Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet - 48: Halloween Stores in Virginia Beach, VA

Episode Date: October 23, 2019

WHEN YOU YELL, I YELP! Looking for a nose to pick? You've come to the right place. Turn up the Ziggy Idol, put on your star costume, and join us as we kick off spooky-ooky season with Halloween store...s in Virginia Beach, VA!  Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/beachtoosandy to fulfill our dream of chatting with you live on video.  Buy our merch! https://store.dftba.com/collections/beach-too-sandy-water-too-wet Logo by Courtney DeKorte. Theme by Mavus White. Music by PSOVOD, tyops, and RichardCulver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:01:59 again okay welcome to week one of our spooky spectacular. Yes, and this spooky spectacular takes place in Virginia. Virginia Beach, to be exact. We were looking at spooky places in Virginia Beach as in Halloween stores. Yes. Whether that be costumes or decor, Asians, etc. Yep, potpourri. Potp Et cetera. Yep. Potpourri. Potpourri.
Starting point is 00:02:28 And my challenge. Potpourri. Ooh. My challenge was to find a review in which the reviewer claims to cast a spell. I'm very excited about that. And let me tell you, when you try to search for, I put a a spell on you with yelp you don't get good results for this what do you get you get all about the song oh okay i guess that makes sense yeah it did make sense so i had to be a little creative but i found a handful so we'll see how that goes okay okay it's gonna be spookyy. Okay. So the first review I have is of a place called Harry Goals Halloween Planet.
Starting point is 00:03:08 Yep. I have a review from there too. Okay. This is a one star review by Larry. This place smelled like toxic plastic fumes. The haunted house sound effects CD they were playing was way too loud and not scary at all. You can't scare me. I'm Larry.
Starting point is 00:03:32 I picked up a witch nose to smell it. Never thought I'd hear that sentence ever. I picked up a witch nose to smell it and an employee immediately told me not to try it on i replied that i was just looking for a nose to pick and they didn't laugh at all well that's because it's not funny i think it's hilarious no i think it's hilarious this is serious business. Okay. Some of the costume packages were not suitable for youngsters to look at. Sexy nun? Naughty accountant?
Starting point is 00:04:16 These costumes need to be kept behind the counter. Costumes are cooler if you make them out of nothing. Spend some time with your kids and create some crazy costume that can't be bought don't frequent stores like this so landlords will strive to get year-round tenants that actually benefit a city how about a musical instrument shop in this location instead good quality guitars and stuff end of review what that took a turn i think larry is the local like music teacher at the elementary school or something i don't know really just go there to make that joke was it the only thing that he was going there for he only leaves his house once a year to release a pun into the atmosphere that one to be fair to him because of our free radio show uh-huh that pun is traveling much
Starting point is 00:05:07 farther than he would have expected way into the atmosphere it worked this year looking for a nose to pick and um he might have just gained some new fans okay i mean i'm a fan i've been a fan since day one i tell you that much you tell you tell me that. You sure do. Oh, Larry, Larry, Larry, Larry, Larry. All right. You're up. My first one is of Spirit Halloween by Michael. Okay. One star.
Starting point is 00:05:34 All caps, by the way. A very important, important classification. If there's any punctuation, like an exclamation point, there are at least three used each time. That includes question marks excellent whatever you don't go to this store good start it's already so bad okay i'm sorry go ahead whatever you don't go to this store the service is so bad from the store manager she is a young kid still wet behind the eats this is like larry's nose joke but like so not even remotely on point just can't spell anything i could not believe it the other staff are great whoever responded to these posts i want to talk to her boss i will not let these go. This need to be addressed ASAP.
Starting point is 00:06:28 She told me she was drunk at work. Is this the type of people you employ to run your business? I have been a business owner for 15 years, and I have never been treated so poorly. End of review. What in the hell was that? Well, that's what i was wondering too so this fellow michael oh this is michael right michael has uh many reviews oh oh excellent and they're almost all exactly like are they all in capital letters yes caps is stuck on so this is his review of duncan okay that's in duncan donuts but it just says duncan
Starting point is 00:07:06 they did that right don't you remember that i just haven't really seen it yet it was chaos i don't know why they still did that okay one star worst place ever charge me for the wrong order twice no one had a clue what they were doing not Not even the manager. They lost my receipt. OMG, everyone need to be retrained. I will never go here again. P.S. Tell the girl at the drive-thru to pull her pants up. Pants emoji. Oh my god.
