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So, Greg, what's going on with you? Hi? Tom? I
have a sister and brother that live in Ohio. They own a time share
with the company in South Carolina. My brother in law just passed way Sunday
morning, and we're trying to get our hands around the financial Okay. So,
so sister and the husband owned a timeshare. Where is it? It's
located in South Carolina? Okay? And he died. But who was on
that? Were they both on it? That's what we're trying to find out
right now. And you're meeting with an attorney on Wednesday, tomorrow morning to
go over these things. But in case she is stuck with the bill is
I'm trying to locate Well, let me explain something to you, okay,
let me explain how it works, because there's a lot of misunderstanding as to
estates and timeshare. In fact, a lot of timeshare teams that what do
you call them, timeshare relief or timeshare exit teams? A lot of them
lie to you about strapping the estate with the obligation. Here's how it works.
If one person dies and that person is on the contract only, okay,
the contract dies with the person. The only thing the timeshare people can
do when someone dies, if there are accumulated charges or ongoing charges, the
ongoing charges go away. They can't come after the estate. They can't come
after the wife, they can't come after the kids. It's over if the
husband was the only one on it. However, if there are accumulated expenses
that have not been paid, timeshare can whoever owns the rights to that contract
now, whether it's the original developer or a management company, they can come
after the estate for the accumulated bills. In other words, just like any
bill, credit card, timeshare fees, hoa, anyone can come after the
estate for the fees. Okay, So what they would do is put a
claim in against the estate. That means before the husband or wife or kids
or who's ever left distributes the assets of the estate, they first have to
pay the accumulated expenses of any creditors who have a legitimate claim on the estate,
any creditors. Now, let me explain something. In all the years
I've been doing this show, and in all the years my friends who have
been in the timeshare business, I mean the exit business, none of them
have ever seen a timeshare developer or creditor or management company go after an estate.
So go ahead and with your story, Greg, So, what you
first have to figure out is who is on the contract? Does she remember
does your sister remember buying it with her husband? I will know that shortly
when I call her. So if they were together, If they were together,
I would say ninety eight percent of the time, the timeshare people will
not sign a contract with just one or the other of spouses. And what
should we do if my sister is on the timeshare? Also? Okay,
now that's a good question, Greg. My question to you is what obligations
does she have? Is this timeshare being financed or is she just paying the
maintenance fees? Just the maintenance fees? How much do they amount to?
She told me yesterday she thought it was six hundred dollars a year. Okay,
most time shares to get out of them with a legal team. The
minimum you're going to pay is five grand. Okay, that's the minimum.
But you may say, at six hundred dollars a year it may not be
worth it, And you have to figure that out for yourself, because I
don't know of any that will do it less than five grand that are legit.
So that's eight years of paying six hundred dollars. So seventy three,
she's seventy three years old, it may be best to let it ride.
She may pass away before right, right, right, there's another option.
Okay, it's not just the six hundred a year, but if there's a
storm, or if they have to repay the parking lot or paint the buildings,
there could be a capital assessment of several thousands of dollars. Okay,
so she is likely on the hook for other than six hundred a year.
But I'm not suggesting you go out and spend five thousand dollars right now.
But what I am saying is this, if she is seventy three, and
by the way, you know I'm seventy so when you start talking about killing
over any minute now, I get a little testing. But anyway, let
me explain something, Craig, Let's talk about this. When you are looking
at this, you have to understand she may not be in a position where
they can come after her anyway. What is her financial situation. She has
very little bit money in the bank, but she's got about four hundred thousand
infidelity And all right, what I was going to say, if she was,
if she was judgment proof, she could tell them to stick okay,
hundred a year. But that doesn't sound like a good plan for her.
She owns she owns a home and has about one hundred and eighty thousand inequity
in it. She still owns about a one hundred thousand plus she has four
hundred. Well, the one hundred thousand is protected, but not not more
than that. Listen, what I'm saying is this, she if she if
she owes a hundred plus one hundred, would be protected approximately. So I
don't think they'll come after her home. But you say she has a fidelity
account with four hundred in it. Yeah, it's pre tax. The money
in the fidelity account is pre tax pretax, okay, meaning it's her tirement
takes the money. Yeah, when she takes the money out, she has
to pay tax on it? Is it retire? Is it a four oh
one k? What is it at IRA? What is it? It's a
four oh one k at Fidelity? Who manages that for her? She has
a manager at Fidelity managing it. Okay, here's a side note, people,
a side note. Please don't let someone at an investment house invest your
money to find someone reputable and it is well worth the investment fee of one
percent or one point five percent for someone I mean not anyone, not just
anyone, but someone who truly truly invest your money and watches it for you.
That's a side note. Now let's go back to your sister. What
you need to do is U need to figure out if she's judgment proof With
that, I need to ask one of our attorneys. I'd like to get
one of our bank I'm not saying she should go bankrupt, but I want
to talk to one of my bankruptcy attorneys. Would you call Wink and Wink
and get a comment. Here's the question I have for Wink and Wink.
It's very simple. Is her retirement count judgment proof? If so, and
if all she has is Social Security and her retirement account, I think they're
not going to come after her and they're not going to get that's all.
Well, let's find out. Let's call Wink and wink. I'm going to
make a note on this call sheet. Let's see if they can come on
and talk about I don't know of a retirement plan. I know social Security
is untouchable. I don't know if, however, the regular retirement plans are
untouchable. Kyle, while we're on the topic, has a comment on time
Shares. By the way, Mark is in Mexico and he is raising hell
with Timeshared people. I don't know what got to him, but I guess
he was walking past some of the people giving presentations and he interrupted and he
filmed it on his cell phone. Maybe he'll have a chance to call in
about it, because he's posted some videos on YouTube. My YouTube morons are
probably aware of it. Hello, hello, morons, how are you doing
today? And then, of course our Facebook flunkies as well, they saw
it as well. I think he posted it. Well, he may know.
He did not post that on Facebook anyway, Kyle, what's your comment
on on time Shares? Kyle here, jeez, yes, sir, now
I can go ahead, Okay, Yeah, so Timeshares like you were just
mentioned in a second ago, they won't go after you. Basically, they're
just a laurified credit card. All these time share exit companies. What they're
doing is these resorts. When you just default on your time share and stop
paying them within about six months, what they do is they have to send
you something that's called the deed in lure foreclosures. So instead of for closing
on the timeshare, which they wouldn't do anyways, or else they'd be stuck
in court all day chasing these people, they'll have you sign back over the
time share to them, which releases you. Now your credit does get damaged,
well, hold On. They don't always do that, not if you
have not if you have means, Kyle, they don't always just let you
off. Well, I've never heard of them, not like you said,
I've never heard of them actually going through and suing somebody for their time hold
On. They do it all the time, Kyle, Kyle, they do
it all the time. I'm not saying people should go out and spend five
grand either. What I'm saying is this is that it's a gamble. If
you have some assets, you're at risk of them coming after you. Many
times You are correct, Kyle. All they want, they'll take the timeshare
back and let you walk. But I wouldn't gamble on that. That's not
always the case. But thank you for your comments. I have more coming
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We're waiting for Wink and Wink And now I have something with Dan, and
they say to check my email, but I'll start the call Dan. What
is going on with you? Hello? Dan, Good morning. I was
a happy guy back in December when the weather was wonderful. Yeah, I
wanted to and I wanted to build a sofa wooden frame for my deck and
put cushions on it. Are you that talented, by the way, Well,
I know how to which end of a wrench to hold, and that's
about it. Well, I know how to do a lot of stuff,
but woodwork just does not get along with me. So anyway, I'm looking
at your your email and you have some pictures here. What's going on?
Well? I thought I was a smart guy by going to one of the
big box lumber yards and buying some weather shield product they call it, and
it's impregnated with a redwood stain. Now are you talking about on this email.
Are you talking about the redwood looking stuff or the trecks looking stuff?
The redwood looking stuff, that's what's that other stuff? That other stuff?
What is that other stuff? Plastic? That's that's tracks, that's the deck
itself. It doesn't look great. Well, it's been out there for maybe
twenty some odd years. Oh, then it looks very good, all right,
So tell tell me about your redwood. What are you unhappy about?
Well, I put it all together back in December and then just let it
sit there and wait until the weather to improve so I can put cushions on
it and sit down. But the impregnated redwood stain seems to be bleeding off
the wall. You mean those blotches, those blotches, Yeah, that's on
the deck. That's coming right off. That's the redwood impregnated stain there.
So I either got a bad batch or there's other people in your audience that
might attest to the same condition. You understand it's not pressure treated, right,
Oh it is? Yeah, this this weather shield is advertised as pressure
treated. Oh okay, I did not know. So it's called weather shield
what well, just weather shield and it's real wood, is that right?
Yes? Yep? CA pine, and I had never seen this before.
Maybe and I'm an unlock guy and got a bad batch when the factory tried
to impregnate the wood. It didn't hold. So are you saying you're getting
streaks where it's coming out? Yeah, you can see that down towards the
bottom of the legs there, that's just coming off the wood. No,
I see what you're saying. It doesn't look impregnated, does it. Well,
if it were impregnated, I guess it just gave birth, because no,
it would look like it was layered. So this sucks. But I
mean, I mean, I really gosh, what are you hoping for on
this thing? Well, I'm hoping that maybe somebody in the audience could send
you a quick note saying, Dan, what you need to do is power
wash that dumb whole thing and seal it, of course, or redo it,
re restain and then seal. That's what I would do. But I
was wondering if you're trying to get weather Shield to do anything, because that
might be well you and I know better time I looked up on these.
No, it might not be worth the trouble. Even if they came through
with the product, they don't want the yet they don't want the publicity,
right, They want to keep this way under the radar. Well, hold
on, weather Shield redwood. I'm looking at right here. I want to
see how it is. And it's at the home depot. Is that where
you got it? Yes, sir, yep, okay, listen to this,
bro. It's a lifetime limited warranty. Did you check on the warranty
and what it entails. It's a lifetime limited warranty. I did read that.
But it's against rot and and fungus and all that kind of stuff it
does. It's got to be They got to say something about the finish.
