Gooday Gaming Guests - Ground Hog Day Friday 5-29-2025

Episode Date: May 30, 2025

Selling Gaming Parts is Extremely Difficult as I Always Say. Make one wrong mistake and you get a Zoomed in photo on a Neutral Feedback. I give everything I have one each and every order. Sometimes I overlook something of an imperfect on a working item as I am trying to ship it out as quickly as possible. I just cannot be perfect ever time. Buyers with no contact and simple resolve let all be know. I share these bad times more than the good.

Good morning everyone. It is now 640 today, I believe it's the last day of June 530 2025 unless there's maybe maybe 31 day but So June just I mean last day of May. Sorry, so May just flew by lots of rain in May

We're on the track I think to have a little west springs in a while here in Rhode Island no really crazy weather thank goodness again we're one of the safest weather areas in the world I mean in the country actually I think so anyway but once we're on the coast however And I would say how it was there's always however with me We're going into hurricane season So we have not had a direct hurricane hit on the East Coast In New England here in over 20 years, so hopefully it won't be this year, but we're overdue So that would be our bugaboo would be a hurricane of a direct hit

I think hurricane Sandy was the last one. I believe that was really major So we're due so hopefully it's not this year. So hurricane season actually just officially starts. I believe now too as well So it would be scary to see what what mother nature brings for this hurricane season But we'll see what happens Mother Nature brings for this hurricane season but we'll see what happens you never know so let's go on to oh yesterday I worked I did my two box openings one was a good news which was my ps4 1215 a and that all worked out it works just needed an update and the bad news was the second round of the returns which we went through

Not really gonna go on about it anymore. It's pretty much done done deal And then so say I'm gonna tear down that ps4 1215 a and Because it was fully updated works disk drive works so power supply just drive Motherboard I'll get all that out of there. Cleaned up some of the outer shells that were clean. The power button that gets it separate, gotta come off. So we'll do all that today.

That'll be one of my things this morning. And it looks like we're on track maybe for next week to do a yacht sale. So I'll stop preparing for that this week. It's gonna get really hot too. We're gonna be in the 80s. else did I do? Oh somebody asked me about Nintendo Gamecube fans, there's a couple different versions that I found and they are basically the same. There's no difference in They're very quiet air flows about the same

Nothing, I would say one fan is better than the other Kind of like on it's the NID EC fans. They're about the same Nothing, I would say one fan is better than the other kind of like on it's the NIDC fans they're both the same of a different model of it and Unlike the 360 fat where you have that one NIDC fan That is supposed to be quieter in that one and better airflow These are the same kind and they both they will both work about the same and then I had a coin master a whites coin master I had forever and I never I never thought about taking the battery compartment out it got ruined the battery compartment and then just cutting wires of course it all it's all

got listed it got listed and I use a 9-volt hot wire and I see it seems to work just the battery cotton was trash you'd have to replace the clip and the battery compartment we can hot wire like I did one of the other it's a little thing where I can go up to 15 volts so I can do a little electronics bypass the battery and I've done it with oh my Gameboy I got a two Gameboy motherboards that couldn't get to work with the battery they were really corroded the but then if I bypassed it and ended a three volt I think three volts on that yeah and I got it took the motherboard to work so sometimes it's the corroded

pieces that are the issue All right, so let's see what's going on this morning To work on 1215 a today and then we'll see where else we end up Let's see Let's go to Etsy really haven't had much sales. I had one sale. I only get one sale every Sometimes in a week. It's kind of bummer. It's hoping for a little bit more on Etsy Slower than it used to be I used to get a little bit more orders See if I have any recent activity we had perfect exactly described fit great in my system so

that's cool that was some parts for the PS1 so that's pretty cool all right let's look at my RSS feed this morning oh I'm still watching it's my new thing now I watch a movie I sit in my bed and watch a movie. I'm really into Dune Prophecy It's pretty cool. It's a little series. It's completely different than the other Dune, but it's still pretty cool I like it. So I think I'm on episode 3 So that's something I do at night to kind of wind down Plus it's hotter so it gives me time to cool down a little bit for although. It's been cooler at night right now All right, so let's see we had three download just say that's pretty exciting

58 in the last 30 days of just a lot for me 577 all-time real exciting my message in a bottle of the internet ocean Ashburn is always a reliable Manila same Manila awesome another Germany L Elms Elsom Elms. I'm camera. I see that one Thousand Oaks and we had one from Tokyo. I'm not Tokyo. I'm sorry. I was in close Canada Toronto so welcome anybody that comes in new and

returning I Always try to keep it consistent. Let you know what's going on for the day As I prepare my morning here, of course, I did all my buddies earlier. So they're all set out there Now we're on to YouTube's been really crot climbing But and I have been investing really gonna get get hit hard the amount of money I put in To promote this month But it's really helped me out and it was videos. I really wanted to promote anyway, so we're at forty four thousand two hundred and seventy nine subscribers So we've gone up

