Can you Make Money Repairing eBay items?? Part 1 

I’m not sure if you can make money fixing these items, but you can sure make a bunch of internet nerds extremely happy on a beautiful sunny San Francisco Sunday morning ❤. Love the channel Vince 🥰😊

It's channels like this that help keep products out of landfills, and teach people how to save money by fixing things. I support this.

The trick with the bread maker is that it can also be used as a dough maker. When you want super-easy and convenient bread, you can just have the machine do everything. When you want bread that looks nice, you have the machine mix and knead the dough, then transfer it to another pan to rise and bake. If you want it somewhere in between, remove the kneading arm when it's done kneading to get a much smaller hole.

I remember this series when you did the UK vs US challenges. Lovely to see it back Vince.

Henry's are the best, ours is over 12 years old and still works like it was new.

Agreed, sellers have gotten wise and started marking up broken items because they know there are people who will buy to fix. Reselling as repaired is the hard part. The cost to fix, the shipping, and not to mention the cost of your time alone often creates a net negative. Regardless, this was a great video Vince. Well done!

The deflated bread all comes down to the recipe. If it has too much rise for the gluten content, it will pop. Gluten content helps it stay intact (eg. higher proportion of bread flour to whole wheat flour, for example), increased yeast and sugar content gives more rise. Different cycles also do a different amount of kneading, more kneading means more gluten development, which can compensate for lower gluten content in the flour. When using a whole wheat mix the machine probably has a whole wheat setting for that purpose.

Hello from the US Vince. Loving the these eBay return repair videos. I’m always learning from watching you. Always enjoy your videos.

Hi Vince, I agree that it's only worth if you want that item. The bread maker looks pretty bumped up though. The plastic bits are not aligning and the inside container does have a lot of dents. Both fixes were pretty easy so 👍👍👍 from me.

I loved the ebay repair challenge. Have always hoped you and tronics fix would start that up again

Gotta love the easy fixes. Of course, it's only easy if you know what you are doing.

I love how your response to something being knackered is "excellent! brilliant!" 😅

thank you for the great video vince mate😁

I bought about 12 years ago the 2000w Henry hoover which has done sterling service and still going as good as new, its power cord is long enough I can plug it in my hall socket and I can do every room in my flat, Asda's had it on sale for £99 back then and I was fed up with Dyson's dying on me and the continual merry go round of sending stuff back for warranty, the Henry is fully modular and parts readily available to repair every part of the machine quite cheaply. A builder friend has had his Henry since he bought his when they first came out, he calls it Trigger's Broom as he has replaced every part at some point hehe

Great work Vince! Companies should just send you faulty products on purpose just to have to fix them and review said items.😂 Again great job Vince very honest work, keep it up.

Vacuum cleaner - looking at the thickness of the cable and that these devices typically use 1.5 kW+ of power the 13A fuse is the correct rating. Remember the fuse in a British plug is to protect the cable, not the device. The device will have the appropriate rated fuse within.

Great video Vince, keep them coming 😃

Wife: Vince, it sucks. 🙄 Vince: Yes, I know! It's great!! 😊

Love this video. Hopefully you make more of these in the future 👍 😊

Nice fix on these 2 items I knew exactly what was up with that vacuum before you opened it

Words of wisdom and food for the sole. Thank you

I recently scored big on ebay with an ipod classic sold as faulty for £10. A new battery, iflash and back cover and now its like new, huge battery and 256GB sdcard in place of the hard drive.

That's the bottom of the load with the hole. The top is domed. If it is flat or dipped, your mix is either too wet or you opened the top before it finished cooking and it sank, like a cake when you open the oven door to have a look.

Lovely fixes Vince - nice honest faults too!

Well done u do a rally good job on here keep up there good work on here mate

we use one of those hoovers in our office and have done for about 8 months, it gets hammered...with screws and all sorts of things....been great and to be honest its better than any off the bigger brand names we have used and destroyed,,,inc a henry i have to say.

Another great video, Vince, thanks! One thing that surprised me is your wife's comments about Henry Hoover being a good quality product. I always thought they were a bargain bin, joke item. But reading reviews, they are very well regarded!! I'm very tempted by the Amazon one you had as they seem to do a great job.

