What is Mercari?
45sThe confusion and humor around the name 'Mercari' and the initial exploration of the platform hook viewers.
▶ Play ClipAustin Evans explores Mercari, a peer-to-peer sales platform, buying a variety of vintage tech and collectibles. He unboxes items like a Nintendo Radio Boy, a Samsung Galaxy S4, a MacBook Pro, Pokemon cards, a PlayStation, and more, testing their condition and functionality. The video concludes with a verdict on whether Mercari is worth it, finding the platform similar to eBay but with weirder items.
Austin introduces Mercari as a peer-to-peer sales platform, noting he's used the Japanese version before. He plans to buy Pokemon cards and other tech items.
Austin unboxes a sealed Nintendo Radio Boy from 1992, paying $187. The headphones disintegrate, and the radio barely works, picking up static.
A Samsung Galaxy S4 in good condition for $105. It boots up, has a bright OLED screen, removable battery, and headphone jack, but can't activate due to network issues.
A 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, i7, 16GB RAM, 27 cycle count battery, paid $216. It runs High Sierra, has a butterfly keyboard, and is no longer supported.
Austin buys two mystery packs for $32, finding mostly worthless cards worth about 1 cent each. He also buys a 2007 Pokedex for $37, which works but is tedious.
A boxed original PlayStation from 1997, paid $193. It works, plays games like Duke Nukem and Tomb Raider, and includes two controllers and a memory card.
A DOS-based Mario Teaches Typing CD from 1993, paid $15.50. It runs on a Windows 98 machine, but the audio doesn't work without a Sound Blaster card.
A PalmOne Tungsten T5 PDA, paid $95. It boots up, has Bluetooth, VPN support, and a heavy stylus. It's a functional vintage device.
A sealed Nvidia GeForce MX 440 from 2002, paid $98. It's a small purple board with VGA, S-Video, and AV out. However, the test motherboard lacks AGP slot.
Austin accidentally cuts open a sealed Modem Blaster from 2003, paid $34. He realizes the motherboard doesn't have the right slot, desecrating two artifacts.
Mercari is similar to eBay but with weirder items. The purchases were mostly as advertised, but many items were overpriced or had issues. Austin concludes that while the platform works, it's not significantly different from other second-hand marketplaces.
"Title accurately reflects the content: they wasted money on Mercari, but the total spent is not explicitly stated as $1012 in the transcript."
What is Mercari?
A peer-to-peer sales platform.
0:23
How much did the Nintendo Radio Boy cost?
$187.
3:10
What year was the Nintendo Radio Boy released?
1992.
2:59
What condition was the Samsung Galaxy S4 in?
Very good condition.
7:29
How much did the Samsung Galaxy S4 cost?
$105.
7:34
What is the newest macOS version supported on the 2016 MacBook Pro?
High Sierra.
10:45
How much did the 2016 MacBook Pro cost?
$216.
11:12
What was the total cost of the two Pokemon card mystery packs?
$32.
12:44
How much did the 2007 Pokedex cost?
$37.
15:01
What was the original retail price of the Palm Tungsten T5?
$400.
22:24
How much did the Palm Tungsten T5 cost on Mercari?
$95.
23:49
What is the Nvidia GeForce MX 440?
A graphics card from 2002.
24:03
How much did the sealed Nvidia GeForce MX 440 cost?
$98.
24:43
What interface does the Nvidia GeForce MX 440 use?
AGP.
26:06
How much did the Modem Blaster cost?
$34.
25:55
Headphones Disintegrate
The headphones crumble upon touch, revealing the poor condition of a 'new' item.
3:43Galaxy S4 Boots Up
The old phone turns on and has a bright OLED screen, defying expectations.
6:29Duke Nukem 'Land of The Babes'
The absurdity of the game title and the gorilla appearance provide comedic relief.
17:21Accidental Desecration
Austin cuts open a sealed Modem Blaster without checking compatibility, ruining two vintage items.
25:30[00:00] - What the hell is a Mercari?
[00:02] It sounds like my Mercury Cougar
[00:05] that I used to drive in the year 2011.
[00:07] However, this is a site
[00:09] that purports to give you some great deals
[00:12] on tech, collectibles, and more.
