The Pawn Shop Adventure: A Gamer's Delight

Hey there, fellow gamers! It's your buddy here, and I'm thrilled to share with you my latest pawn shop adventure. As an elite gamer, I've saved a pretty penny today, and I'm treating myself to some sweet gaming gear.

First up, I found this awesome Xbox Elite controller that felt like a dream in my hands. The buttons looked so good, I could already tell it was going to be a great controller. I mean, who needs a standard Xbox controller when you can have an elite one, right? The grips were nice and snug, and the heft of the controller made me feel like I was holding a work of art.

Now, I know what you're thinking - "What about the USB-C cable?" Well, let me tell you, they did mention that it was missing, but I'm sure it's not a big deal. And, yeah, there wasn't much else in the box besides the controller itself. But hey, at least it worked! Boom! Instantly on.

Next up, I found this amazing digital camera from the 2000s - a Sony Cybershot DSC-W310. Now, I know what you're thinking - "Why would anyone want an old digital camera?" Well, let me tell you, these cameras have a certain aesthetic that everyone's after right now. And the best part? We got it for a steal! Only $25.

I was a bit skeptical at first, but then I saw the lens and thought, "Wow, this thing is flat!" Which means I could easily toss it in my pocket without any issues. The camera came with a USB cable, some paperwork, and that's it - no battery or charger included. But hey, I had one lying around, so I was good to go.

Now, I know what you're thinking - "What about the video mode?" Well, let me tell you, this baby can record in VGA 480p! That's right, folks - we're talking ancient technology here. But, for some reason, it makes me a little nostalgic. Maybe it's the retro aesthetic or maybe I'm just a sucker for a good old-fashioned digital camera. Either way, I might just Instagram this thing.

But wait, there's more! We also found a Mac Mini from the same pawn shop that we visited two years ago. And get this - it was an older model, with a polycarbonate top and a wide selection of ports. I mean, what's not to love? It's like they're giving us a piece of gaming history for cheap.