Starting point is 00:07:38 I'm not kidding. Wow, he's savvier than I thought. I know. Duncan, you guys have to do better. End of review. Holy. I like how he included a pants smudging in case they weren't really sure what. What kind of pants.
Starting point is 00:07:50 What he was really referring to. OMG. OMG, indeed. Wet behind the eats. Wet behind the eats. I can't handle this guy at all. No, I like Michael. That's why I wanted to share a little bit of
Starting point is 00:08:06 extra uh something extra with you all michael's been a store owner for 15 years never been treated so badly and yet every place he goes to he says this is the worst he's treated pretty fucking badly yes listen he's dry behind the ears eats at point. Oh my God. I know. It's so flaky and dry. Stop it. I'm just trying to paint a picture. Okay. We've learned not to do that, in case you don't recall. I should know better.
Starting point is 00:08:32 Yeah. Okay, is that all that we have to... I mean, I know that... Yeah, no, I'm done with Michael. That wasn't... I'm over it. This is a review of Party City. It's a one-star review by Maria.
Starting point is 00:08:44 My fiance and I went to Party City to buy Halloween costumes. I wound up getting a white afro wig that's supposed to light up. How cool is that, I thought to myself. I also had to buy a wig cap and a set of fake eyelashes. I'm at this point trying to figure out what the hell is the costume. I kind of like this person. I don't know if they're that excited by this light up afro wig, I'm into it too. It is pretty precious. When we got home, I was excited to try the wig on. Wait.
Starting point is 00:09:13 I figured it out. Okay. I know why they needed that wig. Why? They're performing at ABBA the concert. Why did I say ABBA? ABBA the concert. I think I say ABBA? ABBA the concert. I think that's how mom always said it.
Starting point is 00:09:28 Actually, ABBA is a third knockoff group. Oh, yes. Performing as ABBA at the Mountain Winery. What was it called? ABBA the concert? I'm pretty sure it was ABBA the tour. ABBA the tour is the real thing. And then ABBA the concert is...
Starting point is 00:09:44 If you don't know we're talking about this was in the wineries episode i think last episode we recorded it yesterday but we don't really remember this is the first time in history we actually remember something we said in the previous episode um which is a scary scary thing in three weeks when we come back to record the next episode we're gonna have no clue what this podcast is about anymore um accurate so right i'm sorry i interrupted to uh abba 2.0 to perform as abba okay at like so you think you could dance or one of those what are they have live shows live performances by abba so you think you can dance? I don't know. I don't know. I'm not really hip with it.
Starting point is 00:10:29 You know? It shows. Okay. When we got home, I was excited to try the wig on, only to be dismayed because the lights won't work. I called up the store in the hopes that I could talk to somebody and exchange it for something that actually works. The line was busy, so we drove back. At the store, we approached the cashier at counter number one. She was very
Starting point is 00:10:51 rude towards us when we said we were going to return a merchandise. She said, we don't do returns on Halloween stuff, so we said we just got it an hour ago. She left to get her manager, and the manager inspected the item and agreed to credit me back for the wig. But she won't take back the wig cap that was unopened. What am I supposed to do do? What am I supposed to do do? All right, I'll just read it the way it was intended. You're not going to get through this if you keep trying to repeat that one.
Starting point is 00:11:24 What am I supposed to do with a wig cap without a wig question question question question question anyway we left and we didn't feel like going to our party mood we're never going back if there is a zero star i would not even give them that end of review i wish you hadn't because that would have meant you wouldn't have left a review at all i know and we would never have been graced with your presence yeah which would have been great but um okay that way where did that come from that kind of seemed like yeah returns oh my god the number of times i try to return something they're like we don't take it it's a wig i mean just accept the fact that i shouldn't have messed up and the problem is they return they took the wig right they didn't take the wig cap which i'm
Starting point is 00:12:22 like i understand because they said they don't return halloween merchandise yeah you were insistent and the manager agreed to accept the item that was faulty if they accepted that i'm you could probably go get another wig that actually that's what i'm wondering but no she didn't want to go to the party anymore because party source ruined the party mood but why is that one light up? So it comes back to your original question. Mine? Yeah, what the hell were they trying to be? Because why is it so important that the wig lights up that way?
Starting point is 00:12:55 Maybe they were going to that winery and that's why the band sucked so much. Oh my God. When Janet was there. Yeah, that must have been... On her broken chair. Oh, Lordy. The lead singer was out. And someone was too heavy. That. That must have been. On her broken chair. Oh, lordy. The lead singer was out. And someone was too heavy.
