Is Shein a SCAM?

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In this video, I dive into the unexpected world of tech products available on SHEIN, testing everything from knockoff gaming consoles to bizarre phone cases. Along the way, I encounter some truly head-scratching items, like "AirPods" with a screen and a game console power bank combo. While most products fell short of expectations, there were a few surprising finds that might just be worth your time.
Chapter Titles:
0:00 Ordering
2:32 Shein Fit
3:49 Mega AirPods
5:54 iPhone Flip Case
7:20 Game Box Emulator
9:19 Blackview "iPhone"
11:15 Clear Radio + Headphones
13:16 Inflatable Chair
14:29 Emulator Battery Bank
16:16 Ambernic RG35XX H
19:31 Switch Phone Controller
21:25 "Real" Switch Game

[@zest761]

"it's from Shein, so it's gonna be high quality!" A sentence that has never been uttered before from anyone, ever.

[@metalbob123]

You know what else hasn't been uttered by anyone else before?

[@keystomylife]

@@metalbob123 my mom?

[@icravedeath.1200]

Shein is a great place to work​@@metalbob123

[@metalbob123]

@@keystomylife I'm pretty sure "my mom" has been uttered by someone before

[@jeevannair393]

​@@metalbob123 well you sure didn't get the joke

[@tristanhurlebaus3109]

The way Austin says shien

[@sigmawarlord]

She En

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

It's "Shein" actually, not Shien.

[@ChaseSchleich]

OK good, I'm not crazy then lol. I've always heard it and said it was Sheen.

[@rafd97]

@@ChaseSchleich it's even said Shéin but never have I heard She En lol Also who tests headphone quality through a usb c dongle? Austin is gonna hate me.

[@punkdigerati]

From Shein's Twitter: "It's pronounced “SHE-IN”, not SHINE or SHEEN."

[@stevegonzales527]

7:11 looks like Austin got the off brand Chuck E. Cheese shoes 😂

[@TriPBOOMER]

Got Austin looking like a Subway Surfer Character lol

[@lucasrem]

is he still on Macbook Air M1, Why the Office MS Win sticker ???? Daddy, NOT, cool !

[@TriPBOOMER]

@lucasrem Please we all know Austin is on MS payroll. He is the only person on the Internet that thinks MS's "Recall" is a "wanted feature", where as everyone else is wishing MS would accept no-one wants it and just give up on it, the people saw their "SPYWARE" for what it was.... Like anyone wants the least trusted, info farming corporation on the planet taking screenshots every 3 seconds, bank details, site log-in's, passwords, messages, emails, EVERYTHING! nicely bundled together and auto sent to THEM... I mean "YOUR ONE DRIVE" without asking you, which they store for you on "THEIR SERVERS" But obviously MS never being nefarious with peoples data, they obviously wouldn't Look, No!? 👀👀😏🤔🤣🤣🤣

[@corgistaniel1150]

Austin, with all due respect, under no circumstance will 6 dollar no-name IEMs off Shein sound better with a more powerful amplifier. They just don't sound very good

[@Oystein87]

JBL sells ear plugs with screen on the charging case. Don't even think they where the first. Nothing new.

[@Hxrshmello]

They’re the reason for the Apple rumors

[@Oystein87]

@@Hxrshmello No

[@corksfinestfinds3912]

Yeah it's a bit silly to say they're being made because of Apple rumours.

[@Oystein87]

@@corksfinestfinds3912 Exactly

[@aidanhelfrich4887]

It’s actually UBL but most people make that mistake

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

My sister has bought 14 outfits from there, she has returned 14 of them. They hired their quality control from the same people who gave us the Red Ring of Death.

[@ToneyDouglas23]

Shein actually has great clothes, Austin just has no drip 🤣

[@CheesePeesha]

Austin is the KING of ugly shirts hahaha and he has the nerve to say "Oh Gawd, these are all ugly" lol love ya my dude!

[@PKSandman]

You got hosed with that Anbernic. The RG35XX H can be had from Anbernic's own website for $68.

[@durrell246]

Yeah. The mobile controller is like 8 bucks on AliExpress as well (and actually work)

[@wyterabitt2149]

$98 canadian dollars is about $70 US. That seems about right.

[@Ducklordess]

cheaper if you get it from AliExpress :)

[@karenbetanerd4396]

i nabbed mine from tiktok for like $28

[@aydenpb]

14:19 "30 minutes of aggressive blowings" 💀

[@AzzaPizzaBear]

I laughed way too much at this video 😂 me and my partner always love watching Austin Evans videos ❤

[@kaidoshun143]

Are you a bot? You joined KZbin the same day of writing this comment

[@mharris1957]

Once again, Apple is late to the party, JBL Tour Pro 2 already has a screen in the case. Something that's been on the market for over a year.

