Streaming Regrets and Hot Dog Roller Dreams: The Real Cost of Convenience

💭 “How many years have you been paying for something you didn’t even know you had?”
That’s the question that kicks off a hilariously eye-opening episode of The Ben and Skin Show, where hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive into the Top 10 Most Common Wasteful Spending Habits—and expose just how guilty we all are.Broadcasting live from the Choctaw Casino and Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, the crew shares personal stories of forgotten subscriptions, leftover loyalty, and the dangers of online impulse buys (including a pair of Mexican sneakers that nearly broke Ben’s toes). From Geek Squad ghost charges to Wagyu hot dogs on a roller grill, this episode is packed with laughs, relatable moments, and a few financial wake-up calls.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
And we are hanging out the Chalk Talk Casino and
Resort Nearan, Oklahoma, where we just met Sue and her husband.
So things are going really well for us. She was
standing right there in front of our table yep. And
so instead of answer her question live on the air,
I just hinder her headset yep. And she here's the
other thing too. You give a rando a headset. They
don't know how to act.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Sue waited for her opportunity.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
It was great.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
She was great.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
She just stayed right there in the cut. When it
was go time, she delivered her magic. Ben's really excited
about this story at four thirty five. It's about penises
getting bigger because of a zempic. But let's now get
back to what Kevin had started earlier, and that is
this super engaging list of the ten most common wasteful
spending habits by the people out there. And I think

(00:46):
everything you said so far has been on point, Kevin.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
If you missed tent or six, you can catch it
on the podcast. It'll be up after the show on
the iHeartRadio app.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Thank you to good tease.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Number five paying for TV streaming services they don't actually use.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
I'm guilty of all of this.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
A lot of people who do that, I think they
just don't track it. And that again back to the
auto pay world war.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Yes, you're not tracking your bills. How do you know? Dude?

Speaker 1 (01:07):
The other day I made the mistake of looking at
my credit card statement because it just infuriates me, and
I was like, honey, what is this renewal from best
Buy for one hundred and ninety four dollars? She goes,
I didn't do that. I go, well, it's on your card.
We're like, oh no, we've been compromised.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
We called. Oh no, that was when you called the
geek squad three years ago.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
And it just rolled over and I'm like, okay, so
did we pay for this two extra times?

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (01:33):
You know.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
And so I called and was like, never put anything
on my card ever again.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
And so it's a beating.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
But if you marked a day for it every couple
of years and you circled it, this is the day
I do this. I changed my credit my card.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
There was that.

Speaker 4 (01:47):
Time that I was paying for a website for us
that we didn't use or something, but I had we
found out I'd paid for it for eleven years.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
I was like, oh, my god, it's insane.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
And then when you when you go in there and
you cancel everything because you're in old man like me.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
I gotta yell at everything these days.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
And so the second I cancel it, I'm like, all right,
I have to watch this slic Stone documentary right now,
so let me get back and do Hulu and Disney again.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
And my kids are like, yeay, we get to use
all the dad's money.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
So it's the second you cancel something you need it
or want it.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
Number four regularly getting rid of leftovers.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Yeah, my wife won't do that. My wife will eat anything. Man.
It's like, hey, if it's in, because I respect that. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
Her frugal nature, yes, right, Kevin, it's to say fruitful.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, her frugal nature has fruitful benefits. No, but fruitful
and multiplying nature.

Speaker 4 (02:44):
I'll be like, hey, my kids will my kids will
ask us, They'll like, hey, is this still good?

Speaker 2 (02:48):
Is this gone bad yet? And I'm like, don't even
ask your mom.

Speaker 4 (02:52):
Like she's gonna say it's fine no matter what the
expiration date is because she doesn't want to waste that money.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
It's great.

Speaker 3 (02:58):
Number three frequently buying convenience food and drinks, convenience store
food and drinks.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
I don't do that that often. I really don't. I
don't either. You're a big hot dog roller guy.

Speaker 4 (03:07):
Man, I would be in my back at my fattest
I would be. It'd be nice just get an appetizer
hot dog on your way home.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, it is fun to go in there and look
at the whatever, the burritos under the oven and go.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
What is it is that seven days old? That was
I'll tell you this. It is something we make fun of.

Speaker 4 (03:23):
But when we went to that bar that had those
hot dog rollers mikes, those were Wagu hot dogs made fresh.

Speaker 3 (03:29):
Those were exceptional, best number two impulse buys from online shopping.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
Then that's all I do. Really, that's all I do.

Speaker 4 (03:37):
Everything I own is something that was sold to me
on Instagram.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
Okay, man, I did the dumbest thing. My dad was
really into these pair.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
It was a Mexican sneaker brand and they were crispy, clean,
white sneakers. They were super cool, and I was like,
my dad won him. Was like, I want to get
him for him. And then I went and I looked
at the conversion chart online because me and my dad
were the same size shoe, and so I was like, well, hell,
i'm ordering, I.

Speaker 2 (04:02):
Might as well get me a pair. Got him in
and they were.

Speaker 1 (04:06):
About an entire size too small. Yeah, I mean like
I just looked at him and my toes started hurting.
So now I'm like, how do I send this back
to Mexico?

Speaker 2 (04:14):
I don't even know.

Speaker 4 (04:15):
We've had things where I purchased that my wife is
stuck with trying to return them because she's frugal. I'm like, hey,
I bought this on the internet. She goes from where
I go. I don't know, man, just this company. It
ends up being in China. She's haggling with them about it,
and eventually some of them will like, look, you could
just have it just you know, is that right? Yeah,
They're like, we don't want to, you know, it's like they're.

Speaker 2 (04:34):
Wasting our time. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

Speaker 3 (04:37):
And number one Paul, reason's uh that waste money.

Speaker 2 (04:42):
Here's how you waste money.

Speaker 3 (04:43):
Everyone frequently eating out.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
You know who hit the Applaus bug, Christina? It was
number one.

Speaker 1 (04:53):
Okay, answer, Hey, don't go look at your don't go.
Don't go look at your American Express statement at the
end of the month. As far as going to restaurants. Yeah, oh, painful, unsustainable, Well,
there you have it.

Speaker 4 (05:08):
Those are the ten most common wasteful spending tendencies. Don't
adhere to any of those ten principles this weekend. Save
some money. Coming up next in the love Shack. Uh,
where are we Gonna go?

Speaker 2 (05:18):
KT.

Speaker 3 (05:18):
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guys are loving what this new medical trend is doing
BNH yep.