Original subtitles

male narrator: Right now on "Extreme Unboxing"...

‐ This is awesome.

narrator: Chuck and Chris gamble on a bull's‐eye

with a shipment of hunting bows.

‐ Do you know how much money we're gonna make on this?

narrator: Heather and Pastor Paul pray for profits

when they buy a bidet.

‐ I feel like I'm releasing a plague.

narrator: And Steve and Steph blow their lids

over an Instant Pot.

‐ [surprised yell] ‐ Look at this.

narrator: Find out who will be the big moneymaker.

‐ Whoo!

narrator: And who's going down swinging.

‐ [grunts]

narrator: On "Extreme Unboxing."

both: Aww.

‐ You won't believe how we're making money.

[dramatic music]

‐ We don't have to go to a job we don't like.

‐ [crying]

‐ We don't even have to leave our house,

and I can just stay in my underwear.

‐ [laughs]

‐ So here's how it works. We go online...

‐ We buy returned merchandise...

‐ And then resell it for a profit.

‐ [laughs]

‐ We more than broke even. ‐ We've tripled.

‐ We started this as a way to make extra money‐‐

‐ I quit a six‐figure job.

‐ And the best thing is...

‐ We can spend more time with our kids.

‐ Amen to that.

[truck horn blares]

‐ Giant boxes are delivered right to our doorstep.

‐ Got my little helper.

‐ Every day is like Christmas.

‐ Sometimes you get a box for 200 bucks.

‐ We got it! ‐ And make 5 grand.

‐ Yes! ‐ It's a freaking hover board.

‐ Sometimes you can get stuck with complete junk.

‐ Big ol' crack in it‐‐ look at that.

‐ Oh, man. ‐ [gasps]

‐ But you never know until you unbox it.

♪ ♪

‐ Let's get into this.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

‐ Just got our new shipment in. ‐ Money!

‐ Super excited for it.

Last week, we bought two pallets of luggage

and sports equipment.

We paid $3,300, plus $200 in shipping,

All in, 3,500 bucks.

So what separates us from other resellers

is we have a warehouse. We can order larger shipments,

sit on things longer, and maximize our profits.

The thing that stands out to me the most on this

is 29‐inch left‐handed hunting bows.

So when we're looking at different sites,

we're looking for anything that stands out to us,

things that are gonna pay for almost that entire shipment.

And this auction included a manifest.

A manifest is a list of items that may be on the shipment.

‐ So you're telling me you can sell each one for $600?

‐ Yeah. I mean, I can't see the bows,

per se, but it says here that there's 11 of them on there.

‐ You know, this seems like a good idea,

but all these bows are left‐handed.

Do you know any left‐handed hunters?

‐ Yeah, I know a whole bunch. ‐ Pretty sure these are gonna

sit on the shelf and collect dust.

♪ ♪

‐ If we sell it online, you're still looking at potentially

$5,000, $6,000 pure profit. ‐ I hope so.

‐ How's it looking?

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Whoo! Hey, when you start exercising,

you can use these, uh... both: yoga blocks.

You know, these are probably, like, 10 bucks apiece.

So when we determine how much to sell an item for,

we go on what the trend of the market is.

And we'll come in a little bit cheaper

so we can move our items a little bit quicker.

‐ What have we got? 12?

‐ 12? ‐ Maybe 120 bucks there.

Cool, it's a Coleman airbed. Brand‐new in a box.

50, 60 bucks in that.

‐ Stretch out that stress. ‐ 30 bucks for two.

‐ It's a golf net. ‐ 50 bucks average price.

‐ Snowball makers. ‐ 10 bucks apiece.

Dude, you think you can do dog poop with it?

‐ You throw dog poop at me,

we're gonna have a serious problem.

‐ Some coolers. ‐ 30 bucks.

‐ I need a new helmet, but it says ages five and up.

These go, like, 30 bucks apiece?

‐ I've seen that much. ‐ Hey, baby.

