Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Jono & Ben's Bargain Bin!

Episode Date: May 9, 2023

A Kiwi man is selling his house for $1??? We open up the bargain bin Ben's daughters played him The bridal party drama!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. We get a house in New Zealand for sale in Palmerston North right now for a dollar. A dollar reserve. This is wild. Now the home's owner, James Faber, is with us on the phone. Good morning. How are you? I'm tired and stressed. How are you? Oh, tired and stressed. We're all tired and stressed, aren't we, in life, eh? But you've made news, James, because you've got a house that's for sale, a $1 reserve. Yeah, a bit crazy. But you're very crazy, so this means you're prepared to sell the house for $1, I guess.

Anything over $1 is what it's going to sell for. Because you've been having a hard time selling your property in Palmerston North. I had a hard time selling another property. I didn't want to put up with all of that stuff again. So this one, I just wanted it sold. So tell us about the house. Yeah, what's the house? I mean, I'm picking it's worth more than a dollar.

It's a typical 1950s ex-state house. It's, you know, healthy homes compliant. There's a great tenant there at the moment paying 500 bucks a week. Got a heat pump and a wood burner and all the insulation, all the extraction fans. So it's got it all. Now it seems like a bloody huge gamble, but also a great way to

keep yourself stressed out and awake at night. And also great for our content on our radio show. But what are you hoping to get for it, James? The agent appraised it at 480 at the start when i was listing it with her and i agreed and said that yeah that's about what i thought in this market i had been just hoping to achieve somewhere in the early fours you know below market value but um there's not a single first home buyer interested in this property

well it sounds like look you want early fours i I'll come out, I'll start the bidding, $4.20. Yep, yep, sounds good. Okay, here you go, you got the early fours. I got early fours, it's more than the dollar reserve. In fact, four times more than the dollar reserve. I'm guessing you want, obviously, a bit more than that, but it is a huge risk before. Have you ever heard anyone else putting a house up for a dollar reserve? I haven't often years ago, like five to ten years ago,

I remember seeing it being done up there. And it did its job. It got mass exposure and the perfect result that it should have got. I mean, yeah, if anything, you've had some invaluable marketing, haven't you? You couldn't put a price on the marketing you've had, James. Appearing on New Zealand's 17th highest breakfast show, Jono and Ben on the hits. The boys, Jono and Ben, couldn't hope for anything more than that.

Priceless marketing. We might get you up to $10 after this interview. Good luck. James Faber is selling his house like I sell my stolen car parts on Trade Me. $1 reserve. I really hope it works for you, mate, and you're able to get the fours that you're after

and the fours that Ben didn't offer oh good yeah they do take phone bidders so you're still alright that's James there who's selling his house

for $1 reserve in Palmerston North pretty incredible so we thought we'd open up the bargain brag line because people are bragging

about bargains yeah I've been doing a lot of bragging lately about my my underbelly of online purchasing. Your illegal shoes that you keep buying and wearing around. I'm buying. I've entered the retail underworld of counterfeit goods. Oh, God.

I undered the hits. We'll get more on your counterfeit next. 4487, you want to brag about a bargain, something that you've got. The bargain brag line. This is what we're doing this morning. Just spoke to James in Palmerston North. Dollar reserve for his house that goes up for auction today. Yeah.

Yeah. Big risk. It's a huge risk. But hey, hopefully with all the publicity and everyone talking about it, it'll get a lot of great offers. So the game is you tell us the item, we try and figure out the bargain that you got for. If we can't, we're going to give you a box of Cadbury Roses for Mother's Day. A special box designed by...

Phlox. Phlox, renowned artist. A box by Phlox. Yeah, it's pretty cool. Sounds like a Dr. Seuss book, doesn't it? I just sort of dabbled in my... I've entered the underworld of... The underbelly of semi-legal goods on the internet.

Well, not semi-legal. Illegal goods. You're buying illegal shoes. You're quite happy. You're bragging about it. You love bragging about it. Illegal shoes, getting them for a tenth of the price. But now I'm tied up with the internet's underworld.

They've gotten their tentacles into me, Ben. I'm buying organs from Thailand and all sorts of bits and pieces now. My wife, she should call. I mean, no one finds more bargains than her. I mean, you come home, it's like, this thing was 60%, 70% off. You can dress it up. You can dress it down. I mean, I don't know how these businesses make money.