For goodness sakes, I wish they did. Come on. However, I
don't see that they make the timber that you used. They have redwood,
pressure treated redwood, but it's not weather Shield. That's the product that they
advertised it on. Not the timber, only the stringers. I'm looking at
it, man, they don't make stringers. Well, I bet you know
if you see the picture. I've got four by fours. I understand that.
But I can't find a four by four that's weather Shield. Now I
might be wrong, but I can't find one. Every four by four simply
says pressure treated. It is not branded. The only branded stuff are the
planks. Okay, I'll do some more research on that time. Well,
hold on, let me make sure I'm correct here, bro, I mean,
I really hold on. I might be wrong. Nope, I'm not.
Everything. They got rows and rows and rows of pro wood and weather
shield and wherever they show wherever they show more than dimensional number, well,
I guess the string the third dimensional as well. But I meant whenever they
show the timber parts, the four by fours or the six by six is
not one way. Nevermind, I just found a two by two. I
just found a two to weather shield, but nothing else. Listen, you
might want to check with home Deep on that. But if you want to
know what to do, I can tell you what to do. Having had
giant redwood decks all my life. I mean, you're never going to get
something that doesn't bleed ever, Okay, not in Colorado. It doesn't matter
how pressure treated it is, even pressure treated, pressure treated, even the
kinds of wood that are supposed to be for barns and stuff. You have
to you don't strip, but you powerwash and you slash that stuff on again
and seal it. That's what you do. Okay, good, So that's
the info I was looking for. But I'm serious. I've done it over
or I've had it done over and over and over, and all I'm saying
is that's what you want to do. And again, check with weather Shield.
You might get a few bucks. I don't know. I mean,
I would think they'd have to have something against the finish. Now, Earle,
you have a question about small claims court. And by the way,
I talked to you earlier, Earle, and I did some research. Okay.
Now you're calling about plumbing right, Yes, but this happened in November.
Is that right? Yes? Okay, Now here's the deal. The
name of the the name of the company is done Right Plumbing. Is that
it? Yes, that's right. Okay. Now I believe done Right And
I'm sorry that I don't know this offhand. Done Right used to be on
the referral list. I don't know they still are when they went off it.
But hold on, But here's what I want to ask you. You're
complaining about something that that I was interested in, but I wanted to talk
to you personally about it. Yeah, I don't think done Right is on
my referral list anymore. I don't think. I don't think they've been on
there for a while. But what you were complaining about is the price you
paid for a water heater. Is that right? Yes? But here here's
what I want to know, even Done Right or whoever, I mean,
whether they're on a referral list or not a lot Okay, No, we
have done plumbing and heating, and they're good people. Done they have great
ratings. We also have quality. First. We have all the others,
Time Plumbing, Father and Daughter, Plumbing Brothers, plumb Line, water Pros,
which is just the water systems. Of course, we have all of
these. Patriot, we have Apple. But what I'm getting at is this,
I've made a mistake. Done Right is not on a referral list,
never has been. But here's what I want to say. Even though they're
you know, I'm not going to stick up for them one way or the
other, whether they're on my list or not. Most plumbing companies give you
a price up front first to get your approval. Did they get your approval
or did they Did you just say replace the water heater? How did that
work out? Okay? I called him to go down to check on the
water heater. We just had put it in two years before. Wait a
minute, wait a minute. You had a water heater that was only two
years old, that's correct, And what happened? They took it out?
Said it was no good. Well hold on, hold on, hold on,
hold on, it's that was probably not true. Okay, I can't.
We can't go back and prove that though you don't have the old one,
do you? And I wouldn't give it back? They said, they
What do you mean they wouldn't give it back? You shouldn't. Okay,
all right, well that's too late on the first I'm going to venture a
guess that it wasn't bad and you fell for it. So what what?
What was happening with that two year old water heater? They said it was
Lincoln. I don't know what was crizzly going on? No, no,
why did you call them to begin with? I called them originally that morning
to go down and see why the pilot light wasn't working. Okay, so
you had a two year old water heater and you weren't getting hot water?
Is that right? The pilot light would quot How did you did you know
the pilot light was out? Well, they said it wouldn't heat the water
no more. No, I'm asking you, earl. You called a plumber.
Why did you call a plumber? The water heater was in a rental
house and the people running it said the pilot light wouldn't they lived, Okay,
got it? I got it? Or I'll thank you. That's what
I need to know. So you called? You called? Done right?
We just got us something in the mail a couple of days before saying that
they would give us a fifty dollars service. It was a different fifty dollars.
I get it. I get it, I get it. So they
go there and tell you that the water heater is leaking. Now they told
my wife that, did anyone go and check that to see? No,
he said it was leaking. They couldn't fix it. He had another water
heater in his van. He could put it in that afternoon. My wife
said, go ahead and do it. Well did they give your wife a
price? Never give her a price? Never? Why? Okay? So
if it was twenty five thousand dollars, your wife would have been on the
hook. Why would your wife agree to a water heater without a price.
She's eighty eight years old and there's ain't working to like. It should be
random more well, earl, Earl, the sad news is you're out of
luck. Is that right? Yes, that's the sat If what you're telling
me is true. Most likely you didn't need the water heater and you bought
a fifty gallon tank and they charged you five thousand dollars you told me this
morning, right, that's right. I want to make something clear. Five
thousand dollars is not a ripoff. Okay, five thousand dollars is way more
than I would ever pay anyone should pay in my opinion, but it's not
a ripoff. Now, ten thousand, in my opinion for a fifty gallon
would have been a ripoff. But that's my opinion. Basically, your wife
didn't ask how much it was, so they could have charged her anything.
They charged her five thousand dollars, which is right in line with a lot
of legitimate companies. Do I believe it's right? No, I don't like
it. Had you gone to Europlumbing, it would have cost you fourteen hundred
and ninety nine dollars. I say that in your head. Now here's the
deal. Though you were asking about small claims court, what are you going
to sue them for well, I want I wanted that le water heater back
so I could get a new one. Okay, hold on, hold on,
wait, what did you want? I want to get that old heater
so I could take it to home Deeple and get another one if it was
no good. Well wait a minute, wait a minute, that would have
been right. But you said this happened in November. Well, I got
to call you in December, and I never gonna get, Earl the time
they threw that out the day after. Do you think they keep those old
heaters? I don't know. It's too late, Earl. Listen, I'm
not happy about this, but people, first and foremost, get a second
opinion. If you don't believe it, or don't let them take the old
one away. But they took it away and they disposed of it. It's
right now, it's impossible to go to small claims court and win. You
have nothing at all, nothing. Okay, That's what I wanted to know.
Now, Now, Earle, this sucks, and I agree with you.
I think you were probably ripped off. Okay, But and if you
called us in December, that's a bad month. We are hardly in the
office in December. I'll admit that when did it happen in November? It
wouldn't have mattered. And I'm going to tell you why, because the day
after they left your home, they no longer had that water heater. I
called them a day after and I told them not to throw it away,
and they said they wouldn't. Oh, that's just the people that answered the
phone. Yeah, but that doesn't that's not a contract. That doesn't make
them keep it. You shouldn't let let them leave the house with it.
We got more coming. Did I take the thirty? By the way,
I need to know them. I'm I'm way over, sorry, Shannon.
Feel free to remind me because I'm, you know, getting older. Go
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seven to one three talk by the way. In addition to YouTube, my
YouTube Morons, and Facebook, nextdoor has become quite prolific for communicating with me.
I do check it often. I think there's a lot of nonsense on
nextdoor, but I think it serves a valuable purpose when it comes to communication
like this with people who can help you. Possibly, we have Michael Wink
with us from Wink and Wink. They are a bankruptcy law firm. Now
I'm not suggesting a bankruptcy in this case, but I did want to ask
Michael, since they do bankruptcy, what is safe from creditors, Because sometimes
Mike will talk to a client and say, you don't have to go bankrupt.
All you have is social security, or all you have is this,
or all you have is that, and basically no one can come after you
and get a judgment, or if they do, you're what they call judgment
proof. So, Michael, I want to lay a scenario out to you.
We have a woman who's seventy three. She owns a home with about
as you said, Greg, about one hundred and eighty free of that,
right? She owes a hundred and there's about one hundred and eighty inequity.
Greg, is that it? I don't know if he's still there. Yes,
So the house is two eighty. She owes one hundred, yes,
sir, okay, So she has about one hundred and eighty inequity and some
of that's going to be protected. Then she has on Ameritrade account or whatever,
a stock account. Where did you say this stock account? Was her
Fidelity? Oh? I'm sorry Fidelity? And how much is in that?
About four hundred? Yes? But it's a qualified account, is that right?
Yeah? It's pre tax she has to pay tax on And I understand
that. I understand that. What I'm saying is it's literally a qualified retirement
account. Is that right? Yes? So my question to Michael Wink are
qualified retirement accounts like IRA's four O one k's and those kinds of things protected
from judgments Michael or or garnishments? Michael? Absolutely? They are, yes,
really qualified Riside retirement Clarlon k Ira pension, all that stuff, four
or three b's all that is one hundred percent protected from garnishment. So if
her husband die, her husband did die, and she's facing this time shared
dilemma. And what I'm asking is, do you think that one hundred and
eighty thousand inequity is attractive? Is that an easy target? Or what of
that is protected? Right? So that's a little more complicated. If it
in Colorado, she's over sixty, that equity is protected from garnishment. But
what often happens is if you get sued by an unsecured creditor. So let's
say say you possess the timeshare and then they're saying there's a deficiency balance due
and they sue her for that. They can file a judgment lean on her
home. They can't forepose, but if she ever goes to sound there refinance,
it's likely that the title company handling that transaction would simply pay it.
So the home equity thing is a little tricky because they could put that lean
out there, they just can't fore clothes on it, and you have to
get pretty aggressive with them. I seem to get any kind of sale or
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Firm. Actually, so Michael on this uh on the steal if if if
she has a lean on her home and it's only like, I mean,
just a few bucks, they won't foreclose. They can't foreclose. Will they
go against her a state when she dies? If she doesn't plan on ever
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Max is the Troubleshooter Show. No Tom Martino, Hi Tom Martino, Your
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two five five. Welcome. This is a show where we solve problems it's
the media show. I call it media with a purpose, and it's really
the only show of its kind. Most radio shows don't try to solve problems.
