eBay CUSTOMER RETURN BOXES - Can I FIX Them?
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2023
- I bought 2 big boxes of customer returns from eBay to attempt to repair. What faults will be on these items as most appear to be new in packaging. Let's find out.
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Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince. 
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Spoiler Saver & Riddle
What am I? I am an insect, and the first part of my name is a name of another insect.
You're a beetle! And another reliably enjoyable video, Vince - thanks!
A beetle
Paul Mcartney? great fixes BTW
Ant > Antlion
A beetle! i have another riddle for you. I am a bug, but nobody call me like insect, and people call me young female with feathers, what I am?😋
Daniel O'Donnell discs being rejected, in my book that's a very useful feature.
He's got a new one out, must be nearly Xmas.
I live in donegal he's a bellend 😂
It has no taste.
vince is probably the only englishman that has a daniel o'donnell cd 😂
Who?
I dunno why but watching you fix random garbage is always more interesting than something expensive like a video game.
You're playing the wrong games😂
The fact you did a better solder job than what left the factory is both pleasing and concerning at the same time.
I think the secret of your videos is one part fixing stuff and also your skill to tell a interesting story just about everything. ❤
you have an impressive resolve to fix things that most folks would just throw away.
Suggest clean the pinch roller on the Sony Cassette. Common cause of tapes being eaten is dirty pinch rollers. Use IPA. While your there clean the head with IPA as well. Both pinch roller and head should be cleaned about every 3 months as preventative maintenance as oxide from the tapes gets deposited a little each time.
Great fixes Vince, loved every minute of it thanks 😊
My mate was in a coma for 6 months, someone suggested playing music in his room and low and behold it worked his mum played a Daniel O’Donnell CD, within 5 mins his eyes opened and he got out of bed and turned it off 😂
I have my inlaws over and I just read out your comment Gary, everyone was in stitches 😂😂😂
@@Mymatevince at least it made someone laugh 😂 I’m glad!
I found a pair of high-end earbuds once. Took them home, pulled the cups off, soaked them and cleaned the rest with IPA. Even with all that, I STILL couldn't bring myself to put them in my ears, lol. Just the thought that they were in some stranger's ear weirded me out. Ended up giving them to a co-worker who had no such qualms.
Hey Vince, I've watched on and off for years now on a few different youtube accounts and I've potentially got an idea for you on these videos!
Particularly with these ebay/argos joblots, I feel like it could be worth sticking the product model numbers of the stuff you work on in brackets after the main title. That way, with a lot of these common faults - you could potentially save stuff ending up in the bin for people who have similar issues and decide to do a quick search before throwing it away.
Understand if this doesn't suit your video pushlishing style but just seems like it could be a valuable asset and potentially lead to slightly wider viewership
On the cd player with the non-working screen, the ribbon cable had bad connections, but when you measured it for continuity the pressure from the probes on the ribbon pads made the connection 'good' temporarily. Nice fix ☺
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I thought the same....
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This really makes me appreciate my cheap, off-brand wired ear buds that sound great and have worked reliably for years. Don’t know that I’d attempt a fix they ever stopped working after watching this.
Brilliant Vince - as a dabbler and fixer I'm always impressed by your knowledge and 'can do' attitude to fixing things. Look forward to more videos 😍😍😎😎
Thank you Paul👍😎
I love that you touch the things that were economically "not worth fixing"! Sometimes it's not about the value but about the not-worth-throwing-away and about the challenge! Great video!
Chinese cheapo or Sony, tape mechanism is going to be the same crap these days sadly. A great pity. (Techmoan is a great channel!)
Was thinking the same thing...only a single mechanism on the market these days.
(I second Techmoan. 👍)
Yup, all the Techmoan fans looking for the "Tanashin" tape mechanism
Tape around the pinch roller is why I absolutely _abhor_ cassette players. Was so glad when CDs replaced them.
I guess you never had to adjust the deffraction grating and tweak the birds eye pattern on a new laser assembly? Some manufacturers did that for the spares, but I think Pioneer and Denon didn't. Hours of "fun", including considering quitting the day job. I had a word with our sales manager and got them to stop selling those brands.