[@CarlazorTheFourth]

Was gonna say that's they are just jbl tour pro 2 knockoffs

[@runed0s86]

Apple is a novelty device manufacturer. They steal ideas and make them thin and cheap, while charging a %500 markup.

[@gabrieltalaricomusic]

12:40 love how he got the cheap knockoff version of the cheap audiophile in ears 😂

[@princemidus8211]

love this, I always wonder what those knock off electronics are and if they even work.

[@psychorabbitt]

There's no way Austin isn't saying Shein weird to piss everyone off.

[@peacefulpunch3820]

I love watching your videos on 1.5x speed, makes them more satisfying

[@greenhulklantern1]

Austin using that phone case and those shoes make him look like a cartoon character lol

[@enrique55276]

Happy Birthday Austin!

[@ennevtrebor]

gotta love the the "it's my Firetrucking Birthday" hat!

[@KWILKSP]

Austin really got the full “obvious undercover cop” starter guide 💀

[@JabariMore]

3:44 Thank you, it actually is my birthday today😂

[@DylanPorto45]

Austin the type of guy to pronounce “Sean” “seen”

[@MudSluggerBP]

Or Lara as Laura 😂😂

[@MajoraEXP]

To be fair in normal English pronunciation, that is correct. It's like blue jeans, just swap the j for an s and remove the plural s. It's not how you say it but by standard grammatical rules it's right. That's why AI pronounces alot of things weird. Edit: it is actually right, here is what claude 3.5 says: The brand name "Shein" is typically pronounced as "SHEE-in" or "SHE-in." Here's a breakdown of the pronunciation: The first syllable "She" is pronounced like the English pronoun "she" The second syllable "in" is pronounced like the English word "in" So when put together, it sounds like "SHEE-in" with the emphasis usually on the first syllable. It's worth noting that this pronunciation has become widely accepted, especially in English-speaking countries. However, as it's a Chinese company, the original Chinese pronunciation may differ slightly. Some people also pronounce it as "SHANE," similar to the name Sean, but this is less common and generally considered incorrect"

[@wyterabitt2149]

​@@MajoraEXPPlenty of these rules in English arent rules at all, including for "ean". Best you can normally say is that a lot work that way, but there's words that don't for ean that aren't obscure in English. For some of the rules people go on about, there's literally more words that break the rule that follow it even though that "rule" is well known.

[@MajoraEXP]

@@wyterabitt2149 The problem is English inherits their words from many languages with different rules. In this case though, he's not wrong.

[@kribble]

The funny part is that he's pronouncing the company name correct (as confirmed by Shein) and everyone else is making fun of it

[@allenorozcolopez3689]

Ain’t no way Austin’s shopping at SHEIN now lol

[@gamingclipz7309]

Why not?? It’s good so we don’t have too

[@ShatteredNightz]

He looks like logic in that one outfit😂

[@DiabolikalRA]

Fashionable boy looks like he's about to start his pokemon journey

[@ninthcircle]

unironically the shein fit was better than the first two fits u had on in the video

[@rollingtroll]

You know what, i like that idea. A case with headphones in it, and the case takes a micro sd card for music. If the case also had an audio input so it could transmit bluetooth to the headphones, this would actually be quite useful :D.

[@DaRksSaSsIN-vo6df]

Austin looking like logic more and more each day

[@BensonBoy2019]

I've been trying to think of who he reminded me of 🤣🤣

[@alexenochss]

yo you got a bad one but those bluetooth controllers for your phone are legitimately awesome for the price ive found them for as cheap as 10 bucks on aliexpress in the past and they actually work amazingly with games that support controller/emulators and can also function as a xinput controller if you hold a certain button combo down when turning them on {which is the mode i use for android}

[@Scooteroll3k]

7:12 Austin over here looking like the grown-up version of that Blippi dude

[@ethanelia3134]

ok but those shoes are lowkey hard😂

[@thesilentgametestr]

Sounds like it's just one group of people with an enterprise and these type of online shops are branched off it given they are almost the same just a different style, pricing/offers and name.

[@drewsgameing9873]

Omg him pronouceing shein as shen and she-in hurts my soul

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

It's quite a werid pronounciation for Sh-it, sure, but why not?

