May 27, 2025 • 5 mins
In today’s Phone Call we’re tracking down a guy who bought a leaf blower DECADES ago, and even though its taken years to get a hold of him, today just might be his lucky day!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Brook and Jeffrey in the morning. And you've heard
of private detectives or investigators trying to track people down
from an incident that happened decades ago. Yeah, and in
some cases the reason why people are looking for them
is that they could owe a lot of money. But
in today's call, it's actually the opposite. We've spent years
(00:22):
trying to track down a guy so we could pay
him money. Surprise, and not a lot of money either.
It's all thanks to a purchase. He probably doesn't even remember.
We'll hear how he reacts in your phone. Tap right now. Hello, Hi,
(00:45):
my name is Richard Selsby, looking for Ethan Marketing. No,
no way, you're Mars. Yes, you called me the same
Ethan Markets from thirty five to ninety two.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I used to live there like a decade ago.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Oh my god, boys, Hey boys.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I got him.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Guse me.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
What's going on, dude?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
I have been looking for you for a long long time.
This is unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Who are you?
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Sorry? Yeah, I'm with Blowco.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Blowco. What's that?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
It's a power tool company. We're based in the Midwest,
and your name was flagged for a pending rebate claim
from two thousand and five for a leaf blower.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
You're calling me decades later about a leaf blower I
bought in two thousand and five, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I I apologize that. I know it's a little bit behind,
but I've been working on your case trying to get
the money back to you. Since I don't know thirteen,
I have a case number you do, And I gotta
tell you are a hard guy to track down. It
looks like you moved.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
I lived in like a dozen different places since then.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
I mean, I know, I see that. It looks like
you're at Missouri at one point. Then you went to Colorado,
and uh, that's where the trail went cold. I kind
of lost track of.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
You, my god, yeah kidding me, No, I'm not.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
But I was able to talk to a guy who
worked with you at his family insurance. Got him Scott.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
You talked to Scott, right, he gave me your email.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What anyway, it's a long story. I'm just thankful I
got you.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
That is a lot of effort for a rebate from
a leaf blower. Oh yeah, how much money could we
possibly be talking about?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Eleven dollars and thirty eight cents?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
What?
Speaker 1 (02:39):
But with interest, it's now twelve dollars and six cents.
Oh boy, that's money right into your pocket.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
You're gonna get me twelve dollars and three cents for
something about twenty years ago.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Twelve dollars and six cents, right, I know, I know.
It's a lot. So it's really hard to like wrap
your mind around.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
It's big bucks. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what
I'm gonna do with it.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Good. I'm happy to be the bearer of good news.
So let's just get you verified here. First of all,
do you still have the original box and receipt?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
No? Okay, I can't even picture this leaf floor or
whatever it is.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Can you just like maybe look around? Maybe look around,
because we prefer that they be mailed in laminated.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
You want me to laminate the box that my leaf
flower came in in two thousand and five, in the receipt.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Patrol, in the receipt patrol dollars.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Ye, Look, I understand it's not ideal.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Well not ideal, it's impossible. I mean I don't have that.
I wouldn't even got a cup of coffee.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
You know what I mean. I've worked so hard just
trying to track you down over the last like ten
years I've worked here. I'm just gonna check you off
and say it's okay. Oh we're fine.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Great, Well that's yeah, okay, thank you.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Yeah, no problem. That stuff is done. But do you
know if the leaf flower was primarily used for leaves
or maybe some recreational airflow.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Recreational airflow, what would that be?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
You wouldn't bel leave some of the things people use
this device for a leaf?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah, okay, I'm trying to picture it.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I could send you picks of what people using.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
I will pass on that. Okay, Are we done? Are we?
Are we there?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yell? Almost almost there. I just need to ask you
if you agree to accept the rebate in store credit
from radio Shack, then we'll double it. Would you be interested.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Store credit from radio Shack?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Does?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Does that store exist?
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Not on this continent? I don't believe. But okay, well
you could get some value down in South America.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I will not be traveling there anytime soon, so now
I'll take cash.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Okay, got it. Final step, can you make the sound
of a leaf blower for our quality assurance check?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
No, I can't do. I won't be doing that.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I mean, that's the last thing I need so I
can approve you. Oh god, that was just terrible.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Why are you asked me?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
I didn't think you would actually do it, because I
gotta tell you I don't work for like a leaf
blower warranty company. I'm a radio host and we're doing
a prank call on you.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Okay, now this is all starting to make sense.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, my real name is jeff from the radio show
Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. And your brother Ken
set you up for a phone tap.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Why did he? Why would he?
