Is Plug Tech a SCAM? I bought EVERY Mystery Box 

better than throwing it out

​@Cringetopia true but do you really think that people who get a mystery box of only chargers would not throw some of those out?

Imagine getting lightning chargers and not having a single lightning port in your home. You'd just throw them out and you wasted extra gas shipping it

@@Cringetopia e-waste is e-waste, it doesn't matter who it gets pawned off to, its goin' in the trash.

As someone who used to buy, fix, flip devices on eBay, mystery boxes are kind of profiting on a special type of buyer. It's the kind of buyers who like taking risks, or gambling. Except you never actually win as the buyer. You might feel that way at times, but typically every box is balanced in such a way the company comes out on top. No company/seller is going to give anything of value away for less, it's just not how the world works, nor will it probably ever.

i have a feeling they put the watch and airpods in the same box, and the chargers in a separate box, but each was supposed to be in its own box with a charger

It's your fault if you trust a company like this.

​@@ChristopherMaier.I don't think this company is bad tho.

ya! totally NOT OK!

Yeah its the worst

From the poor performance of otherwise seemingly good-quality goods, I'm going to assume that Plug,tech is a British overstock company. 😉

They're not british, and I'm not sure what makes you assume that?@@dieseldragon6756

they sold all the chargers

Yo that got me too 😂

They literally gave him a mountain of them to ...

Its a balancing game for the seller. Lose on a few boxes, make profit on most. Defo basically a legal scam.

@@Olterior I wouldn't even call it a balancing game. They can literally just ship a single box with the nice item to make their listing essentially true and then make the rest the awful item. I feel like they should be required to post odds and keep within a certain range of those odds.

@@parker73724 They don't even need to do that. It's not like anyone is ever going to check or be able to check. They could just ship out all the worst stuff and if you complain they can just say you got unlucky.

To be honest if I did mystery boxes I would put some decent stuff in there just not as great (though staying in equal value)

I think it only really works when it comes to like clothing. For example; I love soccer and a few jersey companies do it. They will let you state your team and a few teams you don't want. From there you pay £30-50 and get a shirt for a team you've never heard of. You know it might be cheaper but the surprise is who you get.

Well it is eco-friendly to buy refurb/second hand but they're just trolling here

​@@theliamcookeI bought refurbished headphones twice one pair sounded like a can The other ones smelled likes they were drowned in cheap gas station perfume and had a short They were neck bands

I haven't seen the "eco-friendly" on used or refurbished from Amazon and the lowest I have seen is "acceptable" now I am curious if different regions have different variations for this option.

Doesn’t mean it doesn’t sound stupid

It's a way to get people to unknowingly buy items in bad condition as not everybody checks to see what the names mean.

If this is what they give an influencer or test buyer I don't even wanna know what they'd give a normal customer💀💀

@@milkshaketm1200 Maybe they don't care or Austin did this and put all of the items in one box for the show.

or order the item in different weeks the result would clearly different , them giving away was like free ads publicity for cheapest price only 1k+ investment, this was not a good example for how scummy mystery boxes are

That's why whenever I order something I make the name on the order " Marques Brownlee", or "Linus Sebastian". Gotta make sure it's the good stuff.

Holy shit that is high IQ! Lmaooo ​@@janegoodall1837

oh you jumped in the hate bandwagon too?

@@cliff9887 There is legitimate reason to hate them bro not just hating to hate.

You grt what u order at least at dkoldies

@@cliff9887and you’re jumping on the glazing bandwagon?

bro ordered mystery boxes so what else do you expect?. Also he got exactly what he wanted with the Macbook. @@thekell

they are done after this video :D

Right😭 stocks prolly plummeting

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@@inyoface5170 the mystery boxes are gone on their site

@@ceddy7972what stock?

Austin did not Pray to the RNGods he might have gotten something good 😂

Back Market is better

I bought an iPad they are a good company

@@ayeejefftv5229 what you have good RNG 👀

@@TechGenshi its not that great

I literally have never saw 1...

ads track u so u see one youll see hella

Apple fanboyism. Thats it.

@@JerameatCwhy spend 120 on used air pods when beats are 80

Studio buds not the other ones

@@Tubeyou2343hhsg Why spend $80 on beats when Jlabs cost $30

​@@Tubeyou2343hhsg or Anker Soundcore or Sony or a half dozen other companies

say something original

what do you mean you pleb @@cliff9887 🤣

@@cliff9887 “Say something original” like that hasn’t been said a million times to.

