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Flex and Frooms on CADA weekdays three to five p m. Purveyors of interesting thoughts and also get rich quick schemes. It happens more than you'd think it should. A couple of weeks ago, I told a story about how when I was probably I don't know, like twenty two or something, I was really really interested in Sunkist, the beverage.
It was my favorite drink at the time.
So much so that I thought I'm going to start an Instagram page for Sunkiss. I think it was like Sunkists underscore au so like whatever it might have been, in hopes that when Sunkist wanted to increase their Australian presence and make an Instagram page, they would see my account and then I would extort them out of free Sunkist or money. I wasn't sure at the time. Last week we got a very interesting DM from person named Aaron.
They said, I love the pod and recently took one of your lessons into plan and I'm hoping to sell an insta handle a radio station which happens to be one of our competitors, No, free Press changed host and I jumped in and changed my username on two existing accounts and waited until they got a message. The message came from the official instant, and what I can assume is someone who works for their social media looking for
advice on how to navigate this. Now I'm in the thick of it, and so we're going to get Aaron on the phone, have a little bit of a chat and see if you know, if he wants to be accomplices, then let's split that check. Hello, Aaron, our partner in crime, our fellow potential criminal.
How are you? Its flex and frooms.
Naturally, I'm good, happy to be talking to you. Guys.
Let's talk about this radio station that will not be named and shan't be named. Who messaged you and asked you for access to the handle? Were they offering money or just a good faith exchange?
They messaged me. They asked me how much I would be willing to sell it for negotiation?
One O one okay, And.
I probably put the price too high, but I thought i'd start high. I said five thousand dollars, okay.
I support that was that plus GST.
Or yeah, yeah, excluding okay.
Great, great, And did you get a response back?
No, and then also said you name your price and we can go from there. No response since then. They've talked about it on the show, They've put up the messages, which is funny, but no response since then.
How are you feeling about it? Would you change your strategy in hindsight?
Because I have your back? You know, I think that it's first DIBs. Darwin's theory still exists in twenty twenty three Survival of the Fittest they cooked it, you swipped in. You are worthy of a reward, even if it's not the five K. I think a little treat is in order. So would you do anything differently? Yeah?
It again exactly. Maybe not suggest that price. I think it scared them off and they thought, damn, this guy's really trying to swindle us. I okay, was probably too much to ask for.
Now.
Do you think they know that you got the idea from me? And did you incriminate me? Because I want to know if I should be watching my back.
That's what I'm saying.
No, no incrimination. I wouldn't do that to you guys. How you.
Let you known out of it with.
The dog eat dog worldly.
I mean, do you still have the energy? Do you want to keep pursuing it or you just letting it go?
I don't know where. They haven't changed their handle yet, so I'm sort of just wearing a weird stand off. They did say what they were going to change their handle too on their Instagram, which is weird because then I saw someone else swiped out that name. Anyway, No, what are doing? Yeah, I don't know if they were trying to bluss me to change mine. At a standstill, Can I.
Make some suggestions to push the needle forward because I'd love a win on your side and flex and rooms winners only on this end, we don't lose, at least not publicly.
Can we go with a counter offer?
Five K was was a nice gesture to start with, But there's is there anything else you want? Fame, glory, clout, event, cinema, gift vouchers, movie deal.
Yeah. I was thinking of offering just let me win one of your little prizes that they let.
Them wreak something for you. I feel like that could be fun and funny.
They don't need to go back something else.
Do you know they would love it for the content, like they storylines if you can think of something that would really make them pop on air, don't think okay, don't do their job for them. I'm just saying there's room to gaislate them to thinking that. You know, you deserve a gift for your efforts, because I think right now they're seeing you as a villain and you're not.
You're You're very.
I'm a guy that an average guy trying to get a get a buck, trying to the.
Cozy living's up, babe, inflation app the RBA set interest rates up.
Anyway.
I support you. I really think you should slide in now during business hours. Oh yeah, slide in, see what you can get and let us know what happens and if we do have to come in. Obviously not publicly because you know we can't be associated with you in a public way, but privately we're happy to help you win. Please keep us updated, Daron, miss you already, King, Bye bye bye bye, love you.
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