They just they're good. I love them, trust me. They talk
about issues, mostly political. But this show, while we may discuss political
things, we truly try to solve problems right at hand. One problem I
had was with redwood. He said he bought this weather shield redwood that was
supposed to be impregnated with stain, and it's washing out or blee streaking and
it doesn't seem to be very durable on his deck. Richard has a comment
on that. Go ahead, Richard, what is going on with you,
sir? I talked to one of the salesmen when I bought the stuff,
and I asked about the guarantee, and they said it would depend on what
kind of treatment I kept up with it. I said, so I have
to take up the track all the time and go down there and clean and
saying it And they said yes, So that's so. Basically basically what they're
saying is it's treated with stain up front when you install it, but you
have to maintain it correct. That's what the settleman told me. I bought
like five thousand dollars worth of it. And so what do you do to
keep it up? Richard? I'm half your age, I'm sixty five.
So I said, I'm going to have under the deck. I can only
do the surface parts, so I haven't really I haven't taken up the track,
you know, Richard, I don't think you have read it up for
God's sake, so they ask you you don't take it up? You would
just just restate it, right, Yeah, But how are you gonna get
the old get the dirt off? Because man, that's ridiculous. I don't
think if the sun's not hitting it underneath, I don't think you have to
go get underneath the damn stuff. I would not pull that deck up.
That would be ridiculous. First of all, you're gonna wear it out,
ma'am. Not. I'm just saying that to his question. Yeah, because
I asked them, you know question that my response to his question. I
get it, Richard, there's nothing really great under the sun. What I
meant by that is it's a plan words. There's nothing great under the sun,
meaning with the sun, the sun beats the hell out of stuff.
But thank you, stuck go by the way is probably the best finish you
can have. Now, obviously that's not for walking on, but first siding
stucco's great. Thank you very much for calling. We used to have stuff
indoor, an indoor outdoor kind of asked. Now, it wasn't an indoor,
it was an outdoor like an astro turf. I used that one time
on my deck and for the first few years, God, it felt and
looked great, but then it dried out and crumbled and it was terrible.
Some of the things you can do is you can put a cementuous finish on
it, you know, like these garage floor finishes, but you have to
put you can't just do it over bear, you know, regular wood.
You have to have the underlayment done well without a lot of flex and then
you can put these finishes on. Phyllis, what's going on with you,
Phyllis? I'm Tom Martine. How can I help you? Well, this
has to do with a car that we purchased from an autobroke first here in
Lakewood. Was it a newer used car? Both were used cars. We
traded our inn for the new used is what we did. Okay, so
you traded, well, what did you trade in twenty seventeen for Subaru Forester?
Her book? Okay? And what did you get? An Audi TT
twenty twelve? An Audi? A twenty twelve Audi? Why did you go
backward in time? She talked it over their insurance. The insurance dropped considerably
and it was better on gas mileage, and Forrest was more of a family
car because it was an SUV and was only her. It was really too,
so a twenty seventeen Suparo Forester for a twenty twelve Audi. And what's
the problem. The problem is all this started because I went down to the
DMV to try and transfer the title to her name. That was my way.
Which title the Subaru or the new one? The new one? Okay?
What do you mean transfer it to her name? Whose name was it
in? I guess probably the auto broker or maybe the last owner? Okay,
I got it. So so you did a transaction with a broker and
then went to motor vehicle and what happened? The motor vehicle says, well,
right now it shows you have a temporary title, and until the dealer
transfers that title, there's nothing we can do. What do they mean a
temporary title? Yeah, I don't understand that. It was just that's the
words she used when I went to the DMV. Wait, she said that
we can't transfer this into your name. Correct. Why the dealer has has
not that's the right word, has not released it. I guess you could
say it's a temporary title. I don't know about that. So that's that's
what I was trying to do. Is how long ago have f fellas?
How long ago'd you buy this? February twenty seconds? I think it was?
Okay, Ay, man, I fought all this and hold on,
I've got all this and it doesn't matter. I don't need the exact date,
but it was last month. Put it that way, got it?
I have the bill of sale. Hold on, good now this you're not
gonna like to hear this. Okay, but they have to undo the deal
and give your money back and give your trade back. These people broke the
law if they can't give you a merchantable title. Now did you who's the
broker is from the company Colorado Auto Gallery? Okay? What does Colorado Auto
Gallery say about this? They are responsible for getting you a title. Well,
see that's what I understood, But I know things change. You know,
so I have not. I've not had a problem. Well, what
did Colorado Auto Gallery tell you they would do for you? They wouldn't give
us the title unless we pay them. There's a balance of one thousand and
sixteen dollars, which way, Wait a minute, Wait a minute, Wait
a minute, one thousand and sixteen dollars on the on a loan for that
car. Well, like I told you, it was an even trade.
Well, wait a minute, are they are they raising now the price of
the Audie? That's what I'm wondering. Well when not wonder fellis? Listen,
when you bought the car? Do you have paperwork saying it was an
even trade? I believe, Well, I know the bill of sale.
It shows you what it was sold for and what we bought it for.
No, phyllis, what do you mean what it was sold for and what
you bought it for? What does that mean? I don't even know what
that means. What does your bill of sale say exactly? What does it
say? All right? Oh god, let me let me get my tho.
I don't do you know what? Let me ask you a very and
I don't mean to be a pain in the as. Do you understand how
to buy a car. Did you do this transaction? Phyllis, Did you
do this transaction? No, I'm sorry to see I didn't. My daughter
did. If she isn't available, so I was helping her. She's working.
Okay, now I got it. Okay, then I'm not going to
give you a hard time. Your daughter. What you do is you go
in and buy a car. If it's going to be an even trade,
it would say that on the bill of sale. It would say purchase twenty
twelve in exchange for a twenty seventeen super rout no balance due. It doesn't
say that. What does it say? Read it? It just says this
is what it was. So I could see where it was sold for.
What what do you mean what it was? So tell me what does it
say? All right, let me get it out the audi The audio was
sold for fourteen ninety five, and we tried. I want you to read
what it says. I don't want you to fill in any words. Read
exactly what is on the bill of sale, from top to bottom. The
hickl price fourteen nine ninety five, delivery and handling three hundred. Always it's
hard to read because it's a coffee three hundred ninety nine dollars subtotal fifteen.
Then you've got county text, RTD tag and titles feet it shows here that
got it right. So the trade allowance fourteen thousand and four fifty. So
okay, okay, hold on. What I want to know is this.
I'm going to help you. When you add up what the car was purchased
for, When you add up all those little things you were doing, what
does the total come to the grand total? Well, well, fourteen to
do it, fourteen nine ninety five, add them all up, add them
all up. Fourteen plus three ninety five is fifteen seams three ninety four.
And then you add up twenty seven. I'm going to round it up to
thirty. So we're looking at fifteen six. Then you add up five thirteen
up seven fifteen seven plus ten, we're looking around sixteen thousand. Okay,
you know, and what was the okay, what was the trade in allowance?
Fourteen four fifty? Okay? So what does that tell you? She
owes fifteen fifty? Is that what they're telling you? No? Okay,
what are they telling you? Totally? Do? I thought I edited this
up. Totally do When you add to craft one thy sixteen points good,
good, and that's what you have to pay to get a clear title.
Is that what they're telling you? That's what she said. That's what who
said? Rose the apparently the Odor of Colorado autogalln Well, it seems they
seem to be correct. But here's also what was going on. Why there's
nothing on that bill of sale that says it was an even trade. Not
one thing on that bill of sale says it was an even trade. No,
did your daughter pay any cash in addition to that, not that I'm
aware of. Well, that's what she owes that there's the answer to why
you can't get a title even though the issue she ran into after two days?
What issue the auto gallery gave her car fact that says this car is
in good working order. She took it home. No no, no,
no, no, no, no no either you're going to complain about the
price she bought that car as is? Did she get it checked out?
Well? According to the car fact. Are you calling about the title or
are you calling because she doesn't want the car? Just be straight with me.
He wants the car, But she ran into issues and said you need
to fix this because you're car. No, they don't need to fix it.
The time to fix it is before she bought it, unless she had
a guarantee. Did she have a guarantee? The only guarantee that I'm aware
of is this car fax, And he says no, the carfax is not
a guarantee. I don't know what you're talking about. There is no such
thing as a car fax that says this car is in good working order.
So send me whatever you have Otherwise I can't help you. You bought the
car as is, you didn't pay for it, and now you're wondering why
you can't get title, and if it has problems, it's your problem now,
Phyllis. That's the God's honest truth. Unless you can show me something
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Hi Tom Arsino, So Phyllis hung up, She's upset. Now listen.
There's no such thing as a car fax. No such thing as a car
fax that says this car is in good working order, no such thing.
All a carfax does is show the lineage of a vehicle. It shows sometimes
sometimes if it's been in an accident and how much repair was done. It
does nothing or says nothing about the condition of a car. So when Phyllis's
daughter bought that car, she here's what she did. She want. She's
a poser. She wanted to get rid of the twenty seventy Subaru, and
she wanted to buy an Audi because an Audi's a looker. That's what's happening
with young people. They're buying. They're buying Audies because Audis are so supposed
to be the Shiznitz, when really they're just the sh you know what,
they're not the Shiznitz. Audi suck. They're all looks Now, they're not
quite as bad as range Rover, but they pretty much suck. But then
again, all of the new luxury cars aren't that great anyway, but Audi
is probably at the lower one end. But they're posers. People pose,
they love them. Okay, now here's the deal. She said it was
an even trade. The numbers clearly show it's not an even trade. The
numbers clearly show that there's a balance due. She wants to know why she
has to pay that balance to get the title. I don't know what to
do. Honest to god, I don't know what to do because people call
me and I point this stuff out and they hate me. They hang up,
so I can't help it. Look, I love people, I really
do. But I'm never gonna lie to you, never going to make you
feel good about mistakes, but you will be smarter for it. Samantha,
what's going on? Hi? Samantha, what's happening? Hi? What's going
on? So? My mom bought a vehicle? She was it new or
used? He used twenty fourteen Jeep Wrangeler Wrangler. Okay, they're nice car,
I mean they're very popular. What's going on? So warranty is thirty
days? You know, something happens to take it back forty days later?