Starting point is 00:13:08 That was another part of it. What? Didn't fit into the costume. Oh, someone had to wear her costume and they were 40 pounds overweight. That's what it was. Why is this one item so interesting? You know what I'm picturing? They just wanted to go to the party wearing that wig
Starting point is 00:13:25 yes nothing else just the wig absolutely and fake eyelashes oh sorry what the hell were they what i don't know but i love it but yeah that's fine that i'm i appreciate the lack of creativity that's like me in my halloween stuff i would always be like a a mailman and wear a blue shirt and that's it that was it and that's fine i love this so much but why complain about not being able to return the wig thing i bet they have so many wigs so many or save it till next year. Party City spoils the party mood. And still go to the party. How is that?
Starting point is 00:14:09 We're never going back. That's so dramatic. I don't know why, but this review really bothers me. I love that if there were zero stars, I wouldn't even give them zero stars. That's what really set me off. That's a really next level. It's beyond what we're used to it is okay and it started you said you like this person you spoke to soon i know you should know
Starting point is 00:14:30 better than to say that at the beginning of it why would you pick this when this person is like really relatable this episode is brought to you by tresemme wants silky smooth hair that's still full of natural movement the tresemme Keratin Smooth Weightless Collection is your simple solution. This new collection features a wide range of products from nourishing shampoo and conditioner to lightweight heat protectants and a silky smooth serum for a sleek finish. Wave goodbye to frizz and say hello to three days of smooth hair with the Tresemme Keratin Smooth Weightless Collection. Visit Tresemme.com to learn more. Okay, I have another Spirit Halloween review by Lisa. One star.
Starting point is 00:15:14 I will not go to the store again. I went with my kids. They were not allowed to try anything on, even over their clothes in the aisles. The staff said they had to have everything sent back in two days, so they couldn't repackage the items. They didn't want to do their job. They said that everything was
Starting point is 00:15:33 50% off. You had to buy it without trying anything on and no returns. End of review. Jeez, I mean... You know when things in Spirit Halloween go to 50% off? After Halloween? After Halloween.
Starting point is 00:15:50 Literally, like, clearance, get the shit out of here. What the hell? Why would they accept returns? Well, if they're saying they have to return it to the store in two days or to the warehouse in two days... Exactly. That means Halloween is over. It's over, over. And it's a good time to get a deal but why leave a one-star review because they
Starting point is 00:16:07 won't accept returns as if that's those employees policy no no no no no no no no you're very wrong because this person is not upset about the returns they threw that in there the person's upset that she couldn't fucking open all the packaging of all the shit and then put it on her kids say nah this lion mask is too big and then toss it on the floor and say hey this is your job pack it up good point that's what she's mad about yeah and i'm like that's not their job you're also if i was thinking target at first where all the costumes are like hanging hanging but no these are packaged they're in those plastic packages you have to tear them apart and fold them some manufacturing way to get them back in there it's idiotic anyway why why
Starting point is 00:16:52 yeah this is it's an entitlement i didn't think this halloween episode would get me so irritated i know this sucks okay uh i have one from party city by steffy i feel like this might be another person you somehow relate to. I do not like the way you said that. My eyes rolled real hard. It kind of hurt. One star by Steffi. I am not a fan of Party
Starting point is 00:17:16 City. I was just looking to get something simple for my Halloween costume. I just wanted something related to outer space. But they had nothing not even stars end of review huh how many one stars one star not even stars they had no stars she was speaking foreshadowing that right there the person you you had before this, the one who was like, go make something at home. Now is the time when this person has a point.
Starting point is 00:17:49 Larry. If they don't, you know what? If they don't have anything you need, either go somewhere else. What do you mean stars? Like you're going to glue them to your face? Or just a giant star costume. Just walk and star. Like a Hollywood star.
Starting point is 00:18:08 Walk of fame. that could be i was thinking of just a regular star shape but yep that could be it too who the heck knows anyway i just never heard of anything like this and so to be so angry that they don't have an outer space star costume shooting star or whatever is so ridiculously outrageous to me this is specifically like this is party city it's not one of those pop-up halloween store wow should i tell them should i tell her about the wig and the fake eyelashes you know what space cowboy i would have looked at that and been like wow wow, you're a star. There you go. The dream. I think we are onto something. We need to get all these Yalpers to meet each other. Billy Idol.
