to the conclusion that the guy was 100% scamming, so i do the minimal amount of research possible and lo and behold here's this video. Not to mention those 3 videos were enough for me to see he is the kind of guy that does the absolute bare minimum when repairing. "who needs that capacitor anyway lol".
I swear, you need to be born with the scamming gene to get into the electronics repair business. Never met a single honest one, EVER.
Edit: oh and i also saw a thumbnail for a video where the guy apparently posted a customer service call on youtube to try to discourage and besmirch the person who made it. Real class act all around.
Not sure for the usa but here in pakistan for me its The Customs Tax Not included in AliExpress
I wonder if anyone noticed that his V2 microscope video is right now Unlisted, would appreciate if anyone explained as to why. Also his store doesn't have the V2.3 camera anymore, just the red microscope that's even more expensive than before (not even sure if it's imx385).
Dont forget that you have to add shipping, but also vat and tax. Ofcourse it still will be cheaper if you buy it from Ali .
The guys a used car salesman what did you expect. :)
I would be careful about this. For example, that fume extractor appears to be the same at first glance. But if you look closely at that video that someone else uploaded, when he takes the filters out you can see that there are areas in the corner not covered by the bottom gasket, hence the fume weren't filtered properly and came out the back of the device. I'm fairly confident that Northridge Fix wouldn't be selling a product like that.
There is nothing to be careful about. Northridge buys the same product for dirt cheap from China and reselling it all for 3 to 5 times the price. And often without all the accessories the item comes with. You are making it seem like he is manufacturing his own products but you would be very wrong. Look up reviews on him, he is a scammer. He charges most people more money for repairs than it cost to replace the entire product. Just learn to look out for yourself
And yet... he is.
he will modify the stuff he uses for his own work as all tradesmen tend to do but you are not getting anything custom, you're getting nothing more or less than what is listed for sale.
Yeah i know Alex did a good job at brainwashing you into thinking he buys and sells nothing but premium products. But its all smoke and mirrors my friend. Hes purchasing cheap Chinese products in bulk at heavy discount, slapping his logo on it and calling it a custom spec'd product. Hes a business man and every move he makes is to make maximum profit. As far as the fume extractor debate goes thats exactly what a fume extractor does. It doesn't suck up smoke and turn it into nothing, it filters out the harmful chemicals. Its perfectly normal to see what looks like smoke being exhausted from the machine. It strips out the chemicals and exhausts clean smoke, the person who posted that video is just an idiot.
@@WHAT_1400 Only modification hes doing is adding his logo and stupid product naming scheme.
If a product is visually similar, it doesn't mean that it's identical. Order them both, take them apart and show the insides. And only after that tell what you think.
Thats a Joke what u saying hahhahahhaha... I think u vaxxed 5 Times and never Heard of AliExpress or placed a Order lel
His markup does seem excessive, he seems to increase the price 2-3 times his cost. Adding 50% to his cost would be reasonable.
The national average markup on electronics from wholesale to retail is 9%. A 50% increase is even unacceptable especially when it comes to the quantity he sells. Hes moving hundreds of thousands of pieces of merchandise. For a content creator that has less then 400k subscribers hes now a multimillionaire that can afford to upgrade his shop twice in the last 3 years and buy a 2 million dollar house in California. Considering there is american businesses selling american products for reasonable prices that can barely afford to keep their business open. And then you have Alex from northridge fix selling nothing but the finest (i mean cheapest) chinese goods at insane markups living the high life.
Alex and Original invented Amtech Flux is like a bread and butter
The life saver for broke ones
Gud job mate
A penny saved is a penny earned thnks
this is a business so yes that is what happens to all of our products can you do me a favor can you find out the solder wick he uses cause I have used it before and I can't find it but it's truely amazing.
Just use a good flux on top of the wick and you should be good !
I use 1$ wicks from Ali and good flux everything works like a charm, maybe they are more quality but these one works very good, I always buy them in few different widths and then I use them according to the job.
@@tomislavkukic1395 Also if you mix leaded solder with the solder you want to wick off it works even better.
There is the Chemtronics one, many recommends it. And the Mechanic doubled solder wick is very good too!
I have them both and used them both and like them. Maybe both would work fine, but i keep the Chemtronics wicks for bga rework as per LearnElectronicsRepair channel and SMDflea from badcaps recommendations
And use the thick Mechanic one for bulk throu hole workloads
And as they said, any normal wick with good flux would do
@@mcblocked2 yes I think I should get the solder sucker he uses, I mean the wicks I use are fine but the can get time consuming a little bit.
Are the products from AliExpress really the same? I have been burned before by buying these Chinese knockoffs. Looks are only half the equation. I would like a video showing a side-by-side comparison of the products.
wow so you can get it cheaper by buying directly from the supplier without the branding... that's not unusual but try getting your money back on a defective product or help from the supplier. For some of the cheaper things yeah i'd probably buy directly from china because it's close to me but others like the scope i'd rather buy from them. If something goes wrong, i'm getting Northridge fix to sort it out rather than deal with the supplier directly. Also if you're in china you can sometimes get things even cheaper on taobao or JD.
