64 $, dude I would rather give it to a random on the streets who is rocking something older.

@ShockingPikachu

2 ай бұрын

$62 is an insultingly low price for an s22

@jerrysanchez5453

Ай бұрын

Facts

@lupezo5193

29 күн бұрын

@@ShockingPikachu same vibes as gamestop offering $20 for a switch which is $300 retail lol

@bizybee8192

Күн бұрын

@@lupezo5193 Ya, in todays economy that type of cash gets you no where. 100% donate it to some one, it will make there day.

I bought my Z Fold 3 off ebay in 2022 for under $300 and it is basically in the same condition as the one Austin got. You got robbed, man.

@user-dv4jt9kw2m

2 ай бұрын

Ye same but I got mine for a really low price of 189.99 and it was the last one he defo got robbed

@LubomirGeorgiev

2 ай бұрын

Off a private seller or a company?

@pcorn4581

2 ай бұрын

The thing with paying extra from these services is the benefits like a warranty/returns/etc. But its not really worth it if you know what your buying exactly

@TheSlothNerd64

2 ай бұрын

​@@LubomirGeorgiev mine was from a private seller.

@xXVibrantSnowXx

2 ай бұрын

Technically he didn't get robbed, cuz he is doing this vid by his own will to pay for that Shady website

4:45 Literally a Scam. You can see other people’s experiences with Gazelle and they always say the exact same response. Same excuses on why their offer price dropped and that it’s not “unlocked”. It really seems like a copy paste response to everyone no matter the phones condition.

5 minutes in, the answer is yes, Gazelle are perhaps the worst excuse of "Refurbished Tech" I've seen in a while, charge you a premium for scuffed up devices in a ziplock bag in a cardboard box you could get at Staples for a dollar

@alfredanto05

2 ай бұрын

well well lets not get ahead of ourselves here you can not get any of these phones for one whole dollar anywhere

@xXVibrantSnowXx

2 ай бұрын

There are far worse websites than Gazelle, personally i never had problems with them, got my iphone 11 at great deal, it just depend on you, getting the right thing & deal

@thatsanaurnaur

2 ай бұрын

@@alfredanto05one dollar for the boxes or the ziplock bags. not the phones lmao

@michaeleggers5539

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I’d also check the serial numbers to make sure they are the right phones.

@ynglingen-qd1iw

2 ай бұрын

My drug dealer packs better than this shit. Damn robbers, Avoid that scam.

They undervalue what you sell and overvalue what you purchase. Backmarket and eBay are much better options.

@drueckglueck9918

2 ай бұрын

No. If you put all cost together gazelle is way cheaper.

@compunerd

2 ай бұрын

@@drueckglueck9918 LOL

@ru2225

2 ай бұрын

​@@drueckglueck9918you blind?

@xXVibrantSnowXx

2 ай бұрын

I don't trust Ebay

@Josmersuero

2 ай бұрын

eBay is much better

they scammed you, you should not sell the phone when they quoted less. you should ask for return and check your phone condition when it returns.

@Cool-Spot

2 ай бұрын

I bet this happens a lot. They already have your phone and betting you don't want it back.

@ALI.x

2 ай бұрын

​@@Cool-Spotyep and I wonder if say you send your device in B condition, they say it's worth less with C condition, you accept then they go ahead and sell it as B

@KontrolStyle

2 ай бұрын

Yeah the company is betting on lazy people who don't want to have to send it back for $12 dollars. This company seems awful just like most companies.

@AlanZeino

2 ай бұрын

I don’t know why he didn’t ask for the ‘locked’ phone back if he wasn’t sure, wouldn’t you ask for it back and see if they were lying about it being locked if you were making content on Gazelle’s business practises?

@bh6293

2 ай бұрын

yep! had this happen to me. they said there was "image burns" on the screen. i declined their offer and got it back. and i took it to get checked and the phone repair guys said there is no image burn. So basically gazelle lied to underpay

What you didn’t realize is that the backmarket one is double the storage.

@stormix5755

Ай бұрын

lol, how did austin miss that. Its clearly a scam price from gazelle

Should've gotten the phones back and see if they added extra scratches or swapped the phones from unlocked to locked.

@monkstandinglast

2 ай бұрын

Exactly

@marcusellby

Ай бұрын

I'm sure they didn't do that, too much work. They just lied and bet the person just accepts it

But Austin, that iphone xr from Gazelle was 64gb for more than that 128gb on backmarket.

@spencerbair1137

2 ай бұрын

yup, saw that too, went looking in the comments. Very badly priced phone from gazelle

@Alexander0189

2 ай бұрын

The comment I was looking for 😅

@joelofficial1810

2 ай бұрын

I just bought one for like 160 bucks 128gb battery health 78percentage😀

@dvsur

2 ай бұрын

Gazelle belongs to EcoATM... That's says it all! Everything is scam!