Starting point is 00:18:52 Live in concert. What? Billy Idol tour. I think that person would look like Billy Idol. Who? I'm sorry. I? I'm sorry. I think I'm like 10 steps behind you here. The person with the wig.
Starting point is 00:19:14 You know what? I'll give you this one. Isn't that who I'm thinking of? Google Billy Idol. I don't think I've ever seen Billy Idol with a white afro. So I really don't think so. Well, he has ridiculous white hair. Okay. Who's the guy I'm so i i really don't think so ridiculous white hair okay well who's the guy i'm thinking of i don't think they exist i mean look at this picture of billy idol
Starting point is 00:19:32 oh thank you okay thank you okay looks like a star to me i mean billy idol's a star. Absolutely. I'm definitely not thinking of Billy Joel. Okay. Who's the one mom likes? Billy Idol. White Wedding. Yes, that's the one I meant. Who's the one that sings about the spaceship, though? Are you talking about David Bowie? Yes, that's who I meant.
Starting point is 00:20:00 Oh, dear. I think for your sake, we should just edit all of this out. David Bowie also doesn't wear white afro. Okay, never mind. But Ziggy Stardust. That's what I was thinking. Google Ziggy Stardust. There you go. Uh-huh. There you go. That's where I was going with all of this.
Starting point is 00:20:18 Ziggy Stardust. Okay. Yeah, I was thinking that combined with David Bowie would make quite a costume. There it is. Ziggy Bowie. I mean, well, Ziggy Stard combined with David Bowie would make quite a costume. There it is. Ziggy Bowie. You mean, well, Ziggy Stardust is David Bowie. Sure. Are you thinking about Billy Idol? Ziggy Stardust and Billy Idol combo. Ziggy Idol.
Starting point is 00:20:34 Ziggy Idol. Okay. Sounds like the next new reality series that no one's going to watch. Everyone has already left this episode, and I'm so sorry about that. Let me reel him back in, shall I? Please try. It might not work. I've got a one-star review of Harry...
Starting point is 00:20:48 How do you pronounce it? Harry Gould? Harry Gould. Harry Gould. Halloween... Planet. Planet. I see PLA.
Starting point is 00:20:56 I'm like, what's the rest of that? Playground. Harry Gould. Play-Doh? Halloween Playground. This is a one-star review by John. Platypus. No return policy.
Starting point is 00:21:12 20 minutes after purchase, my three-year-old changed his mind. Manager told me, tough luck. End of review. You know this. All over those stores it says no returns or exchanges it just says it it is a very that is a very common and understandable thing from my perspective yes and i get that like your kid changed their mind but like that's not that's not even a valid excuse you're not saying like it was broken or, like, it didn't fit.
Starting point is 00:21:46 Like, could he change his mind? He suddenly didn't want to be Ziggy Bowie anymore and suddenly. Ziggy Idol, but yeah. It's just beyond me. Well, I have a review of, this is a costume shop, actually. And this, it's a costume shop, so's not technically a halloween store but they definitely sell a lot of spooky stuff and i think i read some reviews of that place i don't have any but it wasn't like floor to ceiling like people are saying how it's insane huge costumes yeah
Starting point is 00:22:17 and it's like massive so it's called echoes of time two stars by jen i used to love this store however i tried to drop by today and instantly left the policy of customers surrendering their purse to a locker is a terrible idea a better store would focus on outstanding customer service and securing any high theft items instead every customer is being treated as a problem and a hindrance. Here's another idea. Create a shame board. A shame board where you post pictures of shoplifters caught in the act. Anything is better than treating everyone like a criminal for no reason. Very unwelcoming and not a pleasant environment to be in end of review you know what that gives me an idea we should create a shame board and this person can be
Starting point is 00:23:12 number one i'm just creating a gen board is what i call it board yeah yeah basically the same thing gen board shame board what's the difference shame board i like how she's like i can run this store that is a terrible idea you should secure all high theft items which also like jewelry is high theft item you can't just like yeah padlock it all yeah and i read a lot of people who were writing positive reviews that were like a lot of stores have this policy especially thrift stores where there's only one person working at the time you can't see everybody throughout the store if they're saying it's a high theft area a high theft shop then leaving your bag up front makes sense i think absolutely i think this person jen uh came in planning to steal something turned right around realized when uh realized they couldn't anymore oh her toddler had changed his mind about wearing a Ziggy Pop costume.
Starting point is 00:24:09 And Jen said, I know where I can get him a Victorian dress. Oh, so he can be Norman Bates? Norman Bates. Bathrobe. Just stuff it right in my Louis Vuitton and no one will know. There you go. Mm-hmm. That's actually a creepy costume.