Goodman's, despite being cheap were far more repairable. Lasers were plug and play, and we had stocks of all the little plastic bits.
Ah, for those days where you could buy the stupid little bits of plastic individually. Now they claim to be repair friendly by selling a huge assembly, despite you just wanting a small gear wheel.
The company provided background music systems for shops, amongst other things. Remember listening to a CD in "Our Price"? Yeah, we did those too.
A bit of IPA on a pinch roller was a welcome easy fix in comparison to setting up a new laser!
Hi Vince, I say again, don't worry about those scary switch mode power supplies, just ignore the mains input and use your bench supply instead.
These are the best videos Vince.
Absolutely enjoy watching the returns - repair vids.👍🏼
I love these videos, definitely earned you a new subscriber! And honestly your voice is very satisfying to listen to! Keep up the good work man!
😬Well at least we now know how difficult the Sony tape deck is to disassemble! It's always somewhat annoying when it's an easy fix that just wasn't spotted, but I'm always happy in the end that it was an easy fix at least and not something unfixable after digging so much (or some unknown fix)
I will definitely check for the easy/obvious things first on tape decks from now on 👍👍👍
I had that same Sony stereo and I took it apart to change the speakers and the front separated completely. I think there was a screw under the CD door.
I wonder why it chewed up the tape in the first place
@@paultasker7788probably a broken tape that the original owner tried to play and it broke while in the player and it got wound up on the roller. If the tape deck caused it I don't think it would be such a clean spool on that roller.
Once again. Really cool! I've always been a tinkererer. After watching your stuff for the last few weeks I feel much more confident in taking things apart(and not breaking them when i do 🙂) And finding the info to find replacement parts, components, etc... Thanks!
Man, those Argos return stickers bring back memories, back in 2005 I must have filled in 100000 of them with customers giving the worst excuses to bring stuff back x3
Lots of big screens break right after the superbowl it's uncanny! Lol
Bravo!
Thanks for sharing all of these fixes. They're so much fun to watch.
You've added so much knowledge to my personal vault.
I feel like a kid on Christmas morning when I'm able to fix things.
Best hour of my life ! Thank you for being entertaining while doing such stuff , didn’t even realize it was an hour long video until I was at the near end ! 👏
I just found your channel and I love watching you brainstorm lol I just subscribed because I could watch you all day. Good work my friend.
I bought some cheap gaming headphones (yes, those with auto RGB cycling lights) at my work place for my brother to use in his computer. He likes to watch RUclips alot, so when then broke (yes, they broke after a month of use), he was really sad. So i took them apart and found one of the earcups suport just broke of. it was a easy fix, just glue that toghether again and cut a peice of an old banking card to hold it in place. Now it well over 2 years and they still look and work like new.
Great fun fixes to watch. I hope in the future you buy more lots like this.
Superb deduction Tech-Sherlock! Love the way you analyze defects
You have an amazing ability to see the impossible. Difficult? Not for you...
I love your mind.
Great Job Vince 👍 A few nice repairs there. I wasn't expecting the screen to work either on that radio but I've had weird faults like that before too! I didn't spot the tape when you said I was too busy looking at the wires on the cassette head 😂😂😂 Great work as always. Best wishes Mick.
Hahaha, I don't feel so bad not seeing it now Mick!! Cheers for watching👍👍
@@MymatevincePleasure to watch as always. You'll have to catch up on some of mine too 🙂👍
@@BuyitFixit I know, I've been slacking! I want to watch that night vision vid you did a couple of weeks ago. I'll make time this week👍
hey Vince....it's nice to see a brand NEW blue mat, and your blue sleeves, blending together, which is so soothing to the eyes. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
I prefer the blue mat too (I have the same one), the red one wasn't too bad, but the yellow one I think is too harsh on the eyes.
Brilliant fixing Vince, the ribbon cable looked like a dry joint on the video but the multimeter says other wise, brilliant really enjoyed the fixing 😊
Thank you Vince! I love the series!
Benn watching since you had a couple of thousand subscribers, happy to see you're nearing 900k!