So now, you need to create a new persona and sell these devices back to them, in the "condition" that you purchased. When they inevitably lower their offer due to the devices not matching "your" evaluation, you can then call them out on their bullshit. But as many others have said, I would not have accepted either offer and asked for my devices back.

$50 FOR AN S21 IS CRIMINALLLLLLL

Another video idea is to buy from gazelle and send the items back stating the exact condition you bought them in. See how much they offer and their true thoughts on the condition. That’ll show exactly how scammy they are

Should've sold the phones back to see if they valued them the same

Their trade in values make GameStop look generous. $50 for an S21? Even for a video I would've backed out of that deal.

@wyterabitt2149

2 ай бұрын

What do you expect them to pay? You don't get market price for trade-in. And you can get an s21 for 160-170 easily unlocked. The price difference that they will then sell it for has to cover a lot of things, and cover the risk that they don't sell it at all until it's either worth no more than they paid or even becomes dead stock that will never be bought.

You shoulda emailed them back saying "there are more scratches than anticipated thus I'm requesting a $30 refund or prepaid label back"

@LChineze

2 ай бұрын

gazelle has an easy return policy, so i definitely would return the iPhone XR.

Would never sell phones to places like this or Eco ATM.

@carstuff4u942

2 ай бұрын

Fact, ECO ATM gave me a quote for a Galaxy s22 4mo after that phone came out, and it was 91.00 in excellent condition. Nope.

@YabbaDabba42O

2 ай бұрын

Atleast with eco atm you can choose to get the money right away or get your item back right away. This place just sucks. Overpriced and they want to pay you less.

@gbresaleking

2 ай бұрын

My friend used to sell cardboard iPhones to eco atm that was funny

@Nodeathnolife

2 ай бұрын

My local mall used to had one. One time I checked how much it would take my Honor phone and confused it as a Sony Xperia one and asked $50 for it when I bought it for $200.

@colt5189

2 ай бұрын

I only sell on eBay.

I sold my iPhone 4S to Gazelle back in 2013 and they ended up paying me more than what I was quoted. They were decent back in the day and was paid through PayPal and it was fairly quick.

@LubomirGeorgiev

2 ай бұрын

Yeah. I did a similar thing back in the day. It was still a little less than If I sold it privately but still worth it.

@tobiasbuhl2037

2 ай бұрын

so like a lot of companies started out with decent business practices, but i guess due to profit optimization and shareholder demands succumbed to horribly exploitative business practices.

@Dan-Simms

2 ай бұрын

Start off good to get a better reputation, then nickel and dime everything to heck after a couple years.

@The313dash

Ай бұрын

Yeah when the store was on eBay they were okay but now is a different story.

Trade ins in perfect condition that had incredibly low prices to begin with, just to have them slashed even more on arrival. ZFold 3 with the screen protector removed, the screen itself in bad condition and the hinge sounding like it's been through JerryRig's hands. iPad mini that's 9 years old at the price of a 5 year old model. iPhone XR for 165$, but Backmarket has the same thing for 10$ cheaper, with double the memory AND a whole 1 year warranty. Google Pixel 7a branded "excellent condition" but it was noticeably scratched AND Google themselves sell it for cheaper. No Austin, Gazelle is a proper scam. You should've asked for your trade ins to be returned and checked their condition. It would've been a lot better to see if Gazelle ACTUALLY takes care of your trade ins or if they just give you a terrible price for nothing.

Whoever does the studio design and lighting needs a raise.

@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep

2 ай бұрын

Matt mentioned her name once on This Is but I forgot. She also hunts bigfoot

IS GAZELLE A SCAM? @2:00 yes. thanks. moving on.

@uhm175

2 ай бұрын

Not really a scam

I use to work for Gazelle couple years ago and all i did was grade phones based on how use able it is and heres another thing we were the only warehouse they used but ill say this everything there they overprice it and half of the phones arent always clear but they just send it anyways

I'm glad you make these types of videos. It's interesting to see how secondary sellers operate. Some better than others apparently. Thanks !

5:02 Love that product placement on the phone! Lol

I really thought he was gonna buy a bicycle

@zevab3178

2 ай бұрын

Yeah me too Gazelle is a dutch bicycle factory haha. I was wth does he need a bicycle for.

Thank you for you videos - I struggle daily to find peace at lunch. And this is my only out.

That scrape down the back is not worth $500. What the hell is going on.

You should sell them back to them and when they say that "excellent" pixel is actually good and they reduce your pay, you tell them the story.

Whoever edits the this is and Austin Evans videos must have great fun doing the audio balancing with Austin shouting so much 😂

I remember checking Gazelle out waaaay back when they first launched and thinking that while it was a good idea, their prices were laughable. Seems like that's still the case. I figure they would be more competitive with their prices but...nope.

