WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:14.320 Y'all ripped Tom what news you needed by so you don't have come runing Just 2 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:21.199 as fast as we can, Shooter's gonna help come man Dix. He is 3 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:27.239 the Troubleshooter Show. Now Tom Martine, Hello, I'm Tom Martino. Welcome 4 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:29.399 to the Only Show. If it's kind Dadie. Where in the universe we 5 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:33.320 are solving problems, answering questions, taking complaints, making your life a little 6 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:37.640 easier. And all you have to do is give me a call at three 7 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:42.000 oh three seven one three talk three oh three seven one three eight two five 8 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:47.759 five forty five years going strong, and we are here. That's in Denver 9 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.799 alone. We are here to help you. So as you can see my 10 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:54.000 my wide shot of Bob Logan with me, he's from a plumb line and 11 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:56.560 we'll be talking about plumbing, heating, cooling, electric, we talk about 12 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:59.920 home services. We're gonna talk about some other stuff as well. Going on, 13 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.040 I want to talk about consumer myths, well not necessarily consumer myths, 14 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:07.120 but myths, and I want to know if you agree with it, and 15 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:11.200 I would like you to help me add to the list if you could on 16 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:19.400 that. So, if you could let me know what you think are common 17 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.760 myths and how we can do away with these myths. I'm going to give 18 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:25.840 you an example of that, and I'm going to go to the phones as 19 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:29.560 well, three oh three, seven to one to three talk And of course 20 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:34.120 you can always call three oh three Martino twenty four to seven for help, 21 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:40.280 information referrals. But here's the thing. One thing I think we all agree 22 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:42.840 on, no matter what differences we have, one thing we agree on. 23 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:49.040 No one should be lied to, cheated, or ripped off, no one. 24 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:55.640 So I think everyone agrees with that. Right. So what is ripoff? 25 00:01:55.959 --> 00:02:00.560 Sometimes it's out and owt ripoff. Sometimes it's a perception of a ripoff. 26 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:04.159 Do you know, Bob, I decided you know what one of the 27 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:10.400 perceptions of a ripoff is one of the main perceptions. What's time equals value? 28 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.280 If you do something too quickly, whether it's a car repair, a 29 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:23.520 plumbing repair, whether it be any kind of repair or service or consultation. 30 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:29.960 If you solve the problem quickly, they feel it's worth less money. Have 31 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:32.560 you noticed that? I agree with that, And we run into that ourselves. 32 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:36.479 I don't agree with the myth I'm saying, we do run into that 33 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:39.680 ourselves. We people do believe that time equals value. The more time you 34 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:43.039 spend, the more I should pay. The less time you spend, the 35 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:46.400 less time, the less I should pay. Of course, there's a certain 36 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:51.919 cost to doing business for everyone, whether it's insurance and I say everything, 37 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:55.000 okay, just you know what I'm talking about, insurance and taxes and licensing 38 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:01.039 and just equipping vans. And here's the unfortunate thing with business. You have 39 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:06.000 a certain percentage of people not working at any one time and a certain percentage 40 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:09.080 working. So if you take one hundred percent of your workforce and equipment, 41 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:14.879 you might have seventy to eighty percent of any one time working. I mean, 42 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:16.919 you think you have them all, but you don't, not really in 43 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:22.560 between jobs, all different things, and you have to aggregate pricing over the 44 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:27.240 entire units. I mean, you can't. Just I can't tell you how 45 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:31.599 many times I've heard this. I can buy a part for thirty nine dollars 46 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:36.639 and have it installed by a handyman. I don't know how to argue that, 47 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:42.319 other than to say, if the handyman ruins your home, he's gone. 48 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:46.960 You're done now. Not that it would happen, but what if now 49 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.520 we're going to keep going, go to the phones, and I do want 50 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:53.719 to talk about myths and I want your input. Here's my first myth I 51 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:59.439 want you to talk about, and I want you to add to the list 52 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:04.039 as well. I don't have to go with my myths. Tertification is the 53 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:14.639 answer to cleaning up our environment and climate change, avoiding climate change or minimizing 54 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:24.399 climate change. Everyone is getting in to electrification everyone, So what's the real 55 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:27.519 story with electrification? What do you think? I mean, that's what I 56 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:30.560 want to know. Will electrification? And I have to sign on to my 57 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:33.879 YouTube. I haven't done that for my more On Zach, it's your turn. 58 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:42.600 What's going on with you? Zach? What's happening? Oh? That 59 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:46.199 was a dial tone? Is that Zach? Did we lose him? If 60 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:53.879 so, I'll just move on. Three zero three seven one three talk communicate 61 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.240 with me. Should I take Zach or should I try to move on? 62 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:02.360 Where's Zach? Lists? Okay, then we'll go to Dora. She has 63 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:08.600 she wants some advice on a body shop. I love advice, especially if 64 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:12.279 it comes before a problem. But Dora, let's call Zach back when we 65 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:14.399 get a chance. We have his number. So, Dora, what's going 66 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:18.560 on? I need a number of a good body shop is Lakewood? Please? 67 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:23.639 And why does I'm just curious, now, why does it have to 68 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:30.800 be in Lakewood? In Lakewood? Okay? Well, listen here, here's 69 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:33.560 all I want to say. You should never pick a place for a major 70 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:39.720 repair based on where it is, because you really need to pick the best 71 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:44.199 spot. So I can't give you the best I can't do that. But 72 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.879 here's why. How often do you have bodywork done? If it was a 73 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:54.639 local doughnut or coffee shop or something you frequent a dry cleaner, I could 74 00:05:54.759 --> 00:06:00.560 see the wisdom in picking one close to you if it's a major repair, 75 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:05.720 if it's bodywork, I would never pick ever a place based on location. 76 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:10.279 I just wouldn't. Now, I'm not saying you have a bunch of bad 77 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:15.199 body shops out there. I just don't know of any. And by the 78 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:19.040 way, we are very light when it comes on auto body shops. I'm 79 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:23.600 referral lists dot com. We really should do a better job. But we 80 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:28.680 don't have many auto body shops. But I do know of some auto body 81 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:32.120 shops that are pretty good. What do you have to have done? I 82 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:41.680 just have some minor I got vandalized. Oh you got vandalized. Is your 83 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:47.480 insurance covering this, Dora, Yes, I expect them to. It's two 84 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:56.879 large scratches with some sharp objects. It's obvious and that's allers do it. 85 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:03.759 There's there's no major bodywork need it is. It is damaged, dear. 86 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:13.680 All the scutches are pretty bad. They're deep. Okay, we have paintless 87 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:17.160 to repair. Let me think I want people if they have a suggestion on 88 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:24.920 body shops, I'll tell you that. Unfortunately we you know, we used 89 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.560 to have a good body shop. We recommend it all the time. I'm 90 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.399 not recommending it anymore because they've dropped the ball with me. And if they 91 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:35.279 dropped the ball with me, I will tell you a really good one that 92 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:41.199 I know about. They're not cheap, they're excellent, and they're called Bodyworks 93 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:45.839 by Murray, and they're part now that they do all the high ends and 94 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:49.759 they can do any kind of car. They have long waits. It's hard 95 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:57.000 to get booked. But Murray has this shop called Bodyworks. I don't I 96 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:01.199 know that, and I hate to sound like this, but we don't have 97 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:05.040 a lot. Caliber has been around for years. I can't speak to their 98 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:09.279 reputation, but I know they have pretty good ratings. I can ask a 99 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:13.439 question. So I believe in Colorado by law, you can use even if 100 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.800 you're going through your insurance, can use any body shop, any body shop 101 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:20.279 you want. That's right. However, is there an advantage because all insurance 102 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:24.600 companies recommend body shops, so it is there zeroage? Zero advantage, but 103 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:30.839 zero advantage. But if something doesn't go right and use your own body shop, 104 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:33.519 well, even if you use theirs, even if you use theirs, 105 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.679 But don't they seprogate for you. Won't they fight for you? Not necessarily. 106 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:39.559 Nope, they'll say that's between you and the body shop. We've had 107 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.000 that happen Bob, where they say use our shop. Now if they say, 108 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:46.799 use our shop and we'll guarantee everything one hundred percent and if anything goes 109 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.440 wrong, we'll take care of it. But they don't. If they really 110 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.519 did that, that might be a reason to use the recommended shop. Many 111 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:56.080 times, the reason it's a recommended shop is they make an agreement with the 112 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:00.000 body shop. Look, we'll send you a lot of work, don't overcharge 113 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:03.559 just which is good on the surface, But a lot of times that's code 114 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:09.000 for use cheaper parts, use some aftermarket parts that are cheaper, don't you 115 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:11.519 know, Let's let's just try to get him in and out. It's not 116 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:16.399 necessarily the best. Again, all I can tell you is I wish I 117 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:22.000 had a recommendation. I know, like I said, I don't. That's 118 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:26.919 I'm just being straight with you. I don't have a recommendation right now. 119 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:31.240 We used to have some, and I don't. If anyone wants to call, 120 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:35.919 if they've had a personal experience with a body shop, I'd love to 121 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:41.720 hear about it. Three zero three seven one three. Talk Zach. What's 122 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:43.960 going on? I'll go back to Zach right now, Zach, what's happening? 123 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:52.559 Hi? My mom is seventy four. She's a a scooter to get 124 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:56.679 around, and I went to Batteries Plus to buy her two batteries for a 125 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:00.600 scooter, and it ended up double charging me for four batteries. I guess, 126 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.879 wait a minute, that's an easy problem, isn't it. Don't you 127 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:07.200 just basically now, wait a minute. You went for a new battery and 128 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:11.320 they charged her for two batteries and they charge you for four. Yes, 129 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:16.600 do they claim they delivered four batteries to you? That's what they're saying. 130 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:22.159 Now. Effort there was two transactions. One got canceled. They supposedly one 131 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:26.919 transaction. At first they're saying one transaction didn't go through, they didn't have 132 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:30.720 it, and the other one did. And now they're saying that I walked 133 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:33.840 out with four batteries, which I didn't. I walked out with two batteries. 134 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:37.440 And they will not relent on this. They're saying, okay, and 135 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:41.360 was this on a credit card? Yeah, well the obvious I want to 136 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:48.000 ask an obvious question. Did you contest the credit card? Yeah, it's 137 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.799 my mom's card, and yes she did, but they bought it and they 138 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:54.279 won't They won't do that, they won't sell them budget. Wait a minute, 139 00:10:54.440 --> 00:11:00.039 your credit card company should side with you if they show now in the 140 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:05.919 these two transactions, does it show two batteries in each? Or are they 141 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:09.919 for transactions? How is it? How does it appear on the statement? 142 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:15.200 I only have a receipt for one transaction for one hundred and thirty six dollars, 143 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.879 which are two batteries? Yes, and then I went through for one 144 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.440 hundred and fifty five dollars, which was no, no good. We don't 145 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:26.879 know what that was. Forward I was, and they will not let you 146 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:31.200 contest that now, and my mom tried to dispute it through her bank because 147 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.919 it was through the debit card, and they're, oh, wait a minute, 148 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:35.840 Okay, so it's not a credit card. It came right out of 149 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:41.120 her account. Yeah, as far as I know yet, hold on, 150 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:45.279 let me see if I can come up with some ideas. We got plumb 151 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:46.919 line services in the house. If you have any questions on plumbing, heating, 152 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:50.240 cooling, electric trains, I'm Tom Martino. 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You'll think you're his only customer when 161 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.679 you choose Frank durand the real estate man dot com to list your home with 162 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:43.879 Remax Alliance three oh three nine two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martino 163 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:48.000 here three oh three seven one three talks seven one three eight two five five. 164 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:54.720 Here's another myth. The first myth electrification is the answer to cleaning up 165 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:07.600 the environment and diminishing climate change. Okay, that's the first myth. Second 166 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:15.919 myth. For humanitarian reasons, we must have open borders. What I'd like 167 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:20.399 to do is ask people if they disagree or if they want to add to 168 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:24.799 our myth list. Right now, I'm going to go to the phones and 169 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:28.440 zach it. Had you know, Bob Logan, our guests say from plumbline 170 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:33.360 services, He said, had the had the charge has been exactly the same, 171 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:37.799 it would have been easy to show a duplicate. But why are they 172 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:41.159 not exactly the same? From what I understand, the one hundred and fifty 173 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:46.919 five was for two batteries and two court charges, and then the one hundred 174 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:48.919 and thirty six which I paid was just for two batteries. They didn't do 175 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:54.600 court charges on one hundred and thirty one hundred and thirty six. Did you 176 00:13:54.799 --> 00:14:00.600 return batteries for the to erase the court charges. No, not yet, 177 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.559 then you should be charged for the course, right, yeah, I would 178 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:09.120 think so, Yeah, but I'd be fine. I just I don't undertand 179 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:11.720 why woul charged twice or four batteries? I don't mind being charged with the 180 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:16.039 Okay, you're going to have to take in the small claims court. And 181 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.440 here's why. They're just gonna claim you got four batteries. But they have 182 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:24.000 cameras in that store. They can clearly see if you got four batteries or 183 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:28.000 not. And I would, as part of small claims demand that they show 184 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:33.519 you the video evidence came hold on to Bob, go ahead. I was 185 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:35.440 going to say, not only do they have cameras, but they should have 186 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:39.399 an inventory control system so they can see right in their inventory. Or