It broke down it's the transmission. She did get warried. How many miles
are on this How many miles are on this nine year old vehicle? One
nine, one hundred and twenty nine thousand. Okay, So what went wrong
with the transmission? It's just out it doesn't run forward or backwards? Did
she haven't analyzed yet by anyone? Yes, they just analyzed it and it
came out for thirteen thousand of things. It was the transmission, how much
seven other things? Wait a minute, it was about go ahead. Oh,
the total was about thirteen thousand transmission plus seven other diagnosis that came out
like okay, Now, Samantha, here's what I want to ask you.
Had she had the car checked before she bought it, would they have found
these problems? No, that's the thing. When she got it out from
the dealership, everything seemed fine. Wait a minute, No, I didn't
ask that, Samantha. Did she have it checked out? No? No,
So they could have found the problems maybe yes, maybe taking it somewhere.
But what's the name of the dealer. She bought it from? Good
car Buyers in castro Rock, in Castle Rock. Yeah, okay, now
listen here, I have to be truthful with you unless you got you had
a thirty day warranty. She could have taken it somewhere even during that thirty
days, but they don't have to. Now, I'm not saying what they
did is right. If they covered something up or tried to lie to your
mother, did they lie to your mother? Well, they didn't tell her
that the transmission or a mod No, I know. Yeah, Samantha,
here's the problem. Here's the problem. They don't have to tell her anything
about that car, did they? But they sold it with a thirty day
warranty. That's what surprises me. During that thirty days, why didn't she
take it to a mechanic. I well, they let's call them and see
if they'll do anything. Well, when you called them, did they say
they would do anything at all? No, she called and they said that
she couldn't. They couldn't take the car back to them. Oh, I'm
sorry, No, you gonna know? No, no, nothing, okay,
okay, So then okay, so no, okay, I'm sorry.
I misunderstood. She has warranty. She bought the warranty. Oh she did.
Yeah, she has warranty, but they she couldn't take it back to
them. When she did forty days later and said, hey, the car
doesn't run. It broke down. It's been only forty days. They said,
sorry, we can't do nothing about it. But wait, wait,
wait, wait, does she have she bought a warranty? Yes? Yes?
Is that? What's the Is that warranty still in effect? Yes?
Okay, Samantha. Did you see the warranty yet? Yes? Will that
warranty help her make some of these repairs? Yes, that's the thing.
She only has to pay I think about two seventy. But see, this
is not the thing. Is more that she's upset that they sold her a
limus. Okay, Samantha, I'm going to tell you something. Okay,
yes, she better. Here's what she should do. She should get it
fixed under warranty if they will fix it, and she should pay the deductible.
I understand what you're saying. She is upset that this happened, but
she's lucky she has that warranty if they truly will pay it. If you
have any problems getting it paid for, let me know. Make sure though
that where do you in order to get it fixed under warranty? Where do
you have to take it? Can you take it to any mechanic. Yes,
what's the name of the warranty? Come a warranty she's looking at up?
Britain? Okay, Samantha, I don't think she's gonna have She doesn't
have any right to take this car back. Okay, I think that's the
wrong way to go. I mean, I'm not saying. I mean it
would be nice if they would give her them her money back, but they
won't. They won't do that. Did she have a thirty day money back
guarantee? No? No, okay, don't. So what is she saying?
What's the name of that warranty? She's looking it up? Britain?
Okay, Care United Car Care. Okay, it's okay. That's one of
the big ones. I'm not saying they're great, but she should put a
claim in with the Did they already tell her they would fix it under warranty?
Yeah? I'm sorry, what was that? Did they already tell her
they would fix it under warranty? And then right now, we just got
a text message this morning. We were waiting since last week. The guy
said that the warranty people, the company they had just they have to go
out and inspect the vehicle. So they haven't done that yet. No,
but he just texted that this morning that they're gonna they're waiting for the inspection
of the car. Okay from the warranty people. Then when you told me
she only had to pay two hundred and seventy what was that about? Is
it the deductible? Okay? Listen, call us back, Samantha. I'm
gonna mark this down. I want you to call us back and let us
know what they say about the warranty I have. I have a terrible feeling
that warranty is going to try to get out of it. Let me know
though, Uh, Kashina, make sure we have her. I have her
written down to call us back after they inspect the vehicle. But the answer,
the quick answer is you can't make that dealer take it back. That's
the problem. What about a cat being poisoned? Uh? Oh, that
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a terrible situation I'm hearing about here. What is going on with cat poisoning?
John? I live in rocky Ford. There's a town a few miles
to the east named La Hunt. For years, over ten years, they've
been the city has been poisoning, sanctioning, the poisoning and pellet gun shooting
of cats. In two weeks they destroyed almost ninety cats in three colonies.
That people, What do you mean that they have sanctioned it? What does
that mean? And John, have you recently picked up the name John?
What has John been your name all along? Because you used to call it
under another name? So I'm just curious anyway, sanctioning meaning they allow it
and they participate. We have witnesses, we have witness statements, we have
hipate what how did they participate? They poison the cats? They admit who
is they though that? I'm trying to get a handle like the employee,
city employee, rocky Ford City employees, No Hunt, Oh Lahunta, I'm
sorry, I'm sorry. Including police, we have paper trails, we have
witnesses, we have statements from participants and statements from witnesses, we have videos,
and we can't find in a state agency or a state group that will
or can invest do a official investigation. Have you called God say? Have
you called Peta? We had all cat allies and I think into sense of
animals say that they were beginning investigations two years ago, but they didn't follow
through. We have even more evidence and proof now and we called KATSA or
KAFPA up in the city at Denver, a state agency PAKFA having to do
with animals in the state, but they don't only deal with ranch animals.
We need a lawyer, an animal rights lawyer, or a group private or
government that will investigate thoroughly and prosecute hopefully these people that are in the city
government that have been poisoning these cats and even some dogs for years now.
Now wait a minute, they've been doing dogs too, apparently from what I've
heard, but mainly cats. Now, how did they throw I and why
do they poison? Are they poisoning feral cats? I mean, what are
they saying that they have the cat problem? Why are they doing this?
Because they don't want cats. They're poisoning stray cats, and they're poisoning pets
that have homes. And just last week I talked to a lady cat rescuer
here in town. She witnessed city trash pickup workers or worker throwing poisoned meat
over the at least one fence because a dog that lived there was occasionally harassing
them when they picked up the garbage. This is rife. The city is
rife. Okay, hold on this. So if we call the Haunta,
will they admit they're poisoning cats? Of course not. But we have city
council testimony, we have videos. Okay, how do I get a hold
of the new mayor publicly said he wants to get rid of all the cats.
Okay, I need to know. You said you have testimony where they
admit poisoning cats. Well, I talked to three cops on three separate occasions
a few years ago, and they each told me the chief of police sent
out a memo saying, do not do this anymore, referring to cat poisonings
and pelt gun shootings. And it stopped for a while apparently, but then
it picked up again. And it's just ongoing. And are there any local
newspaper articles about it or anyone on this or no, one don't. We
don't even have a newspaper anymore. But when we did have a newspaper,
the one reporter told us that he was going to write two stories over a
period of three years. All right, hold on that, hey, put
them on hold for a second. Deputy Dollar, I know you weren't planning
on this one, but I want you to truly call the junta and start
asking questions, call the police, call around. That's all we can do.
Meanwhile, Kachina, could you tell John to give us any anything at
all he can find anything at all by way of proof or other people or
other people that will collaborate the story. If truly they are doing this,
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two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martino here three O three seven one
three talks seven one three eight two five. Five people have been asked about
that follow up about the guy that had his car purchase for a tenth of
the price of when he was asking an elderly man who said he was taking
advantage of. I'm going to give an update in the next hour. Paul,
what's going on with you? Paul? Good afternoon, sir, hey
man, what's happening. I believe that I'm being taken advantage of at an
UH Auto part store. I have I own a twenty eleven out E eight
five two point zero turbo Quattro, and when I put it in the shop
five weeks ago. I was told it would take approximately a week to get
done. Here we are five weeks later, the car's not done, and
they keep charging me more and more and more. Hold on, Hold on,
hold on. So what shop is it in? It's in Pueblo Imports
in Pueblo, Colorado. Okay, And it's and and why did you take
it in? Well? It was running, it was starting to run rough,
and the lights were coming on and those cars are very sensitive that way.
Now. And what's the name again? What's the name did you say
of that company? We're looking it up pure Blow Imports. It's a Blow
import, got it? Okay? So you took it there for what reason?
Well, here's a list of items. It needed a direct ignition,
coil, spark, plugs, oil change, oil filter, water pump,
coupling, water pump, and thermostat. Something to do with the coolant when
you took it in. Here's what I needs, a O paull. When
you took it in? Why did you take it in? Not what they
say, but why did you take it in? Because it needed a tune
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twenty two. You need so you don't have as became. Shoot, that's
gonna help, coming man. This is the Troubleshooter Show Now, Tom Martine,
Tom Martino, Welcome to the show where we help people media with a
purpose. And I've been doing it in Denver for forty five years, nearly
fifty years elsewhere. I mean, I've been doing this for years, so
you do the math. Started when I was around twenty and now, actually
you want to know the truth, I was working for newspaper writing articles at
eighteen. But anyway, and I'm now seventy, so I'm coming on fifty
years of official employment as a reporter in the media. But the real thing
is what do we get accomplished. Well, we help people, but the
truth sometimes hurts. Yeah, sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it help helps,
but it hurts sometimes when people are told what they did wrong and we can't
help them. Sometimes we can't help them. Right now, we're working on
a number of cases. This thing in Lahunta. Guy says the city is
sanctioning the poisoning and killing of cats. Then we have people who just make
stupid mistakes. And when you have a water heater replaced and you overpay,
what is overpayment? There is no overpayment. If you don't ask for the
price and compare it with others, you can't complain about it. It's really
amazing how many people approve work and then complain about it. Demand the price
up front in writing, and then compare it. Shop around. If you
like the price, do it. If you don't, don't. There are
summers. There are some plumbers who believe this is the price, no matter
what, because we do quality work and we do it the right way and
we do it honestly. Well, that's fine. But if you find other
people that do it honestly the right way for less money, you can go
with them too. It's all about shopping around, nothing wrong with it.