We plugged it in, and... voilà! It works! Okay, so maybe it is either the first or second generation Mac Mini, but who cares? It's got all the ports we need, and I'm stoked to fire this thing up and start gaming.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Today, we are going to be searchingfor tech in a pawn shopor, more specifically, awhole bunch of pawn shops.So we did this videoa couple of years ago,and we found some absolutely wild stuff.So I'm hopeful that, today,our luck will strike twiceor we'll find nothing,and it'll be really lame,but I think we'll find some cool stuff.So this is our third orfourth stop of the day,and we've actually foundsome pretty decent stuff.So we're gonna take thisstuff back to the studio,fire it up, and see, firstof all, if everything works,second of all, if weactually got some good dealsor we got scammed.Only one way to find out.So let's start out with the Dreamcast.Now, the main reason why I wanted thiswas it was actually a good deal.We were able to get thiscomplete in box Dreamcast for $104,but if this thing is invaguely usable condition,we got a good deal becausemost boxed Dreamcasts online,even in like somewhat rough shape,go from between two to $300.Congratulations, cupcake,you hold the future in your hands.Okay, not just the future of gaming,your booty's future.Wait, what?Are I trying to say that my futureis sitting on the couch playing Dreamcast?How's that my booty's future?Also, why would you call my booty?So we've got ourselves acontroller, which, I will say,these Dreamcast controllersdo tend to yellow,but they're always a little like gray.So I don't find it to be that bad.So we've got our controller.Oh, we actually got a second controller.Oh, actually, that's pretty nice'cause the Dreamcast onlycame with one in the box.Okay, so you see this right here?This is the seam.That's what the plastic looks like.All that dark stuff, that'shand goo over the years.We also have web browser 2.0,which is clearly still inthe original shrink wrap.We also got the original phone cable.So, again, this isclearly never put online,and, unfortunately, Idon't think you can puta Dreamcast online anymore.I shouldn't have said that.This probably someone'sfigured it out here.Here's hoping.Ooh.Okay, so $104, again, wegot it for a great deal.I'll go get a TV.I'll be right back.Okay.Let's give it a try, shall we?Well, that answers thatquestion about half a second.Oh, wait.(Dreamcast buzzes)That's not suppose to sound like that.Dreamcasts are actually fairly quiet.So this is a actual workingcopy of Crazy Taxi, I believe.So let's try that and see.Yes, okay. (sighs in relief)- Let's go.- Whee!- Into the cable car up on-- You're not hurt, let's go.- (indistinct) careful!- Look, man.You gotta get there on time, right?Come on.- You got Class D license.- D?- Game over.- Oh, well, it's safe to saythat we got a good deal on this Dreamcast.I'm slightly worried aboutthe noises it's making,about its long-term viability,but getting a boxed Dreamcastin slightly dirty but usable shape,thumbs up, good start.I am hopeful that the rest of our itemsare as good as this. (laughs)There's a couple that are notgoing to be good, I think.Next, we've got ourselvesa Lenovo X1 Carbon.Now, this is, obviously, beenwell-used over the years,and it's a little bit on the older side.So this looks like it camefrom, I believe, 2013.That being said though,the design of this thing,I still, actually, thinkholds up pretty well today.The biggest problem with this guyis that it's got likea, it's not a touch bar,but it's kind of similarbecause I believe this changes,but it's been like, I don'teven know what happenedlike has it been in on the sun?It's burnt out like that.I don't know if itactually is going to work,but it's certainlyseen much better days.One area where laptops have comea tremendous way in the last 10 yearsis audio and, definitely, screens.This looks bad, but I will say,the little touch bar guy is working.Yeah, yeah, so you toggle it.So we have all of the function keys,and I tap it again, andthen I have my volume,my brightness, and everything like that.We do have a Core i5-4300U.So it's Haswell.It's fine.I'd say this is still probably usablefor very light tasks today.Could be worse.Eight gigs of DDR3 RAM, so plenty,and yes it is, in fact, the 128-gig SSD,and we also have AC Wi-Fi.That, actually, kind of surprising.That's actually a reallyhigh-end Wi-Fi chipsetfor back in 2013.The screen is definitely where,if I was buying this laptop today,I would be most disappointed,and keep in mindthat while I was ableto get this for cheap,it's still not like crazy cheap.So this costs me $120.So on the back,you'll see this is the originalWindows 7 license key,but there's also aWindows 10 refurb license,and, you know, I'm actually,and, now, I'm really curious.So, obviously, it's not inlike great cosmetic shape,but I would say it's fine,but let me actually open thisup 'cause if this was refurb,that helps the value.Oh, wow!That's so clean.Wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.That's so clean.So the first thing I see, our SSD.This is the Kingston SSD.Look, it's got a littledate on it of April 2020.So, actually, this has been refurbishedin the last three years.So that's nice.You know, here's an idea.Should we actually try the webcam?Normally, I wouldn't care,but because so much of this stuffis actually like decent enterprise,I would be surprisedif it's actually okay.So this is a look at whatthe webcam looks like.I mean it's actually fine, but, boy,color, it hasn't learned howto deal with the RG and B,it's just kind of gray.Actually fine, might beslightly overstating it,but it's a webcam, whatever.Shoutout to Lenovo, man.10 years ago, this designholds up like really well.Next up, I bought a Nintendo Switch Lite,you know the best version ofthe Switch. (clears throat)So this one was listed at $170.We are able to get it for 135,not an amazing deal,but I would say decent.Now, if you wanna hear me wax poeticallyabout why I still thinkthat the Switch Liteis the best version of the Switch,I've got an entire video,which you can go check out.The short story is, to me,this form factor is absolutely it.What's not it is the