we're 187 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:43.919 talking about batteries, of course, whether whether four batteries. Now we can 188 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:48.399 have somebody call for you as well. But Zach, did you did you 189 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:50.960 ask him about the video? Yeah? They said the cameras were out that 190 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:56.919 day. Oh really convenient. That's what they told my mom. Yet was 191 00:14:56.960 --> 00:15:00.960 your mom there alone? Now? It was me alone. My mom's handicaps, 192 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:03.759 she doesn't walk very well. So I was buying her batteries for a 193 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:11.559 scooter that she uses, and it takes how many batteries? Two? No, 194 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:16.279 I'm sorry that these people have to give in. I mean, you 195 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:20.080 know, I want all the frustrating. I went in the next day and 196 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:22.919 they showed me the computer screen and there was no charge for one hundred and 197 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.600 fifty five. So she didn't know. We didn't know. So they were 198 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.960 saying there's no charge at first, and then now they're saying that four batteries 199 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:33.559 left the store, which is done true. Here's my guest. The guy 200 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.360 charged them one hundred and thirty six. After he left the story realized, 201 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:37.960 oh, I didn't charge the court charge because he didn't leave the batteries, 202 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:41.440 went in there to adjust it thinking he was gonna bring the batteries back, 203 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:45.039 and now is the court Yeah, that could be. Is the court charge 204 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:48.559 like twenty or thirty bucks more? Yeah? I think it's ten dollars a 205 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:54.039 battery. I think for twenty a battery, I think yeah. I want 206 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:58.200 someone to call which batteries? Plus? Is it down? Abiline by a 207 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:03.159 Roman? Okay? Who do we have Kaschina that we can give this to 208 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:07.240 today? We have wy Jaques in the studio. I'm studio Tom, Doc. 209 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.200 Let's call these guys man this you know, look at do you really 210 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:14.440 I don't think Zach would go through all this trouble he and his mom to 211 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:18.000 rip them off for two batteries and just say, look, they should have 212 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:22.120 video evidence. If they don't, I mean, come on, this is 213 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:30.360 ridiculous. I and Doc, if you have to, let's go to a 214 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:37.960 let's go to a district or area manager. Just this just sounds ridiculous to 215 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:41.720 me, it really does. Okay, hold on a sec, bro, 216 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:49.360 let's just call Okay, I get so freaking tired of these of these stores 217 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:53.600 sometimes. Now, look, there are people they're getting ripped off right and 218 00:16:53.679 --> 00:17:02.080 left by shoplifting. That's not what this guy's doing. All right, let's 219 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:04.599 go to Ruth. Ruth, what's going on? And by the way, 220 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:10.039 we do have j Jay hang on with a referral. Ruth, what is 221 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:14.240 your problem with the HOA? Hey, yeah, thanks for having me. 222 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:22.200 So. I'm a single mom and disabled veteran and I bought my house about 223 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.440 three years ago, and we nicknamed it the Miracle House because we were so 224 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:27.759 blessed to have it. So I was the first house in a brand new 225 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:33.240 neighborhood, new construction, because it's the only thing I could find. I 226 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:38.599 haven't heard a word from the HOA in three years. In January, I 227 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:44.839 got a certified letter and I'm okay. I signed for it and I opened 228 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:48.680 Now, how long have you been in the home? Three years? Okay? 229 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:52.200 And it's a brand new home, correct, Okay, go ahead, 230 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:56.920 dear. And so I opened up the certified letter and it's a bill for 231 00:17:56.039 --> 00:18:03.359 fifteen hundred dollars. Okay? What is it for? It said, a 232 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:07.880 late fee and another late fee and the rest was all legal fees. But 233 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:12.240 are they claiming? Okay, but a late fee for what do you have 234 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:18.039 monthly payments due? So? I had monthly payments due. I paid those. 235 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:22.880 This was for not having a landscaping plan on file with the HOA. 236 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:27.359 So you've been paying your monthly dues. I've been paying my monthly dues. 237 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:32.880 Everything. That's fine. I've done the landscaping required, brand new backyard. 238 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:37.000 Of course, nothing was there. I just didn't have the piece of paper 239 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:42.079 on file with the HOA. So and because of that, oh god, 240 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:49.759 hold on, when you did your landscaping, who approved it? No one 241 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:55.400 approved it? Were you supposed to get it approved. I think so. 242 00:18:55.799 --> 00:19:00.319 Maybe At this point it was a brand new subdivision. I was the first 243 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:06.880 house in. The houses across the street were still a foundation. So I 244 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:11.960 not. Were you ever warned about this? They say, I was? 245 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:17.279 I don't. I didn't receive any letters they said they received. They sent 246 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:22.160 one letter and a second warning letter which I never got. I got a 247 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:26.079 warning letter about my week being high. I took care of that. But 248 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:29.640 as far as the so, the whole bill is how much right now? 249 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:34.039 Right now? It's at almost twenty five hundred, and what do they say 250 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:41.559 they're going to do? They said they could put a payment plan over the 251 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.799 next eighteen months, and they won't like, they won't give you a break 252 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:52.960 at all. They won't budge so our h away. Our neighborhood is about 253 00:19:53.000 --> 00:20:00.640 one hundred and seventy houses ish. They spent eighteen thousand dollars on legal fees 254 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:07.960 in our neighborhood alone last year. Are you what's the neighborhood? Meadows at 255 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:15.680 vandal Water, meadows at vandalar Vanda Water, Yeah, oh, Vanda Water, 256 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:22.359 Vanderwater okay? Is it in? Yeah? And so they spent eighteen 257 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:27.400 thousand dollars on legal fees. Where's this located? Where is this located? 258 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:36.680 South Loveland, Okay? And so I was shocked at the fifteen hundred dollars 259 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:38.319 bill, And I'm going, whoa, this is the first time I'm hearing 260 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:42.519 about this. What's going on? Do you have a contact? Do you 261 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:48.640 have a contact at the HOA? I do? Uh? Huh? All 262 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.880 right? Hold on a second, is Deputy Dollar around? Uh? Kachina? 263 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:56.720 It seems like a busy Monday. Is Deputy Dollar around? Because this 264 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:00.559 might be a pizzolity I can find out. Hold on, let's no matter 265 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:04.799 what, Let's get this to them because we really need somebody to just call 266 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:07.079 there and see if they'll give her a break. And I don't just mean 267 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:14.440 a monthly I mean did they have like did they say they had certified any 268 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:19.160 kind of certified mailings or anything like that. This was the one and only 269 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:22.559 one that I received. So they they said they sent other ones. I 270 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.640 said, well, please send me the receipt of all the certified letters you 271 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:32.559 sent and it was only one. They're full of craft. I asked for 272 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:37.559 an itemized bill from the legal team. What on earth did they do? 273 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:41.920 Fifteen dollars worth of legal fees? You know what this is. It's damn 274 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:45.920 abusive, That's what it is. But I also want to talk to Stan 275 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:49.839 the hoa man, hang on and we'll get stand on and then I want 276 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:55.559 to give this to Deputy Dollar as well. Hold on, all right now, 277 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:59.599 Frank, you have a comment. Make your comment about the Democratic about 278 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:03.119 the Demo credit ballot? Is that the Democratic Primary? Is that what you're 279 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:10.359 talking about? Yes, go ahead, Frank. Hey, I'm down here 280 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:15.240 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County. I looked at my Democratic ballot. 281 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:17.920 I was going to fill it out. I wanted to put a write in 282 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:22.920 vote in for a certain candidate. They do not allow write in votes on 283 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:27.440 the Democratic ballot. They do allow write in votes on the Republican ballot. 284 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:32.559 A Republican friend of mine showed me her ballot. You know, parties are 285 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:38.279 allowed to do that. Parties can run themselves any way they want. They're 286 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:44.359 the only thing they have to do is they have to follow election procedure. 287 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:49.359 But they don't necessarily have to have open right in. They don't have to 288 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:56.680 do that, but they have to conduct fair balloting. Now, let me 289 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:00.640 ask you something, Frank, in the real sense of things, will it 290 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:06.200 make a difference. Are there enough people that wanted this candidate? Well, 291 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:08.640 I think so. I'll name the candidate even if you want, go ahead, 292 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:11.559 I don't care. They wouldn't allow him on the ballot. Bobby Kennedy 293 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:18.000 Junior. Oh you this is for president? For president you're talking about? 294 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:22.720 Yes, sir, okay, I see very plainly on the ballot. If 295 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:30.559 I write Bobby's name in, it will invalidate the ballot. Is do you 296 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:33.799 know if that's the same in all counties or is that just there? I 297 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:37.680 don't know. I can only talk about this county. Okay. I'll tell 298 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:41.440 you why. I'd like to find out. I'd like to find out. 299 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:45.480 I want someone. I don't know about it. I just don't know. 300 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:48.160 I'm going to look it up, though. Hold on, I'm Tom Martine 301 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:51.759 three three seven to one three talk. Hang on, we'll do that. 302 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:55.279 I'll look it up. 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You don't pay a cent until you're contenth time for an insurance 310 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:40.799 check up free no obligation comparison call Compass Insurance paying too much your coverage at 311 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:44.519 dozens of insurance companies find out now three oh three seven to seven to one. 312 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:48.319 Help You'll think you're his only customer when you choose Frank durand the real 313 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:52.960 estate Man dot com to list your home with Remax Alliance three oh three nine 314 00:24:52.000 --> 00:25:00.319 two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martino, you are a trouble Shoot 315 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:03.960 three all three seven one three Talk plumb Line Services dot com in the house 316 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:08.319 with us. We had a question about a hot water loop. Can you 317 00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:14.039 retrofit a house? This person says they wait five minutes for hot water. 318 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:18.039 The question is can you retrofit a home if you don't have it in there 319 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:22.359 from construction? What do you do? Hold on, let me turn the 320 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:25.720 mic on. Go ahead, sir. You can. Depending on the area. 321 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:30.400 There are point of use systems they can help out with that. I 322 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:33.440 heard that there's one like you put under like the bathroom sink or the kitchen 323 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:40.880 sink that actually recirculates it right back or to the cold side maybe or somewhere. 324 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.480 I don't know how does that work? Yeah, And I mean, 325 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:45.640 but they are what the point is you don't have to read. The point 326 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:48.680 is you don't have to repipe. Yeah, there really are systems that do 327 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:52.240 that. I would think with a check valve too, it could do it 328 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.839 right, you go right back to the hot water. Yep. I don't 329 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:59.000 know. So, I mean there's a there's a number of options. Point 330 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:03.000 of use is probably the most popular, but they can do there are there 331 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:08.079 are systems that can do it throughout the house. Okay, so hot water 332 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:12.519 loops can be retrofitted for that caller, M I mean that texter. And 333 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:15.319 by the way, I always I don't give out this number enough three oh 334 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:19.200 three, it's it's five seven seven three nine for texting me, hey, 335 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:22.759 Kelly, are we up on YouTube? Because I didn't get the link and 336 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:26.440 I wanted to tune on to my YouTube morons and say hi, okay, 337 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:30.920 Alan, Uh, go ahead, Alan, you have an issue with tree 338 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:33.480 removal. What's happening? Oh oh Jay? But Jay has a referral and 339 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:37.200 a body shop. Let me take him first because it's really quick. I'm 340 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:40.799 sure, Jay, who are you recommending for a body shop? Somebody called 341 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:45.759 in about Yeah, there's a great body shop in Linklod. Thank you guys 342 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:49.440 to get him on your list. What what are they called? Perry Terry? 343 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:52.599 Yes, you're right, you know what. They were on my list 344 00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:56.759 of years ago. Perry and Terry are still around. Yep, they sure 345 00:26:56.799 --> 00:27:00.039 are, and they're just as amazing as ever. And I have a myth 346 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:03.839 for you. Okay, what is a myth? I want to hear a 347 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:10.279 myth. Here's a myth. Our oxygenated fuel here in Colorado shaves gas and 348 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:18.480 the environment. They're full of crap. You're absolutely right, So you're you're 349 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:22.440 absolutely right. I'll give you another one. Government money does not come from 350 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:27.160 us. How do you like that one? Okay, thank you very much. 351 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:33.000 So oxygenated fuels, you use more of it and it doesn't help, 352 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:40.680 you know. It's funny how people convince themselves that doing things help others, 353 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:45.920 like open borders. Is it really helping? What is it doing? Do 354 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:52.799 you know we took all the money and just put it in to that country. 355 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:59.960 Maybe on helping people rise up against oppressive governments, how about that? 356 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:04.960 I mean we help people for way less we invade countries for oil, why 357 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:10.759 not to help people live a good life. I was told there were beatdowns. 358 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:14.880 I mean, I feel sorry for the Venezuela's coming into our country. 359 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:18.759 But did I hear that there's a new president there now a better The reason 360 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:22.200 that these countries are so poor is because of government corruption. You send them 361 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:26.319 money to the country, it will never reach the people who need them, 362 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:29.799 you know that. Yeah, that's true, that's true. Some people are 363 00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:37.799 saying that's happening in many countries, and Venezuela used to be a flourishing country 364 00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:44.680 until what socialism that Let that be a lesson. What's really funny is the 365 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:51.119 states that they're going to are the ones espousing basically that type of government. 