Now Paul says he thinks he's being scammed by mechanics. He said he took
his Audi in for oil change and tune up. I want to bring up
Paul, and I want to bring up Kevin Culkin from Sheridan Auto Tech.
But Paul's story is he has an Audi Turbo Quatro with one hundred seventy six
thousand miles on it. It's that Pueblo Imports. He's only owned it for
a little while. He wanted to tune up and an oil change, but
they're telling him he needs a whole bunch of other things. And I want
Kevin to hear those things to see if it's logical, because it might be
at one hundred and seventy six thousand miles. Paul, why do you suspect
they might be scamming you? What is your first clue? A red flag?
When they had it for three weeks, When they had it for three
weeks, and they did the job entirely the first time, and they didn't
get it right, and they wanted to take it back to do it all
over again a second time, but not charge you a second time. Right,
that is correct? And now what now, hold on, hold on,
did you let him take it back a second time? Yes, sir,
I did? And did they get it right the second time? They're
not finished. It's still sitting in the shop. But are they telling you
now? They had it two weeks the first time. How long have they
had it the second time? If a little clarification, I did take it
in there for a coolant issue. I was leaking coolant all over the place,
and I had omitted that earlier because I forgot about it. But where
were you leaking cool Where was the coolant coming from? I was putting it
in the container and it would just leak right out, as if there was
a hose broken or something. Okay, but they replaced so anyway, how
much let me ask you to me, how much repair did they do?
Give me the items real quick, Just go down the list. Direct ignition,
coil, spark plug, the oil, the oil filter, water pump,
coupling, water pump, thermostat, coolant timing cover, brake rotor,
brake pads, brake pad set. I did do some brakework on it later
when they noticed that it needed some rear calipers, two rear calipers. But
this is all the stuff they did. How much are you being charged?
The whole thing amounted to seven thousand with taxes seven thousand, three hundred and
four and twenty seven cents. My done the additional costs for the calipers,
you know. And I told them to go ahead and do it, of
course, and I didn't shop them, that was my mistake, two hundred
and eighty eight dollars each. So that was a total of seventy five hundred
oh eight eight thousand dollars. Okay, And now they want to charge me.
They just told me today I need another part that's going to cost me
one thousand and fifty and they won't charge me any labor on it. And
that's the cost of the part. And what's that? Nothing to do with
the cam head feel or something? Okay, I don't I don't know exactly.
I have a list of everything else because they were already paid received.
Okay, here's what I want to know, Kevin. It's possible, unfortunately,
on an Audi with one hundred and seventy six thousand miles that he needed
those things, isn't it? Oh? Very easily? Yes? Yeah?
And does that price sound outrageous or not? I don't know. Well,
without knowing exactly what they did. I mean, it's hard to tell.
Parts on that Audi are very expensive, and that's why, you know,
we always talk about not buying you Europeans because it's just the repair CONTs are
astronomical after the fact. So they could be a little on the high side.
But if it's an AUDI specialist and that's what they do, they're going
to charge a little more. Yeah, I mean, it's it's not that
far out, so how on the part they need. You know, they
may have overlooked something the first time and they're going to do it now.
I mean, we do that. If we miss something, we'll put it
back. Yet all apart, just I just want you to know something that
Baudi would have a lot, a lot of even more things wrong. Get
ready for a transmission. Has the transmission been done? Yeah, it's running
perfectly time, Well, it could be running perfectly fine, but get ready
for it. It's not going to last much longer. That's just life.
That you bought a car. How many miles were on it when you bought
it? One hundred and sixty two thousand. Yeah, So, Kevin,
Seriously, while Pueblo Imports doesn't have the greatest ratings. They if you have
a car you buy with that many miles on it, an Audi, wouldn't
you expect major And I'm serious now, I don't want to just give this
guy bad news, but I'm giving him the truth. You're in for major
repairs, aren't you, Kevin. Typically because people that trade their men are
running up against the repairs and that's why they typically get rid of them.
So you're buying it and the other people who got rid it dodds that repair.
So that's what you're getting, you know, is the stuff they didn't
want. Effect And again I didn't get the year. What year was that?
Twenty eleven eleven, so we're talking about okay, so we're talking about
ten eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, almost fifteen years old, with
one hundred and seventy six thousand miles. If we had so purpose not to
beat them up, we would have recommended not buying that car, no matter
what, no matter what. Yeah, just too many times, I know
I not can't, Paul, I know you didn't call to hear this.
But what you can do is have this compared. We have someone in Colorado
Springs that you can take it to and he'll he'll give you the God's honest
truth on everything that you had done or should have done. You can take
it out of there. It's honest, accurate auto and see what they say
about it. But man, they are a bear. And and here's the
unfortunate thing. When you spend that, you're going to have a really Kevin,
what would you say? The transmission? How long is it gonna last?
Just really, well, he's part of time now. Yeah, yeah,
it's overdue. Yes, And and I just didn't want him thinking someone's
ripping him off if they tell him he needs a transmission. No, Unfortunately,
this car is going to bleed him to you know, every time it
goes in, it's going to need something. Okay, So let me ask
you something, sir. Do you do you do you understand what I mean?
You know, I know you understand what we're saying. But do you
see why that's a problem to think you're being taken advantage of? How much
did you pay for this car? Nine thousands? Okay, there's stuff.
And they're beautiful cars. You know when they've run right, they run great.
I mean it's it's a hard pass. It is, yes, it
is a beautiful clot What models. What model did you say it was?
It's a two point h turbo quat row Okay, yeah, and okay,
you know you could How long do those engines last? I hate to even
ask that. How long do they last? They're they're they're comparable to most
motors, you know, but I would shop around before I did any more
repairs because they are they are hitting them a little hard on the repairs.
Okay, he's he's saying the engine basically what you know? I mean,
you just keep putting money in them and you keep running. Or when do
they actually that's really hard to tell. I mean, yeah, it's hard
to tell. I mean, if he just did a water pump, they
probably did the time. He's got everything at the same time. So he's
okay there, I mean change timmy change, Yes, I mean it was
all done. Uh so that that's alleviated from that from the when was last
time it had a transmission flush? I don't know, not by me or
coolant? You know, the timing chain goes out on the money. Do
you know those timing She just had that done. He just had that done
with the water pump. Oh okay, yeah, so that that was covered.
That's why it was so so expensive, but uh yeah, I mean
that's you could do is maintain it, keep you all chains very regular and
hope for the best. I mean, there's no more you can do,
but yeah, but I don't think we can go after this this shop for
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one three eight two five five. Let's talk to Dana Hide Dana, what's
going on with you? Hello, Dana, what's happening? Nothing really in
my on the air? Yes, sir, you are oh cool? Hey,
everybody, I wasn't expecting that anyway. Well, okay, I just
want to make that clear. This is a radio show. So do you
want to continue? Yes? I do. I just okay, what's going
on, Dana? What's going on? Man? Because I'm really pissed off.
I'm really pissed off. What and it's not you know, it's not
a big deal. Okay. So I tried to call Buckley Air Force Base
and I tried to call like a couple of numbers and get in touch with
who who to speak with to make a complaint about what about the planes?
About the airplanes? So what they're doing is flying quite low altitude jets over
residential homes in Aurora. I happened to live in Aurora. I grew up
here, I left, and I've been back for about three or four.
Hey, listen, they've been there for years doing that. No, I
dig it. But there it's upscaled and it's lower and it's more often.
So I basically want to know who thinks it's appropriate to fly over homes because
they can't be trained need to drop missiles on homes. You know, they're
looking at grids, Tom right, I mean you fly, That's why I
thought of you. Yeah, but but with Buckley. I'm trying to think
about Buckley. Okay. And and I don't understand what you mean by low
level, Like are they really I don't really know, tell me about it.
Talking bird height, I'm talking to a thousand feet. They're not that
high. They're really low. But are they coming? Is it in their
pattern? Like are you talking about coming in on final or are you just
talking about flying around? You're talking about flying loops and hooking around. Wait
wait, well over hell, I'm out here near d I eight. So
there's all the planes, there's all the things. It's fine, it's there's
hell it got you know, there's noises whatever. What I'd like to know
is this, Okay, you were going You are truly telling me that they're
just flying around. They're not coming in for a landing or taking off.
They are descending, some of them because they're hooking around on a big hook,
on a big like two hundred and fifty degree hook, you know,
singing around and they are dropping out that you're there, but a lot of
times they're just they seem to just be flying. How many would you say
a day? And if they're going to be flying, just raise it,
don't you think they should just pull it up? Well? How many days?
How many? How many a day do you think you're talking about?
What I mean, I'm sorry repeat that? How many a day? Are
you talking about? How many jets between? How many per day? Per
day? I would say three to five and per week. I mean,
there's dozens of these and it's not I don't care if they're flying. I
guess they're training or whatever. I'd like to know who thinks it's cool to
beat this low, because you know people do. I don't think. I
don't think you can do anything about it. I really don't because unless they're
I mean, you know, there are minimum altitudes. I'm looking at their
chart. There are minimum altitudes around that airport, and then there's air space
they have to stay under for d I A for certain things. But I
don't see where they can even go that low. I don't low. I
mean, I'll take a video. It's really I just don't think. I
think it's rude. It's rude. It's like I don't know. It's like
you find your helicopter right over someone's building, where it's all everyone's like,
what what the hell is that? And then you know you can't talk on
the phone, you can't work for, you can't be engaged in anything because
it's not gone sometimes. Okay, so you tried calling there and you couldn't.