quality of this one.This one looks like it'sbeen chewed up a little bit,and, by a little bit, Imean, wow, that's actually...I couldn't tell through the plastic wrap.That's actually not good.The screen is moderately scratched.Definitely no screen protector on there.There's some deep gouges there and there.There's also more broken plastic, too.So where the game card slot is,it's clearly just been like broken off.Oh, wait, there's a game inside.Let's see what game we got.Mario and Sonic at theOlympic Games, okay.We're gonna let this charge for a minute.and see if I can actually fire a game up,make sure that the screenis vaguely functional,but best case scenario is justgot a ton of cosmetic damage.This one feels like slight cheatingbecause I already know these are fake.I got a couple of pairs of headphones.First of all, I've got apair of Beats Studio Buds.These were $45, whichthe real Studio Buds,even on sale, typically, are about 100.Now, these are notadvertised as AirPods Max,but I think if you take alook, you might be able to spotsome similarities to the real thing.I want to try the Studio Buds first.Now, again, I understandthese are not real.I'm not gonna judge themas if they are real,but I think a lot of peoplewould probably see thisand assume that, yeah,those are real Studio Buds.See, we got here.All right, well, that looks legitimate.We've got a few ear tips.A USB-C cable and our Yeats.They sure ain't Beats.So, oh, God, that feels terrible.Yeah, that's not good.The case feels like it costthem like two cents to make.Well, that's great.So I guess I need tocharge these fake Beatsfor them to have any juice whatsoever.No, I can't, the USB doesn't go in.See, it like goes like abouttwo thirds of the way in.(device clicks)(Austin groans)That did not feel good,and the LED is also not on.(subtle upbeat music)Why do I do this to myself?This is, this is...I don't even think theseare gonna work, dude.Are these even real headphones?Maybe there's some circuitryfor real headphones.Best case scenario,they're crappy knockoffsthat have to literally smashinto your ears to do anything,but I cannot get them to take a charge,to pair, to do anything.After that disaster,why don't we take a lookat our AirPods Max or, asthey call it, the Model P9.So for context, this is apair of real AirPods Maxes,which weigh 521 grams.They are big heavy boys.Now, if I take a lookat our entire P9 box,it weighs 293 grams.So I guess, on one hand,you could say that we gota good deal 'cause these only cost $50,unlike the real ones which are 550 bucks,but something tells me that the qualityis not gonna be great.Let's see.Well, okay, at firstglance, they look okay,and, oh, my god, they weigh nothing.Do you hear that quality?So we've even got buttons on the side,a micro USB, an aux, and an SD card slot.They're like warped.Like only one ear, like thisear doesn't go on right.Let's hope that theBluetooth actually works.That will make me feel slightly better.(upbeat music plays)They don't work out ofthe box either, great.Hello, welcome to Austin'swaiting for (beeps)I bought to charge Emporium.They've been plugged infor a little bit now,and I can hold thispower button all I want.(upbeat music continues)Nothing.I think what happened is that these items,both of 'em were probably bought,at like Wish or Temu forlike five, 10 bucks each,and then resold for 50,and I'm the sucker who bought them.(disappointing music)Let's check on our Switch Lite, shall we?Like some of these scratches in the middleare like deep enough thatlike you can see themno matter what you're doing.There's a couple over here as well.A lot of the surface stuffis fine, and, honestly, likethe fact that it's beenbitten up and chewedis not like the end ofthe world, but, wait,the right bumper doesnot work on this at all.Like just straight up, it doesn't click,and there's no input whatsoever from it.I can't believe I'm about to say this.This experience makes me wishI had just shopped on Wish.Lucky for us, we got awhole bunch more itemsthat I'm sure are gonnabe really, really good,and my sanity's gonnacontinue leaking bit by bit.We're just gonna find it.It's just gonna be...(heartbeats)It's just gonna have agreat time, great time.(glass shatters)(beeps)Let's take a lookat this, suspiciously,in hindsight, good dealon an Xbox One X.So we were able to buythis One X for $180,which is actually pretty good,especially considering thata lot of like Xbox One S'sare only like 20, 30 bucks cheaper,and the One X is a way,way more powerful consolefor playing, not only Xbox One games,but, also, this can actuallyrun a lot of Xbox 360 gamesat like 4k and whatnot.So there's actually real advantagesin buying an Xbox One X today.I will say the Xbox isnot cosmetically good,but because it's this matte plastic,even though it's got a bunch of scratches,to me, it's, honestly, not that bad.I'd probably just either notcare 'cause I got it for cheapor just stick like adbrand or something on it.Okay, let's take a look.Let's see what kind ofquality we got here.The sticks are definitelywell used, but feel fine.Triggers are fine.Buttons' all feeling okay.Oh, here we go, my money was worth it.We got ourselves someDuracell Quantum batteries.Boy, that's the good stuff.Those will last you 30to 33 hours on a charge.All right, well, I'mgonna grab a monitor, TVand really hope that this works.Every like on thisvideo is one more prayerfor this Xbox to work.Don't fast forward tosee if it works, okay?You're with me in themoment right now, okay?Leave a like, and, together,we're gonna find outif everything's okay or not'cause it's not okay right now.It's not okay.(suspenseful music)Yes!Yes!After a lengthy update process,we are now up and running.So let me start out withone of the main reasonswhy I think it actually makes senseto get a One X oversomething like Series S,which is installing an Xbox 360 game.This is specifically Skyrim,and the cool thing about Skyrimis that it is one ofthe games that has beenoptimized for Xbox One X.This game isn't playable here.It is playable here.- It is not backwards compatible.