366 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:57.279 Anyway, Alan, what is the issue with tree removal? Alan? Yeah, 367 00:28:57.319 --> 00:29:00.799 so our realtor call is yet sitting asked if we were having a tree 368 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:06.079 trim during our open house, and I said no, and they sent me 369 00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:10.200 a picture where this tree trim had come and actually cut down a forty foot 370 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:14.599 tall juniper tree that was one hundred years old and in perfect condition. Wait 371 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:18.680 a minute, and somebody you said no and somebody thought you wanted it done? 372 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:22.119 Or did they do it just to be you know, what's going on? 373 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:26.920 I don't get it. Supposedly this tree trim I had been working with 374 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:30.920 someone remotely using our address on their name. Oh, I get it. 375 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:34.319 Pree removed? And how old is this tree they removed? It was one 376 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:40.119 hundred years old? Oh my god? Was it in good condition? It 377 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:44.359 was an amazing condition. So what okay, what happens in a you know, 378 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:49.000 this is very interesting? What happens in a case like this? That's 379 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:53.559 what I'm calling you for. Holy crap? What did they say? Okay? 380 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:57.559 I don't even I don't even know what to tell you, Like, 381 00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:03.759 like, what would happen? I just don't, I, honest to god, 382 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:07.640 don't know what to tell you on this. So did you call the 383 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:11.119 company? First of all? Well, the company? I talked to the 384 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:15.000 guy. I think it's a single, single person tree trimmer. He waited 385 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:18.079 for me to get back. And what did he say? Okay, what 386 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:22.480 did he say that? He thought? He give me his story? Yeah, 387 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:27.799 so he he had been contacted by someone based on his Internet advertising. 388 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:32.200 They asked him to come to the house to remove a tree, and he 389 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:34.240 went to the wrong house. Is that it? No, No, he 390 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:37.759 came to the right house. But who who asked him to remove the tree? 391 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:45.720 Someone supposedly in Texas named Ron Peterson. Okay, now, come on, 392 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:48.279 man, So who's he billing for? This? Is somebody paying him? 393 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:53.480 Well? Yeah. He sent a copy of the invoice to this person 394 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:57.319 at the other end, including a picture of the tree, and he had 395 00:30:57.359 --> 00:31:00.160 circled the tree and said, is this what you want removed? Along with 396 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:07.359 our ad Whose property was it on? It's on my property, it's inside 397 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:18.880 a fence on Quebec. And he came onto your property. Yes, and 398 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:23.000 he removed the tree at the request of this unknown person that for some reason 399 00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:29.319 right now, do you know this person in Texas? No, never heard 400 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:33.119 of him. Did you contact him? The guy must have a phone number. 401 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:37.039 Yeah. I called the phone number, it left the message. I 402 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:40.599 sent a text. The person asked who I was, and I said, 403 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:42.680 I'm the owner of the house that you sent someone to to remove a tree. 404 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:48.440 And I heard nothing back from since. And the guy's name in Texas. 405 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:53.799 The guy's name in Texas is who Ron Peterson. If I recall correctly, 406 00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:00.240 this just doesn't even make sense. I mean, and now there's tree 407 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:02.440 trimmer is threatening to put a lean on our house because I refuse to pay 408 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:07.799 for the work because I just lost a five thousand dollar tree. I don't 409 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:12.240 care about them having I would sue that guy, the tree trimmer. Okay, 410 00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:16.799 I would sue the tree trimmer because that tree trimmer had no indication whatsoever. 411 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:21.519 I would go and get a judgment against that tree trimmer. That's what 412 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:24.160 I would do. Even if that tree trimmer goes bankrupt, I don't care. 413 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:28.480 That's what I would do. That's the first thing, because what come 414 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:31.440 on? A tree trimmer gets a text and goes and cuts down a freaking 415 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:39.400 tree. What's the name of this idiot tree trimmer? Go with a sure 416 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:45.039 thing Denver's Best roofer Excel roofing dot com. You don't pay a cent until 417 00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:51.599 you're content. Time for an insurance check up free, no obligation. In 418 00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:55.960 comparison, call Compass insurance paying too much your coverage at dozens of insurance companies 419 00:32:57.039 --> 00:33:00.480 find out now three oh three seven seven to one help. You'll think you're 420 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.400 his only customer when you choose Frank durand the real estate man dot com to 421 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:08.960 list your home with Remax Alliance three all three nine two zero sixteen twenty two. 422 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:22.359 Yeah, Ritt News need advice, so you don't have come run into 423 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:30.480 astas as we can, Shooter's gonna help come, man, this is the 424 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:37.279 Troubleshooter Show now, Tom Martino, Yes, that's me. I'm here as 425 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:40.279 I've been for the last forty plus years, forty five years, solving your 426 00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:46.720 problems. Now. We do so directly, sometimes indirectly, by warning you, 427 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:50.839 by helping you, whatever we have to do. But it's the only 428 00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:54.279 place really in media to get direct help and information and referrals. Three all 429 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:58.559 three seven to one three talk now you can call three all three Martino twenty 430 00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:01.759 four to seven three all three six two seven eight four sixty six. Somebody 431 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:06.359 called in earlier and said, you know, I can't write in Robert F. 432 00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:09.199 Kennedy's name. No, not Robert, was it Robert F. Is 433 00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:14.840 it? It's it's uh Bobby Kennedy Jr. Okay, that's what it is. 434 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:19.159 Yeah, I can't write in his name because they won't let me in 435 00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:24.039 El Paso County in the Democrat primary. Here's the deal. I looked it 436 00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:28.800 up. The rules regarding candidates very state by state, and they're allowed to 437 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:32.360 do so. Each party has a Each party can do what they want with 438 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:38.119 that rule. Some states do it, some counties do it. So if 439 00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:42.400 they say you can't, and you're a member of that party, you can't. 440 00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:46.000 That's just the way it is. In a general election, they cannot 441 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:53.239 limit you to write in anything that's a general election. But each party has 442 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:59.719 a right to control its own destiny. Steve has a comment on ballots. 443 00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:05.000 Go ahead, Steve tom This is Steve. I'm up in Long Want. 444 00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:08.760 Technically, I'm in a portion of voter county. I'm an independent voter, 445 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:15.119 and so I get a ballot for both Republican and Democrat. So listening to 446 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:21.400 you this morning, I took a look at my Democrat ballot and there are 447 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:25.840 eight people on the ballot. At the bottom is a place to pencil in 448 00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:36.920 a non committed delegate. Okay, what does that mean? You got me? 449 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:44.599 I don't know what that means. You got top the bottom. Well, 450 00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:46.559 it's just I guess what they're saying is that they're giving you a right 451 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:52.280 to do it. I guess so, but you know what, it doesn't 452 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:58.880 leave enough room where it says non committed delegate. It's got a little circle 453 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:02.840 that you can fill in with your pencil, but there's not enough room otherwise 454 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:08.800 to write in anyone's name. So it's bizarre. That's weird. That is 455 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:13.360 really Thanks you, though for telling us about it. Three zo three seven 456 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:17.119 one three talk seven one three eight two five five Did you know that the 457 00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:22.719 Supreme Court is going to hear a case having to do with censorship? By 458 00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:29.440 the way, I feel censorship is one of the most important things going on 459 00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:39.360 right now in America. I saw a short movie nominated for an Oscar and 460 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:45.159 it was about burning books. And it wasn't really literally about burning books, 461 00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:51.880 but banning books. And this movie decried the practice, which I agree with, 462 00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:55.039 by the way. I agree that they should be down on that and 463 00:36:55.119 --> 00:37:00.679 that people should not ban books of any kind any were. But what this 464 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:09.599 documentary conveniently doesn't talk about. They talk about books, yet there have been 465 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:16.519 books banned for other reasons, so they don't really care about banning books. 466 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:24.159 They care about banning their books and the books they believe in every single book 467 00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:30.760 that they were complaining about, well, not every single But most of the 468 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:37.280 books they were complaining about had to do with climate change or LBGYTQ communities. 469 00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:39.880 Okay, now I don't think they should be banned. I think people should 470 00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:45.280 be free to read anything they want. But I also believe people should be 471 00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:51.480 free to espouse their opinions on all of this pro con in between. I 472 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:57.360 don't care on anything. Anything. That's what a free society is. Anything, 473 00:37:57.519 --> 00:38:01.440 even hate, hate should be You don't have to believe hate. If 474 00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:06.480 you're a moron. You want to believe hate, then believe it or follow 475 00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:12.320 it, but you can't legislate it. And so the laws in Texas and 476 00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:19.719 Florida being challenged at the Supreme Court are being challenged by big tech. Now, 477 00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:25.880 the big social media companies say these laws that were passed, say this 478 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:32.440 is what the laws say. You cannot censor people on your platform for political 479 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:37.880 reasons, blah blah blah and other reasons. Now big tech says, now, 480 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:44.360 listen to how they construct that our freedom of speech is being infringed upon 481 00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:53.079 because we are not allowed to present our perspective. If we have to present 482 00:38:54.159 --> 00:39:00.480 all perspectives. That's their legal argument. They're actually saying, if we can't 483 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:12.599 present our perspective and we must include everyone. Then our freedom is being infringed 484 00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:21.039 upon our corporate freedom. How bs can that be? The point? Is 485 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:25.800 this? What if a media company says, we don't want to publish anything 486 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:31.119 to do with communism at all, or we don't want to publish anything to 487 00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:36.320 do with anything republican, they shouldn't be allowed to do that. Or how 488 00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:43.280 about this, no black people on, no black perspective whatsoever, no Asian 489 00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:47.440 perspective whatsoever. What if one platform wanted to do only white men, those 490 00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:52.920 same people would be back at the Supreme Court saying that media company can't do 491 00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:55.039 that. Yet, media companies are saying we're a private company, we should 492 00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:59.199 be able to do whatever we want. No, that's not true. Private 493 00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:05.440 companies can not infringe upon your constitutional rights. Period. They can't do it. 494 00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:13.679 I don't know what people are why people are against freedom and expression of 495 00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:19.719 all kinds. I don't follow these idiots, but I want them to be 496 00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:22.760 there. In fact, I want to know what people are thinking. I 497 00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:28.559 want to know what organizations are feeling. I want to know. I don't 498 00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:32.239 want it secret. Why do we Why isn't it amazing to me? It's 499 00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:36.000 amazing. I'm just going to call out liberals because that's what it is. 500 00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:43.480 Liberals decry, oh, you can't badness book, you can't band this book. 501 00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:50.320 But they're all for censorship, all for it if somebody talks against the 502 00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:55.719 vaccination, or speaks an alternative theory on COVID, or they want to talk 503 00:40:55.760 --> 00:41:04.679 about how bad something is. Amazing to you, how censorship is totally embraced 504 00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:10.719 and accepted. If you are totally censoring what we don't believe in, Hey, 505 00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:15.119 Tom, is not what freedom is. We should be able to express 506 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:19.920 everything. I mean everything. I don't care what it is. Oh, 507 00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:24.480 Tom, we shouldn't have hate speech? Why why there's nothing wrong with hate 508 00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:28.920 speech? For I mean, let me let me am in, Tom, 509 00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:32.559 somebody want says hate speech. Doc hold On was okay when I said there's 510 00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:38.639 nothing wrong hatespy. I personally find it offensive and disgusting, but I want 511 00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:44.480 people to be able to express it, so I should say I don't think 512 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:49.920 there's anything wrong with the expression of it. It's what people embrace. But 513 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:52.639 you can't legislate that in their hearts and minds. What were you going to 514 00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:55.880 say, doc, Someone I figet it was the claim that said, the 515 00:41:55.920 --> 00:42:01.559 only defense against hate speech is more speech. Yes, of course it is. 516 00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:06.400 And you know what, trust me, it's not so much hate. 517 00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:09.159 By the way, what is hate? What is hate is whatever you call 518 00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:13.440 it to be. I mean, in fact, some of the most hateful 519 00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:17.320 people are the people who are in that organization against Digital Hate. They call 520 00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:22.360 it what the hell is digital hate? First of all, digits can't hate 521 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:31.199 a binary codes can't hate people hate God Almighty. So it's amazing to me 522 00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:40.400 how liberals take one stance on censorship when they can't have their voice, but 523 00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:45.400 another one when the other party can't have their voice. I say, do 524 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:50.920 away with all of it, all of it. Our eyes and ears can 525 00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:54.840 take it. We're intelligent people. I mean, do you remember when the 526 00:42:54.920 --> 00:43:02.599 Civil Liberties Union defended This was back when the civil Civil Liberties Union meant something. 527 00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:07.639 They're a bunch of a holes right now. But you know what, 528 00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:14.880 at one time, this Civil Liberties Union actually and this was this was crazy, 529 00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:19.760 but they defended the Nazis. Remember that he said they wanted to have 530 00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:23.519 a march in Skokie, Illinois, I believe, And although they had to 531 00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:30.800 hold their nose to do it, the Civil Liberties Union knew that it was 532 00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:35.519 the freedom to do that that was more important. Do you think they would 533 00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:39.039 ever do that today? Ever? Ever? Do you think that would happen 534 00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:45.920 today? Do you think liberals today would ever ever hold the mantle of freedom 535 00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:51.239 of speech at all costs? Hell? No, are you kidding me? 536 00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:57.400 I mean, think about this. The Hunter Biden laptop story was suppressed as 537 00:43:57.559 --> 00:44:02.719 fake news. I mean, it's the amazing to me what the media's entities 538 00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:07.039 will do to suppress what they want. And by the way it goes both 539 00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:13.079 ways, I just personally can't stand any censorship by anyone. No, I 540 00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:16.920 don't think Florida should have banned the books they banned, or Texas or whatever 541 00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:21.400 in California's banning books. But the other way around, you know. And 542 00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:29.960 here's what's funny. People are protesting like crazy because drag queens could not read 543 00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:36.599 their stories to kids that listen. If drag queens want to have story hour, 544 00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:39.079 let them have story hour. Transgender want to have story let them have 545 00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:44.119 it. It should be the parents that decide of their kids go and attend 546 00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:47.599 it. If kids attended and parents want them to, they should have the 547 00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:54.440 right to. But what's amazing is while they were oh aghast at the idea 548 00:44:55.079 --> 00:45:04.960 of drag queens not being allowed to tell their stories. On the other coast, 549 00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:12.480 uh Kurk Cameron, who wanted to do Christian and Bible stories were he 550 00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:20.280 was banned. So what a bunch of phony jerks, God Almighty, I 551 00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:23.440 am so tired of phony people, Deputy Chopper. As a follow up, 552 00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:27.119 we'll get to right after this. I need to know a little more on 553 00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:30.159 what it is. It says an update on a case we have Bob with 554 00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:34.599 plumbline services with us. Meanwhile, go out and censor something you disagree with. 555 00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:42.639 That seems to be the American way. Right after this, go with 556 00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:45.880 a sure thing Denver's Best roofer Excel Roofing dot com. You don't pay a 557 00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:53.159 cent until you're content. Time for an insurance check up free, no obligation. 