‐ Chris, hooray. We found some Koozies.

Hooray! ‐ God.

‐ Celebrate it. ‐ No.

‐ 2 bucks. The girls used these last time

we went camping. It's only 2 bucks apiece.

There's a bubble solution in there, and then you go,

"Shhh‐shhhh." And then bubbles, all over you.

There's, okay‐‐ 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30,

35, 40, 45‐‐ we have $100

in bubble solution. ‐ Hey, FYI...

This pallet kinda sucks, bro. ‐ You know what?

Don't even talk about it, because, uh, you're gonna

give it a bad juju, because all the good stuff

is in the second pallet.

[lively music]

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

‐ Hey, honey, come here. Pallet!

A few days ago, we ordered a shipment of cookware

and home décor.

‐ And our cost was $625, plus $165 for shipping,

for a grand total of $790.

‐ Pots and pans, housewares, cookware, right up our alley.

We love buying this kind of merchandise.

They are great sellers.

We primarily sell at flea markets.

‐ People buy this stuff up immediately.

It's our best seller. ‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ But on this pallet, there were a couple items

that made it a must‐buy. Instant Pot!

‐ Yes, and there's two of them.

I wish I can see a little bit better on this pallet

what the heck we're dealing with here.

It's just sort of a risk,

because aside from the Instant Pot, you can't really tell

what else is in the pallet.

‐ The pallet is nicely wrapped up, boxes are really clean,

but there's a loose box that also came with this.

This one is not even close to what this category is.

This box‐‐it's a lawn mower.

We think this could possibly be a mistake,

and I don't mind.

It's a mistake in our favor.

They delivered it, we took it, and we're gonna sell it.

[laughs] ‐ That's right.

‐ I think they were loading up pallets.

This would probably go with, like, a tools or‐‐right?

‐ Yeah, yes.

♪ ♪

That's not a lawn mower. Oh, man!

‐ Are you kidding me? What is this?

♪ ♪

‐ Oh, look! ‐ What the‐‐

‐ There's a lady. ‐ Is that porn?

‐ There's no DVD. ‐ Oh, my goodness.

‐ What is this? ‐ This isn't even close

to a lawn mower! ‐ "Pilates PRO Chair"

by Life's A Beach. ‐ Hmm.

‐ So this is a Pilates chair, maybe.

This looks like it could be a chair.

This is beautiful. ‐ I like this better

than a lawn mower. ‐ Is it all there?

‐ I don't know. Like putting together

a child's toy at Christmas. ‐ Yeah.

‐ Only this is an adult one. ‐ Don't hurt it.

‐ I think I see. Oh, look.

‐ Oh. ‐ Nice!

So what does this thing sell for?

‐ Brand‐new, they're selling for 279.

In general, we probably give our customer between

20‐60% off of retail.

It really depends on the item.

I would offer 200. ‐ Awesome.

‐ This is probably the best lawn mower we have ever had.

‐ ♪ Oww ♪

‐ To be successful, you don't always

have to have a physical store like we do.

‐ You don't? ‐ No, you don't.

There's Facebook Marketplace,

eBay, and Amazon.

For a small fee, you can actually

ship Amazon all your stuff.

They will then list it for you, sell it for you,

and ship it out. ‐ That's awesome.

You know what that also means? ‐ What?

‐ I get to buy more stuff.

[mellow music]

♪ ♪

‐ Earlier this week, we purchased a shipment

of luggage and uninspected men's apparel returns.

It cost 358 plus 217 shipping, all in at 575.

General merchandise, luggage, and travel men's apparel.

I don't see any shoeboxes, so I really hope they're

buried at the bottom.

Hopefully, they're not crushed.

‐ Yeah, you gotta have faith that they're there.

Well, I'm a pastor. ‐ I was in the military.

I was a Light Wheel Diesel Mechanic.