Ive heard that getting him to warranty anything is impossible
I figured he was sourcing his products from chinese manufacturers probably at an even greater savings avoiding the middleman and buying in quantity.
I understand where you are coming from, i would look at 2 things...1, delivery time... 2, warranty .....if it goes wrong and you purchased direct good luck at getting it repaired because they will want you to send it back at your cost and it will take weeks or months if it ever gets dealt with ....he is offering a service
Obviously you haven't purchased items from AliExpress or NorthridgeFix. First of all If you buy a tool from NorthridgeFix and it breaks, hes going to make you pay to send it back if he even warranties his stuff to begin with. Which i highly doubt he does considering he sells nothing but the cheapest chinese tools available. AliExpress on the otherhand if a product is defective you can simply take a picture of it and submit a claim. Which they will usually refund you without returning it.
His website does not mention anything about the products he sells getting a warranty. The only warranty you get is for the repair service. Read his terms and tell me where it mentions his products from his shop get a warranty.
@@RejectedManiac Another thing you will notice about his product listings is he specifically avoids giving you literally any information at all. Like his microscope he sells for 725$ for example. The only information that is even specs related is it says its 1080P 60 FPS. Instead of actually listing what kind of sensor it has and how many megapixels it is. Information that would actually allow you to judge for yourself what the quality is. Hes substitutes specs for his opinion like saying its a BIG sensor with amazing quality. Its the best on the market and highest quality you can get your hands on unlike cheaper models sold everywhere else.
Im pretty sure he does this for one of two reasons. Reason one because the specs are mostly shit. Reason two is combined with the fact he puts his logo on everything and scrubs any existence of the original brand names and models. If you don't know who manufactures it, what model it is or know any actual specs about it. You can't easily look it up and price check it. Which hes no dummy, im sure he does that on purpose. Otherwise everyone who price check everything he sells and realize how overpriced he is. Branding it as his own and talking it up gives him that edge to swindle people into buying it.
well its obvoius, the price you compare is before tax and customs, you need to add into it. also waranty, as online seller in US he is obligated to provide a year waranty on any product you sell so you have support while direct from china you dont have and even iff you shiping cost for waranty is on you. another is time how fast you get it. do you think when you buy apple is the factory price? any product you buy from dealer always is more expensive then from factory. if you pay $1000 for iPhone then cost from factory is $300 so what you think why you pay $1000 instead of $300? is all the same with every product.
No wonder how he was able to buy a 1.8 million dollar house and brag about it on his channel
Well done, I watch his videos. I noticed he is very wealthy, New premises and new House. He is working long hours, but you can get his stuff in different places as you say. Thanks for the information.
And mcdonalds charges too much for crappy food. We know already champ. I stopped buying stuff years ago. Enjoy a health life. Breath in the fresh air, shuffle the dirt with my old shoes and have a giggle.
Truth of the matter is, if you don't like how he does things, don't do business with him. That's pretty simple.
Less price also means lower quality
He just bought a 2M$ house, somebody needs to pay for that. Just kidding, I mean Alex do what he do best fixes stuff and sells tools, nobody forcing anybody to buy from him, right? I would love to have business like his, I could solve my life problems but I don't have that kind of mindset.
Hes a ex used car salesman, its not a mindset its called being a con artist. He resells nothing but the cheapest Chinese crap tools at a 150% markup and deems 90% of the devices sent into his shop as a nofix. He then charges customers over 100$ + in bench fees and return shipping to get their unrepaired devices back which is where the majority of his money comes from besides selling shitty tools. Its also how hes collected a massive stock of "donor" devices from customers that refuse to pay for a nofix. He literally has thousands of donor PS5s, Xboxs, laptops, graphics cards, phones and tablets hes collected by creating this illusion hes a master repair tech tricking people into sending in their devices. If its one of the small percentage of devices he can fix, hes going to charge you 50-75% of what a new one cost. If he cant fix it which is most likely the case then you get hit with a fat nofix bench fee even if he didn't even attempt a repair. saying you want to have a business like his is basically saying you don't mind being a piece of shit.
First of all he is doing business. He is promoting thing he is using with his branding so whats the issue. Every businessman have right to make good profit.
With what? 2-3x markup? That's too excessive.
@@p0mf47 then dont buy from him.
The national average markup on electronics from wholesale to retail is 9%. He makes claims that the tools hes selling at a 200-300% markup are of top quality when its really cheap chinese made crap he buys in bulk. He uses his skills to con people into thinking the tools he sells are at the professional level. Hes a highly skilled pro, you could put a 2$ soldering iron in his hands and he would get the job done better then most. He uses the, "look see how well it performs" illusion to push merchandise. For the price hes passing off cheap chinese shit for you could go out and buy actual reputable top quality tools. He takes advantage of the modern generation that trust online reviews from content creators.