[@joshadams2812]

Kinda like how your spelling pronouncing with an e hurts mine?

[@heatherrehr]

It is pronounced She-In according to the company. The original name used to be SheInside and was shortened to Shein.

[@captain8960]

Sensitive kids theses days

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@heatherrehr I guess they shortened the name when they realized that they couldn't sell female uigur slaves online...

[@lilcanvas7057]

3:50 OMG IT'S LITERALLY MY BIRTHDAY, I'M LAUGHING SO HARD THANKS (unintentional) AUSTIN!

[@chookie9789]

Austin the Shein version of Logic 😂😅

[@heavenlyshadow25]

Not me opening this video and and the first ad was a SHEIN one. 😂

[@naddydatty]

Cheap Chinese manufactured IEMs have carved out a special place in the market lovingly referred to as Chi-fi. Coupled with a cheaper DAC (such as the ifi Go-Link) you can get tremendous sound for less than $100. I have a bit of an addiction and every time I see a new model of KZ or a brand I’ve never heard of, I pick them up as a little treat.

[@LiloBecks]

Great Video Austin ☂️🐍✌🏻

[@cam4894]

Have you guys done Big Lots tech? I feel like you did a gaming set up... I went the other day for corn on the cobb flavored chips, but saw some banging speakers and an old fashioned rotary phone bluetooth receiver.

[@anthwainejr]

Bro killed the whole vid in the first second

[@chookie9789]

Austin looked like Logic that you bought from Shein 😂😂😂

[@Purloin]

I'm just amused about the puffer shoes because I could've sworn they were also sold back in the 90s too.

[@prod.byjoker3778]

regarding the controller Austin is using at 20:59, he probably has it in the wrong mode and he'd need to switch it to either x-input or d-input mode. Theres a whole reddit thread about it and its a fairly decent controller attachment for cellphones. Downsides, if you need to charge you phone, or use wired earphones/iems/headphones, you cant really access those ports. Can use it on a computer as it uses a bluetooth connection. The mode the controller is in does mess with what the buttons do, leaving it in android mode has it behave like its interacting with the android functionality, which is why pressing 'B' would pause the game (it thinks it's the back button)

[@NOTLeavingLV]

We had a return we had to make. They let you return it to any forever 21 retail store and give you a refund same day they receive it.

[@MudSluggerBP]

Austin’s Word of the week- Ottoman 😂

[@unitedhybrid187]

Is Austin Evans a scam? I'll give you a hint. Yes.

[@MariAri_Loved]

Very tech KZbinr love it

[@Perry24680]

Yo Austin? That case screen thing been a thing before the rumor of Apple even started. 😅

[@LiloBecks]

I Love Austin Evans Videos 💙

[@Joshua-fz5zx]

SHE-IN? not SHEEN? I never realized it was an Asian based site. Granted, i only ever saw it in word form on women's instagrams. That makes a lot sense in retrospect.

[@TheCraftySmith89]

"That didn't take 30 minutes of aggressive blowing" THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

[@johndaniels404]

I have the exact same Abernic system. I got it on sale for $40 from Aliexpress. I love it. It fits in my pocket as a great time waster and if it gets lost at some point it isn't like losing a Switch. Finally getting around to playing through Xenogears and Lunar again!

[@danmar007]

What happened to your Fisker? Did you get it? Is what you buy at Shein called sheinola?

[@dynamotightstar3472]

Well, we've found where Ken gets his clothes.

[@BeaseyJ]

at 3:13 the Logic Collab is dope. His shoes a little goofy though

[@akshatkhanna.8592]

He actually got COVID 19 for licking that Nintendo chip🤣

[@saxonjf]

I've seen that inflatable chair combo at Aldi.

[@VRavTech]

286 seconds in 2 views, Austin went sideways

[@MontagnaD]

I have that BSP-D3 controller in the black color and it's actually pretty usable, used to play some non competitive games from gamepass

[@dont2care8channel]

3:50 JBL already has this! I own the "JBL Tour Pro 2" the case with a screen is nice for changing settings for devices that don't support the app. Ex: computer or game consoles.

[@stevetheweeb]

ive honestly bought clothing from shien and 2 electrics shavers a trimmer and a body hair trimmer and the quality has been pretty good for me. not sure about tech though

[@SampaioLipe_]

I paid 40 dollars for that same anbernic on AliExpress

[@JMilMovies]

"when you start LOOKING at it a little more closely, you realize just how cheap it FEELS" ...

[@ctudirector]

If they do put a screen on the front of the new AirPods, it would be interesting to see them just tie it into being just an iPod.

