Another Commando Uncrated

MichaelD said:
To understand why they did the unboxing, and why it was a really smart thing to do, you need to look at the payments they get from YouTube.

They previously unboxed a 40 year old Honda, that YouTube video has made them $58,100 so far. They unboxed the most expensive street legal bike on Amazon, that video made them $53,900. Incidentally, that bike cost them $2,495. They unboxed a $3,500 dirt bike, and that video has made them $105,000.

After just 2 days up on YouTube, the Norton unboxing has made them almost $3,000, so they are making around $1,500 per day, and money will flow in for as long as people keep watching at this level. So whatever they lost in the value of the bike will be recovered in the first week up on YouTube. By the end of the month, YouTube will have bought them the bike and paid them for their time. Its a good business to be in right now.
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It's interesting, I understand all the comments from everybody here & I had a lot of the same feelings.

But if you look at it from a business point of view these lads, acting like complete buffoons, which is their 'brand' are making really good money!

It's entertainment, once you have an audience you just keep feeding the beast to keep them entertained, not a complicated business model!!
They are like actors in their own lives, it's referred to as 'scripted reality', mainstream TV has had the same successful business model for decades.

I know this video has hit a nerve as it's 'messing around' with something we all have vested a lot of our time & energy into but they were not making a 'how to improve your Norton' video, it's just business. We have all contributed to this business by clicking on the link!

Hopefully somebody like Jay L. will end up with the bike who can look after it & give it a good home!
 
I don't know everyone keeps on about the value of the Norton in the crate, how long do you want to keep it in a crate, if I bought a new old bike in a crate I be unpacking it straight away, who gives a rats arse in lowering the value, put it together and get it ready to ride but of course do everything and do it right.
I remember rolling my brand new Commando out of the dealers front door when I was 17 years old it was the best day of my life, could you imagine riding around on a new Norton that was made back in 1975 that would give me more pleasure than keeping it all boxed up.
These two fools are making money doing these uTube videos they don't care about the bikes, they will sell it off for less value but hey they making good money and good on them and someone will get a good old near new Norton to ride and play with, it won't take much to get it roadworthy with very little mileage on the clock.
No matter what happens be good to see another one on the road instead of sitting in a crate forever and what good is it looking at a old crate.
 
Starting at 5:55 is a very familiar Mk3 in Green with a RGM rack. Hmmmmmm............
 
ashman said:
I don't know everyone keeps on about the value of the Norton in the crate, how long do you want to keep it in a crate, if I bought a new old bike in a crate I be unpacking it straight away, who gives a rats arse in lowering the value, put it together and get it ready to ride but of course do everything and do it right.
I remember rolling my brand new Commando out of the dealers front door when I was 17 years old it was the best day of my life, could you imagine riding around on a new Norton that was made back in 1975 that would give me more pleasure than keeping it all boxed up.
These two fools are making money doing these uTube videos they don't care about the bikes, they will sell it off for less value but hey they making good money and good on them and someone will get a good old near new Norton to ride and play with, it won't take much to get it roadworthy with very little mileage on the clock.
No matter what happens be good to see another one on the road instead of sitting in a crate forever and what good is it looking at a old crate.
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I'm glad to see it out of the crate it wouldn't bother me at all about the value
I would love to have opened that box myself and commissioned that bike
But Jesus Christ where do these people come from?
If it's entertainment then who exactly is entertained by this drivel ???
 
Stephen Hill said:
I can't wait for when they start hanging out on this website.
Asking lots of highly technical questions.
Such as, "How do you say Amal?"
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And "why are all the Norton Commander bikes' side covers incorrectly spelled Commando?"
 
Was that the sound or did it sound like a horse eating staples , those tappets need setting ? Or just a sensitive mic .
 
Lineslinger said:
Makes perfect sense...always follow the money.
They could have made a whole lot more.

Consider the earnings a YouTube video crate opening during Bike Week with a bit of promotion prior to opening, or a YT video promoting a raffle sell-off of the "box" during Bike Week.
So many ways to generate a more impressive sum that would, IMHO, far exceed the viewer totals/earnings they achieved by tearing open the mystery box in some buddies driveway.
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But I guess they have made maybe $400,000 doing unboxing videos, so they invested a day or two of familiar work unboxing this one, and over time, it will make them perhaps $75,000, and next week they will be onto their next stunt, pulling in another $75k. They don't need to step out of their comfort zone to become pretty wealthy.
 
ashman said:
What got me was sitting in that crate since 1975 and the fool said wonder if the battery has charge in it and turns the key on WTF.
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I wondered the same thing, or did I miss the part about a new battery?
 
MichaelD said:
But I guess they have made maybe $400,000 doing unboxing videos, so they invested a day or two of familiar work unboxing this one, and over time, it will make them perhaps $75,000, and next week they will be onto their next stunt, pulling in another $75k. They don't need to step out of their comfort zone to become pretty wealthy.
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The same mentality as the poacher that takes out a member of an endangered species just to make money off the trophy/ivory/skins etc. It's a sin against the universe IMHO.
 
TomU said:
jeeesh, it’s entertainment not a Mick Hemmings video. And whatever they do to it is better than letting it rot in a box
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There is a lot of garbage out there calling itself "entertainment".
"Entertainment" is the final value/opinion of the viewer...some viewers require more substance than others to make it worth watching.
 
MichaelD said:
But I guess they have made maybe $400,000 doing unboxing videos, so they invested a day or two of familiar work unboxing this one, and over time, it will make them perhaps $75,000, and next week they will be onto their next stunt, pulling in another $75k. They don't need to step out of their comfort zone to become pretty wealthy.
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The YouTube Earnings Calculator has a lot of far reaching variables in it Mike.

Clearly these boys have found a way to generate some sound income and from that perspective good for them.
To rephrase my point, there are so many options/variables/techniques to optimize what they are presenting it is too bad (for them) they take such a soft approach to nail the quick buck.
I am jaded about these types of presentations of so-called entertainment. After 30 years in the motion picture production industry, I see so much opportunity missed that they probably never saw.
On the other hand momentum can be an overwhelming influence and push people to react too soon without planning and calculating.
Bottom line is it is their bike.
 
Day 3, so far 3/4 million people watched the video, $5200 paid to everyone's favourite unboxers.

I'm not going to keep reporting progress, we'll all get annoyed 😒
 
I'm sure they'd have got much higher ratings/revenue if they just lit the crated bike on fire and posted that video.
 
MichaelD said:
Day 3, so far 3/4 million people watched the video, $5200 paid to everyone's favourite unboxers.

I'm not going to keep reporting progress, we'll all get annoyed 😒
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Out of curiosity, how do you know what they are paid?
 
ashman said:
What got me was sitting in that crate since 1975 and the fool said wonder if the battery has charge in it and turns the key on WTF.
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I was surprised to discover that NV shipped out bikes with batteries installed. Replacement battery is too small for a Mk3.
Yeah, that comment made me wonder about sanity of those guys.

- Knut
 
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