@@canwefixit8129 Well my summer child, you need exercise to do anything in life :)
@@p0mf47 Why?
What's the apple markup? Or any server goods (memory, simple cables non standard but priced over the top, etc)?
:)
To all who think a product 56 USD is the same as one branded by someone and sold for 96 USD. They are not the same. They are similar, indeed but they are not the same. I know this for a fact. I know branded PSUs for PC that have quality capacitors versus "looking the exact same" PSus but with low quality capacitors. I repair them so I do know. Looking to buy cheaper is the treat of a fool not of a smart person.
What do you exactly mean by "real truth "?
You act like you discovered something nobody ever thought about. It's obvious that the products are not manufactured by them. Most of the electronics repair items are made by China. Nothing wrong with that. Their prices are actually decent considering they review the items, add more features than the original item sometimes, take responsibility for the products, handle shipping, orders, paperwork and so on... you buy from them because it wont take months for the product to arrive. You buy from such a reseller because you want REAL warranty and having the possibility to return the item in case something is wrong. I wouldn't resell anything if i were them. Too much work for too little money. Imagine how much space you need to deposit the products.. Imagine the risks and so on..
However. Ripping people off is not a good thing.
to save half the monies, I will wait and risk it. Alex have his viewers exactly where he want them...never is too expensive. he does not have a charge rate, he see what your product cost new and bill u either half of its cost or over... same as he sells his product twice or more of whats it cost. he is buying in bulk , he is paying way less then the price on aliexpress.
In this country. Ripping people off is a everyday thing. It makes them feel good.
You think 700$ for a 1080p microscope that he buys in bulk for less then 100$ each is a decent price? Hes sitting in his 5 million dollar house paid for by cheap chinese tools and ignorant followers. He doesn't review these products, he doesn't test them for months, he doesn't offer customer support, provide a warranty or even accept returns. Half the time hes also out of stock on items in which you have to be placed on back order. And since hes buying from the same cheap chinese source that everyone else can. You will end up waiting even longer for the product because it will take a month for it to be shipped from china to him, then from him to you. Do you really think you are going to get better product customer service dealing with a overpriced marked up middle man then buying directly from the company that makes it?
Another comment paid by Alex 😂
You people...oh you people...
What do you think, i would be testing hundreds pf products, chose the best to sell and give personal approval on them, so i could give them to you on wholesale prices?
Are you really that lightheaded?
Yes. Don't claim shit you don't do. Alex claiming he barely makes a profit and he makes these things is literal fraud.
@@humble2246 You dont have to believe what he says and i am quite certain you are much less familiar than him on how much profit he makes in his own business.
If he claims that i have no reason to doubt him and if you do, simply buy them from somewhere else.
Take advantage of the fact you get free recommendation here for the product and buy it from another place that its not so expensive, which will result in major profit for you.
And insead of being a smartass and claiming things you are not aware of like how much profit he makes not, take the free advise on a good product and like the good economist that you are, go buy it ftom somewhere they speak the truth.
@@humble2246 He literally just bought a 2M$ house from a business he runs with his uncle and dad.
You are missing the point. Alex is sharing his knowledge and valuable educational information free of charge. The way to support him and keep the videos coming, is either via donation or buying his products. The products which he uses himself, have tested for a long time, and customized for his liking. He makes that very clear in most of his videos.
Please explain and provide proof for "The products which he uses himself, have tested for a long time, and customized for his liking"
Because guy in this video shows the product not working well.
Also, he shows that items have not been customized at all, other than branding.
And Alex, your dude whose butt you are soo up in you cant see morning sunshine, is lying when he "makes it clear".
He was a car salesman, he knows how to sell without you realizing you are being overcharged and oversold.
You can't justify 100% markup in price, if it was 30-40% which is how businesses do it usually, then it would be fine, but doubling the price for EVERY item is ridiculous and insulting.
I can't believe people fall for this nonsense and still ride his nuts so bad.
Alex is all about infomercials.
Alex and Northridge fix are nothing but liars and thieves. With their lack of communication, rude customer services and shady business practices I am surprised people speak like this about him. Instead of just watching his youtube videos do some research and read some truthful reviews from people who have done business with him. I can speak first hand in saying this is just another shady business who doesn't care about his customers, just their money
We love Alex may Allah him
He doesn’t do it to share knowledge he does it for views likes and share. And he makes a shit Ton of money from youtube. Good on him he seems like a very good repairman. I just don’t like the it’s our brand thing and doubling or Tripple the cost of something that has NF on it that functions the same way without it.
Pov man discovers white label products.
wow, you discovered that water is wet.