558 00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:58.679 In comparison, call Compass Insurance paying too much your coverage at dozens of 559 00:45:58.719 --> 00:46:01.280 insurance companies find out out now three all three seven to seven to one help. 560 00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:06.039 You'll think you're his only customer when you choose Frank durand the real estate 561 00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:09.480 Man dot com to list your home with Remax Alliance three oh three nine two 562 00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:20.199 zero sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martino, you're a troubleshooter Denverregen dot com. 563 00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:28.760 Denverregen dot com for weight loss with the semigluetide being compounded and that's just 564 00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:31.760 two hundred and fifty dollars a month Denverregen dot Com. And I want to 565 00:46:31.800 --> 00:46:36.840 tell you, Compass Insurance Group does free insurance checkups. Do you know somebody 566 00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:40.840 called me and said they saved three thousand dollars a year by one phone call 567 00:46:40.960 --> 00:46:45.400 to Compass and found out not only were they underinsured but paying too much three 568 00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:52.599 oh three nine nine six nine thousand. Deputy Chopper has a follow up on 569 00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:58.559 Firestone. Now, Deputy Chopper, is this the one with uh Brian and 570 00:46:58.599 --> 00:47:04.719 the Subaru. Yes, it is, sir Okay. He had a two 571 00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:08.480 thousand and nine super roof forest or one hundred and sixty thousand miles. He 572 00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:14.039 says he had four tires put on it Firestone. One went flat and they 573 00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:19.960 replaced it, and then he says, recently the replacement tire fell off, 574 00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:28.519 and he says it's their fault. It actually happened the same day as he 575 00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:31.559 went to work. Later that day, it went off at about twenty five 576 00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:37.400 and eighth Avenue. Then he brought it back. He towed it back to 577 00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:42.440 Firestone. It sat on the rack for over three weeks with nothing being done. 578 00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:49.679 I reached out to oh Fridgestone Firestone Media, and I'm going to cut 579 00:47:49.719 --> 00:47:53.000 it down the long story short because there's a confidentiality of the settlement. But 580 00:47:53.119 --> 00:48:00.679 they offered him some money for the repairs, which wasn't enough to buy a 581 00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:07.199 new car because his car was supposedly totaled. WHOA. I made a suggestion 582 00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:12.800 Tom take the money and ask for your car too. He did, and 583 00:48:13.239 --> 00:48:16.800 he's going to call Shardan Auto Tech and see about just getting the car repaired. 584 00:48:17.079 --> 00:48:22.320 But he's happy with the deal and I'm happy with the turnout too, 585 00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:28.000 so really wow. So anyway, he does have a settlement. That's the 586 00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:31.440 bottom line. Thank you for that one. This is really a weird one. 587 00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:38.719 So the car was totaled. That's because the hub, the whole wheel 588 00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:43.559 and hub came off and he was blaming them for that. So did they 589 00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:51.239 in essence take responsibility? Well, apparently the insurance suggestor did because he totaled 590 00:48:51.239 --> 00:48:53.639 the car and gave him money. Okay, and he's going to get to 591 00:48:53.719 --> 00:48:58.480 keep his car. And get try to get it fixed anyway. Thank you, 592 00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:02.920 chopper, appreciate that. Threeho three seven one three talk three oh three 593 00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:07.639 seven one three eight two five five lines are open if you have a call, 594 00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:09.320 a problem, question, complaining somebody lied to you, or cheated you, 595 00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:15.559 or ripped you off. And okay, someone here says, and now 596 00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:19.920 this comes from today, or no, this comes from the other day. 597 00:49:20.360 --> 00:49:27.760 About doing away with auto stopping in your car, you know where I have 598 00:49:27.880 --> 00:49:30.519 a button that does that. I call it golf cart mode. Where you 599 00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:34.840 pull up in your car and you're at a red light and the engine goes 600 00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:37.320 off and then as soon as you as soon as you touch the gas it 601 00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:45.159 starts again. I call it golf cart mode. Bob, have you have 602 00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:47.360 you experienced that? Don't you have a button in your car that can turn 603 00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:52.679 that off? Yes, but it can't be turned off permanently. No, 604 00:49:52.800 --> 00:49:55.079 that's right, that's right. Oh okay, so that's what this guy's talking 605 00:49:55.119 --> 00:50:00.599 about. There's some I guess there's some software that'll disable it completely. I 606 00:50:00.639 --> 00:50:02.159 was told by the dealership, because I would love to disable it completely, 607 00:50:02.159 --> 00:50:07.719 but I've told by two different dealerships that you cannot disable it. No, 608 00:50:07.920 --> 00:50:15.079 I mean, this is an aftermarket. You know, each car manufacturer has 609 00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:20.920 its proprietary software, and if you go online you can find software to hack 610 00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:23.679 into it. I forget what they call the ones for Beamers, but they 611 00:50:23.760 --> 00:50:31.000 have software specifically to hack into it, and you can change all the settings. 612 00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:35.000 You can do the same with Mercedes. You can do the same with 613 00:50:35.039 --> 00:50:38.760 all different cars. I don't think they've cracked Tesla yet, and I don't 614 00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:43.440 know what you would hack in Tesla, but in BMW, for example, 615 00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:46.920 I shouldn't even say this. I don't have it. There's a way to 616 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:52.119 hack into that. So the monitor works while you're driving if you have your 617 00:50:52.159 --> 00:50:57.320 phone up on it watching a movie. I'm not And what they claim is 618 00:50:57.480 --> 00:51:00.440 if you want a passenger in the front seat to watch the movie, you 619 00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:04.719 know you can still drive and and and you can because that monitor will not 620 00:51:04.880 --> 00:51:08.880 allow you to do any video on it in any case. There's something else 621 00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:15.679 too with the write in candidates. That's not somebody else. YouTube brought out 622 00:51:15.719 --> 00:51:20.880 that Kennedy is not running as a Democrat. That's why you can't write him 623 00:51:20.920 --> 00:51:22.960 in. But I don't. I don't think you can write in anyone. 624 00:51:23.280 --> 00:51:28.360 It's not just Kennedy. Kennedy is running as an independent. But here's the 625 00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:34.440 here's the thing. Parties are allowed to make whatever rules they want for their 626 00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:39.280 candidates. Now, YouTube has come up with some myths. By the way, 627 00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:44.360 I asked for myths. They didn't call in with them, but they 628 00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:50.760 put some myths down on the YouTube thing. And here's here's some myths we 629 00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:52.360 came up with. And I want to know if you know any First of 630 00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:57.599 all, I came up with government money does not come directly from us. 631 00:51:58.199 --> 00:52:04.960 That's a myth. We can actually change climate and weather patterns. Is that 632 00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:09.440 a myth? Some people say that's a myth. Electrification is the answer to 633 00:52:09.559 --> 00:52:17.039 cleaning up the environment and diminishing global or climate change. People say that's bull. 634 00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:21.320 It'll have actually more of an impact. Here's what I want to know. 635 00:52:21.559 --> 00:52:27.000 When if everything was electrical, everything, our heating are our areas. 636 00:52:27.039 --> 00:52:32.679 But okay, let's say heating cars, hot water, Bob, Could you 637 00:52:32.760 --> 00:52:37.039 imagine are people asking for electrification right now for the environment? Are you getting 638 00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:45.159 that? We're getting some inquiries, but we're going to be forced to electrify 639 00:52:45.199 --> 00:52:49.719 everything, well, including what are you talking about the new regulations? Everything 640 00:52:49.960 --> 00:52:52.519 there's going to be. It won't be too long before you will not be 641 00:52:52.519 --> 00:52:57.519 able to you will not buy a gas appliance. In Colorado, everything will 642 00:52:57.519 --> 00:53:01.039 be So when we move to electrical, how will the grid keep up with 643 00:53:01.119 --> 00:53:07.079 it? They haven't figured that part out. They never consider the unattended consequences. 644 00:53:08.639 --> 00:53:12.440 If it just sounds like a good idea, let's do it. So 645 00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:16.880 so, I mean we are actually confronted with this because in California, I 646 00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:22.920 forget what the year is, They're not going to allow vehicles in the state. 647 00:53:22.400 --> 00:53:27.119 If you're if you're delivering to California, you have to have electrical vehicles. 648 00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:30.639 I mean, is that is that for real? I mean, if 649 00:53:30.679 --> 00:53:35.519 you think about it, what do they so if everything is electrical, does 650 00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:40.599 that mean what what happens to all of these celebrities that have private jets? 651 00:53:43.199 --> 00:53:47.079 I mean, okay, all right, here's another one. The guy said 652 00:53:47.159 --> 00:53:53.519 oxygenated fuels are good, are better for the environment, or help the environment, 653 00:53:54.360 --> 00:53:59.239 and we you know that that has been one of the you know, 654 00:54:00.519 --> 00:54:06.519 one of the good parts about that is it gave farmers another source or another 655 00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:12.360 i mean vendor to buy their corn. You know, But as far as 656 00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:19.239 being good for the environment, you just burn more of it. So there 657 00:54:19.239 --> 00:54:21.880 are some others I found on YouTube. I can't find it right now. 658 00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:24.639 But anyway, here's the deal. We're going to uh, we're going to 659 00:54:24.679 --> 00:54:29.920 come back, take your calls, and we have some other stuff to talk 660 00:54:29.960 --> 00:54:35.639 about. For example, we talked about a retro loop for hot water. 661 00:54:36.440 --> 00:54:40.840 Nowadays, people are saying it's actually better to keep a loop running with hot 662 00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:46.880 water for far away bathrooms or bedrooms or kitchens than it is to run the 663 00:54:46.920 --> 00:54:52.039 water until it gets hot. Because water has become such a valuable resource. 664 00:54:52.480 --> 00:54:54.880 The price of water is going up. And really, if that loop, 665 00:54:55.079 --> 00:55:00.119 you can put the loop on a timer, or you can have it one 666 00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:06.239 at a low speed constantly, and it really doesn't use that much heat, 667 00:55:07.320 --> 00:55:10.159 does it. Well, it doesn't use that much heat. I won't use 668 00:55:10.159 --> 00:55:15.639 as much correct Now, would you rather use the water because some people literally 669 00:55:15.639 --> 00:55:19.800 wait three minutes of water running that's a lot of water. Or would you 670 00:55:19.840 --> 00:55:23.440 want the loop so you have hot water more instantly. That's the point. 671 00:55:23.639 --> 00:55:29.079 Now somebody else wants to know if you do a hot water loop, what 672 00:55:29.119 --> 00:55:31.760 if you have an on demand water heater, can you still do a hot 673 00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:36.039 water loop? And does that strain the hell out of it because it's always 674 00:55:36.079 --> 00:55:39.639 running. Do you know. I don't know the answer to that question. 675 00:55:39.960 --> 00:55:43.719 We need to ask because I want to know if you've put them in with 676 00:55:43.880 --> 00:55:47.599 constant flow water heaters. So if you could find that out. And we're 677 00:55:47.639 --> 00:55:52.599 talking about a hot water loop and if you have not built your home with 678 00:55:52.679 --> 00:55:54.400 one and you're wondering, can it be done? The answer is yes, 679 00:55:54.440 --> 00:56:00.519 it can be done. They actually put a recirculating pump at the point of 680 00:56:00.679 --> 00:56:04.480 use or somewhere else, but at the point of use, then have a 681 00:56:04.559 --> 00:56:09.559 check valve system where you can actually rotate. You can circulate hot water so 682 00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:15.599 there's always hot water near that sink, so you don't have to wait three 683 00:56:15.800 --> 00:56:20.159 five six minutes to get hot water. But if you do it with a 684 00:56:20.519 --> 00:56:24.599 on demand water heater, it seems to me that water heater would always be 685 00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:29.639 running and they're not made to always be running. We'll find out about that 686 00:56:29.719 --> 00:56:32.559 and more. Get your calls in at three oh three seven one three talk 687 00:56:32.599 --> 00:56:40.360 three all three seven, one three eight, two five five Go with a 688 00:56:40.360 --> 00:56:45.719 sure thing Denver's best roofer Excel roofing dot com. You don't pay a cent 689 00:56:45.920 --> 00:56:52.440 until you're content time for an insurance checkup free, no obligation. In comparison, 690 00:56:52.559 --> 00:56:58.480 call Compass Insurance paying too much your coverage at dozens of insurance companies find 691 00:56:58.480 --> 00:57:01.239 out now three all three seven seven one help. You'll think you're his only 692 00:57:01.320 --> 00:57:06.159 customer when you choose Frank durand the real estate man dot com to list your 693 00:57:06.159 --> 00:57:15.360 home with Remax Alliance three all three nine two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi 694 00:57:15.519 --> 00:57:20.840 Tom Martino, your troubleshooter three all three seven one three talk three O three 695 00:57:21.039 --> 00:57:24.159 seven one three eight two five five. I'm going to tell you one of 696 00:57:24.199 --> 00:57:29.960 our next crises coming up in America. You know, we have the credit 697 00:57:29.960 --> 00:57:34.480 card bubble, we had the student loan bubble. Now Biden of course trying 698 00:57:34.480 --> 00:57:38.519 to do away with student loan bubble by getting voters by forgiving their debt. 699 00:57:39.599 --> 00:57:45.079 That's what he's trying to do, and uh, you know, making some 700 00:57:45.159 --> 00:57:53.880 progress there. And the next big one is going to be people in retirement 701 00:57:54.079 --> 00:57:58.760 with zero money. Now. I know, we hear about people having lump 702 00:57:58.800 --> 00:58:04.320 sums of money to put in an annuities and some people that have savings equity 703 00:58:04.320 --> 00:58:07.440 in their homes. But the real crisis is going to be as people we 704 00:58:07.559 --> 00:58:13.760 have more people aging now than ever. The biggest chunk of people are old 705 00:58:13.840 --> 00:58:17.280 farts. The biggest chunk of people. We're having less kids, more adults 706 00:58:17.719 --> 00:58:28.440 growing older, and they don't have money. Why because of YOLO You only 707 00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:32.360 live once. People are spending money like crazy right now, more than ever 708 00:58:32.800 --> 00:58:39.400 for the look for the wanna be status to pose whatever it is, and 709 00:58:39.599 --> 00:58:46.840 younger people especially are indebting themselves for life. But anyway, it's called the 710 00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:52.800 only you only live once spending spree now more than ever. When you think 711 00:58:52.920 --> 00:58:59.920 the economy is doing badly, look at the YOLO spending spending on absolute non 712 00:58:59.840 --> 00:59:07.679 sense things that mean nothing and high brand name things over spending. Vacations are 713 00:59:07.679 --> 00:59:12.440 a big deal, once in a lifetime vacations. People are saying, screw 714 00:59:12.519 --> 00:59:15.679 it, I'm not going to be able to afford a good retirement anyway. 715 00:59:15.920 --> 00:59:22.000 So what I'm going to do is I'm going to just spend my money to 716 00:59:22.119 --> 00:59:25.360 have fun and the hell with retirement. And more and more people are doing 717 00:59:25.360 --> 00:59:30.079 that. They're saying, the heck with it. I want I want to 718 00:59:30.480 --> 00:59:34.280 I don't care what I have in retirement. I want to live well. 719 00:59:34.360 --> 00:59:42.960 Now, Now here's another thing. Bob with water heaters. I don't know 720 00:59:42.960 --> 00:59:46.079 why I'm on water heaters right now, but people are texting me with a 721 00:59:46.360 --> 00:59:52.880 can you have a water heater that has a combination constant flow and a tank 722 00:59:52.320 --> 00:59:55.199 so you can use it when you need it? Can you can build up 723 00:59:55.239 --> 01:00:00.280 hot water if you want to? So of the some of the water heater 724 01:00:00.320 --> 01:00:05.519 manufacturers do have a small tank reserve tank attached to them. Yes, so 725 01:00:05.599 --> 01:00:08.599 you don't get that what they call cold water sandwiching in between, right? 726 01:00:09.880 --> 01:00:15.000 And how small is that tank? Usually like six gallons? Oh that's small. 727 01:00:15.079 --> 01:00:16.719 Yeah, but it just helps enough to get it going. Yep. 728 01:00:19.559 --> 01:00:22.400 But yeah, the cold water sandwich Are they even popular? I mean it 729 01:00:22.559 --> 01:00:27.599 used to be the rage people said everyone's going to be going to that is 730 01:00:27.760 --> 01:00:30.599 it really didn't take over like people thought, like in Europe. No, 731 01:00:30.639 --> 01:00:36.079 I mean we still we still install quite a few tankless water heaters, but 732 01:00:36.079 --> 01:00:39.599 but the majority of what we what we install our tank style water heaters and 733 01:00:39.679 --> 01:00:44.079 in the high recovery, high recovers. Yes, now, Steve, what 734 01:00:44.280 --> 01:00:49.920 is your issue? Sir? Night? Hey man? What's happening? Hey? 735 01:00:50.960 --> 01:00:55.159 Hold on? Sure? Yeah, no speaker, Hey, I was 736 01:00:55.440 --> 01:01:01.079 online looking for this good real good year real hose hunter's foot and it was 737 01:01:01.119 --> 01:01:06.480 a way below everybody else's prices. It was like eighty five dollars compared. 738 01:01:06.679 --> 01:01:09.360 Is it a water hole are you talking about No, it's an air holes 739 01:01:09.679 --> 01:01:14.800 it. Oh real, that's retractable. You can bring it in and yeah, 740 01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:17.000 I have a couple of those. Now where okay? And where did 741 01:01:17.039 --> 01:01:22.599 you see it? I've seen it online but disappeared and then it came back 742 01:01:22.679 --> 01:01:27.199 up again this morning and it was and what is it called? It's called 743 01:01:27.360 --> 01:01:32.440 Turtlesoon dot app I think Turtlesen. Yeah, yeah, you ever heard of 744 01:01:32.559 --> 01:01:36.599 him? Is that the name of the real or the name of the company. 