[00:14] I've actually used Mercari in the past,
[00:16] but only the Japanese version.
[00:18] So, let's see what's like
[00:20] I'm also buying Pokemon cards
[00:23] Okay, Mercari is a
[00:25] While we work diligently to
[00:27] it's important for buyers
[00:28] to perform their own due diligence.
[00:30] No, I don't wanna do due, do,
[00:35] A leotard. I do need a leotard.
[00:37] It's like new, which is the
[00:41] Ooh.
[00:43] An iMac G3, now we talking boys.
[00:45] Honestly, I don't like the haggle,
[00:47] but I am almost open to anything.
[00:51] Tons of floppy discs. I
[00:54] Why are you showing me sold
[00:56] Okay, so a 2016 MacBook Pro,
[01:00] it's hard to recommend
[01:02] just because they're no
[01:04] That being said though,
[01:05] dedicated GPU, touch bar, decent battery.
[01:08] How about gaming? I wanna do some gaming.
[01:11] A white PS Vita for $450? Brother, chill.
[01:14] I'll say these prices are not good.
[01:17] Although a PS One complete in box, sealed,
[01:22] I mean $900 is an
[01:26] I mean, I shouldn't do that, right?
[01:27] Tyler, The Creator themed face plates.
[01:31] - [Ken] Oh god.
[01:33] - What in the hell is a
[01:37] It looks kind of fake,
[01:38] but also in a way that '90s
[01:40] There's no way that's a real thing.
[01:41] Fortnite coach. Oh god, not again.
[01:44] I am mediocre at Fortnite
[01:49] A Creative Blaster PCI modem.
[01:52] Boy, I'm getting a little
[01:55] All right, so with that my friends,
[01:56] I think we have plenty of items
[02:00] is Mercari actually worth it?
[02:03] Welcome back, my friends.
[02:05] So, buying stuff from Mercari
[02:06] was a little bit of an adventure,
[02:08] mostly because half the stuff I found
[02:10] was overpriced and boring.
[02:13] So, I did what any good YouTuber would do
[02:15] and found the weird stuff.
[02:18] We have another package with
[02:22] All right, we have my
[02:26] - [Alex] Ooh.
[02:29] an international Nintendo
[02:33] This is still sealed in the original box.
[02:36] It is a Game Boy themed
[02:41] - [Alex] Yes.
[02:42] - Radio Boy is a trademark of Nintendo
[02:44] and licensed to Mani,
[02:45] the manufacturer of
[02:49] - [Alex] It's just Manny.
[02:50] - As someone who's been doing
[02:53] I did not know this
[02:57] Alex, do you have any
[02:59] - [Alex] This came out originally in 1992.
[03:03] - Great year.
[03:04] - [Alex] It was a thing, it
[03:06] - How much was this thing?
[03:08] Like what's the deal with this guy?
[03:10] - [Alex] We paid $187.
[03:15] Now, keep in mind, it is
[03:17] Sealed prices for these things
[03:20] go anywhere from like $140 to $200.
[03:24] - Normally, I would feel kind of bad
[03:25] about opening something like
[03:28] - [Alex] You should feel bad.
[03:30] - Here goes nothing, my friends.
[03:34] Oh my god.
[03:36] - [Alex] This is hurting
[03:41] - Can we get a zoom in on this?
[03:43] The headphones disintegrated
[03:46] Do you see all the black
[03:49] I'm not putting that in my ear.
[03:50] It's actually like
[03:52] - [Alex] Ooh, we finally found something
[03:53] that Austin won't sniff
[03:56] Don't do it. Oh my god.
[04:00] You just got asbestos in there.
[04:03] - It is crazy to me that
[04:06] It looks like it's in terrible
[04:09] Even the front,
[04:10] it's got like a million
[04:12] So, you have an AM, FM switch
[04:15] you have a volume rocker
[04:16] as well as you've got your tuning knob.
[04:18] So, to make sure
[04:19] that we can all experience
[04:22] I brought out a pair of speakers,
[04:23] now, a lot of these kinda radios
[04:25] use the actual 3.5 as an antenna.
