1 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: So let's talk about holiday shopping, the stress of holiday shopping. 2 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: This is something I am an expert on. Of course, 3 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: I say I'm an expert on many things, and I 4 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: believe my own bullshit. But for the purposes of this conversation, 5 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: you can throw away what I say or keep it. 6 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: So it's the holiday season, and it comes up really 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: quickly because you're thinking about Thanksgiving and you're planning, and 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, Thanksgiving is over and you 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: get smacked like, wait, why is the tree not up? 10 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 2: Wait? I didn't buy anything? What are we doing? Oh 11 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 2: my god? 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: Now everything that I'm trying to buy ship's December twenty third, 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: like Arrives December twenty third. I tried to buy a 14 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: bunch of gifts yesterday from one place that I think 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: would be a great gift, and it was like Arrives 16 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: December eighteenth to the twenty second. I already be away, 17 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: and then how am I getting it out to people? 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: So basically, you're behind the eight ball the minute that 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: fucking turkey is in your mouth. 20 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 2: So you gotta be lean, you gotta think smart. Now. 21 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: I have a gift cabinet, multiple gift cabinets, because there 22 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: are things that I'll buy. I just bought a bunch 23 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: of caviar servers. They were on sale, so those are 24 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: just wrapped and elite gifts. It could be someone's wedding 25 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: throughout the year, it can be someone for the holidays. 26 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: It's that more elite gift that's expensive that like you 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: just don't know who you're gonna want to give to. 28 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 1: And then I'll have things like leather keychains that I've 29 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: purchased that I just put in there, or like fuzzy 30 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: socks that could be added to something, or furry wine 31 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: bags that will be paired with coasters or glasses or 32 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: something to elevate it. So basically I am a regifter 33 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: that will elevate gifts. 34 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: I'm a buyer of luxury. 35 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: It could be airmes or it was going to be 36 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: cartier because people want to get that nice box. I'm 37 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: a buyer of things that are on sale that you 38 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: buy in bulk. But one of the big things, particularly 39 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: for men, I have go to gifts every year for men, 40 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: and they're usually leather. They're usually something the person wouldn't 41 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: buy themselves, but they'll definitely use, and they're usually lightweight. 42 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: Because men I just always run out of male gifts. 43 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: I have so many female gifts, and the female gifts 44 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: are often like bigger and more bulky. You're buying someone 45 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: a nice makeup mirror or a makeup bag, or you're 46 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: doing a nice candle which is heavy, or a piece 47 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: of clothing or pajamas to mix with the candle to 48 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: mix us in candy. It's usually girls like a bunch 49 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 1: of like cute things to be combined, and gifts are 50 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: like that with men. It's not like that you're not 51 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: giving a guy, Oh, I got you a cologne and 52 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: a scarf and a gloves, like maybe, but for me 53 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: it's really I just want to have the go to 54 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: male gift, and it's, like I said, usually lightweight. I 55 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: also think it's great because like I'm going on a 56 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: trip tomorrow and I always give gifts to everyone everyone, 57 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: I mean my tailor, the woman who just did something 58 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: with my hair pieces for a shoot. Like, I love 59 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: giving gifts, and what I do is I keep very 60 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: little for myself. So if a brand sends me something, 61 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: I will review it. So the brand got their review, 62 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: it could take months. I had good American clothes in 63 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: my closet for weeks. And just it's something I'll say 64 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: to myself, Okay, I just want to try it and 65 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: get it in because the people will want to know. 66 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: And sometimes it's months and months the thing might not 67 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: even be available anymore. 68 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 2: Usually it is. 69 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: But like I'm in the winter and there's a brand 70 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: that sent coats. I'm literally in the winter in Florida. 