Blue tack? Genius! I'll adopt that one, thanks!
My favorite tinkering channel ❤ appreciate your videos always enjoy watching . Thanks man
I find videos like yours quite inspiring, considering how complicated fixing electronics can be. Indeed, it definitely can feel like that Linkin Park song. You try so hard, and get so far, but in the end it might not even matter.
"...put in a favourite CD here..." Love your subtle humor, recognizing the CD from another video. :p
I guess we will never hear the phrase "This video was sponsored by Bush Electronics" on this channel. :)
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I love these series, you can learn a lot.
Vince great video as normal, been watching you since the very start. so useful, keep up the good work. Martyn from Fleet in Hampshire
I just love your videos vince, even a cheap pair of earbuds deserve a second life. Anything repaired is one less thing in the earth.
Hi Vince, I have been watching your channel. For several months since discovering it, I've been going through the back catalogue which means I have been watching you develop...I am really impressed with your repairs and can do attitude lol. Really enjoying your channel..if you get a chance say Hello...keep up the good work, it's certainly inspiring me to repair...👍👍
Thank you Steve👍👍👍
Give it a go Steve, if something's broken what's the worst you can do? If you can't fix it.. it's still broken but you've gained experience along the way....
Anything at home I will do, I used to be a white goods and commercial appliance engineer..but will try anything, unfortunately my patience wains when looking at electronics getting older and eyes no brilliant ..you can't exactly repair it with a hammer 🔨 but that what will sometimes happen...However my granddaughter often brings her toys to me to fix lol..
@@Ukmartian1701 I know what you're saying about your eyesight. I used to repair arcade games and fruit machines back in the late 80s up until the late 90s. My eyesight isn't so great now either and components are getting smaller. I have to wear glasses now for anything closer than arms length and often use a microscope connected to a 42" TV.
Okay! So I’m a locksmith! But there needs to be an occupation called a tech smith!! Wonderful work Mr………
I like watching these videos where you try and fix stuff, so thanks for sharing again. I wonder what will be in store here?
Also I like how videos are released not long after you've given Patrons access. The earliest comments from here seem to be from 2 days ago, and the Patreon post was made 3 days ago. That's perfectly reasonable - whereas another RUclipsr who covers electronics (who I shall not name) has been holding videos ransom for 2 weeks as of late...
I find these type of videos so interesting.
Nice video, Vince :)
Those Sony earbuds are a nightmare to get inside, or to replace the speakers, normally. But when they work, they sound like heaven. I also get them used, normally full of someone else's earwax, but I chuck them into Sterilium for the night and when I take them out, they are clean as new.
Thanks Vince, Ive learned loads - mainly that its not worth buying returns boxes from evil bay
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I tell you what Vince, I’d love to see you try to fix something live. I know it may be difficult to film live but imagine all the info and feedback you could get real time. I think it’s a great idea
100% success rate on this video!! Good result!
Great thinking,, with an excellent tracing, leads to solve the problem. my respect.. 👍
Great job, and great Video, More guys like you are needed, Thank you so much.
Indeed, only problem is a lot of stuff is becoming harder to repair and companies seem more and more unwilling to help. I had that with a FLIR thermal camera I was repairing and a solar inverter where I had to reverse engineer their software as they wouldn't give me a service password after I repaired it!
ive been using this to collect knowledge, i might never need it but if i do then ill have somewhere to start
Fantastic repairs! Also the big takeaway is the quality control on Bush CD players is absolutely awful! They must be losing so much money on defective right out of the factory units!
There just generic products made in China. Any company can buy them and stick a brand name on it. Unfortunately a lot of brands that used to be considered good quality have gone bust over the years and the name has been bought by massive groups that will stick the name on complete garbage.
Bush and Sony are both American...I guess Bush is the British arm of Standard Oil of new York, consumer products?
Good run there sport. That tape player error should always be among the first thing to look at. That was a pretty common issue when cassettes where common place. That section is the capstan and roller. That's what shuttles the tape during playback and record. The spools are only taking up slack. FF/RW the capstan is backed off from the roller and the spools shuttle the tape. (back in the day you where well off if you knew how to work a pair tweezers and could execute the scotch tape splice)
I’ll bet we could have cleaned the capstan without even disassembling!