Starting point is 00:24:30 Man. Norman Bates in a Victorian dress. Actually, I would die if somebody dressed up as that. I'm considering it now. I'll be, um... No, I don't want to be involved, actually. Please don't say whatever you're about to say. I'd rather not be involved is what I decided.
Starting point is 00:24:46 Please don't. That would be so funny, though. I always thought you were kind of like Norman Bates. Remember when we watched that show, Bates Motel? Yes, that's exactly what I'm thinking of. Mother. Mother? Mother?
Starting point is 00:25:00 Mother? Mother? Oh, my God, I love that show. It's so funny and creepy. Those are the best. I have literally photos or like videos that we took when we would watch that of him in the pink bathrobe like and the one son coming down and going, mom? And then he turns around like, yes, dear.
Starting point is 00:25:16 And he's holding like a frying pan full of eggs and he's wearing his mom's like night gown. It's the strangest show. It's one of those shows. It's super creepy but you gotta laugh at those times because it makes it so especially when we're watching it really intently and then like yeah and that shit happens what's his name norman yeah the guy the actor i had such a crush on him remember and lisa was on the good doctor yeah i forget
Starting point is 00:25:43 how am i blanking right now real life he has a british accent yes high more teddy high more yes so anyway wait teddy isn't no no freddy freddy high more okay teddy is the character in bob's burgers the character in abba abba the concert abba the concert it's all very confusing all the different layers knockoffs okay so you that's all you have right i have one more oh you do okay it is a redemption oh perfect of harrigal harrigal halloween placates to customers just say platypus it's a lot easier platypus this is a five-star review by amber i went in there to get a costume for my son, which can be a daunting task by itself.
Starting point is 00:26:26 My son is nonverbal and autistic, so finding a staff member who interacted with him and took the time to find what he wanted was amazing. Quinn did that, and it made my day. Thank you. I'm definitely going back in to find my costume. End of review. That made me really happy. Yeah. I forgot that this was a redemption until i was like oh i don't like
Starting point is 00:26:48 where this is going and then it was just so positive that make okay it's like a light in this dark cruel world yes it's it's a spooky ooky episode but we needed some light out of that jack-o'-lantern if you know what i'm'm saying. I was trying to say something about stars, but I got lost, so jack-o'-lantern is better. Okay, I have one more review by Tim, and this is a review of Spirit Halloween. One star. Too spooky. End of review. Love that.
Starting point is 00:27:22 Quite literally just said too spooky. that means they're doing their job i wish that were a redemption but it's not because it's one star yeah it should be however i do have a redemption this is another spirit halloween review by fox five stars oh my god, this one is... This one's clever. I'm ready. The only thing they don't have is real pumpkins. Unless they're... I'm nervous. The only thing they don't have is real pumpkins. Unless they're under a pile of bones somewhere. What?
Starting point is 00:28:10 I don't know. Okay, I was like like can you explain this to me i think they're saying like this place has everything doesn't i guess they don't have real pumpkins maybe it really maybe this one's just that spooky where they actually have like human bones lying around he walked into a graveyard like i'm not digging through all these bones oh there might be a live pumpkin under there live pumpkin oh god okay um can we have a pumpkin sidebar yeah sure maybe more like a gourd sidebar um i went to the grocery store and i wanted to get ally something special and sprouts had all these different kinds of gourds. They have a green apple gourd. What?
Starting point is 00:28:49 Have you seen these? No. It's a gourd, but it looks exactly like a giant green apple. What? It's incredible. The best thing. Did you buy one? Of course.
Starting point is 00:29:00 Where is it? I bought her one. It's at her place. What the hell? Yeah. Where's mine? Um, I didn't think you deserved it. I bought her one. It's at her place. What the hell? Yeah. Where's mine? I didn't think you deserved it.
Starting point is 00:29:11 The green apple gourd is my new favorite gourd. I call it the gag. The gag? I can't even call it that. Yeah, you're gagging. It doesn't even come out of my mouth. Does it taste like a green apple? I took a quick bite.