71 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: It's hot, but I'm gonna go in my kitchen. I'm 72 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 1: gonna do the coats, and I'll probably send one to 73 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: the Hamptons for Brin or put it in her Christmas pile, 74 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: or give it to someone around who's my size. If 75 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: you work with me, it's good to be my size, 76 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: because you end up getting more things than others. If 77 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: you have the initial B you are also in a 78 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: prized position. So I keep things that I think would 79 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: be great gifts in the cabinet. I reviewed a bunch 80 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: of coffee makers. Then more people than you could imagine 81 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: send me coffee makers. So a guy who works with 82 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: me keeps talking about coffee, and he loves coffee, and 83 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: it only likes hot coffee, and he only likes score 84 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: May coffee. The thing is hundreds of dollars. It's in 85 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: its box so like, that's a great gift to give 86 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: to him on top of his Christmas bonus. So I 87 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: don't know if you guys give Christmas bonuses, but you 88 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: should if you have employees, and I always do, and 89 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: I'm generous and I'm fair, but I believe in the 90 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: personal gift too. So often my personal gifts are regifted 91 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: zero Fox. Yesterday I did a hall of Advent calendars, 92 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: and I literally said, in the beginning of the video, 93 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to try to open these Advent calendars so 94 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: I could show you what the fuck is in them, 95 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: but close the windows up so I can regift them. 96 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: Because I have no problem with regifting, but I do 97 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: ninety nine point nine percent of the time elevate the regift, 98 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: Like I'll buy a bunch of coasters or wine openers 99 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: or glasses to elevate the bottle of wine in the 100 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,799 Speaker 1: furry wine bag that I bought, Like I'm. 101 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 2: Just going to hand them in a bottle of wine. 102 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: That's so basic and so obviously regifted and so uninspired. 103 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: Moving right along, you should also know of return policies. 104 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: I had a friend who got something, she returned it, 105 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: and they sent the person who bought it for her 106 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: a gift card. Another time she returns so thing and 107 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: they sent an email to the person that bought it 108 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: for her. So you better make sure if you return 109 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: that it's lockstock and barrel. You're not gonna be embarrassed. 110 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: And I don't really believe in returning anymore. I would 111 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: rather regift than return. I would rather elevate regift. 112 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: If you're not. 113 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: Gonna wear it, don't just shove it in the corner. Okay, 114 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: trade it with someone. My friend doesn't live in a 115 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: warm climate, and she had a gorgeous scarf. 116 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 2: I go to New York a lot. I didn't even 117 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 2: want it. 118 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: I said, listen, fine, I'll give you a piece of jewelry. 119 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: Who cares like, I'm not going to let you return it. 120 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: That's ridiculous. 121 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 2: So find your own. 122 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: Ways of being creative during the holidays. Also, you have 123 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: to find a way to have a discerning palate and 124 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: know what you're going to give that's going to hit 125 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: and slam and they won't want to return. Just an 126 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: uninspired pair of gloves from a department store is like 127 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: not it like no one wants that. Don't do it 128 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: a fragrance when you don't know what kind of fragrance 129 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: they use, even if that was going to be regifted. 130 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: Don't do that either, unless it's a friend you really 131 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: know and you are obsessed with the Fragos you've been 132 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 1: gatekeeping it and you know she's gonna be obsessed with 133 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: it because she has similar taste as you. But like, 134 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: it needs to be something good that's going to slam. Okay, 135 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: I take pride in the fact that I believe I'm 136 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: giving great gifts. But anyway, my gifts don't come with 137 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: a gift for seat, because if they're from Arimz, they do. 138 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: But like nine times out of ten, there's some version 139 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: of a regift in an elevate and I don't really 140 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: fucking give a fuck. It's a thought that counts. And 141 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: my gifts are good, My gifts are great, and my 142 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: gifts always the regift will always have such a bigger 143 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: value than if I went to buy the gift. So 144 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: I'll give someone like a two hundred and fifty dollars 145 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: gift that's a regift. And by the way, this isn't 146 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,799 Speaker 1: all relatable because you're not getting the stuff I'm getting. 147 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: I get that, but people give you presents and you 148 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: could be creative and I once did dollar store baskets 149 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: that were amazing that like I loved that, I kept 150 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: the candy dispensers and like the mugs I still have, 151 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: they were amazing. Like, don't fucking sleep on a dollar 152 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 1: store or on the drug store or. 153 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 2: On the Tjmax. 