They just were like, well, well they didn't even know who to
transfer me to. And I said, well, you know, I want
to know. Okay, I guess I don't know. I just think it's
rude. Okay, Well listen, I okay, And I know you're venting,
and I'm letting you vent, but I'm while you're venting, I've been
looking at stuff here and I truly don't see anything here that would the patterns
that would conflict you. Are you sure you're not just overly sensitive to it.
I think I'm desensitized to it because I've been here for so long.
I went, you know, I went to Hinckley. You actually actually know
you indirectly through my family. Tom uh. You know a've gotten Enchance Gallagher.
Yes, of course, what's he doing? What's he doing right?
What's he doing right now? He does like Atarioki. No, okay,
he's doing that. Still listen here here, let me explain something to you.
Where where I'm just trying to find this damn thing without it. I
am looking at this chart right now that has the buckley on it, and
I'm telling you that they have to stay on I know what you're talking about.
They have to stay under a shelf where DIA is because they're so close
in proximity. And because of that, I think that's what you're seeing.
They're coming around and going underneath that so they don't have to contact DIA,
and that is what you're seeing, Dana. Thanks for calling, Bro,
and tell Chance I said, hello, Please, he's a great guy.
Mike. What's going on with you? Oh? He hung up. Mike
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twenty two. I'm Tom Martino. You're a troubleshooter and We're going to talk
right now to John Horan, and I'll tell you why I'm talking to him.
John Horan has been in the funeral business. He even in the funeral
business for many years in Denver in the Colorado Heran and mcconnaughty a well known,
respected name. I've come to you year after year for opinions on things
having to do with funerals and with all kinds of funeral issues. Now,
recently they discovered several bodies that were on earthed or something at a funeral home,
and then the lawmakers got really excited and says, we need to regulate
this industry, and they came up with a bill. Now, let me
tell you what shocks me. John, I respect you very very much,
and I still do. And I respect Jim, I mean mister Cohen over
at Feldman's and and I know I know you people are reputa well. Yet
I heard that you guys. I thought you would be in support of these
regulations to license people in the funeral business, and I understand that you guys
are kind of not in favor of it. Can you explain that to me?
Sure, Tom, As you know, we've known each other for a
lot of years. Yes, I support licensure, and I believe Jim Cohen
does as well, but I think it needs to be responsible and and by
that I mean that, first of all, I think we agree that it's
that this is important, and you know there are there are some bad operators
in this state and we need more regulation right now. Now we all agree
on We all agree on that. But you said this goes too far because
you believe certain people absolutely needs they need licensing, but others do not,
and you're shutting out a lot of good people. Well that's exactly right,
Tom, because if they're they're making a distinction in this bill so that embalmers
are will be required to go to Mortuary Science School and pass the National Exam.
Okay, I get that they provide care for the seas and mortuary science
school is mostly about teaching people to embolve and care for the deceased. I
guess that got it. But funeral directors, people who are for the most
part, event planners, for them to go to mortuary science to expect them
to go to mortuary Science school and learn how to embalm when they will never
have contact with the deceased. It's so clearly not. Their interest is completely
unrealistic. And I would a scientific I've I've done a little homework, and
I think it's a fairly good scientific estimate that there are more than four hundred
individuals in Colorado who are doing a wonderful job of taking care of families.
They're compassionate, they're professional, they have high integrity, and yet the likelihood
that they would go to mortuary science school. No, No, Now,
the ones who are already who are already doing this could be grandfathered in.
Now, John, I understand exactly what you're saying, So let me get
this clear. Does this new proposed legislation for regulating the funeral industry does it
call for everyone at the funeral home to go to embalming school and pass an
exam and be licensed, even the people who are just there as greeters and
funeral directors, well, not not greetors, but people who are funeral directors
who are sitting with families and taking information to process a death certificate and and
to create an obituary and to organize a service. The the this bill is
advocating that that those individuals have to go to mortroy Science School. Uh,
it's it's it's a two year process. Tom, I have to tell you,
well, I think it's I think it's ridiculous. It's totally ridiculous.
If I mean, if they're in a separate category, it's I mean,
it would be like having a clinic, and and and and telling your your
people who intake patients or or admit people into a hospital that they have to
be m d's. It doesn't it really doesn't make sense, Tom, and
and and I'm fighting it, and I I appreciate the opportunity. So what
you're saying is you want you want regulation where there should be regulation. Correct.
Well, okay, so why don't they just amend it or something.
Well, I'm hoping so, Tom, I'm hoping so can people. Okay,
let's say a lot of good people might be ased out of the industry
that have been in it. And you're saying, look, there's no reason
for these people who are in essence, as you say, event planners to
be ased out of an industry if all of their workers touching the corpse or
the people the deceased, I should say, if they are licensed. So
how do people just tell their lawmakers? I mean, is this a Colorado
thing or a national thing. This is Colorado, right, It's a Colorado
thing, and increasingly nationwide we're seeing we're seeing this distinction being made where the
funeral directors UH serve an apprenticeship and take a state test that proves that they
understand state laws and regulations and UH and then then they become licensed funeral director.
Like I said, I that's and there's nothing wrong with that. There's
nothing wrong with licensed funeral directors. But but you're saying they shouldn't have to
go to mortuary science school as an embalmer. Right now in Colorado, are
embalmers required to go to a mortuary science school right now? No? No,
right now, they are not required. And so it comes down to,
you know, companies like like mine that that that by policy require people
who are embalming to either be apprenticing under the supervision of an embalmer or someone
who has been to mortuary science school and and has has learned not not learned
this entirely, you know, because it's important to understand there are a lot
of there are a lot of aspects of embalming that that are difficult to just
teach from person to person, and mortuary science school covers Uh, so you're
in favor, you're in favor of the actual embalmbers being licensed by having education.
Okay, I am. I think that part makes sense to me.
But after January one of twenty twenty six, this is going to have a
tremendous chilling effect on our ability. Has it been approved it has it been
passed? No? No, no, it's just been Then people need to
let their leg their lawmakers know. I know, it's not something on the
top of everyone's you know, it's not a law that a lot of people
are going to care about, but they don't realize the impact that a lot
of good people could be ased out of this industry, and so they should
let their lawmakers know. I mean again, like I said, it's not
something a lot of people think about. John, thank you for taking the
time today to come on the show, and sure I'm going to encourage people
to at least let their lawmakers know. Again, this is a consumer issue,
right. You don't want shlock in the industry, but at the same
time, you don't want to ace out good people, and you should have
the licensing where the licensing is apropos. You know, plumbers who own plumbing
contracting companies. Of course, Uh, they don't necessarily are they're not necessarily
plumbers. But John, thank you and I'll let you go right now.
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sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martino here, Well, I want to get
a report from Mark Major on timeshare crusade. But he hung up, so
we'll try to get him back on Mark. Do you have a comment on
Buckley Air Force Base? Go ahead, sir, hey, I just wanted
to comment on what's probably going on out there is when the military dirties up.
They dragged the runway at fifteen hundred feet over the departure in they do
a ninety degree turn that keeps the within a mile of the runway, and
that also allows them to drop five to six hundred feet down the pattern altitude
and that's where they fly. The regular pattern is after that. That was
explained to me with an instructor who was a military But as far as his
questions go, or you know, or he should call the FAA, they're
the ones that would answer the questions for that's true. That's true. They
would have. And I wonder if they get other complaints. If they do,
maybe they would say something about it. I mean, I wouldn't put
a pass a pilot or two to play around a little. But I don't
think it's a regular thing. And thank you for calling Robert. What's going
on in your life? Robert? What's happening? I I have a tax
question, but I'm not sure whether I can get an answer with so my
son worked last year. He may he worked like like Walmart and stuff.
He may talk about eighty two eighty three hundred dollars and he's a full time
student. And I'm confused as to what I read on the online as far
as whether I can claim him or not. Claim him, and he has
to do his own taxes. Well, first of all, feen years old,
okay, hold on for filing taxes. Okay. First of all,
if you're paying for his keep and he's living with you, you can take
him as a dependent, period. But he can't take himself as a dependent.
But he he has to file taxes if he makes a certain amount.
Okay. So if he's a single filer under sixty five, it's twelve thousand,
five hundred okay, so he's well underneath that. He doesn't have to
file, okay, But and you can claim him. You can claim him
even if he does file. Do you understand that? Yeah? I understand
that. But it was then also read that if he paid more than his
half, which is about forty four dollars, then then I can't claim him.
Wait more than his half of what what are you talking about? I
don't know. That's what it says on line. No, no, no,
if he pays no, listen, listen, this is what it means,
not half of his income, Robert, if he pays for more than
half of his own support, yes, well he doesn't. I mean,
it doesn't mean if he pays half of his income, he can make one
hundred grand, for God's sakes, But if you pay for all of his
support in your home, you can claim him. Okay, it's I can
claim him and then he doesn't have to file, right. Well, that
has nothing to do with it. His file is a totally separate issue.
Okay. His filing depends on income for him twelve thousand, five hundred and
fifty or below. You do not file, Okay, Okay. Now,
even if he did file, it has nothing to do with whether or not
he is your dependent. Okay. Here's what determines if he's a dependent if
you are paying for more than half of his keep. Okay, okay,
but they yeah, okay, but why because they do safe if I pay
more than half of his what do you call it? Anyways? But they
do put a number on it. I think it's like forty four hundred dollars.
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Robert's got a question on taxes, and I did consult our tax expert,
and I do have some answers for Robert. You want to know,
I know where you got that forty four hundred. Okay. Now, people
can claim anyone as a dependent. You can claim a child, you can
claim a relative. And when I say anyone, but here's here's what it
is. A relative doesn't even have to be technically a relative, but there
are different qualifications. If it's a child of yours, which is a child
or a stepchild, or a foster child, or a sibling or a step
sibling if you even want to take care of one of your siblings, okay,
or a descendant of those. They have to be under the age of
nineteen. Okay, So they can be eighteen and a half. They can
be that once they reach nineteen. They can't be a dependent unless they're a
full time student that goes up to age twenty four. Okay. Okay.
Now, so here's the deal. They have to be nineteen or they have
to be under nineteen, and they and they must live with you at least
half of the year or one day past half of the year okay, for
more than half a year, and you have to support them more than half
okay, and you the child cannot file a joint tax return with anyone,
okay. So that's the easy part right there. That's a child for you.