They can sell this stuff. Everything she's buying is so cheap. Oh, she's finding all this amazing, amazing stuff. So she could call it. Dress it up, dress it down. Oh, yeah. I mean, the options. You can wear it for anything.

You name the occasion, she could wear this for. And I'll go, I'll name the occasion. She'll go, well, I can't wear it for that. I'll be like, okay, can wear it for anything. You name the occasion, she can wear this for. And I'll go, I'll name the occasion. She'll go, I can't wear it for that. I'll be like, okay, well. Beach volleyball. She'll say, well, I probably wouldn't. Yeah, but she's... Kung fu fighting.

She finds it all. She finds it all. Having a sauna. Okay, Damien, we'll get you on. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, mate. Morena, you name the item. We'll try and guess how cheap you got it for. All right. All right.

All right. Hello. Hello. Don't give us too much. I'm going to say $1.50, but give us slightly more than that. What was the item? I think your phone cut out. It was a chair.

A chair. He's not giving us much is he He's made this game very mysterious It's only like a rocking chair An armchair No a camping chair A camping chair Now we can start to play

Where did you go Bunnings Bunnings can be They do go cheap I'll say $20 $20 for a camping chair I'm going to go $15.70. Negative.

How much? I've got it for $2. Oh, jeez. An entire chair for $2? Is it a fold-out collection? Yeah, it's not one of those, it's a fold-out chair, but it's one of those old, old camping chairs. It's not the latest one with five cup holders in it, you know? Yeah, no, not one of those. It's a fold-out chair, but it's one of those old, old camping chairs. It's not the latest one with five cup holders in it, you know?

Yeah, no, that's all right. For $2, you're not getting five cup holders, mate. But that is a bargain, Damien. Hey, we're still loving it. I love it. Hey, we're going to send you out some Cadbury Roses for Mother's Day. Oh, awesome. Have a good one.

Thank you. Good on you, Damien. Jeez, we're working hard with Damien, weren't we? It was great. Love him. What a great guy. John, you name the item. We'll we're working hard with Damien, weren't we? It was great. Love him. What a great guy. John, you name the item. We'll try and guess what the bargain was you got it for, mate.

Oh, my God. Am I doing radio bad today? What's happening, Ben? Johnny! No more than usual. John! John! G'day.

Oh, g'day, mate. Name the item. We'll try and guess how much you got it for. It was a 14-foot paper tiger sailing catamaran Oh a catamaran Are you out on it at the moment are you? It sounds like you might be cruising through the gulf of some steep sea somewhere I'm going to say $4,000

I don't know what a catamaran costs I can only go off Team New Zealand's purchases. They're to be in the millions, so I'm going to go $580. No, neither. What was it? Got it for a dollar. A dollar!

A catamaran for a dollar. My goodness. He's selling it on behalf of someone. He goes, look, there's a dollar reserve, so you can have it for that. Well, oh, he's selling it on behalf of someone. He goes, look, I've got it advertised as a dollar reserve, so you can have it for that. Well, John, congratulations. You've also got a box of Cadbury Roses for $0 as well, a better bargain.

We'll take one more quickly. I know we're running over time. We're going to hear about this in the post-show meeting, Ben. I'll take it on the chin. Quickly, quickly, get there. Emma, name the item. We'll try and guess how cheap you got it for. A kid's bike.

$300. No, I got it for $5 at the op shop. Kid's bike. I went grossly over the mark just so it would sound more impressive. But yeah, well done. You've got some Cadbury Roses as well. Was the bike any good? Yeah, yeah.

Kids love it. Kids always love it, mate. They love it. Hey, thank you, Emma. You're going to have a great day. Thank you, you too. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You used to know I got played masterfully. We all witnessed it.

Take it from me. So my daughter Sienna came in to work. She got dropped off by her grandma She came into work to help us out With a little bit of filming that we needed to do And I had said to her Hey if you get Before you come to school you're going to come and do this thing

And then afterwards I will take you to school Make sure you bring Your gear for the day for going to school And she came in and She had and I was like afterwards I was like okay so your school uniform She's like didn't bring it your gear for the day for going to school. And she came in and she had, and I was like, afterwards I was like, okay,

so your school uniform. She's like, didn't bring it. And she's like, so now I can't go to school. Great play. Exquisite, exquisite play.

