I Tried Flipping a PC Online... Here's What Happened

[@ElijahsLab]

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[@dennissmith1435]

Recommendation: Buy a printer and print your own labels. The USPS can't ben completely trusted. I would never send them the label and have them print it. However, glad you thought to just send the original label to the guy and have him drop it off at his PO. That was the easiest thing to do.

[@ElijahsLab]

Yeah I’ll order a printer 🫡 been needing one this was a sign

[@isaiahs_abyss3627]

Lol. I am the purchaser of this computer, great to see this video.

[@jacobmireles9354]

And I’m Jake who got the PC hahaha glad you got your PC bro!

[@ElijahsLab]

@@jacobmireles9354that’s awesome haha

[@isaiahs_abyss3627]

@@jacobmireles9354thanks!

[@TheEnderCyclops]

Lol

[@arjayabad1337]

There's less hate comments about your videos because of the transparency, the details, and viewer's don't get bored easily with your vids. Keep up, bro!

[@Jaimelejambon]

Really nice to see exactly what to do after bulding a pc to sell it, it was really difficult to know what to do, i learned it the hard way. Hope it helps people

[@dennissmith1435]

I've sold on JAWA a good bit. The ♥ means "likes" and the Watching 👀 means JAWAs have it in their cart. Doesn't mean they will buy it, but it's in their cart. The expiration after a month is no bitg issue. They just did that to get rid of stale listings that may have been forgotten about, maybe sold on other platforms and not removed and that sort of thing. It just goes "unpublished", so it's no long in the listings, BUT the add is stilll there and can be refreshed so that it's is in the listing again without having to recreate the listing. It's no big deal.

[@ElijahsLab]

Thanks for the Input about what the hearts and eyes mean

[@TheGameBench]

With Fortnite, or any game on Epic, you can just rename the Folder to Fortnite1, then start the install. Once you get to 1%, pause, then cancel the install. Go back and rename that folder to Fortnite and merge the two folders. Then restart the install, it will verify, but 99.999999% of the time, it still downloads a lot of stuff when I have to do this, at least on Fortnite... it's much better about other games that aren't updated as frequently. If you're doing this multiple times a week, might be better. I really do wish that Epic's launcher was more developed. I've been complaining about the lack of being able to locate existing installs for years. And man... I've had USPS screw crap up, but never this bad. Good thing the dude was honest.

[@deabela]

i always do this it works every time

[@TheGameBench]

@@deabela I think the issue I run into is that it can be months between when I might have to do this and there have been so many updates and changes that it has to download enough info that I might as well just have re-installed.

[@ElijahsLab]

Yeah big shout out to jake, so crazy to me that a random person received the pc and then found me online. I love honest people 🙏🏻

[@MrNota500]

Shout out to Jake for being a real one.

[@dgorry]

You can start a Fortnite install. At 3 or 4 %, pause it. Then copy the files from another hard drive into the folders it created. Resume download. It will install / verify the files. It will save downloading 74gb or so. That is the quickest way I have found to install Fortnite. Love the videos.

[@ElijahsLab]

Thanks for the tip my man!

[@ClockWheel]

Get a dedicated ssd with all of your games on it and use it just to benchmark it. When you are using a new computer just use ddu to uninstall drivers from the old gpu.

[@charliesretrocomputing]

External SSD is a good idea, I never thought of that and I spend hours waiting for games to download every time i build a computer 😂

[@mr.arocenastech]

To save yourself time on reinstalling everything use another drive that already has everything installed on it. I have a 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD that has Windows 10 and all the games I test already installed on it. All I have to do is run DDU to uninstall video drivers if I have to switch from AMD to NVIDIA (or vice versa). So I can start testing pretty much right after I put together the PC. Got that tip from another PC flipper and it saves so much time!

[@Ramble1234]

Good idea!

[@miladk.2064]

If you ever ship with UPS (not USPS) always keep the drop-off slip when you drop it off or have the driver pick it up from you and ask them to scan it. Alot of drivers will not do a pickup scan because they are lazy and try to save time, resulting in the tracking just showing “label created” with no update for up to a week after you shipped it.

[@Mike21Daisu]

I'm really happy that everything turned out well in the end. What you experienced is the sole reason why I dont ship anything, never done it, nevet will. I'd rather deliver it myself. Hope ur future sales will be less stressful.

[@georgewhite6270]

Since you build a lot of PC's I would sugest Bying Windows Enterprise Subscription then you have both windows 10 and 11 on 1 Thumb drive to do as many installs as you want it saves time and its cost less also.

[@stardazed3706]

Damn!! That’s crazy. There are still great people out there!! Another great video! W

[@robomania944]

4:43 ... My man literally struggling to open a fricking NVME ssd box!! 😂

[@ElijahsLab]

Almost had to take it outside and tech it a lesson

[@AVworld.]

5:52 what software do you use to link cpu fan to case fans ?

[@RobertFixit]

Labels can fall off for various reasons. Especially if the box is old/used. For extra safety you can write the to and from address on the box. But I agree, if you want to do legitimate business, you need a printer.

[@BillHutchison77]

I'm having similar issues selling computers this year here in Australia. Things are so slow ...