Business is business man. They might seem like pretty steep price margins but honestly they're REASONABLE asf, most people are doing at least 5x return on electronic products. Considering they give support, plentiful info, and already imported products the prices aren't *bad*. If you want to go they solo way and order direct from China, option is always there but you will have to figure more things out on your own, weird or missing info or specifications on products, longer shipping times, little to no support sometimes.
Not sure where you get your facts from but they are completely uneducated. 5x return on electronics? Electronics in general literally have one of the lowest markups of any products manufactured because there is so much competition it wouldn't sell at high markups. You don't see best buy purchasing laptops wholesale for 200$ each and reselling them for 1000$. The national average of electronics from wholesale to retail is literally only 9% which you would know if you did any research. If you think a 500% markup is REASONABLE and that most people are doing it. Please let me know of any products you wish to buy and i will give you a great deal at only a 250% markup.
"Considering they give support, plentiful info, and already imported products the prices aren't *bad*"
NorthridgeFix is not going to provide technical support in any way. Plentiful info? No just false claims and product hype. Imports? If you think there is added import fees and paperwork you're wrong. AliExpress can literally sell you a product for 1$ and ship it for free from China to your house and they deal with US Customs. You literally just click buy and wait which is exactly what Alex from NorthridgeFix does. When he says a product is out of stock and will be back shorty. What he really means is he selected free shipping and hes waiting 3 weeks for it to show up to resell to you.
"most people". BS.
@@canwefixit8129
" If you think a 500% markup is REASONABLE and that most people are doing it. Please let me know of any products you wish to buy and i will give you a great deal at only a 250% markup."
I'd buy some apple RAM at your margins :) Heck, I'd buy some ATX 4.2 MOLEX connectors at decent price, please tell me where cos I search Aliexpress, Alibaba, etc and didn't found something decent for low quantities.
«"Considering they give support, plentiful info, and already imported products the prices aren't *bad*"»
You know chinese sellers make knock offs of them chinese products, right? :)
At least you know NRF use the exact product, and you see how he uses them, that's a plus and sometimes cost more than the products themselves.
"You literally just click buy and wait which is exactly what Alex from NorthridgeFix does."
And you wait 85 days, than you don't even get a refund..
"AliExpress can literally sell you a product for 1$ and ship it for free from China to your house and they deal with US Customs."
You know that in EU and other countries sometimes customs set the tax for goods by [the catalogue price, not the declared value, right? That's why some people *pay* taxes, and sellers *say that they're not responsible* - I think if you know how to read you'd know..
"NorthridgeFix is not going to provide technical support in any way."
Do you have any prove of that. I have neither way, so I'm just curious.
In the end, you don't need to rant on internet, is good that people *know* that are choices, especially when you get a super deal or choice day (even some are just scams, as many "super deals" are in fact the usual price..)
You're wrong about everything, except the fact that people should know about alternatives, have the choice (seem an ideeain a free market..) *and* accept the risc involved, even if is just the lack of guarantee by NFS, or knock-offs of knock-offs. And I must admit I bought some nice things from Aliexpress, and sometimes if you use Eva the refunds are easy-peasy, with a few exceptions.
Hello. What's wrong with that? He is just making money as everyone else. You say in the video "I want to let you know you can get these products cheaper" Then Delete This video and make a video with a thumbnail and title. "How to get cheaper products for soldering".Not making videos about NF selling products for profit and making drama around it. However most likely he makes 5%-10% from each sale because there is "Taxes, Customs, Packaging, Shipping, Branding" + If any product have fault he need to cover everything around that and that's effect his profits.
Also I understand you make videos and you have a lot of them. You really think someone will subscribe to you because you make drama around another creator. Also I notice you have 43k subs and video views are very low. That's why you made this video to get drama going. However, that's disgusting and disrespectful.
It's you who is disrespectful. It's important to inform people about other solutions.
@@intercepte Yes it is and I agree with you. However I don't agree with creators who make videos about another creator to get views and that is the only reason why he made this video. He doesn't give a single F about saving money. He 100% cares about views. Also that is the reason why he never replies to a single comment. BECAUSE HE IS SHAME ITSELF.
@@mklvrepairs That's how it works on RUclips, talking about someone famous regardless of the reason allows you to get more views.
@@intercepte That's disgusting to talk about someone how they make money. They provide good services etc. Some as some one selling merch.
Don't be a fanboy, his markup is really high x2 the price for the same item.
You guys should let NBF try and make a living. Nothing dishonest here. That Caddilac you are driving is a rebranded Chevrolet.
I unsubscribed from nf. Used to be good for repairs now more like a glorified advert. I understand he has a business to run but killed the enjoyment of watching repairs for me.
Gotta laugh at this clown, he tries to call out someone who has a business and wants to make a profit, uet has videos on how to get a refund and keep the product e,g he's a scammer. If people haven't got the commonsense to shop around , that's down to them, does that make someone who sells the item for a profit a scammer, nope. But telling people how to get a refund and keep the profit, working, is a scammer.