It's like me turning up to radio and going, I forgot my mouth. So I forgot my school uniform. And she did it. The timing was, you know, perfection because we were just about to start filming with her. She knew you needed something out of her.

Yeah. And as we're walking off to the studio to film with her, she's like, by the way, I forgot to bring my uniform. So it puts you in a position of like, well, I need to use you right now. Yeah. I don't want things to go frosty. Yeah. You need her in good form for what we're about to film.

Yeah, but after that, we'll pick this conversation up and we'll continue it. And that conversation involved us whipping past home to get the school uniform. Oh, you did. To drop off at school. I was wondering how that panned out. It was like watching a ballet. It was a ballet of bunking. It was a really

yeah, it was a good play, as you say, because I was like, oh, where's your school uniform? Oh, I've forgotten it. You got checkmated. And we all knew it. Producer Bee Harms was like, that's well played. Well, in that situation, you know, my hands were tight. The only thing I could do at that moment was be happy for the filming.

And then afterwards. Put on a happy face. Deal, showbiz, baby, showbiz. Smile, buttercup. Deal with that and then take time out of my day to whip past home to get her changed and do a school uniform. Was there some intense negotiation going on in the car? Yes, definitely. Because she's probably like, what's the point now?

There's only an hour or two left. Yeah, I'm like, hey, it's the education and it's things you need to learn. And they're like, oh, there's a strike happening later. What's up? Hey, let's not get political now. I'm not Chris Hipkins. Let's just say you need to get to school because that's what you need to do. Try to bring politics into it.

I'm not in charge of the strikes. You're 13 years old. Exactly. They're getting too smart, these kids. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Because the Burner Phone is a podcast we do on iHeartRadio. You can text BURNERPHONE to 4487. It'll fire back a cell phone number, And you can leave us a voicemail

And we tackle a different voicemail every day Now we received a message from this next person But we're like This is too good This needs to go on mainstream radio Broadcast radio And Madeline joins us now Welcome

Hi guys, how are you? Hi Drama, hell of a dilemma And gee whiz I have a pretty firm opinion on what you're about to say. Ben, do you? Well, I want to hear it from you first. I think so. But I want to hear the full story. So what's going on?

Okay, so I got married last year, and my best friend from high school was my maid of honor. And it was an amazing day. And she's going to get married at the end of the year and I haven't even made the cut as a bridesmaid so here's the dilemma if you invite someone into your bridal party a maid of honour too maid of honour the big guns uh you know you don't get a better position do you in the in the bridal line-up? Unless you're the bride or the groom, you know, like, yeah. Are you required to reciprocate by inviting the bride

into your bridal party? Now, this is the debate. I don't feel like you are. Like, I had five groomsmen, all friends from school. If I wasn't asked to be part of their bridal party, I'd be like, it's your wedding. I don't care to be part of their bridal party I'd be like it's your wedding

I don't care but I can see how how does it make you feel at the moment not being part of that I guess was she such a big part of your wedding yeah well I mean I just feel like

how good of friends are we if I haven't even made the cut as a bridesmaid but she was you know my maid of honour has she talked to you about it like at all

have you brought it up or is it kind of about orkies and you can't really bring it up? Yeah, it's just a bit awkward. Well, listen, what you're doing, if you want to look at the positives, you're saving yourself a lot of having to pretend to be interested in stuff

and having to wear a dress that looks like a lampshade and a curtain. Yeah, but some people, they love it. You're a huge part of someone's wedding forever and ever. It's a big moment. But do you care that much about floral arrangements? Yes.

Exactly that. I'm not budging. I want to be in the party. No, I get it. It's like being selected for the squat, you know? Like, I can imagine. Especially if that person means so much to you in your life. But then at the same time, as John, I said, it's their wedding

and they get to make those decisions. Yeah. The person means so much to you in your life. But then at the same time, as John, I said, it's their wedding and they get to make those decisions. Yeah. Are you going to discuss this with her? Are you planning on bringing it up or do you think that ship's sailed? Well, I think the ship's sailed. Because I don't want to make her feel awkward because obviously it's her special day.

