What We Found in an Amazon Mystery Box: Google Nest & More — June 27, 2026

A sealed Google Nest GV67335 Learning Thermostat (4th gen) with Temperature Sensor (2nd gen) came out first. Retail on that alone is $234 — more than four times what our Amazon Mystery Box costs. Everything else in this one was gravy.

The Nest Thermostat Carried This Box Hard

Smart home gear showing up in liquidation is always a good day in Hot Springs. The Nest 4th gen is the kind of item people actively search for, and it came bundled with the 2nd gen Temperature Sensor. That's a full setup, sealed, ready to go.

After that, things got a little more everyday — but still useful. One 12-pack of Pure Leaf Iced Tea, Zero Sugar Sweet Tea, 18.5 Fl Oz Bottles (Pack of 12) and one Starbucks Iced Energy, Strawberry Kiwi, Zero Sugar Energy Drink, Plant Based Caffeine, Hydration, Mental Clarity, 12 Fl Oz Can rounded out the beverage section. Summer in Arkansas, cold drinks — we're not complaining.

Then came ten bottles of Suede Shoe Cleaner 200ml at $8.99 retail each — that's $89.90 worth of shoe care in a single box. Seven makeup brushes filled out the rest of the named finds, plus dozens more bin-labeled items heading to our store bins.

Total estimated retail on this one hit $593.02. The Nest does a lot of that heavy lifting, sure — but the shoe cleaner quantity alone would have made this a solid pull on its own. Sometimes the math just works out.