Nice repairs! I used to have one of those Russell & Hobbs bread baking machines, although it was another brand but it looked exactly the same. The sound of a struggling kneading arm is normal for this machine. Mine broke because of the fluid seal in the bread basket. That fluid seal broke, so water and other fluids got in the machine. Guess where all the electronics are in this machine: in the bottom part. So all the water ruined the electronics and caused a short, so the power went out in the house. Glad that we did not have anything worse than that.

I'm a man, but I still feel comfortable telling y'all that this is the best mothers day present EVER!!!!

Hi , great video, it’s very similar to a Tesco one I bought some time back

you're business explanation at the end put me in the mood for pie

Great Video Vince 👍 Two nice little simple fixes, just a wire off and a circlip. Agree no profit to be made, even if you bought it for yourself you take a chance on it being repairable and being able to get parts. Keep up the great work 👌👌

Try adding some sunflower seeds or similar to the bread and/or sprinkle some on top to add some additional flavor:). You could soak raisins in hot water to make them soft and mix it with the dough. Yum!

I want to buy a My Mate Vince breadmaker with no hole in the loaf! Good fun video

@20:40 Or a drop-down, hinged pivoting head, or lifting bowl with the kneading arm coming from above into a smooth bowl.That means the power unit must be on top as well. And they call it a Cuisinart or KitchenAid Stand Mixer....now if we could just heat it up and make it programmable.

Loved the honesty of the eBay seller hats of to them, enjoyed this part one can’t wait for part 2, thanks Vince 😊

Great video and interesting as always. Thanks

LOL, that thing just EXPLODED by opening it up !

Thanks Vince - 2 x 'things' that didn't end up in land fill for a little effort

"That's not going anywhere!" Dad jokes in a My Mate Vince video!? 😁 Nice job(s)👍

Ooh another unique video

Vince 2023: "There's no animals living in the house apart from me"

12:10 I wouldn't wave it around like that Vince, Someone might get the wrong idea 🤣

Vince, I think a Rolls Royce Spirit of Ecstasy retraction mechanism modification could be employed to instantly remove the paddle from the dough in very short order when it comes to the baking cycle 😉

Hi from new zealand. I wish we could get more faulty products here to fix. People are at either end of the market. They either expect almost new prices when selling faulty goods or they just throw it straight away.

Vince, of course there is no pie, its a bread machine !! lol Nice video, nice to get true simple fixes from eBay.

If you had a false floor in it to hide the kneading arm, you would have to deal with the issue of dough being pulled into the trap door with the kneading arm. I think personally it would have just been easier for them to have a pause in the process just before it starts cooking that allows you to quickly open the lid and remove the arm OR swap to a bowl that sits above the arm, close the lid and press go again.

As soon as I saw the finished loaf "American Pie" springed to mind 🤪

I used to had 2 bread makers and they both sounder exactly like yours and it was never a problem, they both served ver very long time. The top of the loaf actually is the top, the big secret with those machines is to figure the recipe, my father in law used to make amazing bread with such makers very puffy and with amazing top so you have to just play with mixture. I used to make sour bread and huge role playing the quality of the flour. My problem with those machines is that your weight will grow so fast when you figure amazing bread recipe cus it's hard to stop eating such an amazing bread, that is why I gave away all my machines.

To answer your question about how you're supposed to get to the clips at the front of the machine to get it open; the answer is simply that you're not. If you were, they wouldn't put such clips into the design, when the rest of the casing is fixed with screws. This relatively cheap vacuum cleaners are generally let down by the cheap heads, (particularly the elongated brush type ones), that they come with. They are flimsy and prone to break after only a short use. Compared to the ones you get on a Dyson, for example, which is robust and built to be used everyday. Those breadmakers do sound as though they're straining, but that's part of their normal operation. I've had one for years and it's still going strong. The only down-side of these things is the non-stick coating on the kneading blade tends to start breaking off, eventually, and is prone to scratches. Taking it out of the loaf, (once it's cooled), before slicing the bread is essential, as otherwise, you risk scratching the blade when cutting with a bread knife when you get close to the centre of it. It's weird that the kneading blade is in the top of that loaf. All the other ones I've seen are in the bottom. Ideally, it would beep to tell you it's finished the kneading part of the process, so you could remove the dough, then the blade, and place the dough back in, press a button and let it bake it. That way, you would only have a small hole where the spindle the blade fits on, sticking into the loaf and no unsightly kneading blade shaped hole to contend with.