@@mjshulman yep, more than once.
Vince, You seam to be having loads of trouble trying to get awkward screws out, have a look for some Japanese pliers called FUJIYA ENGINEER'S SCREW REMOVAL PLIERS - 160MM they are brilliant, for removing awkward screws with none existent slots to worn out Philip’s head full of swarf I think you’ll find them invaluable in your quest to repair the unrepairable!
Interesting, I've not heard of those before. I just usually use a pair of side cutters and pinch the screw either side. Had to do that a few times with rounded off screws.
The second item, the MP3 player, i.have one of those, mine kind of works, haven't used it much, don't recollect dropping or knocking it, but it's very susceptible to cutting out if moved ever so gently, not portable, like it should be. I was quite critical of the retro AM/ FM mono radio you repaired in the previous video, however I like the form factor, of the first item, the top loading cd, DAB combo; definitely an item I might consider buying.
I thought there was no shot you'd get those earbuds apart without breaking them, well done 😄
Great video again Vince. Very very sad but in Australia those returns boxes are just not available, from eBay or Amazon. Just fake returns boxes which contain penny whistles, certainly not any Sony devices. That vice you got gifted is available at the local electronic shop for a very princely sum, they are also sold at Aldi in Australia As usual I did my usual Aldi thing and bought 2, mainly because they are useful and well constructed and because they are only around about 2 times a year from Aldi. Loved the fix it Vince I just wish we had access to these returns boxes in Australia, but such is life. Very entertaining fix it video Vince as usual.
Geezus I had to cover my screen with my hand like a horror movie when he showed the ear wax lol 😂😂😂
Nice fixes. Most interesting one for me was the Sony CFD-S70 cd-tape-radio, as I have the same one. My original device stopped recognizing cd's in less than year, so the store I bought it replaced the whole unit for warranty. The replaced unit has been working now over 4 years just fine.
Nearly same earphones too, just one letter difference, as mine doesn't have the microphone. Mine is Sony MDR-EX15LP, indeed cheaper end products, and have cleaned these already twice in couple of months.
I have one headphone set with microphone, where right side is more silent than left one, but still it's not completely quiet. It was like that from new, should've returned them, but just forgot to do it in time. I wonder what might be the problem, maybe faulty speaker?
Amazing video like always ❤
Great job as always
I remember working for curtis mathes and later the owner changed to a magnavox center you would get in 10 tv's maybe 4 would work the onsite tech would be working a week to fix them all
Excellent diagnostics on the CD player rejecting the CD.
low profile bit with grooves for snap-on wrench with the tooth thing.
Been a slow month buying for me, took delivery today of a clearance 9 speed pillar drill paying a third book price and which I am going to convert into a milling machine. Bought for my Poljot 3133 mechanical chronograph an "upgrade" kit which turns it from a humble chrono into a big bad beastie Russian diver with a canteen crown, screw down bezel, reinforced grille and deep embossing caseback logo from one of the Soviet divers. £73 but its highest grade stainless steel, crystal is sapphire too so not some cheap tat lol
It took 16 mins to fix and days to clean the ear 😂 great fixes Vince 👍 Thanks mate
Hello Vince, I recently discovered your channel and fell in love with your "anything is fixable" attitude. I had 2 questions that are buzzing in me head since I started watching:
1) Where do you buy these boxes of returned amazon stuff? I can't find them on ebay
2) what is your camera set up? The zoom ins are so clear and crisp. I would love to have the same to send to my clients to show what I am doing to fix their stuff.
Thanks!
Nice job Vince. I think pin 1 on the ribbon cable from the back lighted display looked broken from this part of the video 36:14 If you tested further back on the ribbon, you would of spotted it.
