The Edge Arvos Podcast - FULL POD #167: You won’t believe who fell for this scam! 🫣🐥

Episode Date: October 13, 2025

Mondaaay vibes! Unsolicited parenting advice for Steph Harrison declares “3’s a crowd 😬” You won’t believe who fell for this scam! Teabag-Gate continues.. Sean’s enga...gement party Insider info from mechanics 🚗 Love ya! Sean, Steph & Harrison x Follow our new insta @edgearvos

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is a podcast from Rover. You're avos head harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Hey, welcome to the podcast. Today, producer, nurse, Sam's going to tell us what's on the show. All right. Today we have got unsolicited parenting advice for Steph. Very solicited.
Starting point is 00:00:17 Yeah, well, you kind of do solicit. I just tried to make a catchy line there. Nice, nice. Help Steph parent. Harrison declares three's a crowd. Three's a cloud. Oh, yeah. It's like it is.
Starting point is 00:00:31 I love your twist on these bits. He does, in an accent and he does say, clown. You won't believe who fell for this scam. Oh, it's a good change. Yeah, all right, and then we've got Teabagate continues. All right, well, enjoy the pocket. Let's get Sam to tell us that's coming up every time. Nice.
Starting point is 00:00:50 That's a little surprise for us too. Your Arvos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. I'm new to the parenting thing, guys. I'm a year and a half fan. figuring it out, honestly, on a day-by-day basis. But something happened on the weekend for the first time that I'd heard a lot about from other parents,
Starting point is 00:01:08 but I'd never witnessed it with my own eyes. And that is children with sugar. Now, my one-and-a-half-year-old went to a birthday party, which was super cute, so lovely. And... Boy, mean food? Like, so mean. Like, so, so good.
Starting point is 00:01:25 The kids' birthday party is still the same as when we were younger. They're still doing, like, cheery-oes, fairy bread. I feel like people are trying to be too healthy nowadays. There were Natala crapes at this birthday parties. Oh, wow. What? All I want to see at a kid's birthday party is a full table full of process stuff. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:01:41 Nothing should be natural. No, it was, yeah, there were chippies, there were lollies, there was jelly, there was just all the good stuff. All the good stuff. But, I mean, my son is exactly like me and loved the chocolate. Yeah. The Natala spread was next level. never had it before. So they had like little mini, like pikelers, like mini pancakes.
Starting point is 00:02:05 So I just kept kind of lathering on the Nutella and just passing him. And he'd just like suck off all the chocolate. Legend. Yeah. He really is like you. That's what I'd do too. And then he had juice and he had all these things that he doesn't normally have, which was so exciting because it's like a birthday party.
Starting point is 00:02:21 It's so fun. The birthday cake came out. We sang happy birthday. He had his very first birthday cake. Licked off all the eyes. I was saying. It was like, oh my God. You know when you see like pupils dilate? Like, that's kind of what happened. He was just like, oh my God, what is this stuff? Give it to me, giving me all of it. And so we did. We were like, you know what? There's so much food here.
Starting point is 00:02:45 He all having a good time. He just kept eating and eating and eating. This guy's a unit too. Like he puts away a lot. So we were like, this is the best. It was the greatest party. Got him home. We were like, oh, brilliant. So exhausted. About 12.31. to give him a bottle and he can have a nap. Gave my bottle. He was just staring up at us laughing. And I'm like, hmm, he doesn't seem tired. This is going to be interesting.
Starting point is 00:03:11 I feel like toddlers on sugar or like your drunk mate at the end of the night that wants to go back out. You're like, no, you've got to go to sleep. And they're like, no, I want to go party. He's like, outside, outside. So I was like, okay, maybe, okay, 10 minutes of running around outside. Let's get all of the sillies out. And then we'll try again. Did that.
Starting point is 00:03:25 Didn't work. Try it again. Didn't work. We get to about 3.30. He hasn't slept. Now, he's one and a half. He has a midday nap like every day, right? He's at four o'clock.
Starting point is 00:03:36 We're like, what do we do? This child is insane. Yeah, this is what's happening in his brain. He's wired. So, parents listening, Sean Harrison, I'd love some parenting advice on what I should do in those situations.
Starting point is 00:03:52 You don't want to not give the kid the party food. Yeah. But how do I navigate this? Well, I'll leave this to Harrison quickly, because I actually find this triggering because you know I was a child who was denied sugar I wasn't allowed at a young age
Starting point is 00:04:04 I wasn't good with it so my mum would send me to parties with like alternative snacks and I'd be the weird kid eating like carib and stuff and then the kids all asked if I was diabetic and I didn't know how to explain that I wasn't so sad I never ever want to do that I'm going to bowing this one
Starting point is 00:04:16 Harrison you've got this man and look how he's turned out so yeah I won't be doing that you don't do it man I'm proud of um we Rocko for having his first little sins on the old bugger sugar um
Starting point is 00:04:27 all I can say from my personal experience because I've had a lot of this before. Sounds like what you need to do. Yeah, let him run around. I'll just run around. Get his shirt off, run around. He was completely naked, actually. It's good for him with a bit of booger sugar.