[04:29] Oh, on/off and volume controls.
[04:30] You just have to turn up the volume.
[04:35] I'm only picking up a little bit of static
[04:36] on both AM and FM at the exact same spot.
[04:39] Lemme try the original headphones,
[04:40] I'm not gonna put them in my ears.
[04:42] - [Alex] That's not terrible.
[04:45] Okay, no, I lied. That
[04:49] Yes.
[04:51] - Oh no, it's all on my shirt.
[04:54] This would've been cooler
[04:56] if it was like a little
[04:58] - In recent times, people have made,
[05:00] have basically taken that exact idea
[05:01] and made like custom game cards.
[05:04] - [Austin] Yeah.
[05:05] - [Alex] That could do exactly that.
[05:06] - I'm gonna put this back in the box
[05:07] and we're gonna resell
[05:09] as lightly used, complete in box,
[05:12] totally works, no problem.
[05:14] This next one, I said
[05:17] should be a phone that is very
[05:22] which is, of course,
[05:23] the most meaningful piece of tech of all,
[05:25] Samsung Galaxy S4.
[05:27] - [Alex] Oh.
[05:28] - The Galaxy S4 was back in an era,
[05:31] this would've been 2013, I think,
[05:33] in which smartphones
[05:36] every single year.
[05:37] This had a 1080P OLED display.
[05:40] It actually had like a
[05:43] I might not have that same opinion today,
[05:44] but like, this thing was
[05:47] Oh my god, it's so blue.
[05:49] - Look how blue that is.
[05:51] Remember when phones were actual colors?
[05:53] And it had a headphone jack.
[05:56] This is actually in
[05:58] Something that you just
[06:00] is just pop off the back panel here.
[06:03] And you should see not only
[06:07] which actually had NFC built in.
[06:10] In addition, you've got
[06:12] which is already installed and a SIM card,
[06:14] which still already installed.
[06:15] The biggest downside though
[06:16] was that even though it was a
[06:21] even for 2013, you could get
[06:23] which is all glass and metal,
[06:25] and the plastic felt a little dated,
[06:26] but like, plastic actually has
[06:29] Oh my god, it's turning on.
[06:30] - [Alex] What?
[06:32] - [Alex] Ooh.
[06:34] That screen is actually incredibly bright.
[06:36] It's clipping on the
[06:37] And it's an OLED,
[06:38] so it actually has like good
[06:41] Ah, the setup wizard.
[06:42] Oh, everyone has to get ready.
[06:45] Uh-oh.
[06:46] - [Alex] What happened
[06:47] - [Austin] It can't activate.
[06:48] - [Alex] But SIM card.
[06:50] - How about we use wifi to activate?
[06:53] Do we want to set up
[06:56] Yo, let's go. TouchWiz,
[07:01] TouchWiz was bad actually.
[07:02] Man, none of this is gonna work,
[07:04] but it's still great anyway.
[07:06] I am now recording on a
[07:11] How does it look?
[07:12] Anyone wanna take a bet on
[07:14] I'm now recording. Oh,
[07:17] I know this is just the nostalgia talking,
[07:19] but if they would make a phone
[07:21] that was like actually this
[07:23] I mean, it really feels
[07:26] from something like an iPhone Mini
[07:27] when it comes to actually
[07:29] how much did I pay for this Galaxy S4
[07:31] that is in very good condition.
[07:34] - [Alex] We paid $105.
[07:39] - Hold on a second.
[07:41] You know how minimal
[07:44] What if we just all buy the
[07:48] in good condition?
[07:49] You can't do a lot on it, but
[07:52] to do some very minimal things on this.
[07:54] I think I'm onto something here.
[07:56] - [Alex] Yeah, Austin Evans
[07:58] bought off by all hackers online.
[08:00] - Well, don't do any those,
[08:01] okay, yes, yes, yes, that's true.
[08:04] How about we go with.
[08:08] So, this should be a MacBook.
[08:11] And something that always shocks me
[08:13] is the price of old MacBooks.
[08:15] Because MacBooks, almost
[08:19] So, if you wanna spend a $100 to $150,
[08:22] you can get everything
[08:25] all the way to like a 2007 MacBook.