9541 in the last 28 days so that's pretty awesome. Really on track now and again I promoted stuff big time. But for me the big time means I think the most I would promote was $50 and I just did a $20 promotion, a couple $5. If I don't do any promotions, I could probably get Maybe 10 or 20 views if I promote at least $5 It goes up to a few hundred views and then if I'm into the 20th or to 40 And then it goes up to some thousand of views

So when as described as spot-on is 2.1. I so some exposure. Yes. I've been Organizing my backyard. that was a fun video I showed you what's going on and then my last one was my Nintendo Gamecube fans see that one only had 28 views because they didn't promote it I just can't I'm gonna get wrecked this for the amount of money I spent but I am close to my second $100 payment. So my revenue went up a couple bucks. That's a lot for me. $31.56.

Views went up to 101.4. Watch hours are 720. So pretty exciting stuff. Average duration 45 seconds. That's my bugaboo right there. So commercials never really come on. Therefore I never get any revenue. And most of the streaming I do, like when I watch my movies, I always get the cheapest version with the commercials. So I have to sit and watch commercials, which I don't mind. Just so it just save a little bit But for most people they don't want to watch a video with commercials

So they either just as soon as the commercial commands they just click out of the video And therefore you never really get any revenue. So it's kind of a hard thing. It's really your only shot at revenue For videos for videos So I can't even make I can't even call this a side hustle at all I was hoping to be I thought I'd be by a Survival hustle right now. So I say side hustle. That's something you get on the side with your job and you make extra money a And you make extra money

Survival hustle something that that's all you do like my eBay is my survival hustle. That's all I do to make money And YouTube I was hoping by now would be at least a side hustle But it's not even close to that and then of course is the thrive hustle Which I've never gotten to where you're just making a lot of extra money And maybe you actually have money in the bank, which I don't I pay for like my eBay. I'm living sale eBay Sale by sale just barely making it only because I have a big debt consolidation. I'm chopping away at Two almost three years into it. All right, so let's go to eBay speaking of that a little bit quieter lately let's see a couple things I did promote some stuff I

have sales constantly have sales now 20% off I believe let's see let's take a summary let's take a breath here first. So I have four orders. Very poor condition I guess for the money is fair. So I have another neutral feedback. Let's see what's going on. Very poor condition. X-Box 1.5. Crap.

Oh I must have created the wrong one. Crap. Oh, I must have grabbed the wrong one. Yep, that would have been on me. So, I have a... This one's on me and of course it's with a photo. So... I'll skip now. I must have grabbed the one that I had. Sorry if I made a mistake. Sorry if I made a mistake. I have a few of these. I pulled the one across this is honest I pulled the one on my Xbox 1540 I use all all the time to ship out the your order same day as quickly as possible I

overlooked I overlooked looked the dings on it it is it was fully working as I used it all the time these are these are used items sometimes things things sometimes they are not they are not perfect I would have found a second one I had I had I was never I was never... I was never help if I do not know. Going, waiting seven days to do a neutral, neutral feedback resolves does not resolve this does not resolve anything. It would been a simple swap out. I have a few of these. I have two. I have a few. I think I have a few of these I have to I have to few is I think I have to I have to

To two of these I pull the one on my Xbox you do use I use all the time To ship it out to ship out your order the same day as quickly as possible overlooked The dings on on it it was fully working as used it is really working it was fully working these are used I am sometimes they are not perfect. I would have found a... I would have, would have shipped, would have shipped the second one if I, if I noticed the ding, the dent on this one. I am human. I have two of these. It would have been a simple swap out. Let's see here.

Sorry, sorry. I made a mistake. I was never contacted about any issue. I cannot help if I do not know. Waiting seven days... Waiting seven days to do a neutral does not resolve anything it would have been a simple swap out I have two of these I pull the one on one on the 1540 I use all the time to ship out the order in the same day as possible I overlooked a ding on it it was fully working these sometimes sometimes they are not perfect I would I'm human I make mistakes mistakes I

Which I would have I make mistakes would have shipped another second one The second one I would have shipped a second one. I would have shipped a different one. I would have shipped a different one. Now I'm going to take that out of there. It fully works. I would have shipped a different one instead. Instead. If I had noticed the ding on this one

I can't use why he's wanted this one. I'm human, I make mistakes. I do the best. I can't. It's always one little mistake you make. I was never contacted about It's always one little mistake you make. I was never contacted about a issue. I cannot, if I don't, neutral does not resolve anything. Best I can. I do the best I can.