‐ And my church couldn't afford

to pay us a lot. ‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ And when it was just Heather and I,

it was fine, but then

as the children started coming along,

we realized we don't make any money...

‐ And diapers are expensive. ‐ And diapers are expensive.

‐ So we had to pay for them somehow.

Hey, it has a bidet in it. ‐ It's not used, it's new.

‐ [laughs] I really hope it's not used,

'cause that'd be gross.

‐ I'm giving you the knife.

‐ [laughs] It's a very dangerous thing.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

‐ Let's do it. ‐ What do we got here?

A Braveman suit.

Ooh, Paul, I found you a suit coat.

‐ Beautiful! ‐ What's that one?

‐ Another suit? ‐ That's a white one.

‐ All right. ‐ It's a nice one.

We're a third‐party reseller and we have an app that we use

to see how much we're gonna make on the product

after fees and after shipping.

‐ We'll get at least $30 for each of these suits.

‐ Pair of ladies' sandals. Those are definitely brand‐new.

‐ Same size. ‐ Yeah.

‐ Sometimes they put the wrong two sizes in.

‐ Yeah, they're the same size. They're selling for $45.

So $32 for that pair of shoes, which is awesome.

‐ $32. ‐ Here's another one.

Basically same shoes, black. These are going for more

because they're black. ‐ 33 bucks, profit.

It is a‐‐ ‐ Inflatable donut!

‐ That's what‐‐ ‐ Oh.

Probably sell it for 10 bucks at a garage sale.

‐ I'm thinking this right here might be the bidet.

‐ Okay. It says, "Bio Bidet."

‐ I think it's been retaped. ‐ Yeah.

‐ And then, like, this makes me a little nervous.

‐ What is DNO? ‐ I don't know what DNO means.

‐ Do not open. ‐ Now I'm very terrified.

‐ Okay, let's hope it's not used, 'cause that'd be gross.

Let me scan the barcode. ‐ You can scan that.

‐ Brand‐new, it'll sell $325. Oh, let's hope it wasn't used.

‐ [groans]

I feel like I'm releasing a plague.

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

‐ So our housewares pallet arrived

with an extra loose box, and it turned out to be

a Pilates chair worth $200.

I cannot wait to see

what's in the rest of the shipment.

‐ You ready to dig into this? ‐ I'm so ready.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

‐ Ooh. ‐ Instant Pot!

‐ It's pretty, too, it's red. ‐ Whoa.

‐ That's‐‐ ‐ Oh, look at this.

This is Christmas for me. ‐ Oh, my goodness,

that's a beautiful one. ‐ Oh, it's beautiful.

‐ And look at this, look at this.

‐ [exclaims] ‐ Tags still on there.

‐ Yes! ‐ Steph.

‐ Okay. both: Brand‐new.

‐ How much is it?

‐ $129.

‐ We'll sell this for $80. ‐ Yeah, I think so too.

‐ This one says Instant Pot on it too!

‐ I know! Yes!

‐ Oh, boy. [laughs]

‐ What? ‐ You're gonna love it!

‐ Why? ‐ [laughs]

‐ [gasps] They don't call me

the Dyson Queen for no reason. ‐ [grunts]

‐ I love, love, love, Dyson. They're expensive vacuums,

and if for some reason they don't work,

they have a lot of parts, and the parts are expensive,

and they're easy to sell. $499 brand‐new, this one.

If we sold it for 350‐‐

‐ That's a good deal for somebody.

‐ That's a great deal. Let's test it out.

♪ ♪

Uh, it's got some dust in there.

It got right in my nose. ‐ So it's a used‐‐

Nothing wrong with a used Dyson at all.

‐ I can clean this, I can make it look really good.

[vacuum running]

Oh, yeah. ‐ Nice.

‐ Oh, yeah. ‐ $350.

‐ Sweet! ‐ This is an incredible pallet.

‐ Yes. ‐ [laughs]

‐ Whoo!