Now, if you had a relative living with you, or they have
to live with you for all of the year okay, and they have to
have an income of less than forty four hundred dollars okay, So that's what
you're thinking about. That's for an adult or someone living with you, like
grandparents or your mom or dad. They either have to live with you all
year or be a member of your household and relate it to you in some
way, okay, either or, and they have to have an income of
under forty four hundred and you have to provide for more than half of their
support. So that's why you heard that there's a limit of income. And
since your son made eight grand, you didn't think that he would qualify,
but he does, okay. Yeah, he's seventeen, a full time student
and he lives with me. So all right, thank you so much.
So you have you have it knocked right now, and again always you know
you can always ask tax experts. I'm just giving you the advice i'm passing
along here if you have a questions. All right, thank you very much.
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two five five. I'm going to try to call Mark now again because we've
been talking about his activities, uh down in and I'm going to cold call
him because he knows i'm calling. So let's just just hope you he's still
around. Hell, all right, we're live right this second, so you
don't have to wait for a break. So Mark, I'm getting all kinds
of comments on the YouTube channel about about you being like like a minute down
there, and then you're going, I am a menace, man, you
are a crusader. But explain, I say, look at this. I
know I wonder how it started. Start from the beginning, and then I
want you to tell me how you intervened, But start from the very beginning.
Well here's what pissed me off. Listen, man, I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna be s around this stuff. This That particular hotel is called
the hard Rock and it's Incabo San Lucas, and we we had like this
thing called the uh I don't know the Rock and Roll Legacy package or whatever.
So to be honest, it was over a thousand bucks a night.
The second we land and check into this place. Before we even go to
the room, see the room, check out the property. The timeshare people
are on you like stink on craft man. It's crazy. It's really irritated.
It's like a carnival. Yeah, well, yeah, it is like
a carnival. The property's gorgeous, so I really don't want to take away
from the property. But why they do this timeshare stuff in five seconds when
you land is crazy when you're spending that kind of money. If I'm spending
fifty bucks a night, okay, I guess I'm going to get hit up
with that stuff left and right. But it's a whole different deal. So
that kind of set the tone. So a couple of nights that we're there,
we're having a good time. The food's good, the resort's nice,
and we have okay, I'll tell you what they call him. They call
him a butler. So we have a butler that can do everything for us
and set up the massages and all this stuff. And he was great.
But in part of the package we paid for We also got a lot of
excursions and stuff that were included in the price, so you basically prepay them.
That was a total hassle because they try to upgrade you and send you
back through the timeshare channel again. So I'm getting more and more irritating.
Wait, wait, when you can you say through the time share channel?
What do you mean? You mean what? They call it the vacation club.
So if we want to schedule a massage that once again we already paid
for, you got to go through the quote vacation club to schedule it.
Most of the people okay, yeah, so that you know, they're like,
oh well, if you want to upgrade to a two hour massage,
you know you can go listen to somebody try to pitch you a town share.
And it's just NonStop. So so finally I'm getting a little sick and
tired of the timeshare stuff. And we're walking down for dinner and I see
this young couple and then I see this family. They look like they were
from India because she had the garbine in the whole bit. And I'm walking
by and I'm going, they're trying to suck these people in. They just
probably arrived It's about four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and I finally
looked at Susanne and I said, I'm done. I'm going to warn them
because they started bringing out the paper. You know how they do it.
They say, how much do you think all this is worth? And you
write down, you know, eight dollars or whatever you write down. They
go, oh, no, no, no, we'll do it for four
So they were at the park where everybody's scribbling on paper with this family,
and I finally said, I'm going to do it. In fact, I'm
going to go live on it. So I go live and I walk up
to two different families and I interrupted, and both of them don't end up
buying. Now how do I know that? I know that because about fifteen
minutes later, as we're walking to the restaurant, the freaking timeshare mafioso walks
up to me and they're like, what's your name? What room are you
in? It's illegal to film people in Mexico. We're gonna call the policio.
We got we gotta get them. Hold on, Mark, just wait,
just wait, oh go go go, okay, hold on, just
hey, hold on, just don't say that I'm bad all right, now
now are we back? Okay, okay, now keep going, but really
watching now go ahead, I know, I know, so the mafios so
police come up and you know, sure enough, they're trying to shake me
down. What room number are you in and all this, and next thing
I know, there's three or four of them. So I walk away from
them, and a couple of them are pretty big guys. You can see
them in the video. Man. I mean we're talking like they could kick
my butt. I'm not even like play in that game. So but then
I start walking away and they're like, they're like, oh, we'll figure
out who you are and we'll come get you. And I said, you
know what, the worst thing I can do right now is just walk away
because they probably will. So I went live again, and you can find
that on our YouTube. Just go to YouTube dot com and type in Troubleshooter
Network and go to the live videos. You'll see it. They're only like
two minutes. But here's the deal, man. So finally I walked back
up to them. Then they start playing stupid. When I got the camera
in their face, They're like, oh, we're just here to make sure
you're having a good time. Right after they threatened to call the cops and
throw me in jail. So at that point did you stop actually people from
getting suckered. Two people, yeah, two families for sure. One,
like I said, they were in the part where they were writing on paper.
The other ones just got up. I could tell the husband. You
can tell in the video. He's laughing. He's like he can tell,
like I was his out. I don't think they would have bought, but
he felt like he had to sit there and listen, and you don't.
It's not one of these deals where you get a discount on a buffet or
something to sit down. They just try to jump you right off the batman.
Hey, Mark, you know crazy. One of the things this happened.
This happened to us in Hawaii. You can't walk through the lobby without
them attacking you. It truly is like a carnival row. It is now,
I will say this. So we were there for five nights and then
yesterday we moved to a Hilton property called the Waldorf Hysteria in Cabo. Totally
different scene. Man. They don't mess with you. You walk in,
they take care of you. There is no time share. It's a totally
different. I don't feel like I'm in a carnival whatsoever. And the service
is unbelievable. It's a nuts man. It's a great place. So are
you going to be doing any more stuff? Any more lives I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna I feel almost like I have to do a video. I'll
probably do it tomorrow or the next day from this hotel, just during one
of your breaks. I'll come in and do a quick three to four minute
walk around of the video or the property. It's it's absolutely unbelievable. But
there's something else I didn't we haven't been to Cabo for like fifteen years.
Man, there is something I have to say, and I've said this coming
back from vacation a lot. You know, you think you're successful in this
world, and thank god, we're blessed, we are successful. But you
you run in to money that is just mind blowing. I know that own
yachts. Oh no, they're like the their yacht is twenty five million dollars
and you're just sitting there going, oh my god, I was really happy
with my big RV. This guy's got a freaking twenty five million dollar yacht.
Mark. Everything is relative, unless you are truly Bezos or or or
or elon Musk. When you go somewhere you realize where you are on the
totem pole. I'm talking about money wise, and you wonder, do you
ever this is what I wonder sometimes I see some of this opulence and wealth,
I mean to a point where you can hardly believe it, and you
think, what the hell do they do for a living? Do you ever
wonder that? Well? I do wonder what they do for a living?
Or what I wonder? What you know? You you came from the same
kind of stuff Suzanne and I did well. Suzanne's a little different. She
came from very poor, but I came from somewhat you know, middle class
if you will. And it's you think, okay, we finally are own
our own house, and like oh, but then you get used to it.
Then you buy your first expensive car, but then you get used to
it. So what I think is, does the guy with forget a twenty
five million dollar yacht? Does a guy with a fifty million dollar yacht after
a few years gets used to it? So now he needs a spaceship to
live on Mars? I mean it must be that way. I mustick out.
It must be Mark. I've said this before, okay, uh,
And I don't want to ever talk about numbers, but but I do,
okay, And I have a wonderful life. And and I thought to myself,
if you multiplied that by a thousand even what what I'm saying is this,
I don't think for me because of my mental and I think money amplifies
things. I don't think it changes. I would never in a million years,
in a million years, no matter how much money I had, ever
ever, ever, ever ever have stuff like that. I just it just
bothers me. I don't like a lot of things. I know people think
I'm nuts, but I'm not. I'm a very simple person. Could you
would you want houses all over the world and yachts and stuff? Well I
won't. I won't. No, I won't be su there at all.
I would, But but that was a little bit where I was going.
Where I was going is I think I would literally get bored of that.
So when people actually say money, money doesn't bring happiness, I do believe
that to a degree, but it sure doesn't hurt. Let me tell you,
I'm much rather have money and be able to eat than have no money
and not be able to eat. My lifestyle would change and has changed very
little over the years with with different amounts of money. I had no listen,
man, I'll call you out on that. No more. You went
through a little period of time, you had a ferrari. Yeah, but
you had your your fun stuff a very short time. But what I can't
short. I agree, it's called the load up stage. And here's what
happened. I realized, wait a minute, they're not really doing much for
me. And you have to admit that. I went to the shedding stage.
And and and I I I don't know, like like and you're honest,
you're saying, you know, Tom, I would buy, I would
want houses all over, and I would want to go and I would I
there's something about material things for me. I don't know how to explain this.
It makes me feel too attached and too cumbersome. I liked. I
like kind of like the feeling of I'm the saying I fall people for doing
it. I love looking at those things and visiting. But I think that
you know, and it's a great discussion because you saw the people listening right
now. People listening right now might think we're both full of crap. But
I will say some about you that I know for a fact, if you
knew, if people listening new Martino's wallet size. He lives very very low
on the Totem poll. And I'll just say it, You're not you are
not BS and man, I get it. I get it. Anyway,
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two. Hi, Tom Martino, You're troubleshooter. Three O three seven one
three talk three O three seven one three eight two five five. Let's go
to Ryan who has an apartment issue. And Ryan, this sounds serious.
What's going on? So last we talked, Uh, you had told wait
wait when did we talk last Ryan? Let me find your call? When
did you call in week ago? A week? God damn, I'm looking
for it here? And did you use your name? Ryan Day? Yeah?