Hi Vince, did you notice that you are getting better in fixing broken stuff? 😁😁😁As I can see, the Vise is helping 😀
Haha, Marcel's vice is a winner! 👌
Oh my god... I just started watching the Video and i immediately have to say that i had a quite similar Boombox like the SONY CDF-S70 where mine looked exactly the same but the key difference between my Boombox and the one you have there is that mine was also DAB+ compatible and it also had Bluetooth, sadly mine got stolen out of my apartement at the same day i bought it (just barely 1,5 hours after i had bought it)...
Have you ever thought of making "extension" wire sets for most of the common wiring groups you come across? These would help when you have parts separated and you need to test without having to put most of something back together again (for likely mere moments of testing) and/or just give you more room to work with (that cassette player is a perfect example of where it would be nice to have longer wires).
Fascinating from the failure analysis point of view, Vince, covering such a large range of devices , do you see patterns of similar faults across manufacturers and widely different appliences that you cover. Connectors, liquid damage ( oh, the Dyson dog wee fan) , assembly faults , clogging, like the tape ?
My Saturday morning viewing. Have a great weekend!
Love these episodes
good set of fixes
Thanks Emma👍
Love your videos and interesting to see how simple it is to fix some of these issues.
Btw, what do you do with these items once you've fixed them?
Ohhh Danny boy the pipes the pipes are calling 😭😭😭 .. love your channel Vince peace
Nice repair 👍👍👍👍
Thanks Anonymous 👍
Perfect Timing on a Friday afternoon
Yep! I just came back from school and started the weekend
if i just could borrow a tad bit patience from you i could possibly do some good too.
never seen a cassette player this decade apart from my commodore 64 collection. great work.
I like removing the drivers from old in ears that still work and making mmcx 3d printed buds. plus the leftover wires are useful in fixing over ears with bad cables. The 3d printed casing adds a bit more size and improves sound stage. mmcx means the broken cables dont matter for the drivers
Best repair vid ive seen
Love these videos
You can remove the top of the Sony unit to make it much easier to get to the cassette mechanism. Open the CD cover and you'll see two small screws towards the front, unscrew them and the top cover with the CD player attached lifts off. Much, much easier.
I loved "about 3 quarters of a meter". The perfect combination of imperial and metric.
Nice to hear that they call for food
I saw that the tape transport mechanism is your typical tenashin one. They are not the best, and they are notorious for chewing tapes. They just don't make things like they used to anymore.
lol, capstans and rollers have been eating tapes since time immemorial (at least since the 70's)
Doing that second Mini reminded me of a WiFi install... cable was good enough for networking but NOT for POE which was odd, but the same thing, some value of resistance must have been too high to deliver what was needed.
It always fascinates me, how you figure out the faults!!! I’m also astonished at the new prices for some of these devices. £20 for a nice MP3 player… how can they make it for that? Addictive viewing 😊
Excellent job! Saving this ending up in landfill so quickly, at least. It just shows up quality control of both of these corporations! Rubbish.
Just saw that both hifi things are the same batch number, so maybe someone misplaced the remote and ended up putting two in the other box? Maybe? :-)
Hey Felipe, well spotted, yes maybe! Hope you are doing well 👍
Pressure of probes gave continuity, I've had that a few times.
Never seen anyone so happy that something is NOT working! Good variety of items to have a go at.
The problem is, I've bought stuff from ebay too that's advertised as not working, only to find no issues with it when it's arrived. So not ideal for making a repair video..
Vince's wow remind me of pitch meeting wow. Wow wow wow
Love the videos you do Vince, did you know that Max Rockatansky from your MMV Massive is the name of Mel Gibbson's character in the Mad Max movies, WoW you have a celebrity sponsoring you 🙂
I did, I Googled it when he first of all joined and was very pleased to see Mad Max appreciating the videos 😂👍
40:00 Definitely! Those are always the worst faults. The pressure of the probes probably compressed the solder enough to make a connection. That's also how it goes: one forgotten piece per disassembly process.
That song hits deep, haha I like this channell too much
When you put screws back into plastic, especially soft plastic like ABS, always counter rotate them first until they click so that you know when you start screwing clockwise you are going back into the same threads in the plastic. Otherwise you risk cutting new threads and weakening the fastening.
Love the channel