[@hillgamingofficial]

New capture card looks much smoother

[@6laka.]

just to add that last time i checked its free to upgrade windows 10 to windows 11 so you can activate ur key on windows 10 then upgrade to save a couple bucks

[@xxspawnxx]

online selling is the worst Imo, for pcs that is . shipping for me has been a disaster , around 60 percent of the time i would get a damaged case or broken item from customers photos and vids. i stopped selling online and shipping a couple years ago and am glad to have stopped, now I sell locally and deliver systems in person . i tried many different carriers , but it never helped . i would do fragile stickers, wrap gpu separate and cover pc in original box with extra cover and even would say please handle with care in red printed note on the outer boxes. no matter what i did or how much protection I put around them I had issues with the shipper.

[@bamboobelly4052]

Love the Pro Tip about the external SSD, Big BRAIN

[@voteDC]

I have cable extensions in my PC. I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that I threw away the combs because I thought they were just clips to keep things straight in shipping.

[@goose9137]

Couldn’t you put the games in an external ssd and just plug them into the new pc builds to test games?

[@bobrat8966]

i sold atleast 12 pc on ebay and idk why buts so fun to pack and ship a pc

[@someguywithmtndew5691]

instapack is fun

[@Kalebdanikow]

how often do you get bad parts. Ive got a bad motherboard im getting returned through ebay

[@CasualTechReview]

Great video, I just recently did one going over my process as well!

[@andresyepes367]

It was very informative and overall a great watch

[@rathstar]

I'm one of those people installing games on each PC I sell :( although after synthetic benchmarks I install the games overnight. I was thinking of putting both the launcher as well as the games on the separate ssd, wouldn't that resolve your issue with Fortnite ? I was going to have the ssd installed in the PC and then remove it afterwards because I was concerned that the usb connection bandwidth would effect the gaming performance. Have you had any issues with the games running off the ssd attached to the usb port ?

[@BlanksFN]

Been here since the beginning

[@FluidEditsFr]

your lucky people know you think about how much this happens to people and they loose there pc and money

[@bot2k6]

That win11 tip is very useful, thanks for telling!

[@nowheelieMTB]

Nice video Which camera do you use for the photos?

[@ikram2512]

Jack is goated

[@Mr_Eriksen]

Nice vid elijah your an inspiration

[@timestampterrysassistant7638]

Jawa market is something else 😂

[@carsonjewett2296]

“only 4 views in a minute your cooked”😭😭

[@ElijahsLab]

🤓

[@sniper...7696]

Are you thinking of continuing short form content?

[@ElijahsLab]

Yes, just starting that back up in June, have a lot on my plate atm

[@sniper...7696]

@@ElijahsLab yeah no pressure, I bet it’s a ton of work going full time as a content creator

[@ElijahsLab]

@@sniper...7696 did you like the short form content?

[@sniper...7696]

@@ElijahsLab yeah it was fire

[@boatridecharm]

You can get external enclosures for NVME SSDs just fyi.

[@blobfishhey2498]

I’m still trying to sell a gtx 1080 build all white pc, the market has been really slow for me any tips ?

[@jujuthethird4602]

Id recommend putting it on every app or website you can sell it on so you have a better chance for someone to buy it

[@RobertFixit]

If you have a lesser card, list it with that to lower the price point. Then, you can always upsell the 1080. Many of my customers are first time users or kids that just want to play minecraft. So, 1080 might be out of their budget. If the build can be adjustable to the customer, you reach a wider audience.

[@blobfishhey2498]

@@RobertFixit thx man sounds like a good idea.

[@REVERSEFLASH19901]

Let’s gooo new video!

[@scy4205]

I really love your videos and this series as a whole, its just so entertaining. But i do have 1 problem and that is your gameplay is capped at 30fps and looks really choppy

[@michaeljacobs3034]

Let's see that printer bro!

[@karmang23]

was it channel member only?

[@snoww6843]

the mistake from usps is craaaaazy

[@MMillerPCs]

Cable extension combs do take forever lol Also I always install windows 10 pro and upgrade to windows 11 so I can save money lol

[@ElijahsLab]

I use windows 10 home, I should probably spend the few extra bucks and do windows 10 pro 💀

[@MMillerPCs]

@@ElijahsLab I really don’t know if there is much of a difference 🤷🏼‍♂️ it just sounds cooler

[@3Dvhperx]

btw direct x12 on fortnite instead of performance mode gives better fps on most computers

[@__mrmo7rtf__485]

Oh boy here we go again You really jinxed it by uploading the last scam video 😂

[@joshthebutchergibson3218]

Bro you gotta get a printer lol

[@ElijahsLab]

Fr 😂

[@drios007]

Do a Linux Build.

[@Taz_that_guy]

Why Linux is shite

[@JokaGaming2K10]

Why not fly to Japan and hunt for some local deals, Tech Yes City did a video about it and he found great deals.

[@someguywithmtndew5691]

more expensive to book a flight and hotel in japan 💀💀💀

[@ominae1]

LOL that's because he is living there.

[@Ramble1234]

Ah yes, let me fly to Japan, get new parts and fly back just to build a PC! What a phenomenal idea!

[@haidersart2126]

idk why you use windows 10 i think if you use windows 11 you are going to sell more pcs. That's my opinion

[@mecyanned]

Use heroic launcher to import fortnite

[@ianhawkins4855]

maybe get a printer? wont be a problem then

[@Garlic762]

W

[@chenowethfamily6529]

Wsp

[@Fguik]

I mean you overprice ur computers