154 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: Anyway, if I was gonna get you a gift, that's like, 155 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: you're just a person that works around me. You're working 156 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,479 Speaker 1: a doctor's office. Something might've been like fifty dollars, seventy 157 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: five dollars. You could end up getting a two hundred 158 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: dollars gift because it's a regift. Okay, So regifts often 159 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: have more value, But don't give trash. Give excellent regifts, 160 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: like excellent, excellent regifts. And I know that is subjective, 161 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: but like it's not. It's not like there are good 162 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 1: gifts and there are not good gifts. Okay, If Beakman 163 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: eighteen oh two sends me a giant advent calendar with 164 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: twelve large normal size skincare items that are like forty 165 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: dollars apiece or something, and it's a five hundred dollars 166 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: advant calendar that I'm not going to dismantle because I 167 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: have all those individual creams, but I just wanted to 168 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: show it the sum is greater than its parts. I'm 169 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,679 Speaker 1: gonna bring that into like a doctor's office of women, 170 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: like a guy in a college's office. I are like, guys, 171 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: these are amazing beauty products. At a marshmallow basket or 172 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: a cookie basket, or some wine or some mingle mocktails 173 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: or something, and we have. 174 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: A party at the office, ladies. For me, newer is 175 00:07:59,000 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: not better. 176 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: I'm a person that likes to renovate something, rebuild something, 177 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: improve upon something. 178 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 2: I like a little bit of a project. I had 179 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: a hat box. 180 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: I bought it retail and I never used it. I 181 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: got rid of it, and then I regretted it. I 182 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: hunted it down, found it on eBay. I sent it 183 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: to a reliable, reputable lever repair and it's amazing. It 184 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: still has a little bit of a history. It's not perfect, 185 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: but I like it. It's not perfect, it's authentic. This car, 186 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: for example, this is iconic. I bought it and then 187 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: I put my own touch on it. Now she is perfect, 188 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: just like my hat box. eBay has millions of fines 189 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: and they all have a story to tell. I had 190 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 1: found watches jewelry, clothing. There's no place that has everything 191 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: like eBay. The hunt is on and the hunt is 192 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: the best part. Shop eBay for millions of fines, each 193 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: with a story. eBay Things. 194 00:08:52,480 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 2: People love. Gift cards. They're a confusing bag. Some people 195 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 2: want them. 196 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: I would almost give cash at that point, or a 197 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: card to be used as cash, or like an AMEX. 198 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 2: Gift card, because a gift card. 199 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: There's data to prove that gift cards are a multi 200 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: billion dollar wasteful industry. Meaning every year look up the numbers. 201 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: Every year X number of gift cards don't get used 202 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: and then they expire, which I believe should be illegal. 203 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: Store credit shouldn't expire, but a gift card can. Also 204 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: you never know if a store is gonna go out 205 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: of business, like it's just like or you don't know 206 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: if you're gonna lose it, or you do it and 207 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 1: then you have forty two dollars and thirty eight cents 208 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: left on it. Right now, I have an airy gift 209 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: card in a Ritzia with things left them, never gonna 210 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: fucking use it. Maybe now I'm gonna use it because 211 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: it's the holidays. Actually, I'm texting my team to please 212 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: send me the gift card updates because now I have 213 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: a problem. So try not to get into the habit 214 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: of gift cards and returning, because then you have to 215 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: have like a database of the gift cards and what's left, 216 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: and you forget. You think you don't forget, You forget, 217 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 1: and you don't want to go in there and spend 218 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: it all because you have to, because then you end 219 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: up overspending, and then you end up buying something you 220 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: didn't need just to use the gift cards. 221 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 2: I once did that. 222 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: I went to Greenwachev and You in Connecticut to use 223 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: up gift cards. It cost me one thousand dollars to 224 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: use up two hundred gift cards because I was in 225 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: the store. I didn't want any of this shit. So 226 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: so it's a whole thing. Know the return policies, Know 227 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: what places you're buying from. That are the fucking mafia 228 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: that if you going out of town and you have 229 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 1: holiday plans and you give the gift, you buy the 230 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: gift on December twelfth, you give the gift on December 231 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: twenty second, do you only have two weeks to return 232 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: it because you bought it a week ago? 233 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 2: Like? What are the rules? Please? 