745 01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:40.079 That's the name of the company supposedly online? No, never heard of 746 01:01:40.119 --> 01:01:44.480 them. You know, those things are available all over the place now, 747 01:01:44.760 --> 01:01:51.519 oh I mean I mean all over the place everywhere. They're great to have, 748 01:01:51.599 --> 01:01:53.519 by the way, But are you talking about the good the one made 749 01:01:53.559 --> 01:01:59.800 by Goodyear? Correct? Yes? Okay? And how much? Well, 750 01:02:00.320 --> 01:02:05.119 here's here's the price that they had eighty five dollars free shipping? Is that 751 01:02:05.159 --> 01:02:10.159 for three eighths three eights? And is it sixty five feet no, it's 752 01:02:10.199 --> 01:02:15.000 one hundred feet. Wow that I've never seen a price that low ever, 753 01:02:15.360 --> 01:02:20.760 I know that's what well and everybody else has got them for two hundred to 754 01:02:20.840 --> 01:02:25.239 three, you know, free shipping. That's pretty damn cheap. But I'll 755 01:02:25.360 --> 01:02:30.760 never I'd look at what have you seen any reviews by turtles? And I 756 01:02:30.239 --> 01:02:34.960 always see there's what I do. I just I go to Amazon normally, 757 01:02:35.039 --> 01:02:40.280 but you know, now you're talking about on go ahead and no Amazon had 758 01:02:40.360 --> 01:02:44.760 them for a lot higher price, of course, but you know they're probably 759 01:02:44.840 --> 01:02:47.480 legiti. But I went. I went and it says buy you know, 760 01:02:47.599 --> 01:02:52.400 pay or buy now, and I checked that, and then I went into 761 01:02:52.480 --> 01:02:53.960 there and to pay for it, and wouldn't let me pay a kate. 762 01:02:54.079 --> 01:02:57.920 It says we trackt your item or something like that, like you know, 763 01:02:58.039 --> 01:03:02.559 reverse it, don't buy it. What I mean, normally, when I 764 01:03:02.639 --> 01:03:07.079 have a problem with paying for something, it's because my card is rejecting it, 765 01:03:07.239 --> 01:03:12.440 and my card automatically tells, well, it won't in fact, it 766 01:03:12.480 --> 01:03:17.199 won't let me buy from certain sites. It won't let me. And well, 767 01:03:17.199 --> 01:03:22.199 I was I was trying to figure out if this was a scam site, 768 01:03:22.239 --> 01:03:24.119 because I after I tried that, I went in there and got their 769 01:03:24.159 --> 01:03:27.840 phone number and I couldn't get through the kept person. I can't even find 770 01:03:27.880 --> 01:03:30.400 it. I can't even find it. I looked at turtles in dot app. 771 01:03:30.440 --> 01:03:36.079 I can't even find turtles in dot com. I can't find That's weird. 772 01:03:36.599 --> 01:03:40.840 It was on my it was on my end of And then they sent 773 01:03:40.920 --> 01:03:45.400 me an email Tom saying finished, you know, playing for the item, 774 01:03:45.440 --> 01:03:49.039 And I thought, well, I'm not going to do that now, No, 775 01:03:49.519 --> 01:03:52.960 I won't. I'm looking at it, man, I can't find it. 776 01:03:52.039 --> 01:03:57.519 I don't know what you're looking at. How do you sell turtlesen p 777 01:03:57.719 --> 01:04:00.840 U R P O E S O I M. And I believe it's called 778 01:04:00.920 --> 01:04:06.760 dot app. I can't find it, and I use the best buy logo 779 01:04:08.079 --> 01:04:10.719 kind of you know, that's what gets me. It just kind of threw 780 01:04:10.800 --> 01:04:14.880 me off. Here's the problem with online buying nowadays. You're everywhere you look 781 01:04:14.920 --> 01:04:18.079 there a ripoffs. I mean really truly. That's that's one of the reasons 782 01:04:18.119 --> 01:04:21.960 I do Amazon. You know, Amazon aggregates other people, so you're not 783 01:04:23.000 --> 01:04:26.760 really just buying from Amazon. But you know, like it or not, 784 01:04:27.039 --> 01:04:32.639 these people at least they won't have on their site a scam vendor. Well 785 01:04:32.679 --> 01:04:38.599 they might one or two transactions, but as soon as they find out there's 786 01:04:38.840 --> 01:04:43.480 anything wrong, they pull them. And that's the only reason I not the 787 01:04:43.519 --> 01:04:46.079 only, but one of the main reasons I do the Amazon thing. And 788 01:04:46.159 --> 01:04:49.519 man, if it comes down to saving ten bucks, it's not worth it's 789 01:04:49.559 --> 01:04:53.320 not worth some of these other sites. It's just not worth it. And 790 01:04:54.000 --> 01:04:57.800 right another thing, I was just trying to find out if it was legit 791 01:04:57.920 --> 01:05:00.440 or not or a scam. No, I've never heard me. Maybe if 792 01:05:00.440 --> 01:05:03.719 someone listening has been there, they can let us know, but I have 793 01:05:03.960 --> 01:05:09.480 never heard of it before. And normally when it comes to shopping online crap. 794 01:05:09.880 --> 01:05:13.119 I know a ton of people. I mean, I am really good 795 01:05:13.440 --> 01:05:17.199 at ferreting out the good places to shop online. I do all Basically, 796 01:05:17.400 --> 01:05:20.639 I don't even go to stores anymore. I don't know how other people do 797 01:05:20.719 --> 01:05:24.559 it, but I don't even bother. I mean, I swear to God, 798 01:05:24.679 --> 01:05:28.199 if I can go on Amazon and have it tomorrow morning, I don't. 799 01:05:28.440 --> 01:05:32.079 And I've done that now at least the last twenty times. I can't 800 01:05:32.199 --> 01:05:39.519 remember shopping other than online. Now supermarkets I'll go to for a quick eyed 801 01:05:39.519 --> 01:05:42.559 and Bob, do you shop online a lot? I do? I mean 802 01:05:42.679 --> 01:05:46.920 all the time. I will never walk through a best Buy or god forbid 803 01:05:46.960 --> 01:05:49.719 a Walmart. I don't. I just don't do it. I mean, 804 01:05:49.760 --> 01:05:53.559 it's a pain in the ass. It's so easy just to go on the 805 01:05:53.559 --> 01:05:56.840 computer and it comes right to your door. In fact, if I think 806 01:05:56.880 --> 01:06:00.519 about it, I don't go to pharmacies anymore. I have express scripts. 807 01:06:00.960 --> 01:06:06.920 I don't do stores for anything. The only thing I buy at a store 808 01:06:08.199 --> 01:06:13.440 is at a supermarket if and that's very In fact, even at a supermarket, 809 01:06:13.440 --> 01:06:15.679 I have stuff delivered. And what makes it great is if you're unhappy 810 01:06:15.719 --> 01:06:19.159 for whatever reason, it doesn't matter what you don't pay shipping to, you 811 01:06:19.159 --> 01:06:23.519 don't make pay shipping back. I mean it's hard, you can't go wrong. 812 01:06:24.000 --> 01:06:26.880 No, I mean you know you have to give it to Bezos in 813 01:06:26.920 --> 01:06:30.440 his buddies. No, I'm serious. The online shopping thing, they have 814 01:06:30.559 --> 01:06:34.960 it perfected now other places. Walmart online is great. There are a lot 815 01:06:35.039 --> 01:06:41.639 of good online places. But I would have to say I never thought i'd 816 01:06:41.679 --> 01:06:47.199 hear myself saying this, but I absolutely positively shop ninety eight percent of the 817 01:06:47.239 --> 01:06:58.639 time online. More coming right up, Go with a sure thing Denver's best 818 01:06:58.719 --> 01:07:05.440 roofer Excel roofing. You don't pay a cent until you're content. 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I want to get John Fuller on about this weirdest 828 01:07:49.280 --> 01:07:55.880 one that I think I have ever seen when it comes to when it comes 829 01:07:55.880 --> 01:07:59.440 to a personal injury problem, and I want to ask John about it. 830 01:07:59.599 --> 01:08:03.079 Go with sure Thing Denver's best roofer Excel Roofing dot com. You don't pay 831 01:08:03.119 --> 01:08:10.880 a cent until you're content. Time for an insurance check up free, no 832 01:08:11.000 --> 01:08:15.920 obligation comparison Call Compass Insurance paying too much your coverage at dozens of insurance companies 833 01:08:16.000 --> 01:08:19.439 find out now three oh three seven seven to one help. You'll think you're 834 01:08:19.479 --> 01:08:24.359 his only customer when you choose Frank durand the real estate Man dot com to 835 01:08:24.439 --> 01:08:29.159 list your home with Remax Alliance three oh three nine two zero sixteen twenty two 836 01:08:33.840 --> 01:08:44.319 rip new. You need that so you don't have to run anxious as we 837 01:08:44.520 --> 01:08:50.720 can. Shooter's gonna help. Come man, this is the Troubleshooter Show. 838 01:08:51.319 --> 01:08:57.920 No Tom Martino, Hi Tom Martino here three oh three seven one three talk 839 01:08:58.000 --> 01:09:00.119 three oh three seven one three eight two five five. What's going on in 840 01:09:00.159 --> 01:09:04.279 your life? We're here to help you. And I love talking about renew 841 01:09:04.359 --> 01:09:09.520 home innovations with the best most beautiful shower conversions. You'll see. They take 842 01:09:09.560 --> 01:09:12.600 out that old ugly tub. God, I hate those tubs, those step 843 01:09:12.680 --> 01:09:15.880 over tubs with the old curtains or diffuse doors. They put in a beautiful 844 01:09:15.920 --> 01:09:20.359 rectangle shower with no threshold whatsoever to you can wheel over it or a walker 845 01:09:20.479 --> 01:09:25.640 or just walk right in. Grab bars, soap, dishes, seats, 846 01:09:25.680 --> 01:09:28.800 whatever you want. And they do it in two or three days, and 847 01:09:28.800 --> 01:09:31.800 you have seventy two months to pay no interest. You won't find better renew 848 01:09:31.840 --> 01:09:35.840 Home Innovations dot Com three or three nine zero four to two thousand, nine 849 01:09:35.920 --> 01:09:40.960 zero four two thousand. Okay, so we've got a big old tires problem. 850 01:09:40.960 --> 01:09:45.680 Here a question about a twenty twelve Nissan Exterra. We might have to 851 01:09:45.680 --> 01:09:47.279 get one of our experts. Don go ahead. What's going on with you? 852 01:09:47.399 --> 01:09:54.119 Don? Had a quick question. I have a twenty twelve Nissan Exterra 853 01:09:54.560 --> 01:09:58.600 with a little over quite a bit over one hundred thousand miles. I've always 854 01:09:58.680 --> 01:10:00.920 used regular oil. I took it in the other day to Big O' and 855 01:10:01.000 --> 01:10:05.920 requested regular oil and they put synthetic oil. Do you foresee a problem with 856 01:10:06.000 --> 01:10:09.920 that? Or am I going? Okay? So let me get it straight. 857 01:10:09.960 --> 01:10:13.680 You've always used regular oil, is that right? Yes, sir? 858 01:10:14.600 --> 01:10:19.720 And they put synthetic in this time? How many miles on it? Approximately 859 01:10:19.760 --> 01:10:25.239 one hundred and six thousand. Yeah, I do. I do think you 860 01:10:25.239 --> 01:10:27.760 could have a problem. And let me tell you what the problem might be. 861 01:10:27.920 --> 01:10:39.399 Okay. The superior the superior cleaning properties and lubrication properties can clean out 862 01:10:39.399 --> 01:10:42.680 that engine to a point where you want you don't want it to. I 863 01:10:42.720 --> 01:10:47.840 mean usually it builds up and I don't know how to put this, but 864 01:10:48.439 --> 01:10:56.359 if you have unusual wear, it can sometimes fill in the unusual wear and 865 01:10:56.399 --> 01:11:02.199 it becomes it becomes worn in a certain way. And synthetics clean too. 866 01:11:02.239 --> 01:11:08.399 Well, there's nothing wrong with going from a synthetic to a regular, but 867 01:11:08.560 --> 01:11:13.920 going from a regular to a synthetic with high mileage I've been told could be 868 01:11:14.039 --> 01:11:18.680 a problem because of the exceptional cleaning properties. However, I want to ask 869 01:11:18.760 --> 01:11:21.439 one of our people. I want to make sure that's still the rule. 870 01:11:21.920 --> 01:11:26.520 It used to be with the older cars, but with newer cars it may 871 01:11:26.560 --> 01:11:30.119 not be a problem. And well twenty twelve, you know it's ten or 872 01:11:30.159 --> 01:11:33.119 eleven, But I'm talking about it used to be a problem with when I 873 01:11:33.159 --> 01:11:36.880 say older cars, you know, in the nineties and early two thousands. 874 01:11:39.079 --> 01:11:44.039 Hey, Kachina, could we see if Kevin Calkins around, or Jeff Vick 875 01:11:44.680 --> 01:11:48.279 Kevin or even our case, anybody you can get on. I'd like to 876 01:11:48.319 --> 01:11:57.359 ask about that switching. I was always told switching to a synthetic after you've 877 01:11:57.359 --> 01:12:00.880 had, especially one hundred thousand miles, it might be a problem. So 878 01:12:00.000 --> 01:12:04.079 hang on three oh three, yeah, hold on, we'll get an expert 879 01:12:04.119 --> 01:12:09.079 opinion. Three oh three seven to one three talk seven one three eight two 880 01:12:09.159 --> 01:12:15.279 five five. So I have a text question here, so when it comes 881 01:12:15.319 --> 01:12:18.600 to oh, this is interesting, so on a text this has to do 882 01:12:19.039 --> 01:12:23.760 with a water leak. How do you find water leaks and they know they're 883 01:12:23.800 --> 01:12:26.920 using water? How do you? I mean, that's an interesting question. 884 01:12:26.960 --> 01:12:30.079 Actually, how do you find water leaks? I mean, is this outside 885 01:12:30.520 --> 01:12:34.159 in their house? They can't find it, but they know the meter's running 886 01:12:34.199 --> 01:12:38.800 when all the water's off. How do you find it if there's a pinhole? 887 01:12:38.920 --> 01:12:42.479 I mean, how do you are? Are there ways to trace where 888 01:12:42.600 --> 01:12:45.479 water leaks are coming from? Well, I mean it doesn't take very long. 889 01:12:45.560 --> 01:12:48.159 Even a pinhole leak, it's going to expose itself somewhere. But if 890 01:12:48.199 --> 01:12:53.520 you don't see water, if you don't see water and your water meter is 891 01:12:53.600 --> 01:12:58.560 running, we were just concidentally congregation system, it could be outside. Most 892 01:12:58.600 --> 01:13:00.399 likely it is because there are a way to pressurizes. I mean, what 893 01:13:00.439 --> 01:13:03.159 do you do? Though? Seriously, I would turn out I would I 894 01:13:03.159 --> 01:13:06.560 would turn the valve off to the irrigation says, make sure that's off and 895 01:13:06.720 --> 01:13:10.600 and and then see if the meter so if it continues to run. Meters 896 01:13:10.600 --> 01:13:14.560 should not run, I mean, you should not be using water when everything's 897 01:13:14.600 --> 01:13:17.039 off. No, Now what they might what they might be experiencing is a 898 01:13:17.079 --> 01:13:21.359 toilet run That could be very easy. That's probably more likely the case if 899 01:13:21.399 --> 01:13:25.199 it's not the irrigation, it's a toilet runing. Because again, if it's 900 01:13:25.479 --> 01:13:29.399 if it's a pinhole leak or something in the ceiling wall, whatever it's gonna 901 01:13:29.840 --> 01:13:33.399 you're gonna notice it really really quick. Why do pinhole leaks occur? I 902 01:13:33.439 --> 01:13:36.439 hear so much about pinhole leaks? Way, is it from corrosion. It 903 01:13:36.520 --> 01:13:41.640 is from corrosion from the inside and inside out right, And and that's another 904 01:13:41.720 --> 01:13:45.039 myth that Rocky You know, we have clean Rocky Mount and clean water here 905 01:13:45.680 --> 01:13:48.239 many places in Colorado Highlands, Ranch Park or many. I mean, we 906 01:13:48.319 --> 01:13:53.640 have first of all, very hard water in many many places, not to 907 01:13:53.640 --> 01:13:58.439 mention the contaminants in the minerals, but but yes, it's it's it's typically 908 01:13:58.439 --> 01:14:01.760 from the inside out. It starts crowding until a pinhole leak exposes itself. 909 01:14:02.239 --> 01:14:06.119 And again, a pinhole leak can cause a lot of damage because it's a 910 01:14:06.119 --> 01:14:11.239 pressurized pipe. Yeah, and you don't see it for a long time, 911 01:14:11.880 --> 01:14:15.760 so it would be a problem. Now, what about what about inspecting a 912 01:14:15.840 --> 01:14:21.159 home? Is there a way to inspect a home for leaks before you buy 913 01:14:21.199 --> 01:14:26.479 it. Remember, they used to pressurize pipes. Do they do that anymore? 914 01:14:26.960 --> 01:14:29.920 All water lines are pressure I guess that's what I mean. But I 915 01:14:29.960 --> 01:14:33.520 mean they used to put They used to maybe this was on new construction. 916 01:14:33.800 --> 01:14:39.159 They would like block off the pipe and then and then pump it with air 917 01:14:39.279 --> 01:14:42.680 or something to see if it held pressure. Yeah, they'll pressure, they'll 918 01:14:42.720 --> 01:14:45.600 pressurize the pipe. But no one does that when you buy a house, 919 01:14:45.760 --> 01:14:48.399 not not not in an existing home. Now you can do that in the 920 01:14:48.520 --> 01:14:55.439 drain lines, and and sometimes we're required to pressurize a drain line that is 921 01:14:55.479 --> 01:15:00.920 not normally pressurized. So but no, again, the water lines, they're 922 01:15:00.960 --> 01:15:05.439 already pressurized. Okay, Kachinas, see if we can get any of those 923 01:15:05.479 --> 01:15:10.880 guys on if you're if you're still trying, but on another on another thing. 924 01:15:10.920 --> 01:15:14.560 Then we were talking about, Uh, I'm trying to find that other 925 01:15:14.640 --> 01:15:18.720 text on well, I'll have to wait. I can't find it right now 926 01:15:18.720 --> 01:15:23.720 while i'm live three oh three seven one three talks seven one three eight two 927 01:15:23.880 --> 01:15:26.720 five five. Okay, oh, I know what it is. I know 928 01:15:26.760 --> 01:15:29.800 what it is. I don't have the text, but now I remember it 929 01:15:29.880 --> 01:15:34.479 has to do with electrification. You were talking about certain that gas appliances might 930 01:15:35.399 --> 01:15:40.039 so water heaters, when will they be actually phase out? We will have 931 01:15:40.079 --> 01:15:45.479 to have electric water heaters, electric water heaters, electric furnaces, pumps yeah, 932 01:15:45.520 --> 01:15:48.399 wait wait wait wait, heat bumps. So are you saying, though 933 01:15:48.479 --> 01:15:55.399 seriously, furnaces themselves, yes, electric furnaces, yes, how is that? 934 01:15:55.720 --> 01:16:00.319 But that's different than a heat pump, right, Well, I mean 935 01:16:00.319 --> 01:16:06.359 a heat pump is a reverse cycle ac right, and an electric furnace is 936 01:16:06.399 --> 01:16:13.159 an electric furnace with that an electric heating element. Well but the yeah, 937 01:16:13.199 --> 01:16:15.479 and again you're getting it into the tent business, which I don't understand. 938 01:16:15.600 --> 01:16:19.840 I understand, But here's the deal. When is that taking place? I 939 01:16:19.840 --> 01:16:24.720 mean, are you guys at your shows? Are they showing new electric stuff 940 01:16:24.760 --> 01:16:30.319 all the time? Well, from my understanding, in Colorado, we will 941 01:16:30.319 --> 01:16:38.680 not be able to sell. You're required to install heat pumps as early as 942 01:16:39.039 --> 01:16:43.920 the end of twenty twenty five. Wow, in a couple of years. 943 01:16:44.000 --> 01:16:48.359 Yes, you have to have so when you put in a furnace or ac 944 01:16:48.560 --> 01:16:53.119 whatever, you have to have a heat pump associated with it. Correct, 945 01:16:54.720 --> 01:16:58.359 But that's going to be more expensive, which is more expensive right now. 946 01:16:58.399 --> 01:17:02.680 I mean gas is cheap compared to electric right electricals Electric is way more expensive. 947 01:17:04.359 --> 01:17:10.359 You know, I would love to have somebody on from What I'd love 948 01:17:10.399 --> 01:17:15.960 to do is have somebody on from Excel Energy to talk about how they're going 949 01:17:15.000 --> 01:17:21.880 to meet the coming demand. Wasn't there a time when they were encouraging people 950 01:17:23.920 --> 01:17:29.720 to not do electric because they did not want to build new plants. I 951 01:17:29.880 --> 01:17:32.439 thought they were giving and they wanted people to do solar. They want people 952 01:17:32.520 --> 01:17:38.840 to do alternative energy, they want people that. At one time, if 953 01:17:38.880 --> 01:17:45.479 I'm not mistaken, they were trying to encourage gas appliances because of the electrical 954 01:17:45.560 --> 01:17:48.760 load. And if they get to a certain amount, they have to now 955 01:17:48.800 --> 01:17:54.439 build a new plant, and the return on investment is going to be astronomical. 956 01:17:54.479 --> 01:17:57.640 They have to They don't want to build a new plant. I don't 957 01:17:57.680 --> 01:18:00.399 see how they get around building new plant, you know, I don't think 958 01:18:00.399 --> 01:18:04.920 they can get around it. Now, here's the thing that no one wants 959 01:18:04.960 --> 01:18:10.520 to say now. I know Brownie was talking about it earlier today, and 960 01:18:10.560 --> 01:18:16.399 that is we need we need nuclear power. That's what we need. That's 961 01:18:16.520 --> 01:18:19.439 I mean, Jeff Fick is with us. I want to get right to 962 01:18:19.520 --> 01:18:23.880 him. He's an expert, Jeff, thanks for being here. Men, 963 01:18:24.640 --> 01:18:29.640 Jeff, just with camera transmissions. He also does, of course, you 964 01:18:29.680 --> 01:18:33.960 know, repairs and maintenance on vehicles. And Jeff, I heard years ago 965 01:18:34.000 --> 01:18:38.399 when we used to get this call, we would tell people not to do 966 01:18:38.479 --> 01:18:43.920 it. They've had older cars that use regular oil for years and years and 967 01:18:44.000 --> 01:18:48.079 years. They're up around one hundred thousand miles and they want to know about 968 01:18:48.159 --> 01:18:53.000 switching to synthetic, and we would say no, no, no, because 969 01:18:53.039 --> 01:18:57.800 of the superior detergent qualities and stuff could have caused you problems. Is that 970 01:18:57.960 --> 01:19:01.439 still the rule of thumb? Like this guy's got a twenty twelve Nissonic ster 971 01:19:01.479 --> 01:19:05.520 Era, what's the rule on that? He has over one hundred thousand miles 972 01:19:06.039 --> 01:19:12.920 and he went for an oil change and the place put in synthetic. I 973 01:19:12.920 --> 01:19:16.119 would do the same thing. I prefer synthetic fluids. Okay. So it's 974 01:19:16.159 --> 01:19:21.119 not going to go retro on the sludge or on any build up of carbon 975 01:19:21.159 --> 01:19:26.279 that he needed, and it's not going to hurt compression or anything like that. 976 01:19:27.000 --> 01:19:29.399 No, if anything, that may improve it by getting rid of some 977 01:19:29.399 --> 01:19:30.880 of those sludge and they all control rings, Okay, well, well, 978 01:19:31.079 --> 01:19:34.159 do you remember though, In fact, I think you were still on the 979 01:19:34.199 --> 01:19:39.880 show back then, we used to there used to be something about switching to 980 01:19:39.960 --> 01:19:44.680 synthetic on older cars when it had a lot of miles on it. Am 981 01:19:44.720 --> 01:19:49.840 I remembering that sludge could be almost you know, seem beneficial in a way 982 01:19:49.880 --> 01:19:54.199 when you've got some seals or something that started to hard enough and should be 983 01:19:54.239 --> 01:19:57.079 leaking, but there's actually sludge packet it up behind it, and so it's 984 01:19:57.079 --> 01:20:00.880 preventing those lakes from manifesting. So you could potentially end up with some new 985 01:20:00.960 --> 01:20:04.560 leaks that you weren't anticipating because that sludge has been broken down and been moved 986 01:20:04.600 --> 01:20:09.479 away, and now the actual failure that seal starts to show up. But 987 01:20:09.640 --> 01:20:13.439 the car actually will run better. Yeah, yeah, you're gonna have less 988 01:20:13.439 --> 01:20:16.119 friction. It's got a much better poor rate, higher boiling rate, lower 989 01:20:16.560 --> 01:20:20.239 thickening rate, and then they are they're just better all the way around. 