[@did4h2k]

since the gerald undone studiotour i cant unsee vertically-challenged austin... 09:17 doesnt help this either ;)

[@JivySpruiz]

As someone who works for Red Bull, glad to see Austin drinking the new watermelon sugar free

[@glenmckinney4178]

Austin describes the clothes as “real cringe” while wearing a slowpoke button down

[@user-zz3es9fm4v]

How has austin never beat world 1-2 in Mario? Nahh man

[@DionGonzalez22]

I got the 35XXH on an AliExpress sale for about 45$ free shipping and in about 5 days. Compared to that power bank monstrosity I think it's a hell of a deal.

[@stevestevenson9525]

ITS PRONOUNCED SHEEN OH MY GOODNESS

[@linuxstreamer8910]

ghost of sparta is a known stress test game

[@TranscribeYT]

"Tinnitus is for old people" Dawg I got tinnitus at 14

[@jasonshapiro6420]

Famiclone on a battery bank is actually kinda cool. Play old games while charging your stuff

[@HelloByeLetsNot]

Sometimes austin just says things, and he's wrong.

[@OutsideDuhBox]

Last I remember this store...it was when I would go to the mall as a kid and it was a clothing store I thought?😅

[@danielw5610]

Gotta say you kinda look better with the SHEIN clothes than your regular get up

[@Cafeinrush]

The anbernic seems like a solid emulation option :O

[@LiveAerosmith]

JBL has a model exactly like the one in the video with the screen and everything and it has incredible sound.

[@CarbonatedTurtle]

20:38 And now the only problem is that giant seam in the middle of the screen because for some reason people are actually buying ridiculous folding phones. You can get phones with screens this big that don't have a seam, and they fit better in your pocket than a phone that's folded in half and ends up being too bulky.

[@kimeraevent]

I don't think I have ever seen Austin in baggy pants.

[@freshvintage]

I think the "Shein" is starting to wear off of these scam videos 😅

[@anmolkale16]

JBL and Motorola both already have a new TWS with a screen on the case.

[@Rockmirth]

Fair review but that gamepad (the BSP d3) is like the best thing i use with my phone right now!

[@JimParshall]

I use your channels videos to help me learn Spanish. The auto translation into Spanish is actually pretty humorous sometimes but amazingly pretty good.

[@aliefmalikwayne]

Austin looks like Logic with that hat on lol

[@Leggybee]

1:28 Austin forgot about the JBL tour pro 2s with the screen.

[@kelownatechkid]

That switch game test doesn't reveal it's fake. Part of the problem is the only way to know it's fake is if someone else confirms they have the same ID on the cart which you can only do with hacked switches. Or if you are online with a fake cart at the same time as another fake cart, it's possible (but I don't think confirmed) that nintendo can ban you

[@verosive.]

bro put on the full fit and became Logic lmao

[@astralazzy]

Actually that constant pausing and unpausing in Sonic 2 is a bug in the game itself and isn't the controllers fault. Happens with pretty much every controller that works on Android too.

[@lordquenntillieusiii9250]

Don't but that Anbernic on Shein it is $55 normally on AliExpress and goes on sale pretty often

[@Dumplingu]

2 views in 10 seconds, Austin blew up

[@supperminepop]

3 views and 10 comments in one minute Austin exploded

[@kareem4kt435]

lol huh

[@elsintripas]

1,110 in 4 minutes and 52 comments is insane

[@mucormycetes]

2,000 views in 9 mins and 56 comments is crazyyyyy bro fuckin viral

[@jose00033]

Literally the worst comment trend ever.

[@belair9]

Didn’t knew logic makes home videos

[@jamesburke2759]

If i traveled back in time 20 yers, those wireless earbuds with the mp3 player would be the almanac.

[@chanchan05]

The JBL Tour Pro already has a screen on the case. People are thinking Apple will do the same. Not that unlikely though. Also the switch controller is a BSP-D3. It's one of the better ones at that price point. It works better if you connect it to your phone in XBox mode.

[@BlackCountryVlogger]

Why when Austin filmed with the phone was the whole background shaking about? 😳

[@thekentmk]

My fiance bought my first G502 wired mouse in Shien, still working.

[@DctrGizmo]

I’m so curious to see what the hat says because they had to censor it 🤣

[@maccagamingx]

Fam its shiennnnnnnnnnn hes got to be trolling 😭💀

[@domynicpagnotti3985]

Bro talking about cringe but has whole ass button down slowpoke shirt 😂