Starting point is 00:29:23 It did not. And then you put that one back i did i took another i did and then left a one-star review about false advertising oh sure sure sure sure pumpkin sidebar over pumpkin gourd sidebar over sidebar over so uh i have one more redemption oh you have two redemptions i didn't know my goodness i didn't know. I forgot. My goodness. I didn't know either. Novelties Unlimited. Just kind of like a gag shop, if you will. They sell a lot of green apple gourds. They sell novelties. Yep. Redemption by Mary. Nope. That says Marv, but it has a squiggle line under it because Macintosh Pages does not
Starting point is 00:30:00 want me to use Marv as a proper noun. Fair. Redemption by marv five stars some buddies of mine went here and bought some fake mustaches for a party it was hilarious we're laughing all the way from. Sounds hilarious. It was hilarious, so I decided to do the same thing. The prices were fair and they had plenty of supplies. If I had to prepare for a party or even get a prank, this is where I'd go. The cashier was also very helpful and friendly. End of review.
Starting point is 00:30:40 Love that. Love that, Marv. Hello, cashier. I'm seeking a mustache. Well, we have a big supply oh it just made me very happy yeah i feel like marv is just one of those people who's like love it like he's just like so positive what a what a guy all right your turn for your challenge. My challenge this week was to find reviews in which the reviewer claimed to cast a spell. Oh, I'm so excited.
Starting point is 00:31:14 It was difficult. I'm sorry. No, no, no, it was good. It was difficult, but it was good. Okay. So, my first one, and it was bad also. Okay, it was good and bad. bad okay i will tell you about that it was the best of times and it was the worst of times i will tell you about the underbelly that i uh discovered oh oh no my first review is a five-star review oh of love solution spell in
Starting point is 00:31:40 los angeles is that a place it's aelp page, so it seems to be, yes. Sure. Five stars by Tiffany. My husband's secretary placed love potion on my husband coffee. Ever since my husband's company employed this secretary, my husband comes back home with lips kiss on his shirt on several occasions. My husband didn't deny. That was what got my heart broken. My husband moved out the last time I confronted him about it and went to stay
Starting point is 00:32:13 with her. He will not even pick up my calls. I was broken and shattered. It was like I tore my marriage apart due to the improper way I handled the situation. I'd cry every day and night, swollen eyes to work, and friends started asking questions. My elder sister told me about Love Solution Temple to get my husband back. So, I went. Surprisingly, just a single spell
Starting point is 00:32:39 was what turned everything around. My husband came home this morning with all his belongings. End of review what what it's a freaking weird underbelly christina this is a thing alexander i don't know this is a thing if we should have gone in this direction no it was at times very uncomfortable and a lot of the five-star reviews were under the not recommended section, which makes me believe that they're less than accurate. But...
Starting point is 00:33:12 You mean like there's some collusion happening? Yes, or some like, yeah, false reviews happening. But who knows? Got it. So here's another one of the same place by Hollingworth. Five stars. It works. The spell brought back my husband.
Starting point is 00:33:29 He just found out that his ex is five months pregnant for another man. Same woman he left me for. Thank you, priestess, for your great love spell. You have done so much for me and my family. He came back to me crying. And a review. Oh my gosh. Is this a real thing these are reviews that i found on yelp that is what i can say you're not gonna make any further i did not make these up
Starting point is 00:33:54 i these were already there they've uh what if you did make them up that would be really funny you're on final draft that difficult that yeah difficult that, yeah. Just writing. It was like just my weekend. My husband was crying. Here is my, here's another one. This is from California Witch. Okay. It has four one-star reviews and that's it. And then.
Starting point is 00:34:17 Four one-star? Yes. Oh, no. It was all about how much of a scam it was and all the money that people lost. Thousands of dollars. dollars oh my gosh so apparently uh what this woman would do would tell you that if you don't give thousands of pay thousands of dollars your life will basically go to shit blackmailing you basically with her quote-unquote abilities black magic black magic yeah black magic a. Black magic mailing you? Black magicing. Yeah, black magic ailing. Black magic mailing you.
Starting point is 00:34:45 Yeah, black magic mailing you. Wow. I never thought I'd see the day. Yes, well, the day is here. You know California is a liberal cesspool. Yeah, and this was in Los Angeles. Even worse. California Witch is the name.