234 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: No I'm gonna have my team work on a grid 235 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: so we could tell you the rules. We told you 236 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: all the good Black Friday deals and what the codes 237 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: were and what the opportunities were. So I'm going to 238 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: do this for you guys with return policies, because I 239 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: think it's critical because you just have to return places 240 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: that are not the mafia and that you could pretty 241 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: much return at any time. Even Amazon is one month 242 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: and sometimes I've gotten jammed up and had to keep 243 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: it poshmarket whatever. So you just need to know the 244 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: labyrinth of the holidays. And something happened to me and 245 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: it's not relatable, but I'm going to go into it anyway. 246 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: Someone bought me a very expensive Cartier bracelet. 247 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 2: It's beautiful. I love it. 248 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: I wore it for probably a couple of days before 249 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: I realized that it was upside down. Now, the person 250 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: who bought it for me didn't give me the gift receipt. 251 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: They didn't probably want me to know how much it was. 252 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's Cardia. I know it's going to be expensive, 253 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: but it was upside down. And this person said to me, 254 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: do you love it and does it work? And if 255 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: you want you can return it. Another tidbit about returns, 256 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: really don't return gifts from loved ones that are like valuable, 257 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: beautiful items that they took care to buy, unless they're dreadful. 258 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: If they're absolutely dreadful, maybe you return and you discuss 259 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: in a very constructive way because you already have something 260 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: like it because it doesn't fit. Make it something that 261 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: you do with your partner together to move upon. But 262 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: by and large, it's not a great feeling when someone 263 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: gets you something that's amazing that they took time to 264 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: buy and they were proud of, and then you were 265 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: turning it like it's not a good look. It's transactional. 266 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: They might as well have just given you cash. It's 267 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: a wham bam, thank you, ma'am. And people play the 268 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: short game, and people right now just want to like 269 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: get it out because it's bothering them because they're annoyed. 270 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 2: And I get it. 271 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: So the person that bought me this bracelet says, if 272 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: it doesn't work, if you don't love it, I said, 273 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: it does go upside down. 274 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 2: So I would just love to get my size. 275 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: That is a very fair and reasonable response, because you 276 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: also don't want to waste all this money. He looks 277 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: at the receipt. It doesn't say a size. I know 278 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: what my size usually is from Cartier. It doesn't say 279 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: a size. I don't know if that's totally relevant to 280 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: the story. I think it should say a size, because 281 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: then someone who's giving it to someone could say, this 282 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,439 Speaker 1: is the size I got, and maybe it would cut 283 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: it off at the pass. Maybe it should be in 284 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: a box, so you're already like, wait, that sounds big 285 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: for me. But anyway, I had it on at least 286 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: a couple of days until I realized it was going 287 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: upside down. 288 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 2: It was like almost like a tick. 289 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 1: I was turning it back up because it had two 290 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: panther heads, but it was too big. 291 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 2: It wasn't staying up. 292 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 1: And then that starts to bother you because you have 293 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: an expensive gift, and then you start to get anxiety 294 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 1: because you've been wearing it. 295 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 2: And he, the. 296 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: Guy that got it for me, called Cartier in Beverly Hills, 297 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,599 Speaker 1: and they were very accommodating when he met them, and 298 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: they were lovely people, and they had said, if it 299 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: doesn't work, she can return it. I assume they meant 300 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: if she didn't wear it. 301 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 2: I'm not an idiot. 302 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: I don't think you're going to drive a car for 303 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: two thousand miles and then return it. But I do 304 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: think if you drove it forty miles, you might be 305 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: able to return, and you'd go in with an issue 306 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: about it, because there has to be some statue of 307 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: reasonable limitations in what happened. So I went into the 308 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: store in Florida. Every person in there was lovely. There 309 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: were girls in there that were like, oh my god, 310 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: I love your supermodel snacks. There was someone else who 311 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: was like laughing about something else. One man was helping me. 312 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 1: I was going to buy out all their cardholders, which 313 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: is grossly overpaying for a leather cardholder, but just to 314 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 1: be part of the Cardia program and get the Cardia 315 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: Bux and like sometimes you do that as just like 316 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: loyalty to a brand. You're just there being nice to you. 317 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: You walked in, You're gonna buy a bunch of things. 