Its not like hes selling name brand products that you can easily source and price check. Everything he sells is from the depths of China and has been debranded and replaced with his logo and product naming scheme. Pretty sure thats the main idea behind it so it is hard for the average person to look up these products elsewhere. And considering the national average markup on electronics from wholesale to retail is 9% it is a little fucked up hes marking up products nearly 15x that. That and he basically uses his videos and soldering skills to create the illusion that these crappy tools he sells are the best tools you can buy. You can't blame people for falling for his scammy sales tactics. People watch his cherry picked videos he posts of the very small percentage of devices he actually can fix and they think hes a reputable guy selling quality tools. When in reality hes selling cheap Chinese garbage at an unreasonable price. Also 90% of the devices that are mailed into him he deems a nofix and charges customers 100$+ in bench fees and return shipping just to get their unrepaired device back even if he didn't even attempt a repair. Thats also how hes collected literally thousands of donor devices from customers. His business is built on nofixing devices and conning people into buying shitty products at a crazy price.
NF isn't shy of the fact he's all about the $$$
Yeah his "bench fee" makes me always laugh wont matter if he tried to fix it or not because "its takes to much time and its total waste of his time" he still charges a BIG BIG benchfee
Yes. His family lives in a 1.8 million $ house. There is a YT video about this. Nice one. Nothing wrong with capitalism. You can choose where you buy from, your problem if you buy 5x priced stuff. He made a good profit from the miserable quality of asia devices. With good quality capacitors the devices would not break in 50 years. I have 25 year old electronic stuff that still works perfectly. But asia stuff is extremely cheap and also want the so called "Planned Obsolescence" strategy, namely self destruction after 3..5 years, so customers come back and buy again. Alex's huge fix know-how helps reducing the huge mountains of dead "China Sh*t" which pollutes our environment when burned. I like his videos, and I learned some things from him. Thanks Alex.
Sounds like jealousy and resentment. Alex didn't hold guns on customers head, they have very clear instructions about repairing faulty products. He has a salable skillset and making lives off it.
He might not be holding a gun to peoples head but hes a con artist at minimum and uses shady practices to sell merchandise. Hes like the guy that sold the shamwow back in the day claiming it would obsorb anything. Alex from northridgefix posts cherry picked videos of the very small percentage of devices he can actually fix while advertising the cheapest Chinese crap tools in the process. Literally 90% of the devices sent to him he deems a nofix and charges customers 100$ + in bench fees and return shipping just to get their unrepaired stuff back. Most of which refuse to pay which is how hes collected literally thousands of "donor" device. You can see in one of his videos he shows off his storage room and its packed to the ceiling with PS5s, Series Xs, hundreds of high end graphics card and he even claimed he had at least one of every modern laptop ever made. These aren't customer devices waiting to be repaired, these are nofix devices he basically stole by creating this illusion hes a master repair tech tricking people into sending in their devices. There is a reason all of his video are nothing but finding a short circuit or replacing a port/connector. Its not that a short circuit and port replacement is a common repair. Its because thats all he knows how to do and doesn't show the thousands of devices he cant fix. Go look at his google review, its nothing but horror stories.
At least he has tested and is using most of the items himself. That´s the way business works. Most technical stuff we buy is traded that way. There's nothing wrong with that. Nothing new under the sun... The trick is to find the right stuff on the Chinese market, which comes with costs and frustations. He is taking advantage of his popularity in a proper way. The popularity comes from the added value of his videos. I like the guy and his work.
very well said. a lot of generic stuff are sourced in china as they are cheap and they just repack/rebrand them and sell them twice the price
if you watching his shows when repairing shorted drmos on rtx cards, alex is not using uni-t thermal camera
does he test every single item he sends out?
lol you really have no clue don't you? that means he tested the products not do a whole production testing, that is what the manufacturer does, they have their own quality control to do that. he's only a distributor of the products, he just rebrand them under his name. if you go to a store at the mall for instance, example douchebag electronics who sells samsung phones, do you think the owner of douchebag electronics opens the box and test them one by one? that doesn't make any sense, those products have been tested on the factory before delivered to their distributors@@ezwtwrziehag1736
apparently you have never operated a business the main key to having a business is to make a profit
This is such a dumb analogy
Lol that's all these shills who flooded in here can say. "Bro he's running a business bro". So do many, many others who don't use LIES and predatory practices.
He literally resells nothing but the worst cheapest Chinese tools money can buy at a markup that could be legally considered rape. He literally debrands everything he sells and replaces it with his logo and product naming scheme just so its that much harder to source and price check these items. He then posts cherry picked videos of the very small percentage of devices he actually repairs hyping up his crappy products like its QVC or the the home shopping network. A reputable business makes money selling quality products at a reasonable price and offers a quality service. NorthridgeFIx sells literally trash at quality name brand prices and 90% of the devices he works on he deems a nofix and charges customers a bench fee just for opening a box. Its a piece of shit bro.