Speaker 1 (05:18):
He said that you've moved all over the country and
you're planning to move again soon, so he wanted us
to have some fun and play a prank on you.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I should have known.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
There was a guy working on my leaf blower case
for ten years. You can't even get a hold of
it anybody at any company now, a private detective working
on my flip and warranty.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Because at Blowco we take our rebates very seriously.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Blow COO. Yeah, I love Blowco.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Not for recreational use.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Yeah, no, we won't be doing that.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Week up every morning was phone taps weekday mornings on
the twenties Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning
It's Brook and Jeffrey in the morning. And you've heard
of private detectives or investigators trying to track people down
from an incident that happened decades ago. Yeah, and in
some cases the reason why people are looking for them
is that they could owe a lot of money. But
in today's call, it's actually the opposite. We've spent years
(00:22):
trying to track down a guy so we could pay
him money. Surprise, and not a lot of money either.
It's all thanks to a purchase. He probably doesn't even remember.
We'll hear how he reacts in your phone. Tap right now. Hello, Hi,
(00:45):
my name is Richard Selsby, looking for Ethan Marketing. No,
no way, you're Mars. Yes, you called me the same
Ethan Markets from thirty five to ninety two.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I used to live there like a decade ago.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Oh my god, boys, Hey boys.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I got him.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Guse me.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
What's going on, dude?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
I have been looking for you for a long long time.
This is unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Who are you?
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Sorry? Yeah, I'm with Blowco.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Blowco. What's that?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
It's a power tool company. We're based in the Midwest,
and your name was flagged for a pending rebate claim
from two thousand and five for a leaf blower.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
You're calling me decades later about a leaf blower I
bought in two thousand and five, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I I apologize that. I know it's a little bit behind,
but I've been working on your case trying to get
the money back to you. Since I don't know thirteen,
I have a case number you do, And I gotta
tell you are a hard guy to track down. It
looks like you moved.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
I lived in like a dozen different places since then.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
I mean, I know, I see that. It looks like
you're at Missouri at one point. Then you went to Colorado,
and uh, that's where the trail went cold. I kind
of lost track of.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
You, my god, yeah kidding me, No, I'm not.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
But I was able to talk to a guy who
worked with you at his family insurance. Got him Scott.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
You talked to Scott, right, he gave me your email.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What anyway, it's a long story. I'm just thankful I
got you.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
That is a lot of effort for a rebate from
a leaf blower. Oh yeah, how much money could we
possibly be talking about?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Eleven dollars and thirty eight cents?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
What?
Speaker 1 (02:39):
But with interest, it's now twelve dollars and six cents.
Oh boy, that's money right into your pocket.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
You're gonna get me twelve dollars and three cents for
something about twenty years ago.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Twelve dollars and six cents, right, I know, I know.
It's a lot. So it's really hard to like wrap
your mind around.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
It's big bucks. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what
I'm gonna do with it.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Good. I'm happy to be the bearer of good news.
So let's just get you verified here. First of all,
do you still have the original box and receipt?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
No? Okay, I can't even picture this leaf floor or
whatever it is.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Can you just like maybe look around? Maybe look around,
because we prefer that they be mailed in laminated.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
You want me to laminate the box that my leaf
flower came in in two thousand and five, in the receipt.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Patrol, in the receipt patrol dollars.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Ye, Look, I understand it's not ideal.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Well not ideal, it's impossible. I mean I don't have that.
I wouldn't even got a cup of coffee.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
You know what I mean. I've worked so hard just
trying to track you down over the last like ten
years I've worked here. I'm just gonna check you off
and say it's okay. Oh we're fine.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Great, Well that's yeah, okay, thank you.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Yeah, no problem. That stuff is done. But do you
know if the leaf flower was primarily used for leaves
or maybe some recreational airflow.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Recreational airflow, what would that be?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
You wouldn't bel leave some of the things people use
this device for a leaf?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah, okay, I'm trying to picture it.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I could send you picks of what people using.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
I will pass on that. Okay, Are we done? Are we?
Are we there?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yell? Almost almost there. I just need to ask you
if you agree to accept the rebate in store credit
from radio Shack, then we'll double it. Would you be interested.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Store credit from radio Shack?
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Does?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Does that store exist?
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Not on this continent? I don't believe. But okay, well
you could get some value down in South America.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I will not be traveling there anytime soon, so now
I'll take cash.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Okay, got it. Final step, can you make the sound
of a leaf blower for our quality assurance check?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
No, I can't do. I won't be doing that.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I mean, that's the last thing I need so I
can approve you. Oh god, that was just terrible.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Why are you asked me?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
I didn't think you would actually do it, because I
gotta tell you I don't work for like a leaf
blower warranty company. I'm a radio host and we're doing
a prank call on you.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Okay, now this is all starting to make sense.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, my real name is jeff from the radio show
Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. And your brother Ken
set you up for a phone tap.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Why did he? Why would he?
Speaker 1 (05:18):
He said that you've moved all over the country and
you're planning to move again soon, so he wanted us
to have some fun and play a prank on you.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I should have known.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
There was a guy working on my leaf blower case
for ten years. You can't even get a hold of
it anybody at any company now, a private detective working
on my flip and warranty.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Because at Blowco we take our rebates very seriously.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Blow COO. Yeah, I love Blowco.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Not for recreational use.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Yeah, no, we won't be doing that.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Week up every morning was phone taps weekday mornings on
the twenties Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning
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