Starting point is 00:04:40 For him to come inside of his mates just kind of be around him and just support him and go, hey, mate, you're going to be okay. It's not the end of the world. Heaps of water. Write it out. Heaps of water. Yeah. That's what you might almost drown me with water because I need that much of her.
Starting point is 00:04:54 Don't lie down. Don't lie down. Don't lie that you'd be flipping backwards. So we wanted him to lie down. We wanted him to rest and sleep. No, but you won't because your head will be spinning. Okay. Your head will be spinning from that.
Starting point is 00:05:02 We're talking about the same? Yeah, booge of sugar. You've got to be careful of that. Lots of food, urborees. Get a bit of macas. Okay. Just do that. Just hone out some macas.
Starting point is 00:05:11 And all I can do is just put on, like, party rock in it, and just dance. Just sweat, dance. Close off. Do you what even need to do? Just let it go. He'll wake up on the couch in the morning feeling tickety boo. Then that's just, but that's just for my personal experience. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:25 And as a parent, I will help make it with that too. I knew I was right and coming to you guys for help on this one. Thank you. Anytime. Whenever you need that. And some great serious advice coming through on the text machine there. Well, next time, yeah, just mix in a bit of water and drink it. Yeah, a water every third Nutella pike, I reckon.
Starting point is 00:05:43 Yeah, because it's just going to burn. Cheers, guys. Cheers, guys. You're very welcome. Your Arvos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Guys, I went to Afro's soul in the weekends. Yeah, music festival, way.
Starting point is 00:05:56 It was actually the UFC. You got Israel, Adasanya's music festival. Yep, it was huge. It was a great time. Lots of dancing. All that kind of music. A lot of dancing. Real physical place to go.
Starting point is 00:06:06 Real physical place. It's a physical place. Okay, all right. No one's standing still. You get out of there. But I was very last minute to go. Like, I found out I was going probably two hours before I was meant to go. And so I hit my friend up and I'm like, hey, can I go with you?
Starting point is 00:06:24 And she was like, yeah, you can. But my other friends also coming. I was like, oh, who is it? Didn't know the girl. I was like, oh, that's okay, I'll still come. Are you sure I can come? She's like, yep. I'll see, you know, three is a crowd.
Starting point is 00:06:36 She said that to you. Yeah, she said, you know, three is a crowd. I was like, that's okay. Because we're mate, I'll get along with this girl, no matter. Like, don't worry about it. So two girls and me. And so we go to this festival, three is a crowd.
Starting point is 00:06:53 Oh, oh. Three is a crowd. That's what my mom told me from a young age. It's groups of three always. little bit hard because someone feels left out, like, all the time. But like especially at a festival, like, first thing, first time I noticed it, bathroom. Oh, the girls went in to the bathroom, but yeah, without you. Oh, we need to go bathroom.
Starting point is 00:07:09 Oh, yeah, sweetaz. What am I going to do? Just wait there, okay. Probably took them ages as well because festival lines along. They share up, they shared a porta potty. Yeah. Going to Porta Pottie together. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:19 I'm standing there. And they're laughing about it all day and you're like, oh, yeah. I'm standing there, just waiting. Yeah. Security coming up to me. You're right, mate. Yeah, I'm all good, mate. Just waiting for the girls in there.
Starting point is 00:07:26 Just lurking. You're waiting for girls in there. Yeah. The girls come out. What girls, man? Yeah. So I had to move further and further away. That took ages.
Starting point is 00:07:36 So that was tough. And then another one, if you've been to a festival or a concert with three people, you know what I mean? Singing to each other. You know when you look in somebody's eyes and you like sing to them face, if you're like, oh, yeah, we're singing like that. A real cute moment. Three people doesn't work. So they're like this, locking in. I'm in the middle going, oh, yeah, I try to sing as well.