Okay, okay, go ahead Ryan. So last week talked, we
had said I believed that the only issue with the apartments fled Smith. They
get with the gun and everything like that. Said, oh that one,
that one, okay, I remember? So this is where you had a
friend and or where do they call him a friend or not? He?
At first he was you walked around with him and he had a gun,
and they accused you of being They accused you of being armed and all of
that. I remember that, and Doc called them and said, look,
we're not a victim him right away, we may not want to renew his
lease. But just for people listening, you were there since last July and
you were visiting with another tenant, Mark, and then a third guy entered.
Mark invited him in. He thought he lived there, but he used
to live there, and then all of a sudden they got drinking and Mark
decided he wanted him to leave. So Mark walked him down to the lobby
and you went with him and the guy didn't leave, So then Mark went
back to his place to get guns to make him leave. It was terrible
and you accompanied Mark and they said you were part of it and you had
a gun as well. Police were called. No charges for anything, but
basically it ruined your reputation there. That's that's a nice show. Yeah,
yeah, So since then they have changed their mind about you know, me
not having charges press or eviction. They since told my staff since we talked
to press charges, may got that out of the way. They're like,
no press charges, we don't want anything on a decert. We're going back
and forth about fat that was. They want to have visit me. I'm
supposedly gonna get anybody at my door, but it's a third party. Please
but Ryan, why why did why did they keep flip flopping? Did you
keep agitating them and asking them? I've been in apartment ever since to the
day after the event. The only time I've come out of my apartment was
to get food downstairs. It was delivered to me after hour that I had
delivered in my work. So what's the latest? Is the latest? They
want you out of there Friday? This right, Well, did you get
an actual notice? Not yet, But apparently somebody's supposed to be at mine
either yesterday they never showed up. Listen, you have to get a notice
for eviction. They can't just say be out by Friday. Yeah, they
have to give you more. They have to hold on. They have to
give you more notice than that. Right, that's what I thought, Ryan.
Who told you, Ryan? Who told you be coming to Ryan?
Shut up and answer questions? Who told you you have to leave? My
staff? Who do my rent who are part of a company called supporting the
deal with people with intellectual disabilities like myself? Okay? So they said to
you, Ryan, you need to leave? Is that right? Not to
that extend? But like that they they hold Ryan? Did they say?
Did they say there was an eviction notice? They said, I would have
either gone yesterday or today. There is one in play. There is one
trying to be fine. Okay. So they said for sure that you will
be evicted, right, yes, okay, and you believe it. I
do, Okay, I believe. Well, then you're going to have to
wait for the eviction notice to do anything about it, because here's why they
have to give you more notice than one day. Okay, today is Tuesday,
so if you got it today, they have to give you more notice.
Right. I think that the people that do the people that help you,
what are they? They're like a guardian. They take care of your
bills and all that. Yes, so because I have multiple intellectual disabilities,
are you on Social Security disability? Ryan? Yes? Yes, that explains
a lot. Seriously, it does. And I don't mean that. I
don't mean that as a put down, but that explains a lot. One
thing you have to do, Ryan, Listen, listen carefully. You say
something, then I say something, then you say something, then I say
something. Okay, so but don't say something for like six minutes. So
if you want to say something, tell me what I haven't covered yet,
go ahead. Not much, that's pretty chit. So you need help finding
another place? No, I need to know why or wanted to have visited
me other than the paper? What is their grounds for this? Okay?
Very easily, Ryan, Now my turn. Here's why you're being evicted.
You were walking around with an armed man in the hallways trying to find someone
to kick out of the building. Wow, Eve, you're turning victim and
I was scared. I don't feel like that's right. I've talked to a
person they just graduated law school for criminal justice, and he told me they
have no grounds to a vating, especially because they have not given me.
Boy boy, I wouldn't want that more on around. Why don't you get
that moron to represent you if he just graduated law school, because he sounds
like he should have flunked out. If he tells you they have no grounds,
You accompanied a man with multiple guns. You even had one of those
guns in your hand for a while you accompanied him, of course. Okay,
listen, Okay, Ryan, how can I help you? When I
agree they have grounds to evict you. I think they should give you a
break because I think you were an innocent dupe. I do think you were
afraid. I believe your story. I told you that before. But I
can't make them. I can't make them change their minds. And I'm gonna
ask you too. I'm just wanting to know why they think they have would
be around to evict me without giving me a desist first, without giving you
a what a cease and assist or first? There's no cease? Okay,
Okay, let me explain something or if you listen, Ryan, I'm going
to answer your question. But when you answer a question, you have to
shut up. Here is the answer. They are evicting you without a cease
and desist because you have ceased and desisted. You and Mark are not walking
around the building every night. Okay, if you had loud music playing or
uh something else happening, they would write you a letter and give you a
warning most likely, But since there is nothing to cease and desist there,
there is no reason to give you a cease and desist. You're not doing
anything. They're not evicting you for an ongoing behavior. They're evicting you for
what you did last week. Okay. Does that mean so you're wondering why
didn't I get a warning? Well, when you walk around with a guy
armed and you're looking to kick someone out of a building, they feel it's
dangerous enough. They're not going to give you a warning. They just want
you out of there. But when we talk to them, they said,
you know what, we're not looking to evict him right away. Now we
can call them again and find out why they change their mind. So Doc
had this originally, Let's have him give them another call. But I promise
you they do have grounds. I would have evicted you too. I would
have evicted you for that, but then I would have talked to you and
I would have said, you know what, Rin didn't mean it, and
then I would have probably just let it fly. We have more coming up.
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contracts. What's going on? Hey, Tom, thank you for taking my
call. Yes, what's happening. I we signed a contract for a new
garage door on Sunday. Who did you sign it with? Because I always
talk about one clear choice garage doors. I know and I did end up
going with them. Oh, is that who you're complaining about? And it
is an older door, I know, Fran. Is that who you're complaining
Fran, Is that who you're complaining about? Explaining about clear garage door?
No, they were they were good. Oh okay, what happened? So
I'm not complaining about them because they're the ones we ended up getting the repair
done with. But you know, they had a slick little salesman saying,
oh, your garage door is old, it's dangerous, blah blah blah.
And what's the name of the company that? What's that company? Or Tom's
garage door, Don's garage door. Now, let me explain something to you.
Let me explain something Don's Garage Doors. Okay, I used to endorse
them too. Did you know that? No? I did not. Don
Don personally was the nicest man you ever want to meet, and he had
a great company, and I knew him the same time I knew Chappie over
at one Clear Choice Garage Doors. And here's what happened. Don sold out
to a giant company. Don's Garage Doors is no longer Don's Garage Doors in
my opinion, So what so? So, what what did don's garage doors
do. Well, we signed the contract and then this is on Sunday.
So I called, and what was the contract for for a new garage door?
Why? He railed new garage door. Knew everything, So why'd you
sign? Why did you want to get a new door? Well, because
you know the door on our in our home is it's an old wooden door
in it's very heavy. When this, okay broke, we had a hard
time. Okay, So what happened after you signed the contract? Tell me
what happened before? Okay. So anyway, we signed the contract to get
the new garage door. I called them Monday morning and I said, we
don't want the new garage door anymore. We can't afford it, you know,
we just need I didn't tell them why. I just said I don't
need it. And you did this with and you did this within how many
days? The next day he came out Sunday Sunday afternoon. I called Monday
morning. Okay, because if you do a contract in your home, you
usually have three days go ahead, right, So I said, I need
an email address so that I can email and make sure you get it.
She said, well, I have you on record, so Okay. Anyway,
the girl I talked to, her name was Kelly. She said,
I'm going to send you an email confirming that you have canceled. She goes,
you are within your three days, I'm going to send you an email.
Well, I did get it. I didn't get it by noon,
so I waited till about one. I call back. I got a different
girl. She said, I see you in our system, and every time
you call, they say this call. Okay, so listen here. Here's
what I want to know. Are they denying that you canceled. No,
they're not denying, And what's the problem paranoid? I'm just paranoid from listening
to you. So they do have a form that I filled out. I
printed it off. I filled it out with the dates canceling. I mailed
it this morning with return receipt at the post office, so I will have
proof when they get it. I also did finally get an email address from
them. I don't know if it just goes to a general mailbox, it's
never going to be seen. I just want to know if that What was
this on this past Sunday, yes, two days ago. Okay, So
you're still within the right to rescind right, I'm still within my right to
rescind. Okay, let me let me say this clearly. Hold on,
let me say this clearly. Okays, garage doors. Fran cancels her contract.
What's your last name? Ois? Fran Ozunis cancels her contract. She
called Monday to cancel, and you people are not acknowledging it or giving her
confirmation. She called me because she's concerned about that. Now, I doubt
she's lying about calling you, and I'm sure we can show a record of
a call to you on her cell phone, so please give her confirmation.
I just wanted to have something out there. By the way, It's Tuesday,
March fifth, on the Tom Martino Show. Listen, Fran, they'll
be insane to give you a hard time, but who knows. But that
sucks. Do you want us to call for question for you? Tom?
Yeah? Because a postmark. If you postmark your notice by mail within the
three days, does that can have noticed it? Did you send an email?
I did send an email. That's all you need. Listen. They'd
have to say that you didn't do Listen. There's no way I'm gonna be
your witness. I'm gonna be your witness and you send emails and you're gonna
you know, why would you call and say all this if you didn't do
it. You're still within your three days. It's not like you're calling five
days later saying I did it. You're doing it now. By the way,
Don's garage doors is not By the way, is not don garage doors.
I want you to know Don's not there. Don sold out, Okay,
And I'm glad that Don. I'm glad. Don's a great guy.
But Don's garage doors is not Don's garage doors. No. Threell three seven
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home with Remax Alliance three all three nine two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi
Tom Martino, your troubleshooter three three seven one three talk seven one three eight
two five five. So this trend happening in California we're going to talk about
tomorrow a bit. It's called Yardsworth. One of my YouTube morons put me
hip to it. Because of the housing crisis in California, people can sell
portions of their backyard and sideyard for access where they build tiny structures and they
buy it from you for six figures or more. It's called yardsworth, and
it looks like it might be coming to Colorado. We'll talk about that.
I'm Tom Martino. Don't remember three oho three Martino, Save all your problems
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