Idk why didn't look up at battery life Those are probably at 20% lifetime lol lol loo And million cy les on the mac

Box has all that save the planet stuff on it 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂

Womp Womp

s21 FE is crazy cheap and even more renewed in 2024

Typing this on my s20fe. You can take my sd card slot from my cold dead hands.

S21fe is lit

I used my S20FE for not even two years, I don't work in dirty environments and cleaned it every 1-2 weeks and used it in a case. It still got scratches on the back. My Watch 4 has a perfect condition screen, but the rest is kinda scratched and dirty all the time.

@@jakobn2913 Seems like the metal casing is more prone to scratching than the glass. Similar thing that happened to my OnePlus 11. My glass back is in near mint condition( the felt coating in my case seems to help) but the metal bottom is scratched up from debris. No idea on my front screen as I have kept the factory plastic protector on as I got finger nails that are prone to scratching up phone glass quickly.

I had sprint pull this stunt on me. I had free time then as a teenager so I'd go stand outside their post and deter anyone who wanted to look 😂

That’s actually fraud by them hope you did a charge back and filed with your bank

Yeah. I doubt that the chargers were any good. Their cost was probably 50 cents to a dollar per charger from a wholesaler with their logo put on it and with the earpods, they likely got overstock from some retailer.

"If the S21 is SIM unlocked, it'll switch carrier firmwares to match your SIM card." he literally said that he didn't test it cause he didn't have a spare sim card

@@SzymonPmc I'm confirming it

I think that's why my s21 won't update to 14

I think they buy asurion refurbished products. They just take the device out of the original asurion box and Into a plug box cause they are cool and edgy.

wait why does it say the n word???

it is a synonym/alternate version for snicker but not one that people really use and this is why lmao. definitely a real word you can find in the dictionary but yeah... odd choice

At least with ordering used tech on eBay and Amazon, they have buyer protection in case of scams, and they are cheaper in most cases. So plug tech isn’t worth it. They’ve always seemed sketchy with there free iPhone giveaways so I’m kinda glad Austin finally reviewed them.

So at the beginning of march I did in fact receive the device after 4 MONTHS of hounding them. The device was in working order, a little dirty but nothing bad. The company isn’t a scam but I still wouldn’t recommend buying from them. Idk how their customer support can be this way with them being a part of the BBB.

Considering what eBay sellers consider "good", yes this is excellent. Just put a skin on it. You're buying a used device.

Sigh

you can get what they sell for cheaper anyone reading this definitely steer clear

A ton of issues could also be from how they ship things. It's loose in the box so it can easily get damaged in transit.

Apart from the like 1 mystery box, sure, buying the products directly seems like the way to go.

Update on this since I forgot: I got my replacement in another color but everything is working great!

Thank you for the update

This is incorrect. Lipos are safest to ship at a storage charge. The longer a lipo is at zero charge, the worse it is for the long term health of the battery.

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Same.

@@PlugBetterTech💀😭 Yall insanely good at trolling icl

3 phones in 2 years is kinda a bad sign lmao

@@petie027 i didn’t buy them bc they broke after i bought them for separate purposes and they’re all fine rn

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Dang, most people have families and jobs. Can be sitting on RU-vid all day making other people money.

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Dang it’s the company

ITS THEM

this is a review of what is, not what is theoretically possible. They are clearly more about marketing then actually being eco-friendly or they wouldn't be making branded e-waste and wasting ink and packaging materials just to stick their brand on them. They are just another electronics reseller with better branding. They are not doing it for the planet, they are doing it for profit like all the other resellers. Plenty of places to buy the same goods in better condition, for less.

@@AtomicPiston here's what "is" that was radically downplayed in this video: the core business of Plug is to buy used phones from carrier auctions, refurbish them and sell them at very affordable prices. They do very well at this in my experience, and even in Austin's estimation in this video. However, the entire video is spent complaining about extras included in mystery boxes, which nobody who is actually cost-conscious will ever purchase if they're in the market for a cheap refurb phone. They are a solid refurbisher providing solid value and saving thousands of devices a year from landfills, and that should be commended, regardless of their mystery box offerings.