Okay, I guess we'll just leave it at that then. Alright, let's reread that again. Sorry if I made a mistake, which I am sorry. I was never contacted about an issue. I can do an, I can do an issue. Now I can do it, okay. I always use my 500 words. I cannot help if I do not know. Waiting seven days to do a neutral does not resolve anything.

It would have been a simple swap out. I have two of these I pulled the one on my 1540 which I did it was right near where i'm at So it was easy easy pull and ship made sure the pins were everything around them, but I just didn't notice the ding Um, I used all the time to ship out your order the same day as quickly as possible. I overlooked the dings On it. It was fully working. I would have shipped a different one instead if I had noticed the dent on this one. I am human I make mistakes. I do the best I can That's a weeper. That's what we put there So I

Can't really I think of this actually this buys I think this person's bought a lot of things from me So probably not anymore, but just I just didn't notice it And so that's replied to that bummer and so that's replied to that bummer. Well just like I said you just can't be perfect just make mistakes sometimes I just didn't see it. It was in the height you know normally it's in the haste of trying to get things out okay okay thank you I did find a different model fan though here's a picture seems a different fan no the same that is an ID is n-i-t-e-c label top

just in what does the exact uh this is about the xbox no not xbox we're're on Nintendo GameCube fans I did a little told you I did that video yesterday this was for this buyer here number say it looks like a 01 in a DOL-101 frame. Button frame. Okay, so Sega Saturn, $8.00. I can't do $8.00. Before we do that, let's see.

Pro Series, $10.00. before you let's see I just can't afford to do eight dollars just now where the beginning because it's costing me eight dollars so And it's from Canada so of course they want to do it because it's gonna cost some extra to ship it But I've spent so many extra money on Shipping and even know what I do with that I had that fan that they put in a box somewhere. So, $22.00, $32.55, $20.00. Let's see. Oh, they're partially working.

No, I'm not gonna do that either. I have to find those too. Oh, $32, what's that? $51, is it? No, I'm not gonna do that either. Skip all that. I did find those though. Actually, you know what? I'm going to take that one I think. I will take that one.

I will take that one. I know where those are now. Okay. We'll go with that for now. And then we have a few orders here. Let's see what they are Wow that was quick so I accepted it already put it in there oh yeah 32 and then we had Sega Saturn with the bluish oval buttons. I haven't sold one of those in a while.

That's the yucky gray looking system. I mean the greenish, but you take the purple button set and you put them into a... Purple button set and you put them into all the black cover the United the USA black Sega Saturn and you have purple buttons makes it pretty cool looking I sold a Nintendo Wii U console motherboard which is a project will pull we'll pull another part. Fan sets. Case. Glossy for the Xbox 360. It's the grill set.

I got a bunch of those. I gotta put more of those up. I found more of those. And that is the Glossy. So there's the Glossy and the Matty for the Xbox 360 S1439. It's the side with the grills. And then we sold that. So that's my thing. So a little damage control this morning. But it's my mistake.

Of course it's put in the photo, as clear as you can see. It's in very poor condition I guess, for the money, I guess for that is fair for money. Man, I just didn't see it. I just missed it. And of course people always zoom in on that one thing. They don't look at the whole process of me getting something out to somebody nobody sees that I just didn't see it I missed it but it's like again I take all the punishment so and again it is me I'm doing everything so but I'm really trying I really am Give it everything I have oh That's five. Yeah, just those five Okay See what else we got going on here

But it's just been pretty pretty rough lately Mostly not my issue, but sometimes they are but I'm always gonna reply to any sort of You always get a reply. You got to give your side of story even though you failed all right you still want to give your side of story so that's right tip say I'm really trying but sometimes I just miss something it did work of course it wasn't it was about the dent in it and not the actual not working so what am I gonna do? I'll just take it as dead as I got it. If they would have contacted me and said,

Hey, this guy is denting it, I would have looked, I just found the other one. And I would have said, Oh, no problem. I'll send you the other one out, and then we'll just swap it out, and I'll take the loan back, I'll pay for the shipping, or you can open a return, or whatever. So I would do all that

But if you say no, let's just be angry that it's got a dent on it and then just wait seven days I think you have to wait seven days with me. I'm not sure To do a negative or neutral feedback. So this is the most I've ever had eight neutral and seven negative. Wow That's pretty brutal. But not what I'm gonna do it's not from lack of trying as I always say but you just if you're not perfect and spot-on every single time you get hit with something it's just the way it is it's tough that's why I say selling gaming parts over the years is really hard in my soul because my soul so hard rex if you just miss one thing

uh... it's going to be put as a neutral feedback and it's gonna have a zoomed in photo exactly what you didn't do boy that's rough it's really rough so anyway we'll leave it at that for anyone that's listening have a wonderful afternoon. We're going into the weekend.

Also, this was like a short week and we're into a weekend. So everyone enjoy the weekend and I will talk to you tomorrow. All right. Bye.