318 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: You get the flex and give Cardia gifts out. You 319 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: have them if you ever need to call them for anything. 320 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: Everyone was so nice, and the woman who was helping me, 321 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,599 Speaker 1: who was showing me other things if I wanted to 322 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: upgrade it was also very nice. And then I just 323 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: landed on the things I'm looking at a forty thousand 324 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: dollars more. So, why don't we just land on getting 325 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: the same bracelet that I had back And let's just 326 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 1: not make this complicated. 327 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: So I go to the back. 328 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: Room and there's a woman there, and it was at 329 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: one of those desks, and she was very, very dry, 330 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: and very unbothered and very unflappable and very cold. Let's 331 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: cut you off with the past. This had nothing to 332 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: do with do you know who I am? It was 333 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: just a vibe where you just feel like somebody really 334 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: just wants to not be kind and helpful, like not 335 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: wanting to just give you the very baseline service. I 336 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: tell her the story and she says with the driest 337 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: of tones, as if this is totally normal and just 338 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: like basically delivering the you were shit out of luck message. 339 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: She says, if you return it, it will take I 340 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: don't remember what the opening number was, maybe six months 341 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: to nine months, maybe five to eight. It was something 342 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: in excess of eight months that it can be up 343 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: to to return this item, not return it, to repair 344 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: this item. 345 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 2: They can't take it back. 346 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: They could repair it, but it will be thirty percent 347 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: of the cost of the item. So it will be 348 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: approximately five thousand dollars to repair a bracelet that is 349 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: twenty seven grams of gold I believe, or twenty twenty 350 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: two grams of gold. So now jewelers are reaching out 351 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: to me in my comments when I do a video 352 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: about this being the ultimate scam of all scams, saying 353 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: that they could repair for two hundred dollars. 354 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 2: One jeweler did a video saying. 355 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: That it will not be unnoticeable, and you can repair 356 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: a gold bracelet for two hundred dollars. 357 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 2: I know you can. 358 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: So now Cartier wants to take five thousand dollars. So 359 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: it's either they're discouraging you fixing it. Here's the problem. 360 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: If it's Arimez, if it's Cartier, if it's Rolex, if 361 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: you do out of network, if you do out of 362 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: Cardia work, it's no longer an original Cartier piece. If 363 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: you take a Rolex that is stainless steel, stainless steel 364 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,479 Speaker 1: which is not worth that much, and you add aftermarket 365 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: diamonds and you try to sell it, it is worth 366 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: less than the original stainless steel Rolex because you've altered 367 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: what it really is. It's no longer a Cartier piece 368 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: and they have no responsibility for it. So if you 369 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: go to Schmecky's Jewelers to get the bracelet adjusted for 370 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: two hundred dollars with box and papers, it's not worth anything. 371 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: Now I'm not selling it, but nevertheless I want to 372 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: pass down to brit original pieces with box and papers 373 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: and like do it right. So they just fucking lock 374 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: you up. There's really nothing to say, like there's nothing 375 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: to do, and it felt like a scam and it 376 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: went viral. But I did want to clarify the piece 377 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: about the hundreds of dollars because that is what I 378 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: call bullshit. And what if you are a person who 379 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: can't afford the piece that someone bought you, now you 380 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: are literally shackled with it. 381 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 2: You have to have something. 382 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: And yes, is it my quote unquote fault that I 383 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: didn't realize earlier. I guess I wasn't doing a deep analysis. 384 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: I put it on, I put it next to other 385 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: racelet's it definitely knocked into them. There's not damage, but 386 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: you can scratch gold in ten seconds. So the markup 387 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: they have, I just would think, like the customer is 388 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: always right, like they sell so much like for the 389 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 1: person that has that experience, like, find something else to 390 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: do to work around it. 391 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 2: I don't know, you know. 392 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: I just think there should be a reasonable return policy. 393 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: So know your return policies. It's all I have to say.