990 01:20:20.760 --> 01:20:26.520 Yeah. Now, don is this a folk and synthetic you were given or 991 01:20:26.560 --> 01:20:30.439 is it a multi blend? You know, I'm not sure. I just 992 01:20:30.439 --> 01:20:33.000 saw synthetic, sir, and I did not pay attention on the belt. 993 01:20:33.279 --> 01:20:38.520 How's it running? I did not run it until I talked to you. 994 01:20:38.680 --> 01:20:40.840 I had it done last week that I wanted to talk to you first. 995 01:20:40.880 --> 01:20:43.960 I don't think I don't you know, Jeff doesn't seem to be too shook 996 01:20:44.000 --> 01:20:45.399 up about it. Let me ask you this, was it using an oil 997 01:20:45.479 --> 01:20:49.640 before this? No, No, Sarah was not. So keep track of 998 01:20:49.720 --> 01:20:53.920 it and let us know. I'd be interested to see. But you know, 999 01:20:54.439 --> 01:20:57.880 synthetic oils nowadays. In fact, that's all you're going to see soon, 1000 01:20:58.520 --> 01:21:01.920 Jeff. When they say synthetic, does it mean there's no petroleum base 1001 01:21:02.000 --> 01:21:05.319 in it at all? Now they're going to have some petroleum base. But 1002 01:21:05.359 --> 01:21:10.000 the synthetic itself, I mean, you know, if you look at them 1003 01:21:10.159 --> 01:21:13.239 like you're the level, you know, the conventional is like a linear, 1004 01:21:13.920 --> 01:21:16.199 a tonic pattern, if you will, whereas the synthetic is like a wave 1005 01:21:16.279 --> 01:21:20.560 form. So it's much much more strong, it's much more gurble. You 1006 01:21:20.560 --> 01:21:24.720 can get more mileage out of the same oil, change better all the way 1007 01:21:24.760 --> 01:21:29.520 around. In fact, I don't think there's a new car that doesn't use 1008 01:21:29.560 --> 01:21:34.640 it. What are you? Pretty much not so? Don anybody so using 1009 01:21:34.720 --> 01:21:41.159 conventional? Don let us know, man about this. I think that's another 1010 01:21:41.199 --> 01:21:45.079 thing they're going to legislate you wait, I mean although you know, although 1011 01:21:45.600 --> 01:21:50.119 you know, hybrid cars use oil, electric cars they jeff, really they 1012 01:21:50.159 --> 01:21:54.039 don't use any oil. Right, you have lubricants or do you not? 1013 01:21:54.479 --> 01:21:58.079 Do you still have to lubricate an electrical car? Yeah, any moving part 1014 01:21:58.159 --> 01:22:01.239 is going to require some sort of lubrication of course. So they're not sealed 1015 01:22:01.279 --> 01:22:08.039 necessarily there are Will they still have serviceable joints and stuff? Do you think? 1016 01:22:08.560 --> 01:22:11.359 Yeah? Particularly, you know, do some of your suspension parts and 1017 01:22:11.359 --> 01:22:13.760 I mean you're gonna have to do something, but you don't have like a 1018 01:22:13.880 --> 01:22:19.840 traditional pumpkin or anything like that that disperses and gears. You will have gearing, 1019 01:22:19.920 --> 01:22:24.039 of course, but it's not a lot of them are starting to run 1020 01:22:24.079 --> 01:22:27.720 the motors right off the wheels themselves, Are you kidding me? So? 1021 01:22:27.720 --> 01:22:32.319 So the actual speeds are by resistance and you have no gearing whatsoever. So 1022 01:22:32.399 --> 01:22:38.640 that's what they're starting to move forward. Wow, that's incredible. Three oh 1023 01:22:38.720 --> 01:22:43.319 three seven one three eight two five five. Well okay, thank you very 1024 01:22:43.399 --> 01:22:46.560 much. So you know that was maybe I don't think of what I won't 1025 01:22:46.560 --> 01:22:51.199 call it a myth, but there was something about the older cars building up 1026 01:22:51.239 --> 01:22:56.800 sledge over time or you know, carbon deposits and then cleaning them all out 1027 01:22:56.840 --> 01:22:59.880 at once with synthetics could cause a problem. Jeff is saying, the new 1028 01:23:00.119 --> 01:23:02.920 cars nowadays aren't going to be affected that much. Don't worry about it. 1029 01:23:03.279 --> 01:23:10.960 By the way, probid energy talk about solar the entire system twenty one thousand 1030 01:23:11.000 --> 01:23:24.000 dollars after your rebates, and that includes battery backup. Probid energy dot com. 1031 01:23:24.159 --> 01:23:28.199 Go with a sure thing Denver's best roofer Excel roofing dot com. You 1032 01:23:28.239 --> 01:23:34.279 don't pay a cent until you're content. Time for an insurance checkup free, 1033 01:23:34.359 --> 01:23:40.000 no obligation. In comparison, call Compass Insurance paying too much your coverage at 1034 01:23:40.039 --> 01:23:43.760 dozens of insurance companies find out now three all three seven to seven to one 1035 01:23:43.840 --> 01:23:46.520 help. You'll think you're his only customer when you choose Frank durand the real 1036 01:23:46.600 --> 01:23:51.159 estate Man dot com to list your home with Remax Alliance three oh three nine 1037 01:23:51.199 --> 01:24:02.239 two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi tom Archino here three seven one three talk 1038 01:24:02.319 --> 01:24:10.479 three oh three seven one three eight two five five Okay now, I By 1039 01:24:10.479 --> 01:24:15.760 the way, from time to time, use chat GBTPT on this show, 1040 01:24:15.960 --> 01:24:20.159 and I type in questions to see what it comes up with, and I 1041 01:24:20.279 --> 01:24:23.560 put in my chat. Now, by the way, I've learned not to 1042 01:24:23.680 --> 01:24:31.039 use AI for social things at all, social questions about elections, about COVID, 1043 01:24:31.159 --> 01:24:36.800 about anything social, anything at all. If it's so social, it 1044 01:24:36.840 --> 01:24:42.239 will come back with the narrative that you would expect, a complete progressive, 1045 01:24:42.560 --> 01:24:47.119 woke narrative, complete, absolutely, bar none. No matter what you ask 1046 01:24:47.199 --> 01:24:53.800 it, it will come back in favor of woke and progressive ideology. That's 1047 01:24:53.880 --> 01:24:56.359 just the way it is. Okay. I'm not saying it's good or bad. 1048 01:24:56.359 --> 01:25:00.039 I'm just saying that's just waited. You will never get anything from AI 1049 01:25:01.239 --> 01:25:09.399 that bends conservatively ever, Okay, think of their designers. But it is 1050 01:25:09.520 --> 01:25:15.119 the most excellent tool for objective knowledge, you know, like what happens if 1051 01:25:15.159 --> 01:25:19.039 I do this, or what happens or what's the what makes a better multiply 1052 01:25:19.640 --> 01:25:26.039 drumshell when it comes to vibration, or what gives the best decibels for certain 1053 01:25:26.079 --> 01:25:29.760 sounds? Okay, Or you're on aircraft, you know you can ask a 1054 01:25:29.800 --> 01:25:35.159 technical question. I'm telling you. I asked the questions about compression testing and 1055 01:25:35.199 --> 01:25:40.159 all kinds of stuff, so I asked this one. Well, switching to 1056 01:25:40.359 --> 01:25:45.880 full synthetic oil cause a problem with an older car that has more than one 1057 01:25:45.960 --> 01:25:55.399 hundred thousand miles that has been run on regular oil. And it says switching 1058 01:25:55.439 --> 01:26:00.640 to full synthetic on older cars with more than one hundred thousand miles files could 1059 01:26:00.760 --> 01:26:13.039 cause problems, not immediate problems. Many mechanics do not recommend switching, And 1060 01:26:13.079 --> 01:26:18.000 then it says, however, others do because of the superior protection and lubrication. 1061 01:26:19.119 --> 01:26:25.680 But here are some problems that could develop, potential leaks. They have 1062 01:26:25.840 --> 01:26:32.960 smaller molecules, It's not necessarily the detergent quality, but smaller molecules than conventional 1063 01:26:33.000 --> 01:26:39.000 oil, and could probably reveal leaks that would otherwise not come up. There 1064 01:26:39.079 --> 01:26:42.800 By the way, I'll get to more of that, But Troy has a 1065 01:26:42.880 --> 01:26:45.520 speaking of auto repair, go ahead, Troy, what's going on with you? 1066 01:26:45.600 --> 01:26:51.520 Troy? Hey, Tom, I have a two thousand sixty A six 1067 01:26:53.079 --> 01:26:56.359 and I had it from my neighbor, but it needed a motor, so 1068 01:26:56.399 --> 01:27:01.680 I took it to this Garcia's Auto Repair Federal Heights. There he spent dollars. 1069 01:27:01.800 --> 01:27:09.920 How did you find Garcia's UH for for an Audi? Because I looked 1070 01:27:09.960 --> 01:27:15.359 right by there. Okay, two thousand and six Audi A six. Okay, 1071 01:27:15.640 --> 01:27:21.840 and you wanted a remand or rebuild that one? What were you going 1072 01:27:21.880 --> 01:27:27.600 to remove and replace? Tell me, well, I gave him forty two 1073 01:27:28.079 --> 01:27:32.560 dollars to get a different engine in it. Okay, that's what I want 1074 01:27:32.600 --> 01:27:36.800 to know. He was going to remove that one? Yeah? Sorry, 1075 01:27:38.279 --> 01:27:44.399 And you were buying a rebuilt Yep, he got it from Iowa, It 1076 01:27:44.439 --> 01:27:47.039 is what he said. Okay? Did he was it used? Hold on, 1077 01:27:47.119 --> 01:27:51.520 this is important because four grand does not sound like enough. Was it 1078 01:27:51.960 --> 01:28:00.720 rebuilt, remanufactured or used? Used? That's okay? Now that sounds about 1079 01:28:00.800 --> 01:28:04.640 right. Go ahead, okay. But he said it was all finished. 1080 01:28:04.680 --> 01:28:09.600 She said, I need to get two new Cadillac converters. I don't know 1081 01:28:09.600 --> 01:28:13.479 how you could tell that, I said, okay, Am I able to 1082 01:28:13.560 --> 01:28:16.840 drive it home? Which is only two miles after most? He said yes. 1083 01:28:17.800 --> 01:28:23.640 So I drove it home and I went to pack it up out of 1084 01:28:23.720 --> 01:28:26.680 my driveway, you know, just back it up. Something too close to 1085 01:28:26.720 --> 01:28:30.119 the garage door. We were playing in the garage wouldn't even start. I 1086 01:28:30.119 --> 01:28:32.399 mean, the battery, nothing would click over. Wait, wait, this 1087 01:28:32.439 --> 01:28:38.359 is after after you got it home. How long do you turned it off, 1088 01:28:38.640 --> 01:28:42.880 and then you tried to turn it back on. Yeah. A couple 1089 01:28:42.840 --> 01:28:47.920 of days later there was okay, and it would not start. A couple 1090 01:28:48.000 --> 01:28:55.039 days later, what did it turn out to be? It's the motor. 1091 01:28:55.720 --> 01:29:00.520 There's water and oil. Wait, everything underneath my car? Wait a minute, 1092 01:29:00.520 --> 01:29:04.760 Wait a minute. Did you have someone look at it? No, 1093 01:29:05.239 --> 01:29:09.800 not yet. I called him and he said, well, find a way 1094 01:29:09.800 --> 01:29:15.119 to get a toe down here, and so tried getting a toe down there. 1095 01:29:15.159 --> 01:29:17.000 I called him and called him. After that, my wife called him, 1096 01:29:17.560 --> 01:29:23.079 went to the shop and his son, who works there at the front, 1097 01:29:23.159 --> 01:29:26.279 Dan says, my dad's not around. My dad's not around. Wait, 1098 01:29:26.359 --> 01:29:30.159 nobody, ok did you say did you say you spent forty five hundred 1099 01:29:30.800 --> 01:29:33.479 forty two? Yes, sir? Okay? Did you put it on a 1100 01:29:33.520 --> 01:29:43.479 credit card? Dope? Cash? Crap? Crap? And do you you 1101 01:29:43.640 --> 01:29:49.439 said there's water and oil? Yeah? I mean underdeep. I got pictures 1102 01:29:49.439 --> 01:29:54.399 of it and stuff. It's just all right. Let's get Jeff Vick or 1103 01:29:54.600 --> 01:29:59.000 Kevin back on. Listen, man, you need before you take it back 1104 01:29:59.039 --> 01:30:02.159 to them, serious, Lee, what you need to do? Has Garcia 1105 01:30:02.199 --> 01:30:05.039 has been around a while or is this a place that can fold up and 1106 01:30:05.079 --> 01:30:11.760 go away? He's been around a while. All right, here's what I 1107 01:30:11.880 --> 01:30:15.199 suggest you do. You may not like the answer, but man, you 1108 01:30:15.359 --> 01:30:20.640 got to do this to protect yourself. You need to get it analyzed by 1109 01:30:20.680 --> 01:30:30.439 a good shop. Where are you located. I'm in Northblane, like okay, 1110 01:30:31.159 --> 01:30:39.600 so go ahead one hundred and fourth and like Fedro or here on. 1111 01:30:41.279 --> 01:30:45.800 So you could get down to Kevin at Shardan Auto Tech. And I'm not 1112 01:30:45.960 --> 01:30:48.880 suggesting that he tear into it, but he can go through that. First, 1113 01:30:48.920 --> 01:30:51.840 we want to see if he put a used engine in it. How 1114 01:30:51.840 --> 01:30:59.520 many miles were on this engine? He said, one hundred thousand. Wait 1115 01:30:59.560 --> 01:31:03.119 a minute, you paid forty three hundred to have one hundred thousand mile engine 1116 01:31:03.119 --> 01:31:12.319 put on that car? Why? And that I didn't know at the time. 1117 01:31:12.880 --> 01:31:16.199 He said he's just getting an engine from Iowa and it was broken English 1118 01:31:16.239 --> 01:31:20.760 and stuff. So, I mean it was hard to understand, Ah Troy 1119 01:31:21.119 --> 01:31:27.840 this man. First of all, if he did listen, if he put 1120 01:31:27.840 --> 01:31:31.279 a used engine in there with one hundred thousand miles, you may have gotten 1121 01:31:31.319 --> 01:31:36.439 exactly what you paid for. He maybe didn't do anything wrong. I mean, 1122 01:31:36.560 --> 01:31:44.119 was there any guarantee on this engine? He didn't even say he didn't 1123 01:31:44.119 --> 01:31:46.840 give me payperwork or nothing. Yeah, but what did you Why didn't you 1124 01:31:46.920 --> 01:31:51.920 demand it at least? So you have no warranty whatsoever? Do you even 1125 01:31:53.000 --> 01:31:58.159 know? Truly if it's a new engine, a different engine. Okay, 1126 01:31:58.199 --> 01:32:00.800 I gotta take a break. Pay depit doc. Can we call over to 1127 01:32:00.840 --> 01:32:04.520 Garcia's. We need to talk to this guy. I'm serious. Let's call 1128 01:32:04.560 --> 01:32:10.399 over there right now if we can. This is ridiculous. Three O three 1129 01:32:10.640 --> 01:32:14.800 seven one three talk three O three seven one three eight two five five. 1130 01:32:18.680 --> 01:32:23.960 Go with a sure thing Denver's best roofer Excel Roofing dot com. You don't 1131 01:32:23.960 --> 01:32:30.840 pay a cent until you're content. Time for an insurance check up free, 1132 01:32:30.880 --> 01:32:35.520 no obligation comparison call Compass Insurance Paying too much your coverage at dozens of insurance 1133 01:32:35.520 --> 01:32:40.239 companies find out now three oh three seven seven to one help. You'll think 1134 01:32:40.279 --> 01:32:44.319 you're his only customer when you choose Frank durand the real estate Man dot com 1135 01:32:44.319 --> 01:32:48.000 to list your home with Remax Alliance three oh three nine two zero sixteen twenty 1136 01:32:48.039 --> 01:32:59.159 two. Hi Tom Martino, your troubleshooter three oh three seven one three talk 1137 01:32:59.239 --> 01:33:02.079 three O three seven one three eight two five five welcome to the show. 1138 01:33:03.359 --> 01:33:09.800 Okay, if you're seeing like periodic pictures flash up of not the show, 1139 01:33:10.520 --> 01:33:15.880 it's uh Mark logged into YouTube showing stuff. I think it would be better 1140 01:33:15.920 --> 01:33:20.439 if we had a little context with it, but it's uh randomly showing up, 1141 01:33:20.520 --> 01:33:24.479 so there's nothing I can do about it. Three oh three seven one 1142 01:33:24.520 --> 01:33:30.760 three talk seven one three eight two five five. We have Kevin Colkin with 1143 01:33:30.840 --> 01:33:35.840 us, and I wanted to basically, uh get a handle on this Kevin 1144 01:33:36.119 --> 01:33:42.840 a couple things. Are you there, Kevin? Yeah, I'm here all 1145 01:33:42.920 --> 01:33:46.760 right. If you saw oil and water underneath a car, what is it 1146 01:33:48.439 --> 01:33:54.119 and the car doesn't start? What does it tell you? Oh? Oil 1147 01:33:54.199 --> 01:33:57.880 in Wait? Wait, Troy, is it? Is it water or cooling 1148 01:33:58.079 --> 01:34:05.039 or what? What are you actually seeing? Are you still there, Troy? 1149 01:34:08.640 --> 01:34:11.680 It's a two thousand and six go ahead? Is it? Is it 1150 01:34:11.800 --> 01:34:15.119 oil mixed with water or is it coolant? Or what do you see on 1151 01:34:15.119 --> 01:34:17.560 the on the ground? Are they two separate puddles? Are they mixed together? 1152 01:34:17.720 --> 01:34:21.840 Tell me about it. That's all mixed together and it looks like, 1153 01:34:23.039 --> 01:34:26.560 you know, like coolant and water and a little bit of oil because you 1154 01:34:26.600 --> 01:34:30.600 could see, you know, the stuff on top of it, so you 1155 01:34:30.600 --> 01:34:36.239 could have water gets on or oil gets on water. Okay, how do 1156 01:34:36.399 --> 01:34:41.439 I try to say of these pictures of it too, Kevin? How do 1157 01:34:41.479 --> 01:34:44.880 you have a lot of coolant hoses? I mean like more than most cars. 1158 01:34:45.199 --> 01:34:47.399 So it could be as simple as they use his little plastic wys for 1159 01:34:47.439 --> 01:34:49.840 connectors and all kinds of stuff. So it could be fun, okay, 1160 01:34:49.840 --> 01:34:55.000 because he just had an engine put in, albeit an engine with one hundred 1161 01:34:55.039 --> 01:34:59.479 thousand miles on it. He actually paid forty two hundred bucks for this guy 1162 01:34:59.520 --> 01:35:02.439 to take out his old engine and put in one with one hundred thousand miles 1163 01:35:02.479 --> 01:35:06.359 on it. And he has leaks all over the place. But Troy, 1164 01:35:06.399 --> 01:35:12.560 you said it doesn't start either, right, that's correct. The battery's dead 1165 01:35:12.560 --> 01:35:16.239 and everything. Did you try? Did you try? Did you check the 1166 01:35:16.279 --> 01:35:21.680 oil level? No? I haven't done anything to it. I've been so 1167 01:35:21.840 --> 01:35:26.840 mad. Yeah, okay, so you didn't check the oil level and you 1168 01:35:26.880 --> 01:35:30.359 didn't try to jump it? Right? Was a new battery put in there 1169 01:35:30.479 --> 01:35:38.439 or is it your old battery? Well it was new a week before, 1170 01:35:39.239 --> 01:35:43.800 okay, got it before the engine? All right? Yep, Kevin, 1171 01:35:43.960 --> 01:35:45.800 I mean it could be a million things, right, It could be a 1172 01:35:45.840 --> 01:35:48.560 million things. I mean the biggest turn I have. I was listening earlier 1173 01:35:48.640 --> 01:35:55.119 that you know, no invoice. That's that's crazy with you got nothing, 1174 01:35:56.439 --> 01:36:00.640 deputy doc. Did you try calling over their doc? I did try calling 1175 01:36:00.680 --> 01:36:04.640 over there, and what happens is it starts to go to voicemail and then 1176 01:36:04.680 --> 01:36:10.560 it immediately hangs up. Huh, So you can't even leave a message. 1177 01:36:12.760 --> 01:36:16.960 So Troy, listen, it's hard to get a car moving when like that. 1178 01:36:17.079 --> 01:36:20.840 I mean, if you want to inspect it, that's what I would 1179 01:36:20.880 --> 01:36:26.039 do. I would not go back to this place without knowing what's wrong with 1180 01:36:26.079 --> 01:36:29.600 it. I mean you could have there could be so much wrong with it, 1181 01:36:29.720 --> 01:36:34.439 or maybe something simple. But what's really puzzling is it doesn't start and 1182 01:36:34.520 --> 01:36:38.720 you're seeing a bunch. When you say a bunch of leaking, I mean, 1183 01:36:38.800 --> 01:36:43.079 are we talking about like a bunch? How much does it look like 1184 01:36:43.159 --> 01:36:47.520 a cup or a pint? A gallon look like? Huh? It's as 1185 01:36:47.560 --> 01:36:51.000 white as the car, and it goes the whole length of the car. 1186 01:36:51.039 --> 01:36:56.239 Because my driveway's got a slant, and let's go down you know the way 1187 01:36:56.239 --> 01:36:59.119 you're there? Oh my god, you don't want you don't want to try 1188 01:36:59.159 --> 01:37:04.640 and start that. If he wants to get a toe here, Tom, 1189 01:37:04.640 --> 01:37:08.920 I'd be happy to inspect it for him. Yeah, you need to inspect 1190 01:37:08.920 --> 01:37:11.680 that, Troy. You need to get it over there. But I would 1191 01:37:11.720 --> 01:37:14.920 not take it back to this other guy right now. I mean, you 1192 01:37:15.000 --> 01:37:17.920 don't even know what you paid for. At least get an idea. I'd 1193 01:37:17.960 --> 01:37:21.359 go over and get an invoice. So I would demand an invoice. Yeah, 1194 01:37:21.399 --> 01:37:25.960 go and see if you can get an invoice. Why did you pay 1195 01:37:26.039 --> 01:37:30.119 for it without an invoice? Well, because he said he needed money down 1196 01:37:30.279 --> 01:37:35.039 and his kid took the money because he wasn't there. And again it's broken 1197 01:37:35.119 --> 01:37:39.159 English, so I don't know if they were understanding me or what. But 1198 01:37:39.800 --> 01:37:42.279 you know, I did ask for something. My son was there and he 1199 01:37:42.319 --> 01:37:45.159 said, Dad, I don't think they're understanding. So I was going to 1200 01:37:45.199 --> 01:37:49.399 wait till the dad, just out of curiosity. Why would you go to 1201 01:37:49.479 --> 01:37:57.119 someone like that. I'm just so confused. Yeah. I try to people 1202 01:37:57.199 --> 01:38:00.960 around, you know, like a mama pop shot or whatever, try to 1203 01:38:00.960 --> 01:38:04.960 give them business insurance. I just trust people. But I guess, hey, 1204 01:38:05.000 --> 01:38:12.760 Tom, yeah, we have Garcia's online. Okay, good, Luis? 1205 01:38:13.199 --> 01:38:15.399 Would would he be kind enough ask him right now, if he could 1206 01:38:15.439 --> 01:38:18.279 hold so I can take him and give him more time. Ask him that 1207 01:38:23.319 --> 01:38:26.479 and then see, because I need to take this break. In fact, 1208 01:38:26.520 --> 01:38:29.159 I have to do it no matter what. Ask him, if you'd be 1209 01:38:29.239 --> 01:38:31.199 kind enough to hold we talk to him. Three oh three seven one three 1210 01:38:31.279 --> 01:38:42.319 eight two five five Go with a sure thing Denver's Best roofer Excel Roofing dot 1211 01:38:42.359 --> 01:38:48.039 com. You don't pay a cent until you're content. Time for an insurance 1212 01:38:48.119 --> 01:38:53.359 check up free, no obligation. In comparison, call Compass Insurance paying too 1213 01:38:53.439 --> 01:38:57.720 much your coverage at dozens of insurance companies find out now three oh three seven 1214 01:38:57.840 --> 01:39:00.239 seven to one help. You'll think you're his own k customer when you choose 1215 01:39:00.279 --> 01:39:04.720 Frank durand the real estate Man dot com to list your home with Remax Alliance 1216 01:39:04.920 --> 01:39:15.880 three all three nine two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi Tel Martino your troubleshooter 1217 01:39:15.000 --> 01:39:20.039 three O three seven one three talk three oh three seven one three eight two 1218 01:39:20.159 --> 01:39:26.800 five five. Louise is uh with Garcia's auto repair, and he put in 1219 01:39:26.840 --> 01:39:33.680 a used engine in Troy's Audi and Troy says there's oil and water all over 1220 01:39:33.720 --> 01:39:41.920 the driveway and it doesn't start Louise, what's going on? Bus? Thank 1221 01:39:41.960 --> 01:39:45.800 you for being on. I appreciate it. Louise. Did this engine have 1222 01:39:45.840 --> 01:39:53.159 about one hundred thousand miles on it? I'm not quite sure. I'm Luisa's 1223 01:39:53.159 --> 01:39:57.439 son, but I'm the only one that's English, you know. Okay, 1224 01:39:57.560 --> 01:40:00.840 thank you. Listen. Do you guys warranty the work that you did? 1225 01:40:00.880 --> 01:40:04.520 He said, he just had it done. Yeah, we do a warranty 1226 01:40:04.560 --> 01:40:08.359 if it had something to do with us, you know what I'm saying. 