I love these video's Austin. Making it easier for people to buy their refurbished tech from reviewed places.

Resellers markup stuff 100 to 150% normally

Trade in is the biggest literal scam ever imo. I'd either sell it on FB market place or other 2nd hand site, or just throw the phone away, than letting these scammy sites/vendor getting phones.

I kind of wish you'd asked for the phones back to see if they were the same phones AND if the one was actually not unlocked.

Do marketplace next!

I’ve honestly had good luck with eBay refurbished. I’ve bought several phones from them and they all came with one year warranties. Never had to use them but great to know I’m covered. Would love to see a video of you actually using the included one year warranty from places that offer it.

Grade A in the UK at least is usually defined as mint; no scratches, no scuffs--basically like brand new. Box will/may have been opened, all accessories and whatnot included. It could be something that someone bought and returned within a super short timespan. Amazon's "Used - Like New" might fall under this too. But that Pixel in this video--yeah, no way. That should've been a Grade B...and even I've had Grade B items that have been more so Grade A. Heck, I got a Grade B+ S23 FE recently from eBay, and the box was still sealed.

The Coral joke gave me a good chuckle

Austin, 14:00 the Iphone XR on BM is 128 gb. Yours was 64

Future me, are they a scam?

@Vaxgaming89

2 ай бұрын

Probably

@Nobachu

2 ай бұрын

why dont you watch the video instead of trying to be first to comment

@avengersnewbie2348

2 ай бұрын

​@@Nobachu😮

@Vaxgaming89

2 ай бұрын

@@Nobachu cope

@iliasdouk

2 ай бұрын

@@Nobachu It's not that deep

Regular zoom: Austin, looking good 2x Zoom: boy, you need a shave!

omg finally someone doing an actual review on gazelle, i seen this ad on tiktok and was wondering if it was a scam or not

Radio crackle has become SOMEone’s favorite sound in the studio

14:05 think again. That cheaper price is for twice the storage of what you got.

Here in the UK we have a big issue with these scams where they adjust the price for BS reasons and get away with it because there's nothing illegal about it. The same happened to you.

Joanna makes these videos so much better

Gazelle seems to be a rip off

Gazelle's pricing and trade-in pricing is crazzyyy! For used phones, I prefer to use Swappa, good prices and actual photos of the product. Hopefully Austin can do a video on Swappa sometime.

Yo that sound track around 9:20 ...im not gonna say much but it's used on a lot of ...ahem...xxx video games 😅

Watched until the end, Austin how did you now know if your S21 was unlocked or not

You should do macofalltrades next!!

the iphone XR on back market was also double the storage of that on the gazelle one.

Tip - A good liquid adhesive screen protector will fill in that deep scratch.

I never would've known about gazelle if not for tech tubers like Austin making these type of videos. We didn't need a webstore like that to exist, Ebay does the same. And cheaper.

I like all your videos, keep it up and stay healthy

I work in shipping. It is super easy to prevent stuff from moving around in the box

The moment I saw the Galaxy's ridiculously low trade in value, I got putoff really quick. Not because I'm behaving like the last bastion of Android, but the place that they straight up trashing Android like the whole Apple elitist mentality is a huge red flag for me. iPhones are fine, though.

12:43 with that iPhone XR I think given that scratch anything scratch on the camera bump it was in someone’s pocket with their keys. I don’t know, but that’s my best guess

Austin is the most charismatic youtuber ever. Id gladly listen to him talk about anything

@xXVibrantSnowXx

2 ай бұрын

I personally prefer Ken, but Austin is good

Also you should have seen how my MIG switch came in the mail. 😂😂 the packaging was so bad

I had the same situation with Gazelle where my unlocked phone was flagged, then I ordered an unlocked phone - which was delivered locked.

You've been hittin' the gym. Forearms starting to look swole 💪🏽 keep the good job!

@8tonystark8

2 ай бұрын

Or maybe the wife is on strike

@metaldemonseanknels

2 ай бұрын

He’s actually just been crankin his hog like it’s the day before shipping off to bootcamp

Do a video on Swappa?

While no a scam, they heavily undervalued stuff they buy and overcharge what they sell. Bought a old iPhone 12 from them years ago and it was suppose to be excellent condition but they gave me a good condition phone. They worked with me to swap them out and it went smooth.

Great Video Austin ✌🏻👌🏻👍🏻💜💜💜

15:05 - "the best condition Gazelle has to offer." with wording like that they could sell all their "fair" items as "excellent". which im now realizing is what they probably do

Is austin evans a scam?

Would love to see these traded back in where you select the option for the condition they sold them to you in. Wouldn’t surprise me if they say they are a grade lower.