- Skyrim doesn't work on Xbox One,are you kidding me?Okay, nevermind then.I guess I'm just wrong, andthat every other Xbox 360 game,I guess, besides Skyrim,works on the Xbox One.While 2K16 is installing,get this back on track.Let's take a look at another item we got,which is the Elite Series 2 controller.So the regular version retailsfor, I believe, 170 or $180,and then if you don't careabout all the extra bits and bobs,you can get the core version,which doesn't have all theextra sticks and whatnot,but, importantly, stillhas everything else,and you can buy thoseseparately for 130 bucks,but this, my friends, this only costs 70,and it comes in the box.I don't wanna use this, this is, oh,a controller that's for Xbox One.I want an elite controller'cause I'm an elite gamer,and I've saved so much money todayby buying stuff from pawn shopsthat I'm gonna treat myself to...Look at that, look that.That's a good controller.I can tell already by the lookof (stutters) the buttons.It's gonna be a good controller.This thing feels like somuch better than this.Obviously, these standard Xboxcontroller is totally fine,but the elite has like this nice heft.The grips are nice.Now, I do know that thisis missing the USB-C cable.So they did mention that,and I don't think it's...Yeah, there's nothing else in the box.I'm gonna sync thisand hope that it works.Okay, we'll plug it in.You know what, I actuallythink it's gonna be betterwhen it's wired 'cause it needs to charge.Boom.Instantly works.Okay, so while a lot of thingsmight not be going our way today,at the very least, we can say thatwe have got ourselves a gooddeal on this controller.Does it actually needa 38-gigabyte update?No, it doesn't.(controlled breathing)(groans)So while I install, it's abeautiful copy, of the game,definitely is gonna work,let's take a look at some more stuff.How about this?You know the kids these days,they're past smartphones.They're past DSLRs.No, no, the cool thingis crappy old digitalcameras from the 2000s.- Good luck.- And boy, oh, boy, haveI got the option for you.This is the Sony Cybershot DSC-W310.This is an older camera,but that's the aestheticthat everyone's after, and importantly,we actually got this for really cheap.This cost, I think, $25.Oh, my God, look at that.Look at that, dude, this was like the eraof like the ultra cheap,kind of crappy cameras.Although, to be fair,that lens is pretty flat.So you actually could like toss itin a pocket pretty easily.We've got the USB cable.We've also got, oh, okay,so it does come with that weirdlike proprietary USB to AV,some paperwork, and that's it.They didn't gimme a battery, did they?Cool, so they justdidn't gimme the batteryor the charger for the battery.- You know, it's okay.I figured somethinglike this would happen.I thought, you know, maybelike a 10-year old batterywas gonna be exploded or something.- Did you get a battery?- So I ordered one ahead of time.- Finally, something went right,and something was prepared correctly.Thank you very much forthis Wasabi battery.Okay, so we're just gonna just take...Why don't we take a selfie?I'll take a selfie.Jesus Christ.I guess the flash is on. (groans)(upbeat music)(shutter clicks)Oh, wait, there's a video mode, I forgot.What does the video mode look like?We're now recording onour $25 digital camerafrom the pawn shop in beautiful,crystal clear VGA 480p.I'm not gonna lie,this actually makes me a little nostalgic.I totally understand whyeveryone's like, you know,taking these things to likeconcerts and to capture memoriesbecause it's like, it's a veryspecific kind of aesthetic.It's not for everyone,but, honestly, I might Instagrama little bit with this.I'm not even gonna lie.I kind of get it, and importantly,even though I didn't come with a batteryor a charger, it works!So while we wait our perennial 20 minutesfor our game to install,next, let's take a look at my Mac Mini.We actually did a pawnshop video two years ago,and the same pawn shop we went to had,I'm pretty sure, this exact Mac Mini.It has been sitting there for a long time,and we were able to liberate itfor the low, low price of $60,and they thanked us for finallytaking it off their hands.I wanna fire this up and make sure,but I believe this is either firstor second generation Mac Mini.It's certainly the olderone where it's aluminum,but it's got like thepolycarbonate on the top,and it's got a wide selection of ports.So we've got ourselvesthe power connector,ethernet, FireWire, DVI,four USB 2.0, I assume,and then audio in and out.So since it's got DVI, I'm gonnause an HDMI to DVI adapter,but these things are like nothing.I heard it fire up, it...Oh!It works!Wait, what's "Excalibur"?Wait, there's an actual disc in here?So we're on 10.5.8,which is regular Leopard,not Snow Leopard,and we've got a two-gigahertz Core 2 Duoand one gigabyte of RAM,and we do have a 120-gigabyte hard drive.Well, I mean it does seem to work.What's "Excalibur"?Should we just find outwhat "Excalibur" is?Wait, am I gonna regret this?This is a bad idea?It remembers where this DVD was...There we go!Okay, wait, so actuallywe got ourself the DVD.Look at that.I don't know how to judge this Mac Mini.It clearly works.I would certainly nuke it and reinstall itand maybe upgrade withlike an SSD or something,but if you want an older version of Mac OSthat's running on a system like this,you can't upgrade this that far'cause I think if this is that Core 2 Duo,you're probably only gonnabe able to upgrade it,(bell dings)Snow Leopard or, I don'tknow exactly how far,but this is probably not gonnabe like massively upgradable.That being said though, 60 bucks,that's, I think, an okay deal.That's an okay deal.Let's just play a game.I'm just ready to play an actual game.Do you see that?That...The game finally is startingafter almost an hour.There's a problem with the connectionto our online services.(crew laughs)Trying to tell me that the 2K16servers don't work anymore?Imagine that.So what have we learned today?What we learned thatwhen you purchase itemsfrom a pawn shop, it'sprobably a good ideato make sure that you'regetting a good deal,not guaranteed, makesure that the items work,it's certainly not guaranteed,and make sure that theyhave a good return policyso that, you know, ifthe thing doesn't work,you can get your moneyback, and boy, oh boy,I wish I could do that right now.