Starting point is 00:07:56 You're really trying to get your eye contact Yeah, I'm darting both eyes None of them are breaking It's just me looking at them I'm like oh I was like this is so embarrassing It's a real piggy in the middle scenario Yeah it was
Starting point is 00:08:08 And then like the worst bit This is true The worst bit Because I was trying to like I'm trying to get like A good friend with this other friend I'm friends with my friend But I'm trying to work on this other girl
Starting point is 00:08:20 And so I thought we're done like I brought her some snacks and stuff At the festival Like all that's nice stuff to her chad to her heaves. And then one point when we were dancing they were dancing
Starting point is 00:08:31 because I can't stand in there trying to dance and then she was like oh can you hold my drink and I was like absolutely I can hold you a drink like I'm in here Yeah I was like
Starting point is 00:08:38 She needs me right now Literally I said absolutely Of course I take the drink She goes thanks Turns around Darts with my friend for an hour She said like
Starting point is 00:08:49 Can you hold this Absolutely Just like to be a cup holder Oh I just stood there And hold the drink You were the human cup holder. I know and I was like okay
Starting point is 00:08:58 this is fun but like three is a bit of a crowd and then this is true story we go back home to my friends afterwards. Two girls and me we're going back home they order Uber Eats oh no the friend orders Uber Eats I'm like oh it's all good like blah blah and then the Uber Eats arrives and she got
Starting point is 00:09:14 Uber Eats for her and just the other friend Oh that's a bit that's a bit mean I went home yeah because then they shed a bed and I'll sleep on the couch my house going to go home then Oh haven't checked in since but guys if you ever want to come with me to a concert of festival, like four's good. Four is a good number. Four is a good number.
Starting point is 00:09:31 Three, not for me. Don't take it personally. I do think three is always a little bit hard. That's hard, eh. Yeah, three's a little bit hard because there's two people that are always kind of locked in, and then there's always one. And it could circle around. It could be the other two that are locked in, and then the other person left out.
Starting point is 00:09:45 But in your case, it was you the whole time left up. But if I was one of those girls, boy would I be happy, if I had someone who got to hold my drinks while I dance. That's pretty good for them. For the cup holder, you feel like a piece of crap. Your Avos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison The Edge Today's social media poll from us is
Starting point is 00:10:02 Who's most likely to fall for a cyber attack? Unrelated to that, Harrison's got a story for us. Yeah. What's like a scam? A scam. The polls who's the most likely to fall for a scam? I never fell for a scam, guys. At university, I did think I'd won a new iPhone
Starting point is 00:10:20 from a text message. Oh, yeah? Freely became friends with the Prince of Nigeria. Yeah, and then my friend said, no, it's a scam. I was like, what's a scam? And then he kind of told me everything. It was like, oh, I'll never get scammed again. Okay, until now then.
Starting point is 00:10:33 Yeah, and then last week in this building at MediaWorks, we had like cyber attack week where they tested us and tried to scam. So they'd send us heaps of emails and stuff. You got one, A, are you going to mention your one before I mentioned mine? Yeah, I can mention mine. Yeah. So they trick you basically to see if you're going to press any risky links. And I got a...
Starting point is 00:10:52 Your one was super boomer that you fell for though. No, it was a short. I think anyone would click this. So the email was like, Peter has shipped you a present. And I was like, oh. That's so bad. My dad wouldn't fall for that.
Starting point is 00:11:06 I was like, I don't know a Peter, but how nice of him. And so I clicked into the email and it was like, click here to see where your present is. And I was like, oh, I wonder if it's going to be dropped off today or tomorrow. Such a lovely guy, whoever this Peter guy is. So yeah, I fell for that one. Yeah, so I'd never do that stuff. I don't need a free gift from Peter.
Starting point is 00:11:23 I don't know who Peter is. That's what I'd think So we're doing the show on Monday I'm a bit tired I walk out A bit of delirious I should say it's a bit of that as well And on the
Starting point is 00:11:32 We've got a big communal kitchen here At Media Works And on the fridge Was a poster That read Wing eating contest Who can eat the most wings In 10 minutes
Starting point is 00:11:42 With these juicy looking wings Look real professional poster Yeah's on the fridge Yeah Underneath saying sign up With a QR code Brilliant I was wiping the drill off my chin
Starting point is 00:11:52 And I thought Oh my God. In pockets? No phone. I've got to run back and get my phone. I run back to the studio. Well, I briskly walk. I'm a little bit excited because I want to get in before the slots get booked.
Starting point is 00:12:02 Into the Lil's holding up the poster to the window right now. The chicken does look good. It looks so good. They buffalo chokes a mean as. I come back. You go, you go, Tone? All got to be back in a sec. Get my phone, run out.
Starting point is 00:12:14 Scan the QR code. And then a link popped up that says, you've been cyber attacked with like the Rickroll. your video on it. You were Rickroll. I was Rickrolled. By your own place of employment. By my own place of employment. They played this. So this was to try and stop people from using QR cards and to a lot of people in the building it was quite obvious except Harrison who was like came back to us and was like, guys, I thought it was going to get free chicken wings, but turns out I'm a boomer.
