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It really is a foreign land over on The Johnjay and Rich Facebook Page · Johnjay & Rich On Demand

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  Speaker 1: John Jay Rich. You know, we asked you to call
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  Speaker 1: in on our show with whatever you hear is going on,
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  Speaker 1: or if you're listening to the podcast, I forget. We
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  Speaker 1: have a whole other life on Facebook. We post stuff
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  Speaker 1: up there too that never really comes up on the air,
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  Speaker 1: So you can have a whole other show going to
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  Speaker 1: John J. Ridge Facebook, and of course you guys the
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  Speaker 1: very popular John Jay and Rich YouTube channel, So go
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  Speaker 1: to YouTube and watch all the stuff that happens in
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  Speaker 1: the studio. But Rachel's participating on something she saw on Facebook.
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  Speaker 1: Hello Rachel, Hello, how are you? What's the thing? You
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  Speaker 1: did something at the last minute and it worked out
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  Speaker 1: or it didn't work out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it did work out. So my husband and I
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  Speaker 2: started a junk removal business, Cactus Crew Junk Removal, and
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  Speaker 2: then we started cleaning out estate sales and we got
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  Speaker 2: so much stuff that we couldn't even sell it. So
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  Speaker 2: we threw together a thrist store, found a spot cheap
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  Speaker 2: little place, and now we're actually expanding into the space
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  Speaker 2: next door because we have so much stuff and we've
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  Speaker 2: been getting so many customers and it's been really amazing. Wow,
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  Speaker 2: see a need fill a need.
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  Speaker 1: That's how people make their bones. Yeah, that's really cool.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and we weren't helping the community, you know, So
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  Speaker 2: we've tried to partner with other nonprofits. Harvest Compassion is
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  Speaker 2: a great one, so when we have extra clothes, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they'll come and pick up. Or Thrive as one that
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  Speaker 2: helps kids aging out of the foster care system with furniture.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, we try to work with different nonprofits
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  Speaker 2: to help, you know, help the community here in Phoenix.
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  Speaker 1: That's very cool. So then where do you get more?
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  Speaker 1: So she said, you buy a bunch of junk. Where
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  Speaker 1: do you continue to get the stuff for your thrist store?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's funny, we weren't even buying it. We were
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  Speaker 2: going to a state. We had a partner within a
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  Speaker 2: state sale company, and we would go in the Saturday
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  Speaker 2: after the sale is over at two o'clock and then
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  Speaker 2: everything that was left there we had to clear out.
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  Speaker 2: So it was a lot of work and we got
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  Speaker 2: so much stuff doing that, even in just two months
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  Speaker 2: that we haven't even been able to put it all out.
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  Speaker 2: That's why we're expanding and now we're taking donations. Our
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  Speaker 2: customers love us because we're on TikTok It's cactus crew
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  Speaker 2: thrift store, and people just love bringing us stuff rather
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  Speaker 2: than giving to Goodwill. I've call it bad will now
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  Speaker 2: because people people are so frustrated with them and they're like,
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  Speaker 2: we'd rather give to you guys than Goodwill, always marking
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  Speaker 2: their prices up and they're things that are donated to them.
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  Speaker 2: So okay, so let me ask you a couple questions.
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  Speaker 1: What is the coolest thing that you've found or sold?
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  Speaker 1: And what is the most expensive thing you sold?
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  Speaker 2: There is a big porcelain it's too dear and they're
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  Speaker 2: made in It's made in Italy, and I've found a
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  Speaker 2: guy on eBay that's selling all the same brand stuff
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  Speaker 2: and I asked him because I'm trying to find out
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  Speaker 2: what it's worth because chat GPT's been kind of helpful,
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  Speaker 2: but I couldn't find another one and it is worth
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  Speaker 2: He told me forty five hundred euro, which is a
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  Speaker 2: little over five in America.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, maybe you can help me cool Rachel. My mother
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  Speaker 1: in law passed away I don't know, five seven, eight
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  Speaker 1: years ago and we inherited from her and I haven't
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  Speaker 1: talked about this yet. Two giant clam shells that weigh
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  Speaker 1: about five hundred pounds each and I guess, I guess
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  Speaker 1: they're illegal. They're like they're like if I stretch out
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  Speaker 1: my arm, they're a clam.
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  Speaker 2: Like they're that's it's like a real clam.
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  Speaker 1: Real clam that her mom got somewhere like eighty years ago.
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  Speaker 1: And now now like if you you can't get them,
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  Speaker 1: they're illegal, like if you ever find when the ocean
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  Speaker 1: is supposed to leave it, but I I have to move.
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  Speaker 1: It hurts my back. It's so heavy, and I think
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  Speaker 1: that I've that. I think if you get one and
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  Speaker 1: you polish it, it looks nice. These look like they
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  Speaker 1: came out of ocean, like they're never polishing.
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  Speaker 2: The pearl in there. I know that's what I was thinking.
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  Speaker 1: Kid, But I have a feeling because I remember my
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  Speaker 1: wife and I were somewhere and we saw them, and
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  Speaker 1: we were at a restaurant. I go, oh my god,
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  Speaker 1: those like your mom's clamshells. And I said, where'd you
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  Speaker 1: get these? And the lady goes, well, these aren't real
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  Speaker 1: and they are legal, and I was like, they're illegal.
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  Speaker 1: We have two. I'm ready right now for people to
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  Speaker 1: break my house. They're so heavy. I didn't know they
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  Speaker 1: got that big. Are they like illegal, like in the
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  Speaker 1: way when people like get elephant. Yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 1: Like I mean, if you inherited, I don't think you're
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  Speaker 1: getting in trouble. Like it's it's the way I'm making
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  Speaker 1: my arms is big. This is how big they are.
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  Speaker 1: They're just my wedding. Sure be hard to get look
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  Speaker 1: at him to get back to look at you and
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  Speaker 1: get back to me. All right, thanks for calling me,
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  Speaker 1: got it. Thanks Rachel,