Starting point is 00:35:00 I hear it's awful. But, here are a few five-star reviews that were not recommended that's how i found them i see this is one from jen hello everyone i'm jen and i'm here to share the wonderful work dr tundi did for me doctor interesting but dr tundi i don't think has anything to do with california witch so i think this is somewhat of an of a recommendation of someone else online and she just saw california which went oh that's fun dr tundy has a nickname like i said this is a really weird underbelly okay got it after four years in marriage with my husband with two kids my husband started acting weird and going out with other women and showed me cold love weird i know and i hate how in that like
Starting point is 00:35:46 first or second one they say i was doing everything wrong handling this situation yeah exactly as if they were at fault that's what i was confused i thought they meant they accidentally a spell backfired like they did a spell no okay but what probably happened if this if that was a real thing was whoever they went to basically told them you're doing everything wrong and blamed them so that they would pay money black magic to get it fixed got it on several occasions he threatened to divorce me if i dare question him about his affair with other women i was totally devastated and confused until an old friend of mine told me about a spellcaster on the internet called Dr. Tundi, who helped people with relationship and marriage problems by the powers of love spells.
Starting point is 00:36:28 At first I doubted if such a thing ever exists, but decided to give it a try. When I contacted him, he helped me cast a love spell, and within 48 hours my husband came back to me and started apologizing. Now he has stopped going out with other women, and he's with me for good and for real. Contact this great love spellcaster for your relationship or marriage problem to be solved today also specialize in treating all kinds of illnesses herpes virus cancer brain disease infertility
Starting point is 00:36:57 diabetes and more cancer end of review infertility this is terrible oh yes thank god this is under this is the first time i've ever been thankful that yelp puts things in the not recommended section yeah and part of it which i didn't include was um because they included an email address a phone number so this person's just owning the company or something and yeah or is dr tundi or is trying to and i i hesitated to say dr tundi yes um the scammer tundi wow that's rough yes i like how it goes on and on about the love spell and then it's like oh he also treats cancer if you're looking for that that's just yeah as a side note just as a side note holy shit herpes cancer here here's a here's another one from adam five stars it was really great how their love spell brought so many men into my life in a short span of time then i chose
Starting point is 00:37:52 one of them whom i really liked a lot and fell in love with him he's perfect for me and loves me a lot but you're now thinking of spending the rest of my life together end of review what this is clearly made up here's one from jill five stars jill okay she helped me i was at my lowest point i was a guy the last one was adam no i mean no dr tundi is a totally different person that's what i was saying was i don't think is related to the california witch it's not california wizard freaking bizarre okay well maybe warlock warlock succubus no oh oh you never know you never know yes christine i know what i'm saying this is a halloween episode okay i say things like that don't say that spooky ooky go on she helped me i was at my lowest point i didn't think i could go on i had several tragedies in my life whatever spell she gave me has helped a lot
Starting point is 00:38:45 i have a job now my boyfriend is very supportive now and things are looking up end of review so whether or not these are all fake scam things yeah i did meet the challenge i thought you're so you met mr tundy i was like no i went out there, found this guy, Mr. Tundey. It is LA. He could be here. You never know. Let's hope not. You met the challenge. You absolutely did.
Starting point is 00:39:10 And I'm uncomfortable about it. I have one more. Okay. This one is a little bit different and is very much a legitimate person giving a review. This is of Ancient Ways. It's a cosmetics and beauty supply, spiritual shop, candle store, etc. in Oakland, California. This was written by Eyes. One star.
Starting point is 00:39:36 Okay, look, I've had it with them. I used to shop there when I was younger and was first getting into my religion. First of all, I want to say the only person who was cool there is Mike. He's a bigger guy, white with glasses. I used to shop there every day, and I know he used to have a crush on me. Oh. Yeah, I knew it all along. I even met his girlfriend.
Starting point is 00:39:57 Whoa. They have classes there filled with people who can't even pronounce what they are teaching. I used to bring my friends to this store, and now I see why they never wanted to continue. I just left the spot 20 minutes ago. This white-haired lady had the nerve to yell at me. Let's get something straight. When you yell, I yelp. A yelp?
Starting point is 00:40:19 Like yelp on yelp? Yes, like actually going on yelp. I thought she meant like yelp! No. I did it first too. It took me a second. Okay. I hadn't.
Starting point is 00:40:29 You yell, I Yelp. This is my, this is exactly our new catchphrase. I think we should just put that in every episode description. Just steal it. I hadn't been there for over three years, with the exception of the day before yesterday. And guess who was there? Mike. But he didn't recognize me.
Starting point is 00:40:44 You see, unlike ancient ways, my spells and candles really work. So there's my challenge. I did that. Absolutely. And let me point out that this store has a lot of negative energy around it. A few years ago, there was a car
Starting point is 00:40:59 that rammed into the store. May I point out, you get back what you put in? So they're victim blaming them for getting hit by a car. Yeah. I recommend buy your oils here. And then included a website. Their oil actually works and you will see results fast.