Starting point is 00:12:42 Imagine pretty much empty office. Me standing there looking at my phone in front of a winging and a contest poster with this song playing out of my phone. That's what happened. You're laughing? That is sad. outrage because I was like, oh, Frady Bumbum wanted a wing eating contest. That sounds fun.
Starting point is 00:12:59 I know, but I was like, man, way to prove yourself as the fat guy of the office. You know, wing in a contest, yum. Oh, it's a cyber attack. No. They got you. They did well, but man, I really want one now. And it's like, it's the radio.
Starting point is 00:13:15 We do wacky stuff all the time. It's true. Like, just this week we got an email saying some guy in the building was going to try and pop 100 balloons with his bum. And I was like, there's no way, wing eating condos is crazier than that. And that wasn't a cyber attack.
Starting point is 00:13:27 That wasn't a real thing. They're good. They're good. They're there and I'll get you. I'm starving. Now, your avos head harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. There's a very serious
Starting point is 00:13:38 investigation going on here at work. We're joined in studio right now by Digital Girl Clara. Clara, in front of me, I have a jar. Would you like to describe what's in said jar? There's tea bags in the jar. Correct. Yeah, Yorkshire tea bags, to be more specific. Yeah, mostly Yorkshire tea bags.
Starting point is 00:13:55 You're right. This was a full jar of Yorkshire tea bags. I noticed a lot of them are gone missing. Then when I look closer into it, I noticed not only had some gone missing, they'd been replaced with cheap gumboot tea from the break room. It's a calculated attack and thief and stealing. Are you accusing, is this why I'm here? You're accusing me now.
Starting point is 00:14:15 We just thought we hadn't looked into you yet. No, see, Sean's really come out of here being the bad cop. I'll be good cop. Clara, babe. Harrison, you'd be racist, cop. Okay. You are looking good today. Now, Clara, we're not here.
Starting point is 00:14:28 We're not out here to be name-calling or to be jumping to conclusions here. All we would love from you, Clara, our vision is to solve the case. And we would love a new lead. So we are asking you, Clara, who works in the office for how many hours are you here during the day? I'm here for around eight to nine hours a day. So you quite possibly could have seen something or have. someone sneak into Sean's cubbyhole and do the swapsies with the tea bags. You know what?
Starting point is 00:14:59 I think all credit due to whoever's doing this because that's actually quite smart. And I think at the moment we've got a brand new assistant content director. We've got Jack Honeybone there. And he likes to say pretty quiet, which I think this is kind of the move. It's quite shifting. I don't think it's about quietness, Clara. Can I just say right now, I'm looking at your desk outside in the office. You got one mug.
Starting point is 00:15:20 you went here the other day but I literally, while you're away, went to your desk and announced everybody oh my gosh, what a thirsty girl. You had about four different mugs of tea bags on your desk. I would like to deny that allegation.
Starting point is 00:15:36 I only drink coffee. Okay, I made up the tea bag, but I did see they were mugs. At least four modes. I drink a lot of coffee, yeah. I'm not drinking tea. Especially not Yorkshire tea. No offence, Sean. Damn it. Well, you're a private school raise I thought it might be. I thought it was a shoe in
Starting point is 00:15:53 Can I just say Start with that I didn't know I was being accused I come in here getting asked for leads And then now I'm being accused Which isn't all there And you're going to drink coffee Yeah I do drink coffee
Starting point is 00:16:02 Okay I don't believe it Okay now we're Now Clara I try being the good cop And now we're gonna have to resort to Something that I didn't think we would have to resort to Bring in the torture tactic Please close your eyes Her eyes are closed
Starting point is 00:16:14 Okay Did we find any No I didn't find it Oh did you not go in stock kitchen? I did, I looked on the fridge, you couldn't find out. Let's audibly torture attacker. Say the same thing on three. One, two, three.
Starting point is 00:16:24 Tomato sauce. Tomato sauce. Tomato sauce. Tomato sauce. She hates tomato sauce, everybody. Oh, don't lay off. She's leaving. I'd throw the chair.
Starting point is 00:16:35 Can I be honestly, see Harrison. I don't think it has the same effect saying the words. Well, it's the biggest fear as tomato sauce. It's not a joke, guys. Literally she is. I couldn't find you in the staff fridge. So, sorry. Your Arvo's Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison.
Starting point is 00:16:48 It was my engagement party over the weekend. A lot of fun. A lot of fun. You know, lots of people around. A lot of family. A lot of family there. My fiancé has a big family. And it was actually the first time, you know, they got to meet my family.