[08:27] And it feels like they're pretty much
[08:29] all that same kind of price.
[08:30] So this, my friends should
[08:36] from 2018, 2019?
[08:39] - [Alex] 2016.
[08:40] - 2016. Oh, so sorry.
[08:42] So, this was when they redesigned the Mac.
[08:45] So before this, you had tons of ports,
[08:48] then they took it, shrunk it
[08:52] and only has Thunderbolt/USBs on the side.
[08:54] And it most importantly, the Touch Bar.
[08:58] This one's a little dirty.
[08:59] Alex, could you gimme
[09:02] - [Alex] We bought the i7
[09:06] - Which I think was the base model.
[09:08] Now, this laptop, I will
[09:11] The Butterfly Keyboard,
[09:13] which, as we've discussed
[09:16] I still, as my voice cracks,
[09:19] think that the Butterfly Keyboard
[09:20] was actually not bad to type on,
[09:22] it was very shallow,
[09:23] but it actually had like a nice
[09:25] However, incredibly unreliable.
[09:27] And the problem was that if
[09:29] half your MacBook would literally
[09:31] This did have USB-C, which,
[09:34] Oh my god, not again,
[09:38] What the (quacks)?
[09:39] What the, it's the best color,
[09:40] and it's everything I ever
[09:45] - [Alex] Well,
[09:46] why don't we try the new
[09:49] - Push the Enter button?
[09:51] Nope.
[09:51] Is it Apple? It is Apple.
[09:54] - [Alex] What?
[09:56] Dude, stop putting passwords on things.
[10:01] So, it is, in fact, a
[10:05] Well, also, something's borked here.
[10:06] My System Information doesn't
[10:09] - [Alex] That's weird.
[10:11] - [Austin] Oh my god,
[10:12] - [Alex] Oh, okay.
[10:13] Okay, so it does have a Radeon Pro 450.
[10:16] It is not very powerful, but it is enough.
[10:20] So, it is a 27 cycle count battery,
[10:22] so it's basically brand new.
[10:24] Unfortunately, this is
[10:26] which means that in this era,
[10:28] the early ones actually weren't too bad.
[10:31] Once they got a little bit down the line,
[10:33] these things would run really hot.
[10:35] Now, the concern with any old MacBook,
[10:40] it is no longer supported.
[10:42] Alex, what's the newest version of macOS
[10:44] I could put on this one?
[10:45] - [Alex] High Sierra.
[10:47] Oh, yeah, so that's way behind.
[10:50] As you can see, our web browser
[10:54] When did we start trusting
[10:57] At least for me. Terrific
[11:00] And the Touch Bar,
[11:01] one of my favorite things
[11:04] I think what's gonna help me calibrate
[11:06] how much should I pay for this?
[11:08] - [Alex] Two hundred-
[11:10] That number shouldn't start with a 2.
[11:12] - [Alex] $16.
[11:13] - 216?
[11:14] - 216. Oh.
[11:17] The problem is I bought an M1
[11:21] for like, what like 250, 260 bucks,
[11:23] which is just a bajillion times better.
[11:25] Okay, yeah. Ah! I, okay,
[11:27] if I paid like mid to high one hundreds,
[11:30] I'd be pretty happy with this.
[11:31] I think that this hardware
[11:35] I like it, man. I like it.
[11:37] I wish I would've paid like
[11:40] Now, as I was perusing the
[11:46] I couldn't help but find
[11:49] Not that one. No, the
[11:54] Okay look
[11:54] we've all done a little bit
[11:57] - [Alex] All of us?
[11:58] - So, these are Pokemon
[12:04] For the most part,
[12:05] they're just a bunch of junk bulk
[12:06] that's just tossed in a thing.
[12:07] They put a very expensive
[12:12] - [Alex] But what they guarantee a foil,
[12:15] that means it's worth something, right?
[12:18] - I think I see the foil right here.
[12:19] It's kind of cool,
[12:20] but I don't think it's
[12:23] Oh, oh, oh, little oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[12:27] Wow dude.
[12:29] all of those cards are worth,
[12:31] I'm gonna be generous to say 1 cent each.
