National Debt Relief web segment- Top 5 Crazy Purchases
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What's the most bizarre thing you've ever bought with a credit card next to some of the people on today's list. We bet it's not even that weird. Welcome to national debt relief top fives. And today we're talking about the top five. Strange but totally true things people have bought with a credit card. We publish new content every week. So subscribe and hit the notification bell. So you know, when we upload a new video today, we're showing you five people who bought the oddest items using plastic number 5, 1700 clown noses. If you're like, many of us, your job can stress you out. Even for someone who isn't a major decision maker, the pressure from deadlines or just daily job requirements can take a toll to combat this. Some companies invest in some pretty inspired if unconventional methods to help their staff decompress. Enter Alan Klein, the Jolly Log. Allen is a keynote speaker, author and workshop leader who uses comedy to help employees relieve stress and burnout by implementing humor into their routine pretty novel concept. He uses humor to deal with changes, challenges and not so funny, stressful stuff. According to his website at Alan Klein dot com. Companies hire him to make funny presentations to help motivate and promote workplace wellness in health care, hospice and other professions. So, where do the noses come in? We're glad you asked Allen gives out red sponge rubber clown noses to all participants during his conventions. His events are high capacity and he's been known to give out as many as 2000 clown noses in one session. So how exactly does he use the noses? He has everyone close their eyes, put the noses on and imagine something stressful. He then asks them to open their eyes and look around. Everyone starts laughing. Says Klein, it's very effective. Number four, bailing out a credit card thief. This is probably the most ironic entry on our list and might make you rethink the whole good Samaritan concept. Dee Brown, a home health aide from Memphis Tennessee was only doing her sisterly duty when she received news that her half sister was arrested and thrown in jail, the crime stealing credit cards and running up fraudulent charges. By the time the spending spree was over, Dee's sister had racked up over $20,000 in bogus transactions. D being the good sister. She was didn't waste any time trying to raise the $2000 for bail. There was a problem though even with all the help she received from loved ones, they only raised $500 not to be deterred. Dee put the balance on her credit card and bailed her sister out. Dee was reported as saying she didn't expect to be paid back because her sister didn't have a job at the time. After a couple of months, I only got $500 back. Dee said the story doesn't end there though. The plastic Pilfer was arrested again for the same crime after being caught with a stolen purse and using the credit cards in it. We're sure the irony wasn't lost on Dee now left holding the short end after going into debt and damaging her credit to bail out a credit card thief. As of the writing of the article, her sister was still behind bars. Number three, dry cleaning. A smurf when you think of smurfs, the last thing you think of is bo but not if you're Jane Wallace, a communications representative from Los Angeles who had the putrid problem of a stinky smurf. Jane was doing pr for Smurf toys and was touring with an actor who had to wear a smurf costume day after day, sometimes for hours at a time. We imagine that mascot costumes are like soft fuzzy, colorful ovens because they don't have the best ventilation. According to mascots united dot com, internal temperatures in a mascot costume can exceed 140 °F. Sure. There are ways to keep cool including motorized fans to help circulate air and even cooling vests. But often these methods are short lived at best. It wouldn't take long for your smurf suit to become a smurf. Sauna Jane soon caught wind that the smurf smelled because the Children who mainly frequented these promotional events started to complain that there was an odor coming from the costume. We'd give anything to see the face of the guy who took this cleaning job. Number two, an electric facial beauty mask. This entry will be familiar to all insomniacs who found themselves up at 2 a.m. channel surfing back in the late nineties hitting the infomercial circuit in 1999 and endorsed by actress Linda Evans. This questionable beauty aid lives on an infamy as one of the most terrifying and possibly most useless inventions in the beauty space. It's claim to fame was its ability to tighten tone and make your face more vibrant, giving it a more youthful appearance. This is just what New York City stay at home mom, Jackie Russo wanted to hear when she came across the infomercial one night. According to her, she was nearing her 50th birthday freaking out about getting older and dealing with depression due to problems in her marriage. After an evening at home and one or two glasses of wine, she saw the Infomercial and immediately bought the item with her credit card. She claims to have forgotten about it until it arrived after it. Unsurprisingly didn't work. She tried to return it but couldn't because it was too late. The mask makes you look like you're wearing someone else's face. Whoever thought this was a good idea. If you want to get your hands on one, they're sold out on ebay, but you can pick one up on Amazon for anywhere between 180 to $200. Number one live bees and chickens. Apparently you can order up a few 1000 live bees and put the charge on your credit card. MEREDITH Sprayberry owns Gypsy Shoals farm, an 8.5 acre farm in rural Alabama which spawned a business selling honey and bee products, essential oils, home decor and even live poultry. The Atlanta native often has to purchase live chicks and have them delivered by mail, which is something apparently she does often enough to be considered normal. She also owns beehives so it's not uncommon for her to buy an entire swarm of bees to make sure she has enough of the industrious insects to make her honey quota. At the time, the article was written, she had recently ordered £3 of live bees which according to the website for big Island bees is about 12,000 of the buzzing bugs next to routine purchases like groceries or clothing. The entries on this list are certainly more exotic credit cards are convenient. That's why it's so easy to rack up debt so quickly. Often you don't realize the damage until it's too late and you have a big bill in your hands to maintain good financial health and save yourself a lot of future headaches. Stop for a moment and think about the item you're about to buy. Do you really need it? If you do? Could you get it somewhere else for less? If you find yourself in some trouble with credit cards, we may be able to help head over to national debt relief dot com. For more info. What do you think of these strange buys? Let us know in the comments. What's the most offbeat thing you've bought with your credit card? For more lists about ridiculous but legit credit purchases, be sure to subscribe to NDR top fives.