Another great video. Probably the only way to make a little money is to sell locally, where by they pick up the item, and you advertise it free....👍👍

In my opinion, it's better to try and repair " Brand new but not working" than something that is used and been flogged to death. I try and do the same kind of thing in my spare time, sometimes you win, sometimes you end up with a pile of scrap. Nice video.

I had a laptop once with the SATA HDD not connected, worked fine after I plugged it back in.

Glad you only used your hand for the suction !! As for breadmakers, I have a new one, its 9 years old and been out the box maybe once in its life!

Take the kneeding arm out when the kneeding cycle has finished, works for me.

I work on many different items but never buy them. People know I work on things and many provide them from various places including trash dumpsters, yard sale freebies and items unwanted for various reasons. I frequent resale shops as well looking for items over looked as missing parts or something the employees have no idea what it really is and mark it dirt cheap. Not all those donations are repairable but many are simple repairs. I do enjoy your videos and admire your process of discovering the fault and attempt to repair even the worse of the worse.

A better bread maker would have a heating element on the top to prevent the top of the load from caving in. I had similar results until I got one with a top heating element. Its just something you have to live with when buying a cheap bread maker. Don't forget to add in the money you will make selling bread!

lol... the end with the hole IS the bottom!!! 🤣 If you don't want the hole you can get a machine that uses a kneading arm with a pivot and after the kneading cycles it reverses for a couple of turns and the kneading arm folds down and you then end up with an indent in the bottom instead of a hole. To avoid a saggy top (😄) follow a recipe using all the ingredients and not a bread mix... enjoy your bread maker 🍞

160 quid for a Henry wtf lol, nice video as usual Vince 👍🏽

Love the smell of fresh baked bread first thing on a Sunday, goes perfect with a Sunday fry up breakfast….

That was definitely the worst home made loaf I’ve seen!😂

Buying to fix works when you have a store to sell it in - I do repairs for some for the local second hand stores - I can usually make around 80$/Day for the fixes - not every day - keeps me busy as a second income - fix it yourself is the way to - if you have the skills

I used to have a problem with bread in my bread machine (lower price range Tefal) also being deflated after baking was done. I didn't understand why until I read that the reason was bread rising too quickly and then collapsing, and the reason for that is different for bread machines than when making bread by hand. Turned out that for bread machines it's usually because of too much water. So you should try same recipe but less water and see if it's less saggy. For bread without the hole, I've heard there are considerably more expensive bread machines with two kneading arms that separate arms from dough before baking. Though I don't have an example of a model that is like that

My guess for the vacuum cleaner was failed thermal fuse, but of course I was wrong :D Shipping has become very expensive here too, probably because of expensive fuel, because of co2 emissions taxes and all that stuff.

Not sure if it's been said yet, but higher end bread machines, RETRACT the paddle. Higher HIGHER end have long loaf pans, and *2* retracting paddles. :)

Nice to see you using your loaf 😂

Too much yeast in the bread causes the sag. I've been presenting it upside down for years. I thought it was the right way! :)

It’s the filtration that’s sub standard with this type of Vac Vince.

My parents had bought a treadmill that didn't work because it had a loose wire from the factory. Unfortunately we didn't notice there was more than one option to plug it into and we picked wrong one but we still ended up getting free service.

Generally you don't make a profit fixing and selling. If you do it often, you might get a few big profits. As a hobby, you do get an education if your one of the "whats inside" and are driven to troubleshoot a problem. IMO there is a following of some ppl that will buy repaired or used products because they they are aware of the unnecessary over abundance of new items totally not needed. After a fashion the shipping prices are expected. Be aware there are some people that may be dependent on delivered items versus brick and mortar access. If you have the space and time, list the separate parts of the item for spares and repair for other ppl looking for the parts no longer made or available. Items can range from clock parts, appliance, audio equipment and of course video game console parts. Trim ,covers ,cases, switches, knobs, and other parts have been steady sellers for me. Often you can recoup the cost of the broken item, the item you purchase to fix another, by selling it piecemeal, although not a quick turnaround. Even though you don't make a killing, you are helping someone else return a item back to service of that one piece they need.