[12:34] - [Alex] Well, it was
[12:36] you're the one that paid for it.
[12:38] - Alex, before I open the
[12:40] how much of my money I
[12:44] - [Alex] You paid $32 for both of these.
[12:49] - A reverse holo? Are you kidding me?
[12:52] - [Alex] To somebody who doesn't
[12:55] can you explain to me-
[12:56] - [Austin] 50 cents.
[12:56] - [Alex] Okay,
[13:01] The only thing that's gonna
[13:03] I,
[13:05] have you ever seen a Pokemon
[13:08] what the hell that guy's name is called?
[13:09] Look, I got a Pokedex,
[13:11] and I'm really excited to use it
[13:13] to find out what my cards are.
[13:14] - [Alex] Oh, yeah.
[13:15] - I knew that that was gonna be bad,
[13:17] so at least I wanted to
[13:19] There have been a lot of
[13:21] So, there was the original one,
[13:23] which actually I still have in my office,
[13:25] which is I think legit and cool.
[13:26] So, this should be from 2007,
[13:31] which I don't know how
[13:35] Does this work? Is there a
[13:38] - [Alex] Does it need
[13:40] - [Austin] Oh, there's
[13:42] - [Alex] Fun.
[13:43] - Cut all that.
[13:49] - What is this music?
[13:52] - [Pokedex] This is your Pokedex.
[13:54] Ivysaur is a grass and
[13:57] - [Alex] Aye.
[13:57] - Wait, do I have to scroll
[14:00] Wait, let's gimme a number, yeah.
[14:01] What number Pokemon are we looking for?
[14:03] - [Adriana] Let's do 351.
[14:05] - [Alex] Is it just mute-
[14:06] - [Austin] Castform.
[14:07] - [Pokedex] Castform
[14:09] - Sometimes.
[14:10] - 217. Wait, let me guess,
[14:15] Houndoom.
[14:16] Ursaring. That's close.
[14:19] - [Alex] How does that? I guess.
[14:21] - Gimme like, oh, here,
[14:23] So, I type in the word L, it
[14:27] Oh, wait, more info.
[14:28] Oh, Lairon makes its nest on mountains
[14:30] where iron ore is buried.
[14:32] This is cool, but incredibly tedious.
[14:34] Banette was once a discarded
[14:37] All of its cursed energy was escape
[14:39] if it ever opened its mouth.
[14:40] Yeah, see that's the kind of (quack)
[14:42] the Pokedex is great for.
[14:44] Who's that Pokemon? Is everyone ready?
[14:45] - [Alex] Aye!
[14:46] - All right, Jumpluff,
[14:51] I am a Pokemon master.
[14:52] This is the, it makes me forget
[14:54] about all the money I
[14:55] It's very delightful.
[14:56] How much do we pay for
[15:01] - [Alex] We paid $37.
[15:04] - See, good use of 30 something dollars,
[15:08] bad use of 30 something dollars.
[15:10] How do y'all feel about
[15:14] - [Alex] Haven't we been going
[15:15] - No, no, no. 2007?
[15:19] We're talking about
[15:23] clothes were great, and
[15:26] the 1990s.
[15:28] You can see, I think,
[15:29] what we're looking at here, my friends.
[15:32] - [Alex] Oh my god, is that a PS5?
[15:33] - An actual,
[15:35] this is an actual, original PlayStation.
[15:38] I do know that the box is quite beat up.
[15:42] Is this a launch model
[15:45] - [Alex] I think it's
[15:49] - Nicely padded though, I will say.
[15:50] I appreciate the little like air dinguses.
[15:53] So, this should be our PlayStation itself.
[15:56] Uh-oh, cables are falling.
[15:57] Oh. Oh, it smells like 1997.
[16:01] Ah.
[16:02] So, we've got the original paperwork,
[16:04] which is the instruction
[16:07] Now,
[16:08] oh, and the memory card
[16:10] Oh, this is the Performance memory card.
[16:13] Behold my friends,
[16:18] the Sony PlayStation.
[16:20] It is in good shape, a little dirty.
[16:22] So, yeah, so this would've
[16:24] Because the launch models,
[16:27] if I remember right.