Starting point is 00:41:18 Their money draw oil is very light and won't work. Or if it does, it will take over a month for it to do so. You will see results in the next few days here. They will sell you anything. They will sell you black magic ritual items, even though that may not be what you wanted. Their readings are inaccurate and suck. The owner of the store is a stuck-up prude. They always have this arrogant attitude, like they are better than everybody. Oh, i've never heard of someone like that interesting when you yell i yelp oh you don't want to shop at a store like that do you i don't enter enter i'm updating this the guy i said was cool is not he's what do you call it yeah dick van dyke end. What? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:42:06 So she wrote a... He's cool. He's in love with me. I met his girlfriend. And his store sucks. Yeah. What? Why?
Starting point is 00:42:16 Okay. I mean, I guess we're never gonna know. But why did she say, Oh, I always came to the store. I always brought my friends. And then just suddenly it was like... Because apparently the people who were teaching things, like in their classes, Oh, I always came to the store. I always brought my friends. And then just suddenly it was like. Because apparently the people who were teaching things like in their classes didn't know what they were talking about.
Starting point is 00:42:33 Couldn't pronounce the things they were teaching. Couldn't say, even pronounce it. So like they weren't good at what they were doing is what she was saying. This expert of all of it. Wow. Because her spells work and theirs don't. Wow. And then she didn't go for three years and then came back and it seemed like she came back and started a scene correct yeah she drove
Starting point is 00:42:55 her car directly into the side she ran it in and said you get you get what you put out there not my fault this is karma i actually did a spell wishing a car would drive into your building and then lo and behold look i happen to be a car that ram drive into your building and then lo and behold, look. I happened to be in a car that rammed into your building. My GMC is stuck in the wall. Now how does that feel, Mike? Oh man, poor Mike. Never return my calls.
Starting point is 00:43:15 Poor Mike. I even met your girlfriend. Your fiancé. She didn't know who I was, but I found her. My spell. I found her. That is just the most disturbing. I do not want to run into this person ever i don't want to run into any of the things that i just read i feel like i'm gonna need to sage this room you just brought in all of this person's negative energy and that's what's crazy this is part one what there's more of this no of our two-part halloween special thank god i
Starting point is 00:43:42 was like i need to get in this room yeah yes we have a special special halloween episode lined up for you next week with a special guest very spooky guest this guest is going to be reading narrating a couple reviews in a segment and it is our first guest ever um just gonna do we didn't have lisa's voice on here once we did do that lisa lampinelli we do have a loud german man also on most episodes yes that is true but i i would argue all the episodes pretty much all the episodes uh but yeah we will have somebody um if you maybe know a thing or two about the history and background of the show, you probably might know who this might be.
Starting point is 00:44:31 It's Spooky Yuki season. You're making this very interesting, the way you're describing it. I'm making it very long. No, it's going to be a lot of fun. And with that, I think we should reveal the theme for next week. Oh, okay. What is it? I also feel that we were very fortunate in receiving this request from Amy, our $30 patron.
Starting point is 00:44:52 It is. It's kismet. It's serendipity. Much like a GMC driving into the side of your building. This is the energy you get back. driving into the side of your building, this is the energy you get back. And Amy sent us some great energy by suggesting Salem, Massachusetts.
Starting point is 00:45:08 Yes. As her hometown. Yes. And this is perfect timing for our Halloween episode. And Amy, we are going to do you proud because we are going to just be, it's kind of a free-for-all, but we're basically going to do attractions in Salem.
Starting point is 00:45:24 Yes. So we're going to try to look for the spookiest reviews we can find. Spooky spots in Salem. Spooky spots in Salem, Massachusetts. Triple S. Yes, as long as it's not two. We need at least SSS to make it okay for us to read these. Correct.
Starting point is 00:45:41 Did not think of that. Spooky spots in Salem,achusetts is our theme for next week so we're just gonna do a bunch of fun reviews and uh and kind of just have fun with that'll be the challenge in and of itself and maybe in the challenge section we'll just read some other random spooky things we find we're just gonna make it really halloweeny we'll also have a halloween guest which means uh that's a challenge in and of itself oh yeah it will be very challenging it's a challenge in and of itself. Oh, yeah. It will be very challenging. It's a new concept for us. So I'm very excited. No, it's going to be so much fun.
Starting point is 00:46:10 Very Halloweeny. And thankfully, we're going to have a nice three-week break before we record it. We have plenty of time to research. But you'll be hearing it next week. Bye, guys. Bye. you

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