Starting point is 00:17:04 So it was a nice thing. But a cake, a couple of balloons, a few drinks. Everyone's having a good time. Now, I've never been to an engagement party. My own one was the first one I've been to. My partner had a real vision for it. You know, she wanted it to look a certain way. I just wanted to have a good time.
Starting point is 00:17:18 Have a few drinks. some friends. Okay, stop. Pause. This is, this is where you, you're going wrong, Sean. Because this is the most important day of probably your fiancé's life and a lot of brides out there. They dream about these occasions, these big days, wedding, engagement party, all the rest of it. I think you need to take these a little bit more seriously than you currently are. I think you're right. And I think I've learned that. Because the first, I didn't really go on, she, I was like, oh, what do we need to do? We've got the venue.
Starting point is 00:17:49 We've got put some food on. She spent all day at the venue setting up. I didn't realize, if she, I didn't know if I knew that it was going to be that much to do, I would have come with her. So at home? Doing what? And she was like blowing up a thousand different balloons.
Starting point is 00:18:04 What were you up to? I was cleaning our house. She's getting engaged to you, eh? Yeah. Yeah. No, I'd make it sound worse than it was. We kind of split, because our house was quite dirty and we had people coming over to our house before.
Starting point is 00:18:15 So she was, I'll set this up and I'll go clean the house. but I didn't realize how much there was to do. She was, like, still there for ages. Anyway, so we're having this party. It's all going very well. She's wearing this beautiful white dress. And then I'm, like, pounding drinks back. It's my engagement party, right?
Starting point is 00:18:28 I'm just smashing drinks back. Yeah, not the pub. Yeah, it's an elegant sophisticated occasion. Is it? Yep. Oh, man, you're going to hate my wedding. I reckon I'm going to... Anyway, so I am, um...
Starting point is 00:18:40 Yep, having a good time. And when auntie comes up to me and goes, when are you guys going to say a speech? And I was like, oh, never. I don't want, I was just like, we'll just have a party, it'll be a good time. And then upon the fourth person coming up to me and going, I really think people are expecting you guys to say something. Yeah, absolutely.
Starting point is 00:18:57 I was like, fine, just grabbed a bottle, grabbed a fork. Ting, ting, ting, ting. Genie, come here. My fiancee. Jeannie, come here. That's what you started with. Well, she was kind of next to say. Jeannie, come here!
Starting point is 00:19:09 Hey! Awesome. That's me. Steamed. So I, um, I can't honestly, can't remember. probably but I was kind of more or less thanks everyone for coming thanks much for coming and they wanted to diffuse the tension
Starting point is 00:19:22 so I was like I'll throw a joke in there but I wasn't at my best there was no tension either I wasn't at my best I felt tension no because I wasn't prepared to say a speech it was inattention you felt attention you're engaged in by all your family and you felt tension and you're a professional broadcaster and comedian
Starting point is 00:19:38 well so I get up so I go hey thanks so much if you're here today it means you're very special to us You're one of the closest people in our life, and you meant a lot to me and Jeannie, or we're related to you, which I just was a bit of a joke about it.
Starting point is 00:19:59 What's the joke? Did that be your family? You're very important. You're someone who's very important to our relationship, and it's helped us along the way, or you're a relative. Implying that the relatives aren't important in their relationship. Because it was because they had to be there.
Starting point is 00:20:12 Yeah. So I honestly, hadn't worked it, hadn't workshopped it. Just threw it out there. It's more of a brain bustle than a joke, isn't it? And then it was just kind of like silence.
Starting point is 00:20:22 And I was like, oh, well, anyway, thanks a much. My favourite thing after that moment, though, was then Jeannie goes, he's a comedian. And that got a lot of laughs. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, poor Sean. We had a good rest of the night. It's good though.
Starting point is 00:20:40 Do you and Jeannie talk for the rest of the night? No, man. You guys, okay? It's all good if I stay with you again? Yeah. Okay. Your Arvos hit harder. John, Steph and Harrison.
Starting point is 00:20:52 Let us know if you have any kind of intel in terms of the world of being a mechanic. Because I've spoken to some friends lately recently and we're all kind of coming to the same consensus that as a, I'm about to call myself young. Yeah, whatever. As a young wahnee, when you go into get your car fix and you're like, oh God, there's something wrong with my car. It's making weird noise. You take it in. And do we get duped?
Starting point is 00:21:16 Do we? Does the mechanic look at us? and they're like, this girl knows nothing about cars. I'm going to take her for all she's got. Is that a thing? Because a few of my friends and I were sharing experiences that we think this happens. Yeah, it definitely happens.
