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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,