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It's Maria's MutS and Stuff. What
a great idea I heard radio Welcome to

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Maria's MutS and Stuff. And with
me today is Kevin and Patty Webber along

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with their fur babies too, I
hear, and we're going to talk about

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their product, the Perfectly Clean Pause
Ramp. So welcome, Welcome to Maria's

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MutS and Stuff. Thanks Maria,
thank you so much for having that.

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Absolutely. So your company is simply
Pause Design, correct, it is?

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It is? And how long have
you had this company? Five years?

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I think? Oh wow? Okay, and this product that you have,

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this new ramp, is this new
the ramp that the perfectly Clean Pause Ramp?

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Yes, we just launched about two
months ago. Okay, and how

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did it all come about? Yeah, well it was a result of an

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actual whole litter box system we've created
and we just don't have the start on

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the market right now. So the
litter ramp was really we created it because

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we were tired of all the tracking
of litter for all out and I really

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wanted to be versatile, to been
on as many different styles of litter boxes

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as possible, and of course to
be really cat friendly and people friendly.

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So right, yeah, I would
assume then you came up with the design

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and then did you have to get
in touch with someone to actually make it

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for you or did you, like, I don't know how these things work,

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that's why I'm asking that. Or
did you put the design together?

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Like are you good with doing things
like that? Like how did how did

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the final product come about? Yeah? So actually I created the ramp and

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I just started making prototypes something.
So when we started the whole system,

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it probably is a little easier explained
from that. We had created this eco

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friendly cat litter system and we filed
for patents on it. I we had

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a neighbor that kind of helped us
through the patent process. He's a patent

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attorney, and I wrote the patents
and he kind of completed it, and

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then we began kind of the journey
in the trying to manufacture. Kevin is

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a sales rep and he would take
us and we were going to plant to

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have the litter be the first product
on the market. So, yeah,

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I'm Patty said, I'm a sales
rep in pretty familiar with manufacturing processes because

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that's the business I'd been in,
so knew how all of the right people

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to make this thing. So Patty
did the prototypes with wood initially and and

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a bunch of different I guess subs
rates or I don't know what the proper

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word word would be, but the
part that claims the pause is the down

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the ramp, and she eventually settled
on cardboard corrugated cardboard that works the beast

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of all the ones we tried.
We reached out to manufacturing people all around

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the Twin Cities area. I've got
some prototypes made and just kept working on

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it, giving samples to people to
try and get steed back low and behold,

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we are patent pending and the ramp
is selling and Alex has been a

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great help to us getting their Yeah. Sure, yeah, We've got this

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equal friendly litter system, which is
on hold right now because the main component

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of the litter, the place we're
going to get it has gone out of

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business of paper plant, and it's
hard to find. It's made with birch

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bark, and it's very hard to
find birch bark in quantity, and we

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were just lucky to like so close
to home. So we're still working on

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that. We have plans to bring
it up to the market, hopefully in

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the next six nine months. In
the meantime, we're working on the ramp,

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which has been fabulous, lots of
fun and to see. Sure and

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okay, so when so you probably
did you use your family and friends to

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be like your test market when you
were coming up with the idea. Yeah,

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so our first cat she got to
test everything. Okay, she was

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great, she accepted all of them. You know, going into this,

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I know how particular cats can be, and really no if if this was

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viable. And when we started we
used the different cat scratchers and of course

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the cardboard mod and that was really
the key, and our cat started accepting

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it. And then that's exactly what
we did. We got our first testing

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and just went to friends and family
and friends of friends right right the store,

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you know, we bought the different
hands. Sure, and then of

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course I'm sure everyone was very positive
about it and said, oh my goodness,

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why wasn't this invented long ago?
Well, I can tell you I

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heard that a lot. We were
at Catcome this past weekend for our trade

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show, and oh my gosh,
we heard great idea and I why hasn't

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anyone thought of this before? Lots
of that, yeah, right, right,

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and basically for those who aren't familiar
because they haven't gone to your website

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yet. It's basically a ramp that
kind of connects around whatever litter box you

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have, so that when the cat
does its business, then instead of just

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walking out and putting the litter all
over, because that's what cats do,

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sometimes as it walks down the ramp, it also cleans its little paws and

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then voila, your floors and your
carpets are clean of litter. Correct.

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There's actually two parts to the ramp, so it's kind of a system.

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The inner part is kind of channel
scratcher and that fits inside the other outer

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tray. So the tray is kind
of the part that attaches to the litter

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box. Okay, and it can
yeah, it can attach from the outside

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so that it can fit lot different
letter style and it's just easy. A

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little flap and that just goes underneath
the front of the litter box where the

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opening is. And then the other
way is it can go directly over the

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opening and either way works. The
one way where it's just kind of on

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the outside can help maybe a cat
with some mobility issues or a little kittens.

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Sure makes it easier for them to
get in and out. And then

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yeah, the cat it can they
use it to go in and out,

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and then it kind of captures that
litter a lot as the X cutter box.

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So and then it's caught in the
outer ramp the train the tray,

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Patty calls it, and and you
just take tray and dump the litter back

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into the litter box, so you
don't waste the litters either, right,

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right, right. And I like
the fact, I mean the ramp part

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whatever, the part that you were
talking about it that it's it's very green,

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right, because it looks like it's
like made from recycled product. It

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is. It's made in the US
day, So that was a big that's

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a big sure, yeah, small
operant and it's made with USS recycled materials

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and it is fully recyclable and biodegradable. Wow, that's great. And it's

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also very it's also very durable,
because Patty has had her ramp for like

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three years now, right, Patty, Yes, the outer ramp has well,

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both of the pieces are extremely durable. It's really high quality corrogate and

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it's right we've on the scraper components. Yeah, so they're just very durable.