Starting point is 00:21:32 I think it happens to young women who will pull them with their swift, the scrape curve, but I think it also happens to guys that kind of look like Harrison and I. Yeah. I think it looks like, I look, I'm quite a colorful fella. I don't look like a mechanic at all.
Starting point is 00:21:46 When I rock up in my Honda Jazz, I feel like they take it under me. Right, so you felt it. Yeah. So they're like, oh, yeah, there's, you know, that noise you're talking about? It's something really bad. And they just hope that you don't know what they're talking about. And they go, oh, in your car, it's real hard to get to.
Starting point is 00:21:59 So it's going to take two days. Yeah, it's going to, yeah. Yeah, they test you a bit. Do you reckon? I'm like, oh, you know, this is wrong well, you know what that is? And you're like, oh, 100%, because I always say that. 100%. And he's like, oh, this idiot.
Starting point is 00:22:09 It's no idea. It's just charged him heats of money. No, it happens. My friend Tiggie joins us right now. And the first place that I went to, they quoted me something like nine grand. And obviously, my insurance were like absolutely not because my car isn't even worth that much. And then I went somewhere out. And it was $350.
Starting point is 00:22:35 Whoa. See, guys, this is what I make. That's a big difference. Yeah. For real. Did you go to like independent mechanics or like, can I say that name of the other one? Like a V-10. Yeah, so I went to some random, I think it was like a bougie one in Ponsonby, and then I went just the AA.
Starting point is 00:22:55 Oh, wait, so the AA did the $300 one? Yeah. Okay. Maybe that's a solution because the AA and like the big corporation ones, right, there's not too much to be gained from them scamming you. But if it's a guy who owns his own mechanic and he can see like $4,000 of profit by scamming someone who doesn't die by cars. So convoluted because you want to support the independent mechanics. Yeah. True.
Starting point is 00:23:17 Tiggie, how did you feel when you went to the first place, you got the quote? Did you feel like he was, I'm assuming it was a man, but they were looking at you in a way that they were like, oh, this person knows nothing about cars and took advantage of you? Did you get that for him? I'm like a 26-year-old girl wearing Lulu Lemons rocking up in my crashed frickin Volkswagen Beetle. Yeah, you look, you look rich.
Starting point is 00:23:42 Obviously they're going to be like, um, well, she doesn't know what she's doing. So you felt that vibe from them? For sure. Like they really do take advantage of young girls, I reckon. This is what I've been saying. So Tickey, thank you so much for telling me and everyone else this evidence. We need to hear more and we need to hear if you are a mechanic or maybe you're a partner or a friend of a mechanic. Do you have any intel? You can of course be anonymous because we don't know be dropping people in here. But is this a thing? Do people in the like vehicle fixing industry, whether it's anything, like windscreen fixing or whatever, ties, whatever.
Starting point is 00:24:23 So a mechanic. We're making it more and more evident how little we know about cars when we call it the vehicle fixing industry. Your Avos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. We're trying to get to the bottom of if someone like Steph pulls up to a mechanic and Suzuki Swift with the hubcaps all ripped off, is she getting taken advantage of by the mechanic? And so far it seems like yes. Yeah, so it's a conversation that my friends and I were having
Starting point is 00:24:49 because whenever we go and drop our car off, it was making a weird noise. We're like, please help. They're like, teah, he, he. I feel like they look at us, they judge us. They kind of rub their hands together and they're like, moh ha ha. And they ended up telling us all these things need fixing. It's going to cost us all this money.
Starting point is 00:25:04 And I would love to know, is it in our heads? Are we just making this up? Or are we paranoid? Or are young girls, women, being taken advantage of, in terms of not knowing much about cars and we're just like, okay, here, take my money, fix my car please. Now, let's remain anonymous
Starting point is 00:25:22 and we won't name and shame places, you know, but listen to this text. I took my car in and I was quoted to get it fixed and I showed my dad who a day later with no work done to the car went back and was quoted $5,000 less than I was the previous day. So much money.
Starting point is 00:25:42 Is this proof? that this happens? Yeah, well, we just had Teggy on, you can catch it in the podcast if you missed it, who said she got quoted $6,000 by one company and then $300 by another. Oh, that's insane, eh? Let's go to Courtney.
Starting point is 00:25:57 Do you think that car industry is taking advantage of women? 100%. 100%. I mean, I've studied and worked in automotive for over three years, and obviously when you work in the field, you don't always feel like working on your own car in the nicest way possible.