[16:29] Oh.
[16:33] - Let us begin my friends
[16:34] with a choice of what
[16:37] Is it "Duke Nukem Land of The Babes?"
[16:39] - [Alex] Yes.
[16:41] "Tomb Raider."
[16:42] - [Matt] Same universe.
[16:43] - [Alex] Also "Land of The Babes."
[16:44] - [Austin] "Need For Speed Hot Pursuit?"
[16:45] After you visited the "Land of The Babes."
[16:48] Well, play some "Need For Speed"
[16:49] that seems like the right move.
[16:50] - [Alex] What? Of all the games in there?
[16:50] - I could, I-
[16:51] - [Adriana] Do "Tomb Raider."
[16:52] - "Tomb Raider?"
[16:53] - [Matt] I could have bet
[16:55] and won.
[16:57] - We're gonna play "Land of
[16:59] - [Alex] Yay.
[17:01] (cover clicks)
[17:05] - Not plugged in.
[17:07] I'm looking at the cord.
[17:10] I'm looking at-
[17:11] - Nothing's plugged in.
[17:12] - [Matt] Two separate cords.
[17:15] (somber music)
[17:21] - I just peed my pants.
[17:22] Oh, those are babes.
[17:23] Oh, I think I see the babes. Wait, what?
[17:25] - [Adriana] Oh.
[17:26] - [Adriana] My god.
[17:27] - [Austin] Wait, wait, why is
[17:31] - [Adriana] You are looking
[17:34] - "Tomb Raider," look at
[17:37] Like how it's freezing
[17:40] This is where the guy
[17:42] - [Matt] Whoa.
[17:43] Spoilers.
[17:44] It doesn't support the DualShock.
[17:46] So, basically, I have to
[17:47] which is very bad.
[17:49] - [Alex] Yeah, this is amazing for 1996.
[17:51] - Oh, arrows, arrows, arrows, bad.
[17:52] - We've learned all we need to
[17:55] However, the best is
[17:58] - [Alex] Matt?
[17:59] - [Alex] How much do you
[18:02] - [Matt] I'm going 300.
[18:05] - [Alex] This bodes
[18:09] - It's pretty good, right?
[18:11] Pretty good.
[18:12] - It's not that much more expensive.
[18:13] I mean, it's more expensive
[18:14] than just like a stock PlayStation One.
[18:16] But, with the box, with two
[18:18] it's actually not that bad.
[18:19] I like how this one comes
[18:24] and I purchased from Mercari.
[18:26] But Matthew-
[18:27] - [Matt] Yeah?
[18:28] - What is something you
[18:30] - Is there a, is there like a-
[18:32] - A hint? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[18:33] - Avenue I'm supposed to be going?
[18:34] - What are your feelings on Nintendo?
[18:36] - Nintendo in the '90s was decent.
[18:39] - Good.
[18:40] - Like, I hadn't hated it yet.
[18:41] - So, this is an item that
[18:46] Why the hell is that
[18:50] Hold on, hold on, hold
[18:52] - [Matt] And that's Snoopy.
[18:53] - [Matt] And Woodstock.
[18:54] - Wait, so.
[18:57] - Oh, okay, okay, okay, wait, wait-
[18:58] - [Matt] Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
[18:59] - So, this is my friends is
[19:05] - I think I remember this.
[19:07] - [Austin] So, Mario could
[19:11] This is before he even had fingers,
[19:12] don't ask how he typed.
[19:13] - Oh yeah, he had the two balls.
[19:14] - He had the two balls. I will
[19:18] Can I direct your attention
[19:21] Which is for DOS.
[19:23] So, we might need to source
[19:27] to make this one work.
[19:28] But trust me, it will
[19:33] All righty,
[19:34] now that we have procured
[19:39] it is time to go back to yesteryear
[19:42] with "Mario Teaches Typing."
[19:44] Can I make sure that the.
[19:47] Yeah buddy.
[19:50] - [Alex] What?
[19:52] - Welcome to the world of Windows 98.
[19:55] The CD was modified last May 20th, 1994.
[19:58] - [Alex] Wow.