Company marks up product to cover costs, risks and make some profit...won't someone please think of the children! Also as others have said, some of your comparisons are either incompetent or flat-out misleading.
Some profit HAHAHAHAHA
You pay upwards of 4x. An average of 10% is normal. Is alex paying you?
You found water or what ? Go shop your apples from Africa cuz they are cheaper there...
aliexpress? not sure i would trust this site to offer anything which is not fake
lol I buy from them weekly where do u think his stuff comes from. Never had an issues with any spare parts or equipment I buy from them.
everything on his site comes from there. hey, some of it is good stuff too. but that's where it comes from.
Yeah, then imagine paying a huge markup from a hack like him for the same trash.
wtf do you mean? its the same products he is using and selling...
He makes improvements on the products and tell em to make the changes
Them tools are great for hobby or learning, now if you are at professional level you will absolutely never use them 😅, it's good for people to know about where the tools are from and prices.
Why? you don’t need the best of everything to get the job done. I’ve made a lot of money without investing in expensive equipment. Everything has limitations.
@@Sctronic209 Yeah but you're missing the point here. Hes selling crappy chinese tools at a crazy markup that you could buy quality brand name tools for.
Don't hate the player hate the game, Alex could just as easily keep his skills hidden and not show you all the ways he faults finds and his expert level soldering and fixing skills, but he does so you can learn, at the end of the day, he is a family man, he is running a business and his goal is to provide for his family. If anyone thinks he is pulling a fast one, setup your own business and do the same as him, nothing stopping you.
What do you think youtube pays Alex for his videos each month thosands of dollars
@@ralphqueener8222 why, are you jealous? go setup your own channel nothing stopping you except yourself.
Why did I receive this, I don't recall making a reply?@@billcarson9565
Its not jealously, i'm just amused by your ignorance. "He does it so you can learn" ...... Hes literally said himself that if he didn't make money on his videos he would stop immediately. He claims products he sells are of the highest quality when they are some of the cheapest Chinese shit on the market. He claims he makes pennies on his products when hes really marking up Chinese crap 500%. I know you admire his business skills but hes basically a con artist. Its the same thing as when you watch a QVC or HSN infomercial. They bring a professional guitarist in to play a couple songs on a cheap piece of shit 40$ guitar. Of course its going to sound good when you have a amazing professional playing it. But once you place your order it and it arrives in the mail. You realize you were tricked into buying garbage for a heavy markup. Alex is a skilled professional and you could put a 5$ soldering iron in his hands and he could get the job done. But that doesn't mean its not a scam when he creates the illusion that what hes selling is of high quality and worth the price gouge.
@@canwefixit8129 Then don't buy his products and stop bitching. You've replied to just about every thread for this video, yet I'm pretty convinced that A. you've never run a business, B. have nothing meaningful to contribute, and C. don't have very much knowledge about electronics tools.
That's how Peoples earn their profit cuz order n shipping cost bring to his workshops to make business for his own brand name for start own grow business. Everything is good through by order their online I just ordered. It's perfect accurate time and schedule even mail notification.. Alex is good job for his business. Everyone can order cheaper through online over counties all we can do about our logo brand names in future. Nothing wrong with it. It's all about good business not like Alex doing dirty business. He is professional repairman and Salemans as honestly.. just saying. Thanks God bless...
I agree with everything you said except Alex being a professional repairman. If you watch any of his videos, most/all repairs are focused on replacing connectors and ICs. There is no in-depth troubleshooting to understand what causes MOSFETs to fail. These IC don't fail randomly, but it will fail when overheating due to large current draw. Replacing those devices provide only a temporary fix because the underlying issues aren't fixed. Replacing bad capacitors to fix problems make me laugh because of how unlikely it is to have a ceramic capacitor that fails SHORTED rather than OPEN. You will never show me any of his videos where he uses schematics or oscilloscope to analyze signals. Having said this, he made a decision to work on easy to fix problems for the amount of money he charges. Everything harder falls under NO-FIX and being changed $75 fee. Moreover it seems his online reviews undermine his credibility as repair shop that can fix problems, and he is expanding his business into making t-shirts. Next thing he will start selling cars again.
@@raisam2159 This is 100% accurate.... If its not an easy fix that takes 10 minutes or less he deems it a nofix because its not worth his time. Look around his shop, He literally has a large storage room packed to the ceiling full of nofix merchandise that he ended up keeping when the customer didn't want to pay 75$ for him to do nothing. Alex brags about having almost every make and model of every modern laptop ever made for spare parts on hand. He has hundreds if not thousands of laptops, graphics cards, game consoles that were a nofix in his possession. Hes more of a conman then a repairman.
thanks good video
Looks like the priest is enraged with jealousy against Alex. Alex tests these items to make sure they are good or not. He also has the disadvantage of dealing with any problems after he sells them if there is a problem. He also teaches others for free which this channel offers nothing only bitterness towards others.