Starting point is 00:26:14 And I mean, even if I went to a mechanic shop, they would try and quote me thousands of dollars more than what it had cost if I was to buy parts and get it done myself. And I know that it doesn't cost heaps in labour. I mean, most companies now, it's like $200 an hour for labour. So, I mean, if you take that into mind,
Starting point is 00:26:34 plus parts, it obviously doesn't always cost thousands of dollars and it shouldn't. And I totally get that these places need to make money, right? Everyone needs to make money. But I don't want to feel like I can't fully trust what they're saying because I feel like they're taking advantage of me. I feel like there's a line that just shouldn't be crossed here. Isn't that like with lots of things though?
Starting point is 00:26:54 I know we're just about mechanics, right? About doctors and stuff and they say it all the dentors. Oh, you need this, you need this, you need this, you're like, do I? I don't know anything about it. I reckon we get taken advantage at a lot of different places that we don't know. You're so right. It's any industry that you know, no knowledge. Literally.
Starting point is 00:27:07 It's like, okay, I'm going to take your word for it, I guess. You have to. Rick is here on 0800 the edge. You reckon they charge people in a different way more. What do you reckon? What's your take? Yeah, definitely. I think a lot of times we get people coming in that are just like,
Starting point is 00:27:24 they want everything done now and as soon as possible. And obviously, you know, we're putting off other customers and stuff to get that in and get that done. And we've got to charge more to rush stuff through. So you're a mechanic, Rick? Yes, yes, I am. Rick. Have you ever seen someone like Steph pull up in there Suzuki Swift scratched up hubcaps and gone,
Starting point is 00:27:44 I'm going to charge them $2,000 for labor that they do not need done? No, no, I can't say I've done that, but I have seen quotes from other workshops that have, you know, we're looking at the same job that they've already quoted on, and we've seen ridiculous figures on those estimates. Wow. And the clients, on the clients, like the people bringing the car in on those particular occasions, are they, like, young women? Yeah, yeah, most of the time they are, unfortunately.
Starting point is 00:28:10 Oh my God, it is a thing then. What do we do? Do we just shop around, Rick? Is that your best advice until we find a place like you guys and we can actually trust your professional opinion? Yeah, I mean, it's definitely just a case of trying to find a mechanic that you can trust and one that's going to look after you. That's unfortunately all it comes down to.
Starting point is 00:28:31 But at the end of the day, we will never know. Yeah. Unless you know about cars, you're just not going to know. But that does seem to be the solution, even if it takes a bit more time, going through, like, my friend Teggy, who caught up earlier once again, catch the podcast if you missed it, went through like three mechanics saved herself $6,000. Like, it's worth it, take that time, go to a few different mechanics.
Starting point is 00:28:48 I'm going to be doing that from going, I'm a sucker for just going to one place and going, sure, whatever. Yeah, shop around. Shop around. Oh, you guys would like this. Someone on Neil Texan saying, use chat chept to fact check numbers. Oh, yes, good. Do that. Harrison is very unlike you.
Starting point is 00:29:03 I know. I might have to get it just for that. Wow. Yeah. It's good advice. Your Avos Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Hey, this is the podcast outro.
Starting point is 00:29:12 A little bit extra for you. If you want some more, extras for experts. We're just on-eat brainstorming. Do you know what my favourite things in radio is brainstorming? Do you know my least favourite things? Is you taking a bite right before walking? My bad. Producing the Sam's nodding.
Starting point is 00:29:27 It was like, Carrot. In the show today, probably won't make the podcast, but I do Harrison's Movie Corner. And I talked about a movie called Hard Eyes. And my friend as an actor, and Vinnie Bennett, he's in the movie. Because on a close friend story, he showed me a photo of him on set with the mask off, walking around on the set. And I'm messaging going, fuck off. Like, I want to see that movie.
Starting point is 00:29:54 You're the killer? And he's just like side eye emoji. And that's all I got received. I was like, oh, you've actually supported the whole movie for me. So I never saw it in cinema. It came out on neon the other day. It's good supporter friend. Yeah, well, I was like, oh, fuck, bro.
Starting point is 00:30:06 I don't want to watch it. I know you're the twist. Imagine getting a movie spoiled for you on the close friends instance. I said, I was like, oh, what the fuck? And then I watched the movie. And he is the guy in the costume. That's what he looks like, for reference. Oh, ooh.
Starting point is 00:30:20 It was like a scary, like, uh, oh, what's the guy, Texas chain's called Saw Massacre. Yeah, it looks like that. But, yeah, so he's like, that's him in the film. And I was like, that's the way he walks and everything. Like, I know that's Vinny. But then at the end of the movie, the mask comes off. it's just a different guy. Like, it was, Vinny was just like, the body of it.
Starting point is 00:30:40 The body double. And like, before we get into the other chat about that, I'm just thinking about my other friend, this name's Joseph, and he's in the new Predator movie. Oh, I've seen that advertised. Yeah, it's big. It's shot in New Zealand as well.