[light music]

♪ ♪

‐ Compound bows. This is probably, like,

$8,000 on this pallet. ‐ You hope.

We just finished sorting that first pallet,

and it's a total dud. I hate to be the naysayer.

He's hoping those bows are on there.

I'm telling you what, I unloaded that truck.

I ain't seen no bows sticking out of that pallet.

‐ Here, look at this already. Nice Five Star backpack.

Probably 35 bucks. ‐ Yeah, online.

‐ Swimming pool float. 30 bucks.

Swimway spring float, 24.99.

Cooler bag, we'll get 50 bucks. 60 bucks, 70 bucks.

What's great about this pallet is everything is grade A,

brand‐new, which means we'll get close to retail back on it.

These compound bows... ‐ I don't know‐‐

Maybe they're in this side on the bottom.

‐ I ain't seem them in here. ‐ There's a small chance

that maybe a bow or two's gonna be broke,

but at the end of the day, it's all gonna be profit

right back in my pocket.

‐ Hey, Chuck, found your bows.

‐ What the [bleep] is this? ‐ Somebody at the warehouse

must have labeled these sunglasses

as your hunting bows. ‐ These are the compound bows?

‐ Those are the compound bows. ‐ Good news is,

we have 11 of them. ‐ So now we're not gonna make

any money on this entire shipment.

♪ ♪

‐ Break even. ‐ [sighs]

Yeah, I don't even know. Someti‐‐I don't know.

Take it. ‐ Chris found the sticker

of the bows on some $2 sunglasses.

So I'd be lucky to break even.

This is by far the worst buy I've ever had.

Right now, I feel sick to my stomach.

‐ ♪ Oww ♪

‐ There are so many ways

to sell merchandise.

Online is the way a lot of people go.

But our favorite way‐‐ having a yard sale.

You don't have to have any experience,

all you have to do is set up a bunch of signs,

they drive to you, you don't have to ship things,

you don't have to package, you don't have to

deal with anything, there's no fees, it's free,

and anybody can do it. [laughs]

‐ But if you stick a sign that says "Garage Sale,"

people will come.

♪ ♪

‐ Let's see what type of money we're working with

on this shipment.

So unfortunately, the hunting bows we were expecting

weren't on the pallets.

These were the $7,000 bows that we received,

so we're gonna have to price the rest of this merchandise

to see where we land. Hit me.

‐ Swiss gear. ‐ Let's see.

[scanner beeps]

‐ We have 11 of the bags. ‐ 55 average, that's 600 bucks

in those [indistinct] bags. Not too bad, we'll take it.

The Ogios, two of them. ‐ All right, 80 bucks.

160 bucks on Ogio. Hit me with a duffel bag.

70 bucks. ‐ Yeah, it looks like we got

five total. ‐ Another Ogio.

This is a good one, I feel it.

95 bucks. ‐ Ooh.

Two of them. ‐ Nice little‐‐we have two?

All right, all right, all right.

‐ Two of them. Maybe there's hope on this.

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

‐ This houseware pallet is unbelievable.

Thanks to a couple of Instant Pots and a Dyson vacuum

and a bunch of other items, we're already in the profit.

We got long way to go. ‐ They use a lot of tape too.

[grunts] ‐ Yeah, I like that

That's nice, it's protected. Ooh!

‐ Wow. Are you kidding me?

‐ It's a pressure cooker. 25 bucks.

‐ Haunted Mansion. ‐ Cute, okay, a whole Circulon

cookware set. We have customers who only will

use their Circulon. ‐ I know.

‐ [gasps] ‐ So the inside's perfect,

everything's perfect. ‐ We'll say 100 bucks,

'cause I think it'll sell in a second.

‐ Smart humidifiers. We'll say $50.

‐ Okay, last four. ‐ All right.

‐ Oh, that's a good brand. It looks brand‐new.

‐ Those are very bright colors. ‐ It's got dingleberries.

30 would be a major steal. ‐ Excellent.