[19:59] - Shout out to the fact that
[20:03] works right outta the box.
[20:05] Whoa whoa whoa wait.
[20:06] There's a bunch of
[20:07] - [Matt] Yeah.
[20:08] - [All] "Lord of The Rings."
[20:10] - [Austin] "Star Wars Judgment Rites."
[20:12] - Why are we caring at all about Mario
[20:15] when there's "Star Trek?"
[20:16] - So, it doesn't look like the
[20:18] Probably 'cause we don't
[20:20] - Woo-hoo, hello. It's me, Mario.
[20:24] - [Matt] I want to know whether-
[20:25] - Oh my god, wait, wait, wait, what?
[20:26] This is the way it works.
[20:27] - [Ken] You need to type to play, dude.
[20:28] - [Matt] Yeah. How? Why
[20:30] than current Nintendo games?
[20:34] - I did. Oh, apparently I'm done.
[20:35] - [Matt] They didn't even
[20:38] there was not a single pipe.
[20:39] - I just will say that this Mario,
[20:42] I'm not sure what's wrong,
[20:43] he looks like bootleg Mario.
[20:45] - Look, I'm doing it.
[20:48] You're not learning anything.
[20:49] How are you supposed to be
[20:52] (Austin humming)
[20:57] Well, the good thing is, Alex,
[20:59] for what a relic of history we have found,
[21:02] it was quite affordable, right?
[21:03] We did not have to pay a lot of money
[21:05] for this copy of "Mario
[21:07] - So I, of course, you're
[21:09] - [Alex] We paid $15.50 for this.
[21:12] That's not much,
[21:13] but I'm pretty sure it's
[21:16] - There's a lot of other
[21:17] I think it's pretty good.
[21:18] - Yeah, but they're
[21:20] - [Ken] Whoa.
[21:23] - Uh-oh.
[21:24] - [Austin] You know it's
[21:26] - What it's?
[21:27] - You're not playing any, it's a trailer.
[21:29] It's a trailer.
[21:30] - Let me shoot.
[21:32] - The game's not on the disc,
[21:34] - Oh. Oh, oh.
[21:35] - This is old.
[21:37] You'd think that in 2026
[21:39] people are gonna use a
[21:43] instead I got that new wave.
[21:45] What the kids are
[21:48] - [Ken] Meta Quest?
[21:49] - [Ken] Zyn.
[21:54] - [Ken] Oh no, it's a Pokemon card.
[21:56] - A Palm.
[21:57] - [Ken] Oh!
[21:59] - See? See, now we're
[22:02] So this is a PalmOne, this is a Tungsten
[22:04] which is legitimately one of
[22:09] - All the Palms were cool looking.
[22:11] - [Austin] So, it has this like
[22:13] and you got yourself the
[22:15] - [Ken] Look at that.
[22:17] - This thing was money.
[22:19] Alex, do you have any idea
[22:20] how much a Palm Tungsten
[22:24] - [Alex] The original retail
[22:27] it is $400.
[22:29] It is, it is advertise.
[22:30] - [Austin] It immediately lights up.
[22:30] - [Alex] All right, cool.
[22:31] - [Ken] Oh dang.
[22:32] - [Matt] Oh, look at that. Ah.
[22:33] - Are we, oh my god, look, it actually is,
[22:36] the wizard searches for new drivers
[22:37] for the PalmOne Handheld please.
[22:39] - [Alex] Wow.
[22:40] - Is Bluetooth, which is
[22:43] It has VPN support, which, wow.
[22:46] - [Matt] These were corporate.
[22:47] - So, if I want, I'm
[22:49] Theoretically-
[22:51] - Yes.
[22:52] - Yeah, I can actually now
[22:54] Also, I just wanna point
[22:58] It feels expensive.
[23:02] - [Alex] Oh, I heard thunk.
[23:04] - Yeah, I know.
[23:05] - Dude, what the heck?
[23:07] - Oh, the program has
[23:09] and will be shut down.
[23:10] - [Alex] Oh.
[23:11] - [Matt] I once wrote an
[23:14] - [Austin] That's crazy-
[23:15] - [Alex] How?