Love your videos. This one is a rare miss for me. I watch to see you fix things, not hear your eat or comment on the quality of the bread.

"Changed the fuse and it still doesn't work"... On a vacuum cleaner... Makes me appreciate how more forward thinking we are here in Australia where all consumer devices just run off the standard 240V 10A and fuses don't exist in the power cable itself.

That Vacuum is also sold at LIDL. I got one of these. New they cost 60€

22:32 Certainly it's not really about making money - more for a bit of fun like playing bingo, solving a jigsaw puzzle, or learning new skills. Maybe at best a way to save a few quid/dollars for buying an individual item to keep & use for oneself, or a gift for someone - but it's still a lucky dip gamble. eBay sellers tend to mark things up too high - and that's before accounting for eBay's fees, any dodgy tricks on the seller or maker's part, and the challenge of reselling the repaired items for a profit. Louis Rossmann and others have mentioned the folly of trying to make money repairing faulty stuff from eBay.

The Hoover, I keep saying hoover because of you british peoples.. it's shorter than vacum cleanrer😂, was very easy. Nice. And the bread maker needed some more attention. Also a good one. Thank you for the good entertainment.

Use a spudger or prying tool to make the 2 parts come apart. Its common to have clips to hold stuff together.

Great Channel 👍 Greetings from Germany ❤

I had that exact hoover and it had low suction from new, beginning to think it's broken.

Once brought a faulty electric violin in eBay to see how it works inside, found loose power cable hooked it up and worked. So gave it to my locale school

That Amazon Basics vacuum cleaner looks very similar to a Vax one I got as part of a competition prize years ago, except mine has the HEPA filter in the wheel as well. It sucks, but for a vacuum cleaner, that's a good thing.

Awesome!

If you've ever tried kneading bread dough by hand, you'll understand more why it sounds like the machine is struggling... I've done my fair share of repairs to faulty goods in the past, including having a bulk lot of Dyson vacuums (vacuum, not Hoover - Hoover is a brand name) and cannibalising the worst ones for parts to make good machines. I think the oddest one was a tumble dryer that didn't work. When I opened it up, it had a wire chopped in half. I have no idea why - I even checked for recalls and dangerous faults and tested it for ages after I repaired it.

That was awesome! Too bad they’re not all easy fixes like that lol

Two nice presents for the missus 👍👍👍

I used to take the kneading arm off before it raises

I used to work in a long office and it was always dirty in the middle. I was in early one morning when the cleaner came in he vacced from one end, unplugged them vacced from the other. The vac never reached the middle, I asked him and he said the cable got damaged so he cut it down and put the plug back on.

Wow a air fryer bread maker lol

I'm hungry now after watching that!

10:26 My Hoover 5yo+ vaccum also has that type of mechanism.

The sage custom loaf has a drop down mixing arm so the hole is loads smaller

Vince....vac cleaner....extension lead...duh !! 😁😁😁

Nothing beats a Henry hover

best thing is make the dough in the machine and then take it out put in your oven for 20 minutes and it comes out much better.

Keeping the wife happy haha.

vince, loveing these videos , but can do a video on how to connect laptop to tv ?

Is it a Hoover? Or a vacuum cleaner ? Just mentioning as you were critical of this hoover's power cord length and they make a dim view of that

I think the only way to make money by doing this stuff, is if you can find a faulty version of something you actually want or need for yourself or to give as a gift or whatever. If you can fix this stuff yourself you can save a few quid that way and practise your hobby at the same time. So I suppose you're 'saving' money rather than 'making' money

great video vince hows the finger by the way

Honestly you could still sell them somewhere else besides ebay and make a profit. Maybe Facebook or Craigslist (that's where I sell in the states). That way you don't have to pay for shipping or listing fees. I do that all the time.

Vince super serious question, where’d you get your blue jumper from? 😏