What is it? ‐ This is pretty.

It's definitely a light‐up little Christmas tree.

I found it, it's actually on clearance right now.

It was 180 bucks, and it's for 120 right now.

‐ 100? ‐ Put this in here.

‐ Here, you know what we can do?

Can you sing, like, a‐‐ ‐ Uh‐huh.

♪ O little town of Bethlehem ♪ ‐ Okay, you ready?

It won't light up without it all‐‐

‐ You gotta push the clicker.

[gasps] Oh!

‐ Hello! ‐ I'm exci‐‐it might do both.

‐ This is pretty, though. That is very, very nice.

I'm saying 100 bucks minimum. ‐ Yeah.

‐ Fragile glass mirrors? ‐ Yeah.

‐ Ooh, whatever it is, they've got it protected well.

‐ Okay. ‐ Go ahead and‐‐and slowly

drag that.

♪ ♪

‐ Okay, there's pieces still in there, Steph.

Look at this. ‐ That is so pretty.

I need to see inside. ‐ Okay.

‐ Oh, look, this broke.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ I feel like I'm releasing a plague.

‐ We're unboxing our general merchandise

uninspected returns box. ‐ We've got some good suits

and shoes out of it so far, but we just found

what we're a little concerned is a used bidet.

Millions of flies jumping out of this thing any moment.

‐ Here, ready? ‐ Okay.

‐ It's still wrapped in its original packaging.

It's brand‐new, it's never even been used, but it's, it's got‐‐

‐ I'm wondering why the box was open.

‐ Well, my guess is maybe somebody ordered it,

got the wrong size. ‐ It's a lot less gross

than I was thinking in my head. ‐ Yeah.

So I'd say 250 for sure.

So that's a really good find in there.

‐ Ready? ‐ Pop‐up gazebo event tent.

$50 of profit. ‐ Yeah.

‐ It's like a generic action camera, 20 bucks.

‐ 20 out of them. ‐ DVD player, $40.

$35. Cotton bath mat, 40 bucks.

30. Folding metal platform

bed frame, 50 bucks. Wireless headphones, $118.

♪ ♪

Duck boots. Are they the same size?

12. ‐ Mine says nine.

‐ Seriously? Okay.

♪ ♪

They're the‐‐ They're the same shoe!

‐ So...worthless.

‐ What is this? ‐ All right, you drag it out,

and I'll help you, because it's massive.

‐ It's huge. [both grunt]

Oh, is it, like, cornhole? ‐ University of Indiana.

‐ Hoosiers. Let me look it up

and see if I can find it. Conservatively $100.

‐ At least we're close to Indiana.

‐ Yeah, that helps. ‐ It's very heavy.

‐ [laughs softly]

Ooh, yes. ‐ [indistinct speech]

‐ Look at that suitcase. ‐ Okay.

‐ You wanna open it and make sure there's nothing inside it?

‐ It's a three‐piece. ‐ A three‐piece.

$236.95 is what we'll make. ‐ Beautiful.

Okay. ‐ Cuisinart.

‐ Ooh. ‐ $192, still used.

Let's make sure it's all there. ‐ Okay, ready?

‐ Don't break the craft thing. ‐ Pull the craft out right now.

‐ There we go. Yeah.

‐ I'll tell you what. ‐ Stainless steel.

‐ This is still in its packaging.

‐ Look, this has‐‐ still has cardboard on it.

‐ Oh, yeah. ‐ Yeah, so this is new‐‐

both: Aww. ‐ Stink.

[upbeat music]

‐ Cuisinart.

♪ ♪

‐ Out.

both: Aww.

‐ Stinks. ‐ A crack here,

and this whole end is just chipped right off.

‐ We can maybe find a replacement piece for this.

‐ Yeah, let me look. Just because an item is broken,

it's not a total loss. I will go online,

find a replacement for the broken part,

and still make a great profit.