Yeah. But it hurts a little bit. Well, I feel like the only sensible option here is you're still married? day. Yeah. But it hurts a little bit. Well, I feel like the only sensible option here is, you're still married? Yes, yeah. You need to divorce your husband, okay? Get him to re-propose to you. You organise a whole new wedding.

She's not in your... They're still mates. She's not in your partner. That's the only sensible option. No, that's not. All the very best. We'll throw it out there Because, you know Everyone listening right now

The Hits whanau Is pretty incredible With this sort of thing You know We've had some great advice People have probably gone Through similar situations So we'd love to hear from you

Right now on 0800 The Hits I mean, I get the bit That would sting a bit Is that clearly You value your friendship More to her Than she does to you Well, that's what

It would feel like It's not to say Well, that's what it would feel like. It's not to say you're not friends, but it does feel like you place more importance on it in some ways. How many in the party? How many has she got? She's got five. Oof. All right.

Not even in the top. Hey, hey. Oof. Hey. It's just. Anyway. All right. 100 to the hits.

4, 4, 8, 7. Let's help out someone this morning okay ben i'm just going to throw something to you quickly before we go to the uh the song five people you're getting married tomorrow okay okay who are we talking list them off have i explained have i explained it well my what the what my current wife there's a lot of admin i need to go through yeah okay so let's just say you love amanda so much Let's say you can be in the five, mate. You're in the five.

You're in the five. You're in the type five. All right. Oh, Andrew, that's four, four, eight,

seven. Just spoke to Madeline. Uh, she reached out to us on our burner phone podcast. She had her best friend as her head bridesmaid at her wedding. Later this year, that bridesmaid is getting married and Madeline hasn't even made the top five bridesmaid at her wedding. Later this year, that bridesmaid's getting married, and Madeline hasn't even made the top five bridesmaids.

She's feeling a little bit upset, a little bit left out. Not even on the reserves bench. So we wanted to know on 0800, the hits are 4487. Is there an obligation if you make someone party a bridal party? Do you need to reciprocate? It sounds like a good script for a rom-com. Doesn't it? Like a Chuckie Jennifer Anderson or a Gwyneth Paltrow in there,

maybe a Will Smith. Are we still Chuckie in the movies? Not quite yet. No. It's coming back, but not quite yet. How many bridesmaids and groomsmen did you have in your wedding? I had a couple,

three groomsmen. Amanda had a couple as well for bridesmaids. We had a dilemma as well because I bought the, I've said before, I bought linen shirts and pants online. They look great. The photo when they arrived. Even the Backstreet Boys themselves would have thought twice about wearing them in the 90s.

You looked like a couch. So we took them to a clothing bin. And you enjoyed the cream linen suit. Some very stylish people wandering around the streets in those suits, though. All matching. All matching. That's what I like to think as well. Backstreet's back. All right, let's what I like to think as well. Back,

strings, back. Alright, let's get to the phones on New Zealand's Breakfast. If someone invites you as part of their bridal party, is there an obligation

to reciprocate? Terry, you're on from Tauranga. Your thoughts? Oh mate, it's really, really tough. I had a really

great girlfriend, in fact, we're still mates now. We've been friends since primary school and we hung out every weekend, we're really good mates but I also had another girlfriend that I'd been friends from primary school where we'd had a pact and we ended up being each other's bridesmaids and I'd also had a sister, one of my sisters. So, look, I stuck with them and I didn't have this great girlfriend who I loved dearly

as my bridesmaid. And I knew it hurt her so badly. And so, look, when she got married, she didn't have me. And it did hurt a little bit too, but I got it. But I knew it hurt her and she sort of stuck the knife in a little bit and made it really obvious. So, yeah, it's

hard. It's really hard. You can't please everyone. No, you can't. It's your wedding, you know, at the end of the day, you can make your decisions, but you do, you feel about it, you know, you want to include everyone, you think about their feelings. But when you check family members, sisters, brothers into the mix as well,

they take up numbers. You're obligated to put your family in there, aren't you? Well, that's a very good call. Someone who's experienced it firsthand. And also, I'm always like, when it's someone's wedding, I don't get offended if I'm not invited either. Same. Same.