[23:16] - [Ken] Beep, beep, beep,
[23:17] - [Austin] Well would you like to come and try it?
[23:18] - [Matt] It took like
[23:21] - Did you safely eject the
[23:24] - You're a sexy little Palm Pilot.
[23:25] - [Ken] Whoa.
[23:27] - Like tell me this is
[23:30] in anything that, like
[23:33] Wrote, draw on picture.
[23:36] - [Ken] He doesn't need an S-pen, he has-
[23:38] - [Adriana] Dude, which one
[23:39] - [Matt] Exactly. You can't even tell.
[23:41] - [Alex] Well, Mr. Ansini,
[23:44] how much would you pay for this?
[23:45] - $127.
[23:47] - [Alex] Well, I've got
[23:49] because we paid $95.
[23:51] - It's a great deal.
[23:52] Well, it's another one
[23:54] But, have you gotten about Jensen?
[23:57] - Yeah. Jensen was this
[23:59] - No, no, no.
[24:01] - So, this is a,
[24:03] I believe, still sealed
[24:08] - [Matt] Best Buy. Let us install it.
[24:10] This is, this is pre-Geek Squad.
[24:12] - So, it is not like the
[24:16] but it is a very old one.
[24:18] It does work, however,
[24:21] - PNY technologies offer a
[24:25] - [Alex] Wow.
[24:26] - Ah.
[24:28] - Alex, can you tell me a little more?
[24:29] Do you have any idea what the MSRP was?
[24:31] - [Alex] So, they would retail
[24:35] give or take.
[24:36] - Do you remember when
[24:38] Before we crack it open,
[24:40] for our still sealed Nvidia
[24:43] - [Alex] We paid $98.
[24:46] - We paid retail for a-
[24:49] - 25-year-old card.
[24:50] Look at this, look at this.
[24:52] Dude, it's so little. Look
[24:56] I like how it's got a
[24:58] So, if got yourself VGA, S-Video,
[25:01] as well as actual just AV out.
[25:03] - I'm gonna ask the important question.
[25:05] What are you gonna do
[25:08] - I'm glad you brought that up my friend.
[25:12] I'm gonna need a little bit of internet.
[25:15] - You have like all of
[25:18] Oh my god, I just-
[25:19] - Wait, this is also a sealed item
[25:21] and I just started cutting,
[25:22] I realized there's no padding on it.
[25:24] I just cut the sealM.
[25:25] - [Ken] Oh my god.
[25:28] - Look, I was so happy when I found this,
[25:30] a sealed Modem Blaster, previously sealed.
[25:32] Now, not sealed anymore 'cause
[25:37] For those of you who were
[25:39] it was the thing went.
[25:40] (Austin imitates dial-up sound)
[25:44] I cannot believe it-
[25:45] - We're taking this away from you.
[25:46] - Yeah, that's fair. I
[25:49] Alex, at least it was cheap, right?
[25:50] I didn't pay a lot of money
[25:55] - [Alex] We paid $34.
[25:57] - Okay, I feel slightly
[25:59] I cannot believe I accidentally opened,
[26:00] at least with the graphics
[26:03] Wait, oh no, wait.
[26:06] This motherboard doesn't have AGP.
[26:08] - [Alex] Oh my God.
[26:09] - [Ken] Wait, what?
[26:11] So, we desecrated-
[26:14] - [Matt] Two pieces of of artifacts
[26:17] because you didn't check.
[26:21] - Okay. Well, we learned
[26:23] - Nothing-
[26:24] - Nothing to do with Mercari at all,
[26:26] besides the fact that it's just like eBay
[26:28] except a little weirder,
[26:29] like I have almost nothing
[26:31] because all the items we got
[26:33] were pretty much exactly
[26:35] But also, it was a bunch of stuff
[26:37] that probably was also listed on eBay.
[26:39] I have erred in my ways today,
[26:43] but if you subscribe to
[26:44] and ring-a-ling that ding-a-ling button,
[26:46] you too can watch a dingus on
[26:50] - I can't believe you made us stay late
[26:52] to watch you desecrate technology.
[26:54] - Bro, it's like 9pm
[26:57] (upbeat music)
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