So we can basically, for 25 bucks, replace the bean hopper.

‐ Okay. ‐ In the end,

we'll still make $149.

All right, last item in the pallet is a...

♪ ♪

‐ Is it another suit?

‐ No, this is something different.

It's got bling on it. Yes.

It's, like, your size! ‐ Here we go.

Yeah, baby. Next Sunday I'm wearing this.

‐ It's your suit. ‐ Right now.

‐ It's a 2X black denim‐‐

I don't know what you even call that.

‐ Holy cow. I'm gonna wear that.

‐ You need to keep that.

♪ ♪

[laughs]

‐ This Sunday, I'm preaching‐‐ ‐ No.

‐ You don't think it really‐‐

[laughter]

♪ ♪

‐ Final totals after this amazing pallet‐‐

‐ We're making a little over 1,300.

‐ And remember, in the end, Jesus wins.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

‐ Fragile glass mirror? ‐ Yeah.

‐ That is so pretty. I need to see inside.

‐ Okay. ‐ Oh, look, this broke.

This is why this got returned.

♪ ♪

I can glue that, though, and make that look really nice.

‐ Oh, heck yes. How much is this?

‐ We've sold these before. We can get 100 bucks, easy.

‐ [grunts] I got‐‐I got‐‐I got it.

‐ What the heck is this? ‐ Whoa!

This box is so big. ‐ Is that a marble base on it?

‐ Oh, this is‐‐ ‐ That can't be cheap.

Is it really heavy? ‐ I‐‐there is marble on there.

Really nice. ‐ A Waterford Crystal?

It's a crystal lamp. ‐ Look at that.

‐ Wow. $645.

‐ Shut up, are you serious?

‐ Okay, let's call it 300 to be extremely conservative.

300. ‐ Wow.

‐ This is our freaking pallet! ‐ Wow.

‐ And the last one! The last box!

♪ ♪

[sighs] ‐ Wow.

This pallet has turned out to be amazing.

‐ Mind‐blowing. We're looking at 1,900 bucks.

‐ Yes. ‐ And that's fantastic.

‐ This is awesome.

[lively music]

♪ ♪

‐ Check it out. [scanner beeps]

55 bucks. Take it.

Definitely not the home run we thought it would be,

but roll with the punches and forget it ever happened.

Don't even ever bring it up again.

So we just finished up the two pallets that we got in.

maybe a 100 items are gonna bring back most of our money.

[music fades out]

You freaking kidding me right now?

You see I'm trying to be serious today, and you're gonna

come in with some sunglasses?

You know how pissed off I'm still am about those.

‐ $7,000 sunglasses.

‐ They're not $7,000.

♪ ♪

narrator: Now let's find out which team

made the most money.

Chuck and Chris spent $3,500

on 11 hunting bows.

‐ Pallet kinda sucks, bro.

narrator: Unfortunately, the bows turned out to be

mislabeled sunglasses, dropping the resale value

to 2535, for a loss of almost $1,000.

‐ [sighs]

narrator: Heather and Pastor Paul paid

558 for men's apparel.

‐ Yes.

narrator: And thanks to some suits, luggage, and a bidet,

they're flush with cash, and a resale value of 1,304,

for a final profit of almost $750.

both: Ooh, oh, yeah.

narrator: But the big moneymakers

are Steve and Steph.

‐ Oh, boy.

narrator: They spent $790 on home and cookware,

and with the help of a vacuum, a couple of Instant Pots,

and a crystal lamp, they lit up the competition

with a resale value of 1,900, for a total profit

of over $1,100.

‐ Whoo!

‐ I need you to put it right here.

Knock it out of the park. $660 on each one.

♪ ♪

[grunts] ‐ Oh, there you go.

Knock the lens out. ‐ [grunting]

‐ Whoa, whoa!

I can't even take you seriously right now.

[laughs] ‐ I'm done.

I feel so much better right now.

This is so worth $3,500 to me.