Now, if we haven't gone through a wedding situation, you're like, well, it's tough to make these decisions. And it's expensive as well. So you really, it is a privilege to go along to a wedding and if you don't, that's fine too I try and look at it. I know others get a little bit salty don't they? Sometimes they'll even turn up to the ceremony and go hmm I suppose you're all off now I am for the festivities

Anna you're on welcome from Wellington, someone's invited you into the bridal party, are you going to invite them into yours? Look I personally would um i you know i i feel for you i i think um yeah that is a um it is sort of an obligation or if i feel like somebody invited me into their bridal party and that i wasn't like i wouldn't have reciprocated and I wouldn't have taken the

offer to have been part of the bridal party. Don't get yourself in the mess like me with my bloody shady shoe buying online. Yeah, but I guess in this case there, well, she was first to go, oh yeah, I'll be part of yours and then it doesn't happen later. Yeah, good point. We'll go take one more very quickly because we're a 50-50 split at the moment on what Madeline should do. Susie, are you bringing it up with your friend if you've not been invited

into the bridal party and she's been part of yours? No, actually I was a bridesmaid for her and then when I got married I didn't have her as one of my bridesmaids. Oh, nasty! Nasty! You can do what you want. To this day, I big time regret it

it's one of the yeah one of the biggest regrets of my life I wish so bad I could turn back time and have her and I still haven't had the

like haven't spoken to her we're still best friends but I haven't spoken to her about that but it was your wedding you made the choice

at the time but I guess you know yeah looking back this is a first hand experience so if Madeline's listening, go and say something to your friend or else your friend will regret it. Yeah, I definitely think she should even just speak to her friend because there could be an underlying reason why she hasn't actually asked her, and I think it would be good for both of them if they spoke about it.

Again, what a wonderful audience we've got here. I know. So helpful, so friendly friendly and look at us two monsters we got talking to madeline who was suffering a bit of an issue where she had invited her friend to be her head bridesmaid at the wedding and now her friend's getting married and is not even inviting her into the bridal party slap in the face kick in the guts. You name it, it's happened to Madeline. And a lot of calls phoning through about people who have been denied access to their friends' bridal parties. And we're joined by Edith now.

Hello. Good to talk to you. Good to have you on. Now, you were rejected from a bridal party. Yes, that's what happened. It was my best friend. We were quite young at the time, mid-twenties.

She told me she's going to have a wedding. I was over the moon thinking because I'm the best friend. And she told me that her cousin is going to be her male honour and the bridesmaid. So hold on, you've been this lady's best friend for how many years

are we talking, Edith? Oh, since we were kids, so... Oh, yes. You've been overlooked by the cousin. The cousin, why was that? What was the reason? Well, so she's quite keen to have beautiful, wonderful bridal photos

and she's the most dainty, tiniest girl and so she's thinking in proportion because I'm the same height as her husband, thinking that the proportion in the bridal photos wouldn't look as good as her expectations. So you're too tall for the photos! I know. So, yeah, so quickly she just said, oh, yeah, my cousin will be the mayor of honour.

She's staying high with me. And off they go. Well, it's always good to choose a bridal party based on height and not length of friendship. You could have sat down. You could have crouched. You could have had your half squat going on. You said this happened many years

ago when you guys were young. Have you talked about it since? Yeah, we talked about it at the time, had a cry and we talked about it the night before even her wedding and we talked about it many years after that. Yes. Was

shortening your legs an option? I don't know what it was. Having surgery. I should have practiced my squat. Yeah, exactly. I'm glad you can have a laugh about it now. I'm sure it would have been hard at the time. Now, Edith, did you invite her to, if you don't mind me,

prying into your personal life? Prying. Prying away. Are you married? I'm not married, but yes, she's there for me every single time I have something big. So, yeah.

Okay, so she would be part of your bridal party if it ever would happen? Definitely. Would I? No, of course not. I'm going to answer that one. We'll find a dress for you. I'm six foot.

Is that going to cause complications? We'll lengthen the strap. Okay, good on you. You'll find a dress for you. I'm six foot. Is that going to cause complications? We'll lengthen the strap. Okay, good on you. You have a good one. Thank you.