1227 01:40:08.760 --> 01:40:12.119 Yeah, but he just had it done. He didn't even drive it. 1228 01:40:12.199 --> 01:40:15.840 He drove it home and it won't start. Yeah. So basically what we 1229 01:40:15.880 --> 01:40:19.439 had told him was we found the motor wasn't working, so we had to 1230 01:40:19.479 --> 01:40:24.399 put the used one in, and we told him that it wasn't going to 1231 01:40:24.479 --> 01:40:29.199 run to its full power due to that catalytic converters that were clogged. And 1232 01:40:29.239 --> 01:40:32.039 we had told him that, you know, and he was okay with it, 1233 01:40:32.079 --> 01:40:36.239 and then we never heard from him like that again, so we didn't 1234 01:40:36.279 --> 01:40:40.600 quite know, you know what I mean. Okay, so you let him 1235 01:40:40.640 --> 01:40:44.560 take it with a bad catalytic converter it because he wanted to get it home. 1236 01:40:45.640 --> 01:40:47.399 Yeah, Well, he wanted to take it home, right, I 1237 01:40:47.520 --> 01:40:51.920 get it. Now. Do you think that's what's causing the problem. It 1238 01:40:53.000 --> 01:40:57.319 could be that the motor it's you're not supposed to run the car kind of 1239 01:40:57.359 --> 01:41:00.800 pretty much like at all the convert the kind of converters are cloud It can 1240 01:41:01.239 --> 01:41:05.560 cause other problems in the motor, you know. He said, though there's 1241 01:41:05.600 --> 01:41:09.640 a bunch of oil on the on the driveway. Do you guys have a 1242 01:41:09.680 --> 01:41:14.159 way of getting that car over to you? Yeah, we do have SOTRA. 1243 01:41:15.600 --> 01:41:17.319 Would you charge him or would you let or would you do it? 1244 01:41:17.399 --> 01:41:23.880 Because he had work done. We wouldn't charge him unless there was something I 1245 01:41:23.880 --> 01:41:27.760 had to do with not with us, you know, like if it was 1246 01:41:27.800 --> 01:41:30.479 something with us, of course we would happily fix it. Go with a 1247 01:41:30.479 --> 01:41:34.840 sure thing Denver's Best roofer Excel Roofing dot com. You don't pay a cent 1248 01:41:35.039 --> 01:41:42.840 until you're content. Time for an insurance check up free, no obligation. 1249 01:41:42.880 --> 01:41:46.359 In comparison, call Compass Insurance. Pay too much your coverage at dozens of 1250 01:41:46.359 --> 01:41:49.960 insurance companies find out now three all three, seven, seven to one help. 1251 01:41:50.119 --> 01:41:54.680 You'll think you're his only customer when you choose Frank durand the Real Estate 1252 01:41:54.720 --> 01:41:59.159 Man dot com to list your home with Remax Alliance three all three nine two 1253 01:41:59.239 --> 01:42:11.359 zero sixteen twenty two. Yeah, ripped up news need so you don't have 1254 01:42:13.600 --> 01:42:18.920 come running. Just as fast as we can. Shooter's gonna help come man, 1255 01:42:19.760 --> 01:42:27.439 This is the Troubleshooter Show now, Tom Martine, Hi, Tom Martino 1256 01:42:27.560 --> 01:42:31.520 here, Welcome to the show. Three oh three seven one three talk three 1257 01:42:31.560 --> 01:42:35.359 oh three seven one three eight two five five. If you have a problem, 1258 01:42:35.479 --> 01:42:39.800 question, complaint, give us a call. We'd love to help you 1259 01:42:39.960 --> 01:42:44.479 any way we can. And we've had a number of interesting calls over the 1260 01:42:44.560 --> 01:42:50.119 last over the last few hours, this one. Listen, people, there's 1261 01:42:50.159 --> 01:42:59.319 only so much we can do for people that basically screw themselves. And I 1262 01:42:59.359 --> 01:43:03.359 want to bring up the one here that happened to a guy that took his 1263 01:43:03.560 --> 01:43:09.199 Audi. He takes it to a place and I don't look at it. 1264 01:43:09.239 --> 01:43:12.399 I'm not saying these guys are ripoffs or anything. It's just the way they 1265 01:43:12.439 --> 01:43:17.079 do business is not the normal way of doing business. First, he takes 1266 01:43:17.119 --> 01:43:23.640 his car there because his engine is out or he thinks it is a two 1267 01:43:23.720 --> 01:43:28.159 thousand and six Audi A six. He bought it with a bad engine, 1268 01:43:28.399 --> 01:43:32.239 knowing he needed an engine he takes it to Garcia's auto. He doesn't even 1269 01:43:32.479 --> 01:43:36.239 understand these people. He doesn't know what they're saying Basil. He's, oh, 1270 01:43:36.319 --> 01:43:40.760 there's a language barrier. Okay, well, okay, Well you can't 1271 01:43:40.760 --> 01:43:44.920 have a language barrier, or you get someone who speaks Spanish to get past 1272 01:43:45.000 --> 01:43:49.560 it. The Sun speaks English pretty well, but he didn't understand completely what 1273 01:43:49.760 --> 01:43:55.319 was going on the consumer here. So Troy had them do a used engine. 1274 01:43:55.439 --> 01:43:58.199 He didn't know how many miles were on it. He didn't know anything 1275 01:43:58.199 --> 01:44:01.319 about the warranty. He has no idea what accessories they did or did not 1276 01:44:01.520 --> 01:44:05.359 do. He has no idea. Then he says they said he needed a 1277 01:44:05.359 --> 01:44:10.560 catalytic converter, and he didn't want to buy one, so he drove it 1278 01:44:10.640 --> 01:44:15.199 home without it, and when he gets home a few days later, it 1279 01:44:15.239 --> 01:44:18.479 doesn't start all. He says, there's a bunch of oil on the driveway 1280 01:44:18.960 --> 01:44:24.439 along with a lot of water, and the car doesn't start. The guy's 1281 01:44:24.479 --> 01:44:26.880 got a major problem. I said, do you have a warranty? I 1282 01:44:26.920 --> 01:44:30.279 don't know. I don't even have an invoice. He has nothing, So 1283 01:44:30.319 --> 01:44:33.359 he wants to know what to do. I don't know what to tell him. 1284 01:44:33.600 --> 01:44:39.279 I don't think you can do anything. That's the problem. You kind 1285 01:44:39.279 --> 01:44:43.800 of paint yourself in a corner and then there's not much we can do about 1286 01:44:43.800 --> 01:44:47.920 it. So what I did was I referred him to shared an Auto Tech 1287 01:44:48.439 --> 01:44:51.840 to get it looked at. I mean, that's really the only thing you 1288 01:44:51.920 --> 01:44:58.000 can do. But it's better to get a good shop up front. Three 1289 01:44:58.039 --> 01:45:01.760 zero three seven three through a three seven one three eight two five five. 1290 01:45:02.319 --> 01:45:05.439 You can't be doing stuff like that. You screw yourself. Now, for 1291 01:45:05.520 --> 01:45:10.199 the guy in Alpaso County, he was pissed off he couldn't write in a 1292 01:45:10.239 --> 01:45:15.239 candidate on the Democrat ticket for the primary. Well, each and every jurisdiction 1293 01:45:15.359 --> 01:45:19.359 and party has a right to run their own election the way they want as 1294 01:45:19.439 --> 01:45:26.079 the primary, but the general election, you can write someone in. No 1295 01:45:26.159 --> 01:45:30.560 one can prevent you from doing that. Now, here's another thing we heard 1296 01:45:30.560 --> 01:45:34.880 about, and we're not sure why it happened. We're not sure if it's 1297 01:45:34.880 --> 01:45:40.520 a if it's a lone incident. But this one guy was having an open 1298 01:45:40.600 --> 01:45:46.279 house selling his home and someone from did he say from Georgia or no, 1299 01:45:46.439 --> 01:45:55.359 in Texas? Someone from Texas calls a tree trimmer to come and take the 1300 01:45:55.479 --> 01:46:00.439 tree down on the property. This is somebody, Troy, I mean the 1301 01:46:00.960 --> 01:46:08.279 owner. Alan doesn't even know this person. Supposedly Ron Peterson in Texas calls 1302 01:46:10.159 --> 01:46:15.319 a tree service and says, remove the tree. These people, without any 1303 01:46:15.359 --> 01:46:19.319 proof of ownership or anything, come and remove the tree from this guy's property. 1304 01:46:19.800 --> 01:46:24.399 So now this guy, he says that was a four or five thousand 1305 01:46:24.439 --> 01:46:29.960 dollars tree, and so I don't know what to say about that. So 1306 01:46:30.319 --> 01:46:33.159 I asked Bob Logan from Plumbline Services. He's with us today plumbing heat and 1307 01:46:33.199 --> 01:46:38.119 clearly elect Bob. Really though, have you guys ever gotten burned? I 1308 01:46:38.119 --> 01:46:40.399 mean, if you go to a house and I call somebody and say I 1309 01:46:40.439 --> 01:46:44.239 need a furnace or I need you know, my sewer worked on or something, 1310 01:46:44.720 --> 01:46:46.600 do you in each and every case, like, what do you do? 1311 01:46:46.600 --> 01:46:48.359 Do you say? Are you the owner? I mean, what do 1312 01:46:48.399 --> 01:46:50.680 you do we do? We asked him if they're the owner, if you 1313 01:46:50.840 --> 01:46:54.560 do that, if it's a l tenant situation, we ask for the owner 1314 01:46:54.560 --> 01:46:58.920 to be on site, and so we go through a verification process. There 1315 01:46:58.960 --> 01:47:01.640 have been have you ever cases where I've had a few cases where a tenant 1316 01:47:01.760 --> 01:47:06.199 will say they're the homeowner and have us do work and then not pay us 1317 01:47:06.239 --> 01:47:10.439 after work. Can you put you can still put a lien on the house. 1318 01:47:10.479 --> 01:47:13.560 Can't? Well, we end up suing the tenant. I mean it's 1319 01:47:14.000 --> 01:47:17.279 because they're the ones who approved the work. But it's yeah, I mean 1320 01:47:17.279 --> 01:47:21.840 that's we're talking about a very rare You have to but so many times verify 1321 01:47:23.119 --> 01:47:26.319 and also for liability reasons. I mean, even if a tenant wanted to 1322 01:47:26.319 --> 01:47:30.039 pay for it out of their own pocket, Uh, it's not their home, 1323 01:47:30.279 --> 01:47:33.079 so we have to verify this. You own the property that we're working 1324 01:47:33.079 --> 01:47:36.079 on and changing. Okay, even with auto repair, if you pull, 1325 01:47:36.199 --> 01:47:40.520 if you literally pull into a garage, nobody asks you if you own the 1326 01:47:40.560 --> 01:47:44.239 car. Nobody does. They don't ask, right, I mean, if 1327 01:47:44.279 --> 01:47:47.720 you think about it, there are so many ways businesses can get burned. 1328 01:47:48.279 --> 01:47:51.000 I mean, you you have a car, right, how many times have 1329 01:47:51.119 --> 01:47:54.279 you asked them? Well, do you own that car? Is yours? 1330 01:47:54.880 --> 01:47:58.439 Bill has a comment on Amazon, we were talking about online shopping. I 1331 01:47:58.920 --> 01:48:01.760 basically have switched. Ninety eight percent of everything I buy is online, and 1332 01:48:01.880 --> 01:48:05.760 I can probably get more than half of it the next right the next day. 1333 01:48:06.239 --> 01:48:10.600 But there I can't think of anything other than a few groceries now and 1334 01:48:10.640 --> 01:48:14.159 then that I buy at the store, and even a lot of that I 1335 01:48:14.199 --> 01:48:18.199 have delivered Retail's got to be hurting. I mean, think about it. 1336 01:48:18.760 --> 01:48:23.399 You can get it cheaper, better, faster, Bill. What's your comment? 1337 01:48:24.520 --> 01:48:26.640 Well, I just wanted to talk to you, Tom, about the 1338 01:48:26.720 --> 01:48:30.479 validity of some of Amazon's vendors, and one in particular that I'd like to 1339 01:48:31.199 --> 01:48:36.079 go ahead give your listeners a heads up on, sure, and that's k 1340 01:48:36.359 --> 01:48:43.520 Grill Shoes K A E g R E E L. It's a scam. 1341 01:48:44.319 --> 01:48:46.840 What do you mean by it? Amazon usually does away with those if they 1342 01:48:46.880 --> 01:48:50.079 know about it. Spell that again for me. I thought so too. 1343 01:48:50.680 --> 01:48:58.960 K A K A E g R E e L. Okay, and tell 1344 01:48:59.000 --> 01:49:02.800 me about k grill. What about them? Well, they they advertise all 1345 01:49:02.840 --> 01:49:06.279 over the internet, and they're very attractive shoes, and they're I see, 1346 01:49:06.399 --> 01:49:12.239 very well priced. I see it. But it's a scam. Well what 1347 01:49:12.399 --> 01:49:15.319 you tell me? Are you saying that k grill itself is not a real 1348 01:49:15.399 --> 01:49:18.880 company. That's exactly what I'm saying, Tom. Oh, come on, 1349 01:49:19.039 --> 01:49:24.239 kgrill dot com is a giant website here. Well, are you saying the 1350 01:49:24.399 --> 01:49:28.399 entire thing is a scam? I am, Oh, come on, give 1351 01:49:28.479 --> 01:49:30.880 okay, tell me, you'll look further. I think if you'll look further, 1352 01:49:30.960 --> 01:49:35.079 you'll see the same thing. What now, now, tell me what 1353 01:49:35.119 --> 01:49:41.279 your experience was, because I seek grill has Let's see what are there? 1354 01:49:41.319 --> 01:49:45.760 I'm trying to find. They're on an official They're an official Amazon, the 1355 01:49:46.199 --> 01:49:53.560 Amazon guarantees them. Well, I'm just tell okay, tell me your experience. 1356 01:49:53.800 --> 01:49:56.920 Go ahead, tell me your experience. You'll find out that I'm not. 1357 01:49:57.039 --> 01:49:59.439 I'm not sticking up for them. I just want to ask you your 1358 01:49:59.439 --> 01:50:08.319 experience. I I see, let's see k grill I see one star. 1359 01:50:08.640 --> 01:50:15.159 You're right, one star? Okayam tell me what you mean by a scam? 1360 01:50:15.199 --> 01:50:17.399 Though, if you order, you never get it, you get substandard 1361 01:50:17.520 --> 01:50:20.520 quality, you get what. Tell me what you mean by a scam. 1362 01:50:20.560 --> 01:50:25.119 There's all kinds of ways to say scam. All of the above. The 1363 01:50:25.159 --> 01:50:30.880 product is not as represented, the fitting is improper, but mostly and most 1364 01:50:30.920 --> 01:50:34.199 of the time, you receive nothing. And if you try to contact god 1365 01:50:34.359 --> 01:50:44.039 the store or the website through their through their report, you know you're absolutely 1366 01:50:44.079 --> 01:50:48.479 right. Everywhere I'm looking, every single place i'm looking, there are one 1367 01:50:48.560 --> 01:50:53.640 star. I don't think there's anything more than one star. And yet you 1368 01:50:53.640 --> 01:50:57.399 say they're in Amazon. What did you call it? Yes? Why is 1369 01:50:57.479 --> 01:51:00.720 that? I rest my case? But no, no, why would Amazon? 1370 01:51:01.279 --> 01:51:05.399 But Amazon has to guarantee usually Amazon. I know this for a fact 1371 01:51:05.439 --> 01:51:11.119 because I went on Amazon and I found this company, and then all of 1372 01:51:11.119 --> 01:51:15.279 a sudden, I get a refund and it says your shipment is not coming. 1373 01:51:15.680 --> 01:51:18.319 And you go on and log into the message and it says that it 1374 01:51:18.359 --> 01:51:25.239 did not they were not up to their standards. But this one says. 1375 01:51:25.680 --> 01:51:31.479 I'm looking at k Grill all over Amazon and the what's really amazing is the 1376 01:51:31.560 --> 01:51:38.520 k grill on these on this Uh, they have great ratings on Amazon. 1377 01:51:40.720 --> 01:51:46.239 I wonder if Amazon actually knows about it? What do you think? I 1378 01:51:46.239 --> 01:51:48.720 don't know. It's quite a conundrum, isn't it. I didn't realize that 1379 01:51:48.800 --> 01:51:54.000 Amazon. I'm looking behind them because actually, oh wait, wait wait, 1380 01:51:54.119 --> 01:51:58.119 I'm looking at k grill and it brings you to a page. But then 1381 01:51:58.159 --> 01:52:00.840 when I actually look, they're not actually ha grill shoes. I don't think 1382 01:52:00.880 --> 01:52:04.199 you can find k grill anymore on here. I don't Oh wait, wait, 1383 01:52:04.279 --> 01:52:06.920 there's one, there's one right there. Hold on I want to go 1384 01:52:06.960 --> 01:52:12.279 and see what their ratings are. I find k Grill right here, and 1385 01:52:12.800 --> 01:52:18.920 k Grill on Amazon has no ratings whatsoever, not bad or good. And 1386 01:52:19.359 --> 01:52:25.640 it says, oh, I actually got this thing called a new seller alert, 1387 01:52:26.800 --> 01:52:31.960 And then you know, I have something. I have some things on 1388 01:52:32.039 --> 01:52:40.239 Amazon that actually give you what's called an alert, and mine says that this 1389 01:52:40.520 --> 01:52:46.399 is to be cautioned. But it doesn't say it's a scam. It's called 1390 01:52:46.640 --> 01:52:51.439 you know what I have. It's something called fake spot. I don't even 1391 01:52:51.439 --> 01:52:55.119 know what it is. I must have put it on my I put it 1392 01:52:55.159 --> 01:52:59.840 on my Amazon account. It's like an extension to Chrome. And it doesn't 1393 01:52:59.840 --> 01:53:02.159 go just on Amazon, but it goes on other sides as well. But 1394 01:53:02.279 --> 01:53:08.800 in any case, you're absolutely right. There are zero reviews on Amazon for 1395 01:53:08.920 --> 01:53:15.359 any kgro product at all. How did you discover this? Did you try? 1396 01:53:15.520 --> 01:53:18.800 Okay? Did you actually pay? Oh? Yeah? Yes? And 1397 01:53:18.840 --> 01:53:24.800 I've called my credit card company and they've credited me the oh good yet charge 1398 01:53:24.800 --> 01:53:28.359 and they're going to go back against the company. I don't think they'll have 1399 01:53:29.279 --> 01:53:32.600 much luck. But I don't think the company will answer either. I just 1400 01:53:32.720 --> 01:53:42.039 can't believe that there's not one not one good rating anywhere, not one scam 1401 01:53:42.920 --> 01:53:47.640 or I wonder if it actually I wonder if the company actually exists somewhere. 1402 01:53:47.680 --> 01:53:51.600 I mean, I just don't know. I mean, where are they located? 1403 01:53:53.279 --> 01:53:58.520 Springfield or Springfield, Michigan. You're sure of that? And if you 1404 01:53:58.600 --> 01:54:03.640 go and you look, we should call that. I think bring the older 1405 01:54:03.720 --> 01:54:08.279 spring Dale. I'm not sure. But anyway, they show up a picture 1406 01:54:08.319 --> 01:54:13.479 of supposedly their manufacturing plant. But that's a scam as well. You know 1407 01:54:13.520 --> 01:54:17.720 what we should they have a coast south Field, Michigan, Southfield, Michigan. 1408 01:54:17.880 --> 01:54:23.600 Yeah, google Cragel Southfield, Michigan. I got it. Yeah. 1409 01:54:24.000 --> 01:54:28.920 You know what else I can't believe. I can't believe though that that. 1410 01:54:29.039 --> 01:54:31.600 Yeah, there is no phone number. Yeah, there is no phone number. 1411 01:54:32.239 --> 01:54:36.399 And I'm wondering if anyone actually has called them or talked to them about 1412 01:54:36.399 --> 01:54:40.960 it. I wonder if anybody's confronted them. I don't know how you do 1413 01:54:41.079 --> 01:54:44.640 it as a consumer. Okay, thank you very much for that. You'll 1414 01:54:44.640 --> 01:54:47.960 go three seven one three talk seven one three eight two five five Trust Pilot, 1415 01:54:47.960 --> 01:54:53.199 which I find pretty good. They have them down at a one point 1416 01:54:53.239 --> 01:55:00.600 eight rating, but that's sixteen reviews and there's only one point eight site. 1417 01:55:00.680 --> 01:55:05.439 Jabber has them at one. Google doesn't have any ratings. I mean, 1418 01:55:05.479 --> 01:55:10.000 you can't. I can't believe it. This guy's right, how many? 1419 01:55:10.199 --> 01:55:15.000 How much can you do? I'm almost secure. I'm almost tempted to call 1420 01:55:15.079 --> 01:55:17.399 these people. You know, if you can get a number for them, 1421 01:55:17.720 --> 01:55:21.680 that would be very interesting to call them and say, you know what you 1422 01:55:21.840 --> 01:55:27.760 have, like no ratings or one rating? It's a scam, it says, 1423 01:55:28.039 --> 01:55:30.720 I would give them no stars, but you can't do that. I 1424 01:55:30.880 --> 01:55:34.600 ordered in December, not gotten my shoes. Worst company ever. Didn't let 1425 01:55:34.640 --> 01:55:39.319 this company take Don't let this company take your money. They'll hold it. 1426 01:55:39.399 --> 01:55:44.760 You'll never get it back. I've been waiting three months. I've been waiting 1427 01:55:44.760 --> 01:55:47.720 for a shipment over ninety days. That's another one. Another one says total 1428 01:55:47.800 --> 01:55:57.560 scam. I ordered boots and never got them. Wow, horrible customer service. 1429 01:55:57.880 --> 01:56:01.079 There's not one. I mean, I have never seen universally a company 1430 01:56:01.439 --> 01:56:09.319 with this many bad ratings. Craig kgro it's ka E G R E E 1431 01:56:09.479 --> 01:56:13.039 L dot com. If anyone can get a phone number for them, please 1432 01:56:13.119 --> 01:56:16.800 let me know. I would love to call these idiots right now. I'd 1433 01:56:16.880 --> 01:56:19.279 love to call them if you can find a number. I can't find one 1434 01:56:19.319 --> 01:56:28.439 right now. We got more coming right up. Go with a sure thing 1435 01:56:28.560 --> 01:56:31.960 Denver's best roofer Excel Roofing dot com. You don't pay a cent until you're 1436 01:56:32.000 --> 01:56:39.920 content. Time for an insurance check up free, no obligation. In comparison, 1437 01:56:40.119 --> 01:56:45.000 call Compass Insurance paying too much your coverage at dozens of insurance companies find 1438 01:56:45.000 --> 01:56:47.000 out now three all three seven to seven to one. Help. You'll think 1439 01:56:47.000 --> 01:56:51.039 you're his only customer when you choose Frank durand the real estate Man dot com 1440 01:56:51.039 --> 01:56:56.760 to list your home with Remax Alliance three all three nine two zero sixteen twenty 1441 01:56:56.760 --> 01:57:03.439 two. Hi Tom Martino, you're troubleshooter three all three seven to one three 1442 01:57:03.520 --> 01:57:08.680 talk three all three seven one three eight two five five. Okay, So 1443 01:57:10.079 --> 01:57:12.840 I have bob Logan with us from plumb Line Services. By the way, 1444 01:57:12.920 --> 01:57:16.680 we've been talking to and we've been going over some of the stuff that has 1445 01:57:16.760 --> 01:57:20.239 tripped people up. I want to go over some other stuff that's important. 