Companies like gazelle would low ball you then proceed to sell your device that you sold to them for 150% over what they bought it for from you. Went to sell one of my x at a store near where I live and they told me that they’d buy it for 62 bucks where as on their website they sold that shut for like 180 bucks.

I love your slowpoke shirt

Austin my favorite floor youtuber lol

These companies (especially Gazelle) always lie and give you less money. I once tried to sell them a tablet and they came back to tell me that it's mic was broken. It never had a mic. That's how old it was. Even after I sent them the users guide from online to prove it had no mic, they still insisted that the mic (which didn't exist) was broken. I had them return my tablet and I sold it elsewhere. All these companies are a sham.

You know what might be a good idea with some of these sketchier used phone outlets? Buy one of the phones in "excellent" condition then trade it back and see if they ding you when you try to trade it in. Curious if their trade in grading is not the same as their selling grades.

whats crazy at least in canada all samsung phones are unlocked when the plan is over also some don't even need to be paid off a plan

Everyone wants to resell their old tech cause having it being used by a new owner is better than having it end up in a landfill, but the market is so messed up right now that you'll find old tech that should be just a shy of a $200 selling for more and it has no official support for their respective manufacturers so it makes no sense to buy something previously used in that case.

awesome ending!

Austin went from tech youtuber to refurbished youtuber

I sent a MacBook in and got a decent price, but when I tried to sell my Galaxy Note 8, they told me that the display didn't function properly and minor scratches on the body. I asked for a recheck, but they had already shipped it back to me. I was so confused when they told me the screen didn't function properly because I knew they were wrong because that phone was always in a case.

My girlfriend just bought a used Pixel 7 for about the same price. Not 7A, 7. From what we can tell, the phone is in excellent condition. It comes with a 3 month warranty, and we live in a country where the pixel line isn't even sold. That Gazelle 7A was out to effing lunch

I used to sell to Gazelle years ago and they gave me very fair offers. But they started offering less and haven’t used them since.

I have a zfold 5 and love it I started with the zfold 3 and that phone did not disappoint either

@uhm175

2 ай бұрын

It's been the same phone all over the years, the Fold 6 won't be worth it, i'm switching from Samsung to Vivo X Fold 3 pro when it goes globally

that price dropping after the fact is scummy AF, moreso when you'd marked that iPhone as the lowest working condition they even have. They couldn't drop the price unless it was actually broken.

8:54 its really bad where the other place is that I've heard this song in the background from....😅

that iphone price is garbage compared to the backmarket one, since the backmarket one is 128gb compared to only 64gb

For around the price of that iPad mini you could get a Samsung S6 lite when it's on sale AND get a pen included

You could've said, you would turn into a Lion that would rip Gazelle to shreds on the savannah. 🤣🤣

You had to try to sell their stuff back to them to see how they grade it, because that excellent they sent would mark it as good condition 100 percent

"Gazelle: We run away with your $$." 😁

Also, the XR you saw on backmarket was 128 gb...

For a moment I thought Austin was referring to our Dutch bicycle-brand and I was like: "Hold on, WUT" 🤣 Would be a fun item though. Buy something from the American based brand and the foreign similar named brand.

@josianehemia2

2 ай бұрын

Dat dacht ik ook, Austin aan het fietsen? 😁😁

If you purchased your device from att it does not automatically become unlocked even if you purchase it outright or complete your payments on it. You need to get them to unlock it

10:42 Austin…did you just call the home button the “power button”?

The rattling is the cord, come on man.

I'm pretty sure they are scamming you, at least for the trade ins. I'm pretty sure its their MO to scrutinize your trade ins, look for every faults possible (even those that you've already pointed out) and then quote a new, lower amount. Because cancelling/returning the items are a hassle, you are more likely to agree to their new quote. I think if you trade in bunch of stuff under different accounts (different addresses, different method of payments etc) you'll see just how many will have 'issues' that warrant a lower trade value.

I really don't trust these sites - I would be much happier going to a real store where I can see the specific item before paying for it, or have them check my device and tell the price they would give me to sell it to them there and then. Then I can decide immediately instead of sending stuff off and not knowing what was going to happen.

Ey yo Austin! Send me an iPhone, you got a bunch of them

Nope. Selling foldable phones without the factory screen protector is enough of a reason to not purchase anything ever again from said seller.

What is the name if the song used for the iPad mini 4 segment?

I sold them a Pixel 6 that was bought fully unlocked from the Google store with very little cosmetic damage and they said that it was a carrier locked phone with deep scratches. It's a huge scam

Austin ignored that the one in Back Market iphone was the 128GB version and his Gazelle one was the 64 one. So it's still too expensive given the condition of the screen.

They buy your phones for less than a hundred bucks while their pricing is 2x the price of what you sell, truly a BS gazelle...