Starting point is 00:30:52 It's coming out. He's the lead. Wow. Do you want to see what he looks like? Yes. Oh, he's the Predator. Oh, my God. That's so cool.
Starting point is 00:31:01 I just saw something on this the other day. I was watching the new, the Glenn Powell TV show. Yeah. Chad Powers. Chad Powers about him being like a football player and there's this TikTok going viral of this actress who's going
Starting point is 00:31:11 waiting for her scene watching it and she's like they fucking replace me with the hawk tour check apparently they reshot her scene and replaced her with the hawk tour girl Brutal Brutal, brutal But imagine that guy
Starting point is 00:31:20 shooting he's like I'm like massive blah blah blah He's like the poor kid He's like too shy to even talk about it because everyone's like bro you're doing really well I don't want to talk about it
Starting point is 00:31:28 like I shot this whole movie for six months And you have no idea it's me But like you can always get a stuntman for that Yeah Like even for Vinny He could just got a stuntman for a little bit. But you recognise Vinny's Walk. Maybe he's got a very good walk.
Starting point is 00:31:41 But it's still something to add to your resume, isn't it? It's nothing to Scott Fad. It's still the main character. It's not like directors or casting directors will watch. You're phenomenal of that, mate. I have to check you on his next film. I simply must take you in my next rom-com. Worked for the guy who played Gollum.
Starting point is 00:31:55 He got heaps of role. It's true. He's playing weird little characters wearing... Yeah, that's true. Now, my only brainstorm was since Harrison was like, oh yeah, that's my friend Vinny's walk. Like, he recognised your walk.
Starting point is 00:32:05 His walk. I wonder if we could set Harrison up in a chair and like with one of those visor hats. Which, reminded me of something else, visor hats. Let me write this down. Viser hats. Another thought. Don't tell me that's for merch for the show. Okay, hear me out.
Starting point is 00:32:22 I bet it is. Hear me up. Yes. So I saw a lady walking around the other day with the most extravagantly large visor. So visors are hat with no roof and it was very long, very long. very circular long. And I think it even kind of covered her face, but like your sunglasses, like with a tint,
Starting point is 00:32:43 which makes so much sense in summer. Yeah. Right, your eye protection, especially UV, like New Zealand, like, well, it's just horrible. So, we should bring back, not that, I mean, I don't think it was ever here, but bring in the visor for summer. My mom rocks a visor.
Starting point is 00:32:58 How big though? My mum's got, you meet my mum on Saturday at my engagement party? She's got like an a afro. She's got quite big curly here. I'll be your mum before. And so she can't really wear it. definitely has. Yeah, she can't wear a hat.
Starting point is 00:33:07 She honestly can't wear a hat. It gets in the way sometimes, you know? She can't put a hat on her head. Her hair is so thick that she wears the visors. So she's always worn like, just open like visors. But how big though? Not crazy, but. Because I found the one.
Starting point is 00:33:20 Okay, this is, I'll plug my computer for this. Okay, I'm going to have to zoom in. So this is... Oh, wow! That's like what you'd wear when you were welding. Yeah. It's like those COVID masks that they'd wear on sets and they pull down the plastic over their face. Yeah, the people in the whole.
Starting point is 00:33:34 hospitals with like an emergency. So not like a cute one, like a massive one. That lady's wearing sunglasses as well. Yeah. That's insane. That's what I feel like we need to start. She's afraid of the sun. At that point, get an umbrella out, man.
Starting point is 00:33:49 Your whole face is covered. At that point, don't leave the house. You're that afraid of the sun. So I might, I might look into giving that. Anyway, so my brain. For you, not for the show. For me. Yeah, for me.
Starting point is 00:34:00 Cool, cool, cool. For me. Wait, when is your birthday? January. January, January 14. Yeah. Locked up. So maybe we sit Harrison down with a visor so he can only see our shins and then he sees if we can tell who's walking past.
Starting point is 00:34:14 I like that. And we do it with the whole office. It could be a fun video. You know, like those videos with like grandmas and then it's all their grandchildren behind them and then they just go, hi, hi, grandma. And then the grandma guesses which one it is. It's like that.
Starting point is 00:34:26 What? I've seen that trend with like employees and bosses. Yeah, like that. I've never seen it with grandmars and grandkids. Yeah, yeah. Big families, yeah. I like that game. Yeah, there they go.
Starting point is 00:34:36 Give it a crack. Yeah, fun. Can Harrison tell us by our walk? Try it on the show tomorrow. Okay, you guys seem really interested. Your Arvo's Head Harder with Sean, Steph and Harrison. The Edge. Rover. Music, radio, podcasts.

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