1446 01:57:20.279 --> 01:57:25.520 First of all, you just heard of K drill shoes. That's the first 1447 01:57:25.600 --> 01:57:29.439 time I've ever heard of them. I've never seen as a scam in my 1448 01:57:29.520 --> 01:57:33.560 life. And no, they're not a preferred vendor on Amazon, but they 1449 01:57:33.640 --> 01:57:40.560 are on Amazon. I'm surprised they haven't been kicked off yet. All Right, 1450 01:57:41.239 --> 01:57:46.119 we've been talking a lot about electrification and electric cars are all the rage. 1451 01:57:46.520 --> 01:57:51.439 Virtually every single manufacturers come out with them. And there's a list of 1452 01:57:51.479 --> 01:57:58.239 the lowest price ones that have the best ratings for the price, in other 1453 01:57:58.239 --> 01:58:03.199 words, the most affordable for the buck. And number one comes in as 1454 01:58:04.039 --> 01:58:09.159 where is it here? The twenty twenty four Nissan Leaf. It's a cute 1455 01:58:09.159 --> 01:58:14.479 little car and it's twenty eight thousand, and they they say it's just ranked 1456 01:58:14.560 --> 01:58:20.520 beautifully for everything. Now a little more than that the number two, and 1457 01:58:20.600 --> 01:58:26.479 I love this car. This is a cute car. The twenty twenty three 1458 01:58:26.760 --> 01:58:30.520 electric Mini Cooper. And that's a thirty thousand, nine hundred. Now that's 1459 01:58:30.560 --> 01:58:35.560 a lot of car for thirty thousand, nine hundred. Now here's the thing, 1460 01:58:36.359 --> 01:58:42.039 not all of them have federal tax credits. After they sell a certain 1461 01:58:42.119 --> 01:58:47.359 number of units, they no longer qualify for federal tax credits. So those 1462 01:58:47.439 --> 01:58:54.520 two aren't. The other one is the Kona Electric. That's probably that's a 1463 01:58:54.640 --> 01:58:58.319 very cool looking car. That's thirty two thousand, six hundred. The ConA 1464 01:58:58.399 --> 01:59:02.399 Electric A twenty twenty four. You know, I bought my kid on a 1465 01:59:02.439 --> 01:59:08.199 special he has he has a Tesla, but he doesn't have the He has 1466 01:59:08.279 --> 01:59:14.199 the little Model three and I got at the time tax credits for that. 1467 01:59:14.199 --> 01:59:16.119 That's a nice little car, that, the Model three, and I don't 1468 01:59:16.119 --> 01:59:19.600 see it on this list. The other one is the Now, i'd never 1469 01:59:19.680 --> 01:59:23.600 touch this. I don't care what they say. I wouldn't touch it. 1470 01:59:23.720 --> 01:59:29.479 The Fiat Electric, Oh my god, oh my Fiat or what yeah? 1471 01:59:29.560 --> 01:59:32.680 Yeah, Italian cars, my god, Italian and English. Hey Tombo pep 1472 01:59:32.800 --> 01:59:40.239 Ford to stop making them, and some other manufacturers have stopped producing electric cars 1473 01:59:40.479 --> 01:59:44.560 because they're not selling it all. Well, they have to though, they 1474 01:59:44.560 --> 01:59:48.640 have to because of government regulations. How about the Volvo. They came out 1475 01:59:48.680 --> 01:59:54.039 with one. Now, this is amazing. This Volvo is only thirty five 1476 01:59:54.079 --> 01:59:59.960 thousand to thirty five thousand dollars for a brand new Volvo Electric. That's pretty 1477 02:00:00.119 --> 02:00:05.319 it's a pretty nice car. The Chevy Equinox has an electric version for thirty 1478 02:00:05.359 --> 02:00:11.640 five. I would take that Volvo anytime before that. That Volvo looks really 1479 02:00:11.720 --> 02:00:15.520 nice. The Mini Cooper looks really nice. Okay, the Volkswagen, i'd 1480 02:00:15.520 --> 02:00:19.239 stay. I just I ever since that Volkswagen one of the years ago, 1481 02:00:19.359 --> 02:00:25.920 that problem. I just don't trust him. I don't trust Volvo. But 1482 02:00:26.319 --> 02:00:31.039 excuse me, Volkswagen. That's twenty it's thirty eight nine or thirty nine grand. 1483 02:00:32.359 --> 02:00:38.079 And then you have the Kia. That's a nice little car. The 1484 02:00:38.159 --> 02:00:43.760 Kia comes in at getting up there now, thirty nine six. And then 1485 02:00:44.119 --> 02:00:47.760 this is one this is like a new entry completely. You know, it's 1486 02:00:47.760 --> 02:00:51.800 not a regular manufacturer. It's it's made just for the electric car. It's 1487 02:00:51.840 --> 02:00:57.119 called the Fisker. See I've never heard of Karma. Fisker. They were 1488 02:00:57.159 --> 02:01:00.680 one of the original electric cars. Really fifteen years ago. I was fooling, 1489 02:01:00.880 --> 02:01:02.680 and they were not they yep, they they went out of business. 1490 02:01:02.720 --> 02:01:08.800 They were reacquired, I think. So this Fisker is thirty nine. And 1491 02:01:08.840 --> 02:01:13.279 then of course here's the Model three. Okay, the Model three is thirty 1492 02:01:13.319 --> 02:01:17.560 eight nine. Now what pisses me off is that they're way lower than they 1493 02:01:17.560 --> 02:01:23.680 were when I bought them. No, no, it is it's lower thirty 1494 02:01:23.720 --> 02:01:28.960 eight nine that pisses That really pisses me off. But uh, that's the 1495 02:01:29.000 --> 02:01:33.680 model three, and then the Mustang is thirty nine eight. The Mustang, 1496 02:01:34.319 --> 02:01:40.159 now, I've seen a lot of those around anyway. That's the way it 1497 02:01:40.199 --> 02:01:45.920 works now. The tax credits go by company because they cut off the tax 1498 02:01:45.960 --> 02:01:50.039 credits when they sell a certain number of units. Therefore, not Tesla was 1499 02:01:50.079 --> 02:01:56.640 one of the first ones to you know, to have the tax credits discontinued. 1500 02:01:57.319 --> 02:02:00.039 Three all three seven one three talk seven one three eight two five five. 1501 02:02:01.239 --> 02:02:04.840 If you are truly in the market for an electric car, though, 1502 02:02:05.560 --> 02:02:08.680 there's gonna be a lot more. Oh wait, what you mull call? 1503 02:02:08.680 --> 02:02:13.520 It? Has a comment Michael on uh kgrill shoes. Go ahead, Michael, 1504 02:02:14.520 --> 02:02:16.760 what do you have to say? Yeah, I'm here in Phoenix, 1505 02:02:16.800 --> 02:02:21.039 Arizona. I first started listening to your show in Denver. I just love 1506 02:02:21.079 --> 02:02:27.399 your show. Thank you man. So I looked up So I looked up 1507 02:02:27.439 --> 02:02:31.399 on the internet and I found the phone number to k I think you call 1508 02:02:31.439 --> 02:02:34.439 it KA Gill g R E E L. No, you do have a 1509 02:02:34.479 --> 02:02:40.399 phone number. What's the phone number? It says at Scamdetector dot Com that 1510 02:02:40.520 --> 02:02:48.960 it's three four seven eight seven to one seven seven two six. That's three 1511 02:02:49.079 --> 02:02:56.159 four seven eight seven one seven seven two six. I called it and it's 1512 02:02:56.199 --> 02:02:59.000 a Google voice number, you know where you have to state your name, 1513 02:02:59.279 --> 02:03:02.159 but I do and they didn't answer. I let you do it. Well, 1514 02:03:02.199 --> 02:03:04.439 I didn't state my name and stay on. I figured, I bet 1515 02:03:04.479 --> 02:03:08.119 you do that. I don't want to go out too much attention. Hey, 1516 02:03:08.199 --> 02:03:11.520 Kelly, call them and say we had some questions about their shoes, 1517 02:03:12.119 --> 02:03:15.640 and we're a radio show and we're gonna give them some free publicity. Why 1518 02:03:15.680 --> 02:03:18.720 don't we do that? Okay, thank you very much for that. I 1519 02:03:18.800 --> 02:03:21.159 want to call them and see what they have to say about it. Three 1520 02:03:21.239 --> 02:03:26.439 oh three seven one three Talk is our number, and that's Kay Grill or 1521 02:03:26.520 --> 02:03:29.560 however you want to say it. But man, do they suck. Also, 1522 02:03:29.760 --> 02:03:32.319 let's talk about something that doesn't suck. Let's talk about a great company, 1523 02:03:32.439 --> 02:03:35.760 One Clear Choice Garage Doors. Do you know they come out twenty four 1524 02:03:35.760 --> 02:03:39.199 to seven to inspect your door if you have it. 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In comparison, 1534 02:04:28.600 --> 02:04:32.640 call Compass Insurance paying too much your coverage at dozens of insurance companies find out 1535 02:04:32.720 --> 02:04:35.439 now three oh three, seven to seven to one. Help. You'll think 1536 02:04:35.520 --> 02:04:40.319 you're his only customer when you choose Frank durand the real estate Man dot com 1537 02:04:40.560 --> 02:04:45.199 to list your home with Remax Alliance three oh three nine two zero sixteen twenty 1538 02:04:45.239 --> 02:04:59.840 two. Hi Tom Martino, you're a troubleshooter three all three seven to one 1539 02:05:00.319 --> 02:05:04.279 Talk three all three seven one three eight two five five. Welcome to the 1540 02:05:04.399 --> 02:05:11.680 show, and what's on your mind today? Now I found something very very 1541 02:05:11.760 --> 02:05:18.560 interesting in consumer spending is at an all time high. Consumer confidence is at 1542 02:05:18.600 --> 02:05:21.640 an all time high. Now, I know people are bitching and moaning about 1543 02:05:21.720 --> 02:05:27.960 the economy and again I'm not. This is not like political, this is 1544 02:05:28.239 --> 02:05:30.720 economic. But do you know of all the spending right now going on, 1545 02:05:31.439 --> 02:05:39.279 sixty nine percent of it is emotional, it's fashion, it's design, it's 1546 02:05:39.800 --> 02:05:49.640 lifestyle sixty nine percent. And people are saying that the current atmosphere and climate, 1547 02:05:51.439 --> 02:05:58.720 and I don't mean literal climate, the political climate, whatever, spiritual 1548 02:05:58.840 --> 02:06:04.520 climate, just societal society making them want to comfort themselves. So more and 1549 02:06:04.600 --> 02:06:12.479 more people are spending money on emotional things, on things to make them feel 1550 02:06:12.560 --> 02:06:15.920 better. Some of them define that as activities. Other people define it as 1551 02:06:18.560 --> 02:06:27.880 furnishings for their homes, cosmetic surgery, things that make them feel better. 1552 02:06:28.199 --> 02:06:34.239 But they say the trigger is emotional and not need based, but emotionally based. 1553 02:06:34.520 --> 02:06:38.720 Now, Bob, this is foreign to you because your businesses all need 1554 02:06:38.880 --> 02:06:43.479 I mean, I don't think anyone out of an emotion says no. No, 1555 02:06:43.560 --> 02:06:45.600 they woke up today and said, well, I really want to buy 1556 02:06:45.600 --> 02:06:47.079 a furnace, or I want to get a plumbing leak for well, you 1557 02:06:47.159 --> 02:06:50.880 know that's the other thing. Plumbing leaks. No one waits on. If 1558 02:06:50.880 --> 02:06:55.359 they see a leak, they call you immediately. They'll when it comes to 1559 02:06:55.479 --> 02:06:59.600 electrical they'll put up with an outlet that doesn't work, but they'll never put 1560 02:06:59.680 --> 02:07:03.119 up ever with a plumbing problem. That's right. Although that electrical outlet that's 1561 02:07:03.199 --> 02:07:05.720 not working could be a safety no no, and it could be a problem. 1562 02:07:05.840 --> 02:07:10.520 Right. But anyway, so with emotional spending, there is no emotional 1563 02:07:10.600 --> 02:07:13.319 spend when it comes to home services, none, right. I mean it 1564 02:07:13.399 --> 02:07:16.640 could be from a water heater maybe to a constant flow or little I mean, 1565 02:07:16.680 --> 02:07:18.720 but let's face it. I mean, at the end of the day, 1566 02:07:19.079 --> 02:07:25.800 your your hot water, your filtration system, your air conditioning. That 1567 02:07:26.119 --> 02:07:30.399 does you know, drive emotional feelings? Right? You want to be comfortable 1568 02:07:30.439 --> 02:07:32.000 in your home. It's not just a matter of heating and cooling or hot 1569 02:07:32.039 --> 02:07:34.279 water. No, that's true. That's true. You want to be in 1570 02:07:34.319 --> 02:07:36.960 the summer when it comes to heat. But you're right. People do not 1571 02:07:38.159 --> 02:07:41.600 make an emotional typically, it's it's not a feel good and it's not like 1572 02:07:41.680 --> 02:07:45.039 going on vacation, buying a TV or a car, right exactly, right 1573 02:07:45.119 --> 02:07:48.439 now, Nelson, what's going on with home warranties? Man? Well, 1574 02:07:48.840 --> 02:07:53.600 Tom, I thank thank you for being there. I keep getting these letters 1575 02:07:53.920 --> 02:07:59.479 from it looks like from various agencies about home warranties I've never had one. 1576 02:08:00.439 --> 02:08:05.279 Don't get one. Don't get one. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. 1577 02:08:05.720 --> 02:08:07.960 No, you know what, Nelson. The short answer is don't get 1578 02:08:09.000 --> 02:08:11.159 one. And I swear to God, they don't know how to do business, 1579 02:08:11.239 --> 02:08:15.800 and that's their problem. Okay, And let me tell you the biggest 1580 02:08:15.880 --> 02:08:22.760 problem. It's called the exclusions. Okay, the exclusions. If someone came 1581 02:08:22.039 --> 02:08:28.159 I would buy a home warranty today. If someone came to my home and 1582 02:08:28.399 --> 02:08:33.520 inspected the systems in my home and then said okay, here's what's covered, 1583 02:08:35.119 --> 02:08:37.600 and I would pay the premium. I swear to God I would buy one 1584 02:08:37.680 --> 02:08:41.119 today. I think they would be a great deal, even if there's a 1585 02:08:41.199 --> 02:08:46.239 small deductible on each repair. So they inspect the HVAC, they inspect the 1586 02:08:46.319 --> 02:08:52.279 water heater, they inspect the dishwasher, everything, washingmage, whatever, and 1587 02:08:52.399 --> 02:08:56.960 they say, okay, Tom, here is what's covered based on our inspection. 1588 02:08:56.680 --> 02:09:03.359 And then I have a warrant and short of me taking a baseball bat 1589 02:09:03.800 --> 02:09:09.039 to one of the appliances or systems, it's covered. Okay. The problem 1590 02:09:09.239 --> 02:09:13.880 is they don't do that. What home warranties do? They say this, 1591 02:09:15.239 --> 02:09:22.600 pay us now and we'll tell you what's covered. Later. I swear to 1592 02:09:22.680 --> 02:09:26.680 God that's what they do. So if you have ten items that should be 1593 02:09:26.840 --> 02:09:31.800 covered, they base the premium on those ten items. But in a year 1594 02:09:33.000 --> 02:09:37.319 or two after paying that premium on ten items, let's say something goes wrong. 1595 02:09:37.800 --> 02:09:43.960 Then they come and say, oh, no, that's previous damage, 1596 02:09:43.880 --> 02:09:48.720 or that's previous where and tear, or that's owner abuse or whatever. They 1597 02:09:48.840 --> 02:09:52.680 say. So now what you thought was covered, Now you only have nine 1598 02:09:52.720 --> 02:09:56.600 of those things covered. Yet you're paying the same premium you've paid. They 1599 02:09:56.640 --> 02:10:00.520 don't reduce the premium. They don't go retroactive and say, you know, 1600 02:10:00.680 --> 02:10:03.279 since we never covered that to begin with, we're gonna give you that money 1601 02:10:03.319 --> 02:10:09.039 back. You keep paying a level premium for the perception that these things are 1602 02:10:09.119 --> 02:10:15.760 covered, but you never know what's covered until it breaks. Then they tell 1603 02:10:15.840 --> 02:10:18.279 you what they'll pay for. Bob, Bob, have you guys gone out 1604 02:10:18.359 --> 02:10:22.520 and ever had I want to know something in all the years and tell you 1605 02:10:22.680 --> 02:10:26.159 if it's true. Fine, have you had furnaces replaced where you get paid 1606 02:10:26.199 --> 02:10:31.840 by a warranty company? Not a single time. And we do more furnace, 1607 02:10:31.880 --> 02:10:35.840 air conditioning, sewer line replacements than anybody in Colorado, not a single 1608 02:10:35.880 --> 02:10:37.680 time, not a single time, has a warranty paid for it? Nope? 1609 02:10:39.000 --> 02:10:43.319 How out of water here? Nope? Nothing? Not one repair you, 1610 02:10:43.880 --> 02:10:48.640 not a single Have you been to homes that have warranties? Oh yeah. 1611 02:10:48.000 --> 02:10:50.800 A lot of times people will say, oh, I got a home 1612 02:10:50.840 --> 02:10:54.600 warranty com but they don't pay and they find a reason. 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Now after this 1622 02:11:31.680 --> 02:11:35.000 John Fuller's going to talk about I'm going to spring something on him that I 1623 02:11:35.119 --> 02:11:37.920 found out about in It was in England, but I found out up at 1624 02:11:37.960 --> 02:11:41.880 this personal injury lawsuit that just blew my mind. And I want to ask 1625 02:11:41.960 --> 02:11:46.520 John if that could ever happen. Here, go with a sure thing Denver's 1626 02:11:46.600 --> 02:11:50.920 best roofer Excel Roofing dot com. You don't pay a cent until you're content. 1627 02:11:54.319 --> 02:11:56.439 Time for an insurance check up free, no obligation. In comparison, 1628 02:11:56.640 --> 02:12:01.479 call Compass Insurance. Pay too much your coverage at dozens of insurance companies find 1629 02:12:01.520 --> 02:12:05.680 out now three oh three seven seven to one. Help. You'll think you're 1630 02:12:05.760 --> 02:12:09.600 his only customer when you choose Frank durand the real estate man dot com to 1631 02:12:09.720 --> 02:12:13.439 list your home with Remax Alliance three oh three nine two zero sixteen twenty two. 1632 02:12:16.520 --> 02:12:22.319 By the way, when plumb Line Services is not here Plumbline Services dot 1633 02:12:22.439 --> 02:12:26.119 com you can do it right there, no hassle noweight or you can call 1634 02:12:26.199 --> 02:12:28.720 him of course three oh three five eight six ten eighty six. I want 1635 02:12:28.720 --> 02:12:31.239 to go to John Fuller. He's a personal injury attorney. John, I've 1636 02:12:31.319 --> 02:12:35.000 heard this and I checked it out, and it's for real somewhere in England. 1637 02:12:35.680 --> 02:12:45.279 And this person, this woman won a Christmas tree tossing contest. Okay, 1638 02:12:46.279 --> 02:12:56.279 congratulations, she won the contest and her. She had a pending personal 1639 02:12:56.520 --> 02:13:03.279 injury lawsuit in the sports with a settlement offer on the table for eight hundred 1640 02:13:03.279 --> 02:13:11.520 and thirty thousand dollars. When she won the contest and it hit the newspaper 1641 02:13:11.800 --> 02:13:13.720 or wherever it hit, I don't know if it was a literal newspaper, 1642 02:13:16.600 --> 02:13:24.920 the insurance company withdrew the offer and she lost the case. What I want 1643 02:13:26.000 --> 02:13:30.439 to know is, have you ever had cases Well, obviously you won't take 1644 02:13:30.520 --> 02:13:33.880 someone who fakes it or lies or anything, But I'm wondering, have you 1645 02:13:33.000 --> 02:13:39.039 ever heard of cases in the States where insurance and I heard this with disability 1646 02:13:39.079 --> 02:13:41.920 insurance, they'll go out and investigate people. Do they do that with personal 1647 02:13:41.960 --> 02:13:48.119 injury? John? Absolutely they do, Tom. I could tell you some 1648 02:13:48.319 --> 02:13:50.199 stories from over the years. I mean, they don't do it on every 1649 02:13:50.279 --> 02:13:56.680 single case, but they absolutely will hire private investigators to go out and follow 1650 02:13:56.800 --> 02:14:01.520 people and video activities and stuff. And honestly, over the years, I've 1651 02:14:01.560 --> 02:14:07.000 had a couple of clients that were surprised to find out that they were caught 1652 02:14:07.039 --> 02:14:11.560 on video doing things they claimed they couldn't do as well as they, you 1653 02:14:11.640 --> 02:14:16.000 know, as they would like. Sure. So absolutely, yep, it's 1654 02:14:16.079 --> 02:14:18.800 a thing it's a real thing. I just couldn't believe it. And I 1655 02:14:18.920 --> 02:14:24.680 wonder if this person knew what she was getting into. I mean, because 1656 02:14:24.760 --> 02:14:31.039 she was claiming, according to the court documents, that she lost a lot 1657 02:14:31.119 --> 02:14:35.720 of the joy in her life, she couldn't pick up her child, and 1658 02:14:35.880 --> 02:14:39.760 so that's exactly it. I mean, the moral of the story is, 1659 02:14:39.880 --> 02:14:43.960 don't lie about your injuries and your limitations and stuff. If you're going to 1660 02:14:43.039 --> 02:14:48.279 claim that you can't do a certain thing, you can't really be surprised that 1661 02:14:48.439 --> 02:14:52.800 the insurance company is skeptical and sends out somebody to investigate. But if what 1662 02:14:52.960 --> 02:14:58.039 you do winds up on the television or the nightly news, as far as 1663 02:14:58.079 --> 02:15:03.079 your Christmas tree throwing proud us, then it's kind of fair game, right. 1664 02:15:03.520 --> 02:15:05.760 It's kind of like, you know, people that put out stuff on 1665 02:15:05.840 --> 02:15:09.720 social media and don't think that there are people sitting there watching everything that gets 1666 02:15:09.800 --> 02:15:13.880 posted. I instruct every client of mine right at the very beginning of the 1667 02:15:13.960 --> 02:15:20.680 cases that do not ever post anything about your accident on social media because people 1668 02:15:20.920 --> 02:15:24.399 just post the craziest things and it always comes back to haunt them down the 1669 02:15:24.479 --> 02:15:30.479 road. So hey, it's a thing we miss in this era where everything's 1670 02:15:30.520 --> 02:15:33.880 online. Absolutely, it's fair. Now, John, on the reverse side, 1671 02:15:35.640 --> 02:15:39.960 have attorneys ever used something that maybe an insurance company or an employer or 1672 02:15:39.560 --> 02:15:43.600 or excuse me, a third party says we've never had a problem with that 1673 02:15:43.760 --> 02:15:48.279 before. You must be clumsy. I mean, have you ever researched where 1674 02:15:48.359 --> 02:15:54.680 the media or private investigators were able to find dirt? Well, I don't 1675 02:15:54.720 --> 02:16:00.279 employ investigators to go find dirt on people that I rarely have an opportunity need 1676 02:16:00.359 --> 02:16:05.119 to use information like that. Yeah, I mean, I just don't have 1677 02:16:05.279 --> 02:16:07.520 the We have the burden of proof. We're proving that the other side was 1678 02:16:07.600 --> 02:16:13.760 negligent their propensity towards clumsiness and stuff. I guess it could be a factor. 1679 02:16:13.199 --> 02:16:16.680 No, what I meant was if they ever say, you know, 1680 02:16:16.840 --> 02:16:20.760 your client m fell but no one else has ever fallen there, or something 1681 02:16:20.880 --> 02:16:24.640 like that, Well, yeah, certainly we want to find other instances of 1682 02:16:24.239 --> 02:16:28.279 things happening. Absolutely, that's part of my job. By the way, 1683 02:16:28.399 --> 02:16:31.520 John, thank you for humoring me on that. I was curious. Three 1684 02:16:31.640 --> 02:16:35.079 and John can always be reached a three oh three five nine seven forty five 1685 02:16:35.200 --> 02:16:39.680 hundred three oh three five nine seven forty five hundred and again, I appreciate 1686 02:16:39.719 --> 02:16:43.840 plumb Line Services for being here, and remember I say this, call three 1687 02:16:43.879 --> 02:16:46.959 to Ozho, three Martino for help and save all your problems for me