There is no testing happening! The items are reshipped directly to consumers. Moreover, if you check reviews, he doesn't stand behind what he sells. His reply is to take it with manufacturer!
He's literally a dropshipper. He's not testing anything.
Alex doesn't test these products or work with the manufacturer like he claims. He offers no customer support if there is a problem with the products he sells and he does not teach other people for free with his channel. Hes literally said that if he didn't make a profit from his channel he would stop making videos. If you walked into his shop and asked him a technical questions he would expect you to pay him for his opinion.
He's a hack. He doesn't give warranty or back this drop-shipped trash in any way. His repairs are so-so, and he's not competent to do real board repair like Rossman or Northwest Repair. Then he gives people this condescending attitude for pointing out his scams and predatory repair (non-repair) schemes, like you just did.
Have you heard of capitalism?
This isn't capitalism. This is pure greed. I'm guessing your solution is breadlines
What kind of video is this supposed to be? Revealing? Of course, you can find his products likes in other stores. And about that fume extractor, the guy isn't testing NF Fume so it can not be taken seriously.
Its the same fume extractor. Only different is NF fume has his logo on it. Its built and shipped from the same crappy chinese manufacturer. Has Alex ever showed the fume extractor he uses exhausting clean air? no he hasnt. He also doesn't even personally use the NF Fume. You think because he claims that these items are customized to his spec that its actually true? so gullible.
don't compare just with the photos and videos.. Put both the products on your bench and make us a comparison video.. Thank you👍
Bro everything NorthridgeFix sells is directly from China and not modified in anyway other then debranding and replacing with his logo and product naming scheme. They are shitty tools that he hypes up and tries to make look good in his videos and then sells for a unreasonable price. He literally debrands everything he sells just so its hard for the average person to look it up and price check them. Its nothing but a scammy sales tactic.
I have bought everything with the same way you did. Although l am in the uk. there is no point paying that exaggerated prices.
There are couple of more things to say about Northridge Fix. I admire his hand skill, but he is very greedy person. They have million dollar business and still no workers. What l mean it is utterly middle eastern mentality. Obviously they dont like sharing and no support for local people. Me me me... They can have at least one employee. No no no. All must be mine. By the way l am middle eastern too. 😀
NorthridgeFix has workers, its called every member of his family.
Maybe Alex don't want the workers steal his goods
Shipping on one of the items was $98 . No thank you
That was just an example to show you its crap from China. I price checked the same product and i found it for the same price with free shipping.
Arabs lol 😂
Seriously??? People support chanels by buying ridiculously overpriced cups and t-shirts that are branded... At least this stuff is useful.
Additionally, his factory direct orders ensure a consistent product. Most of these products have several varients with a huge range of quality.
A side by side comparison and teardown would be the only fair way to compare.
Stop comparing the two. Merch is clearly to support creators. Buying tools is literally for using them lmao. You're crazy bro
I guess you're one of those people that hates the free market. Alex isn't making you buy his products, he's just offering them. You're free not to buy them.
And east Indian scammers are free to pretend they are from the IRS and call your grandmother. Make her think she overpaid on her taxes and trick her into sending 10k in the mail to a money mule. Its a free market right? Conning people that are uneducated by false advertising items as a premium product when they are really cheap Chinese shit is not free market. Alex uses his skills to create the illusion that the cheap tools hes selling performs at the professional level. He makes false claims that he vigorously tests these products and works with the manufacturer to customize them to his spec. He claims he makes pennies on these products when he really marks things up 250%. Just because there is stupid people out there that don't do their research and take him at his word doesn't make it ok to capitalize from them. Its not free market, its manipulation and profiteering.
Just realized it? How old are you? Everyone is buyin from china and then resell it as american hardware 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Difference is cost. He sells them as a 4x markup when it only goes on average for 10% more
That'$ the way to make $$$. Order 100 of it and put a name on it, mark up the price by 100%. You are in business. Only in USA.
Foolishness. Sure you can get things cheaper directly, but I would rather pay more to get products that have been validated by an individual who puts thier reputation on the line. These manufacturers rip each other off all the time. Becuase it looks the same does not nean they are the same.
We have all wasted money buying crap; it is hard to find things that actually work in a world where making a quick buck at the expense of quality is the actual standard. So with all due respect, grow up
Reputation? He only repairs devices that have simple problems while charging a rate that is based on the value of your item and not the work being done. He has kept and deemed so many customers items a nofix that he has more computers, graphics cards, phones and game consoles then microcenter.
@@canwefixit8129 Let's see you do better Richard.
Spoken like a person who gets ripped off constantly and tells lies to themselves to make them think they got a good deal.
@@humble2246 I make an excellent, high quality mirror. Enjoy.