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Yes, we've used some of our
original prototypes still do so they're still

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years later. So and that was
my next question, like how long can

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someone expected to last? But I
mean that's a long time years. That's

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pretty good. Yeah, it has
lasted really well. The only time I've

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had to change out the scratcher component
was when our actually had the runs a

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bit, right, right, you
know that it's time to change it.

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But other than that, it's durable. It's very durable, right. Trying

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to keep equal friendly it's been a
big reason of why we got in business,

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and that's why we decided to start
with the litter because we were both

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sort of appalled by all the litter
that ends up in landfills and the mind

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process required to get that letter in
the first place. Right, So I

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really want of these equal friendlies we
possibly can. And as Patty said,

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making in the USA also helped,
sure, sure, and everybody loves stuff

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that's made in the USA, you
know that, So I think that's kind

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of win win for you. So
for my listeners who want to check it

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out for themselves, they can order
it at simply Pause Design dot com.

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Is that correct, Yes, that's
our website. Huh. So they can

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order it that way. So what
is next for you in this whole process,

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right, You're you're waiting on the
patents, so you have the patents

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on it. Yeah, so we
kept we filed for four patents as a

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group. We have already received our
patent for the litter in the US and

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we are seeking it also. We've
just got the confirmation that we have been

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accepted in Australia. And then it's
you and Canada and it's kind of a

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four component but in that system.
So we're patent pending on that. I'm

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just waiting to hear the decision I
guess on the ramp, but we expect

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to be fully patented on that before
long. That's great. And then yeah,

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the litter and the litter system comes
next. So right, well,

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I think it's I mean, it's
very promised, promising, it's a it's

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very it's a unique product. I
think, you know, it's kind of

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ingenious for people who have cats,
because you know, having litter all over

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your home. Everybody has that,
you know you can help it. So

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I mean, I think this is
very much of an ingenious idea. And

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I kind of think only because I
really do enjoy the show. I kind

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of feel like I'm going to see
you guys on Shark Tank at some point

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with your product. I'd be happy
to do with it. Yeah, we

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would, no, seriously, because
you know you always like, you know

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that show. I just I just
find some things on that show, especially

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when it comes to pets, like
wow, what a great idea, you

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know, And this feels like,
wow, what a great idea, So

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you know, put that one in
your back pocket when you ready to do

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it. First started researching it,
I shouldn't quite believe it myself that there

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was really nothing like it out there, so it was really exciting. And

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then when you start with some of
these pet shows and things, Nope,

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there was nothing like it. So
we were pretty excited. Yesterday, we've

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just found out that Kate Benjamin from
House Panther had tested the ramp and she

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said she loved it and all of
her cats accepted it. Oh wow,

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that was really sure. I'm on
that. It's you know, very invested

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in the in the cat world and
catifying your home. I have someone like

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that really appreciate it was wonderful.
Sure we are also start tank taking it

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back. We've watched the fact we're
just watching it this week a couple of

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showings. Uh huh, fun to
be I think that would be awesome.

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Yeah, that would be that that's
that's that's your next that would be the

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next adventure. But no, but
I mean I think it's great. I

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mean especially the fact that you said
going to like a trade show and people

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saying, oh my goodness, like
why didn't why wasn't this invented or discovered

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sooner? So it sounds like you
definitely have an excellent product. And I

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mean thank you for sharing the information
with me and for my listeners. You

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know, I tried to cover as
many animals, especially dog and cat products

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or issues, and I've been accused
of not being as much into cats and

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I shouldn't say into but covering cats. So I have to thank you because

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you are giving me credibility that see, I do stuff about cats too,

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So so it's win win. I
thank you for that absolutely. So,

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Kevin and Patty, I thank you
both. The perfectly clean pause ramp.

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For my listeners who want to check
it out, you should simply pause design

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dot com and I should ask you
because I'm sure it's reasonable. What the

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cost is? Yeah, it's twenty
eight ninety nine with free shipping. Wow

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again, only a bit on your
website. Yeah, that's really cheap actually,

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honestly. Yeah, you know,
it may go up in price,

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but right now we are you know, we don't have distributors, so we

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can we're trying it and let people
try it and you know, get these

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positive reviews and let people learn about
it and find out about it. Sure,

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and we want optimers and we're going
to make sure that whoever buys it

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is satisfied with what they buy from
us. That's a big component of what

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we're trying to do as well.
So of course, so it's it's been

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awesome to be on your show.
We really really appreciate it. Well,

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I appreciate you talking to me today, and you know, for all my

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cat listeners, I know they appreciate
this as well. And I want people

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to check it out simply pause design
dot com. I think it's a very

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reasonable price. The fact that it
last as long as it does. Uh,

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And I will hopefully I will get
some feedback on people who purchase it

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and I'll forward it to you,
so you have that as well. So

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I thank you. Yeah, so
you're very welcome. Absolutely so Kevin and

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Patty Webber, thank you so much. Simply Pause design dot com check it

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out. You can get the perfectly
clean pause ramp. You probably can get

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it before your friends even know about
it, and they'll make you the coolest

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person in the neighborhood and your cat
will be happy too. So Kevin and

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Patty, great luck and thanks so
much. Thank you so much. Bye bye f