This is usual business. This goes for almost every single product on the market. Someone produces it and others brand it or slightly modify it and then sell it under their name. I don't like the intention of the video to make nf look like a greedy fraudster. You could have made it a positive thing "hey look guy here you can get similar product for cheaper".
It is. Claiming you made your items and that they are being tested by them is deciet and fraud
Infact you half to be careful if not Allah will disgrace you he is shearing knowledge Free of😅😅😅😅😅charge for so many years and your here talking roubish go away Alex we 😅 love you a lot❤
Are you his sibling?
Maybe his wife 😂
Wow highlighting the way things have been sold for generations!!! Ironic really you have made a video and posted it on youtube bashing another youtuber..........
The average markup in the USA is less then 10%, not 300%
Wake up and smell the coffee, he is running a business, that means his primary role is to make a profit, without profit a business cannot re-invest and grow.
There is a different between making a profit and buying a multimillion dollar shop for a business that has only 4 employees, a personal 5 million dollar house and a yacht. The national average markup on electronics from wholesale to retail is 9%, not 300%. would you feel the same way if you walked into best buy and they were charging 1500$ for a PS5? Thats basically what hes doing except instead of getting a premium product for a outrageous price. You are getting a cheap chinese tool for an outrageous price.
I hope you realize that he prolly pays 10-20 times the rent than the shop that made those products back in China.
Also its a business, he pays tax, he pays workers, shipping, etc..
So even tho the price may look like he earns 2x off the original price remember that he has expenses to pay.
Aliexpress aint new, at this point alof off stuff you can get there for cheap.
It's his choice to live in a stupid area. Stop acting like he's only doing what he has to to survive.
You must know of plenty of imitations in China. Some1 will get scammed. Consider shipping cost. Consider import tax as well. Overhead expenses for Alex as well. Most of his products are personalized according to his requirements and it comes with a cost from the manufacturer. He needs a profit as well from what he sells. I think his prices are fine. I bought every tool I have for electronic repairs from Alibaba after watching Alex videos but still think his prices are very good. @northridgefix
What are you talking about? All the tools he sells are cheap Chinese imitations to begin with. Also most of these products purchased from China come with free shipping, no import duties and no customs paperwork to deal with. The only thing personalized about the products he sells is the NF logo stamped on it which he probably does himself. He claimed the NF.Mini was running a custom firmware. If you consider changing one line of code so the screen displays his logo on startup a custom firmware then sure, i guess it is. The national average markup for electronics from wholesale to retail that most business charge is 9%. Compare that to the 200-300% markup northridgefix applies. He literally sells hundreds of thousands of products a year and that kind of markup is insane. It more then covers overhead, it buys him a yacht to go with his new 5 million dollar house he just purchased. Do you really think 700$ for a chinese 1080p microscope is a good deal? it probably cost him 50$ each. People just are blinded by his false advertising into thinking this shit is actually a premium product. For 700$ you can buy a brand new mirrorless full frame Sony camera with a macro lens that can produce a 8k image and serves dual purpose.
Ontop of that hes making hundreds of thousands of dollars on his videos which is the only honest business hes running. His repair service sure isn't honest. He doesn't even have a standard service charge for his repairs. He literally googles how much your device is worth and charges you 50% of its value or more to fix it. And in the case the repair is anything more complicated then replacing a mosfet or connector. He will deem your item a nofix, charge you 75$ for the privilege of looking at it and most likely add it to his back room full to the ceiling of customers merchandise after you decided you don't want to pay 75$ for him to do nothing.
He literally brags about having almost every make and model of every modern laptop, game console, graphics card, phone etc on hand for parts. That just goes to show how he nofix and keeps customers stuff 10x more then he actually fixes them.
@@canwefixit8129 you are just full of hate. What a jealousy person. Run your own business and make your profit. Alex is a very good technician not like what you are saying
@@canwefixit8129in all prices you were displaying from AliExpress, did you add customs unless you are telling us that you can import this into America tax free
These either children or oldheads do not understand anything @@canwefixit8129
@NorthridgeFix
parasit creator
Just because there is an item that looks like another does not mean that they are the same, there for your video is just a waste of time
Alex have u hooked right... smh
Come on man did you not watch the video?
@@stuuay5066 I watched it, do you know how many items are made in China to look like others, there is thousands of replicas that look alike and are different, the components not necesaraly are the same from one to another, you should learn a little about fabrication of items in China, they look the same but are of way less quality
@@VH-vlogs Stop kidding yourself! These are exactly the same items. There is nothing immoral or unethical since it is shipped from USA rather than China, but you pay double for convenience.
@@raisam2159 You must be one of those people that dont really buy anything on line and one of those who has never seen a cloned Item
Infact you half to be careful if not Allah will disgrace you he is shearing knowledge Free of😅😅😅😅😅charge for so many years and your here talking roubish go away Alex we 😅 love you a lot❤