Love and Money: Unpacking the Valentine's Day Spending Phenomenon Plus Super Bowl Super Ratings

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Hello and welcome to Right About Now. It's Friday, February 14th, 2025.
Happy Valentine's Day. Everyone out there, we love you.
And hopefully you love us back. If you don't, then just pretend.
You know, isn't that what makes the relationships go around? Faking it till you make it. Yeah, acting as if.
Acting as if. I'm Ryan Alford, your host.
I'm here in G Vegas, also known as Greenville, South Carolina, in the lovely social house on the Swamp Rabbit Trail downtown. Come by and see us anytime.
My coworker lounge is the coolest spot in Greenville. Another coolest spot is where my buddy Chris Hansen is down in Miami.
What's up, Chris? What's up, Ryan? How you doing, Doug? I'm good, man. I got my noisemaker.
That will come into effect here shortly. It's red, too, for Valentine's Day.
You know, will you be mine, Chris, my friend? Maybe today. Just today.
We hope everyone's, you know, getting hit by Cupid and nothing nefarious out there with hearts and dinners and lovely events. And Galentine's Day was wonderful for you.
We need a Men in Times Day or something. Yeah.
Guy in Times Day. I don't know.
Guillotine? I don't know. What do you call it? Dude, dude time? Yeah.
I'm really trying to find some cool sounding, but I can't. Yeah.
Bro time? I don't know. Who knows? But anyway, it's a day of love.
We do love you for choosing us. We know you have choices, so we appreciate you wherever you are, whenever you are, however you're listening in our business news here of the week on February 14th.
Lots happening. We got two.
Oh, yeah. So much happening.
We had our boy David on yesterday. I mean, look, so many things happened.
We had to have two news episodes. You're going to see more of that, two to three a week, when we can fit them in long term.
That's the plan. So David Caldwell, appreciate him, business mentor, ex-NFL, and just one hell of a good guy, ultimately, right? Solid.
Solid as we come. Yep.
Might be your date tonight. I don't know.
Could be. I might need to go grab a steak with one of the boys.
See, there it is. You got a guy in time.
I do have a reservation. Ooh.
Yeah. You don't or you do? No, I do.
I had a reservation set at a steakhouse. I plan ahead.
It's the first year I've actually done that. Usually, it's like when I have a girlfriend, I plan it but rolling solo i figured you know what the homies always show a lot of love let me go get a steak with one of the boys yeah i like that i need to give you like a so much better i guess that's the point i picture you walking around your house narrating every moment with this.

Your wife's like, time for dinner, and you're like, boom, boom, boom. Yep.
Yep, there it is. So, yes, I'm going to have fun with this.
My kids, I'm doing it. We're open a pack of baseball cards, and if it's no good, it's like.
Like Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl. Yeah, but hopefully it's.
so I did want to talk about, from a business perspective, Valentine's Day is big business. You know, hearts and love and all that stuff.
We're going to talk about the economic. Valentine's Day 2025 will create an economic impact in communities across the country.
Here's some numbers. They're staggering, Chris.
Staggering. So, here it is.
For everyone out there, sit down if you aren't already. The National Retail Federation estimates that 56% of consumers plan to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Hey, good for you. Good for you.
So, we like that. We want to celebrate the love and um with an estimated 27.5 billion dollars spent on the holiday in the u.s alone that's about 188 dollars a household i'm seeing it real time man i saw last.
I saw a lot of dudes walking around with flowers and balloons,

getting it in early.

Dang.

A lot of money.

So what's popular this year for Valentine's Day?

We're going to go down that path.

We really play at the uschamber.com for the stats, by the way.

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Good partner and friend of right about now.

We like chambers.

Chris likes those torture chambers.

So here we go.

Thank you. of right about now.
We like chambers. Chris likes those torture chambers.
So here we go. Flowers.
The Society of American Florists reports 250 million roses alone are prepared by U.S. florists.
250 mil. That's a lot of roses, man.
How many bushes is that? Dude. Where are they coming from? Where are they coming from? Where are these roses? Farms, that is.
There's people that their whole living is made on roses. Like, that's all they do.
They farm them all year. Fascinating.
It's all about love. They're part of a wonderful time in people's lives.
We need to get one of them on the show. Yeah, we should.
The rose farmer. Rose farmer.
You know, every rose rose has its thorns they can talk about the thorns and the knot and i will promise not to ever sing it again chocolate and candy sweets are the most popular gifts with 56 percent of americans planning to purchase candy all right proposals wallet hubs Hub's 2025 Valentine's Day survey notes that 6 million marriage proposals are made on February 14th each year.

And 36% of Americans agree that proposing on Valentine's Day is romantic.

I was going to say cringy, but okay.

Wait, 36 is romantic?

The guy in tines day here edition.

36.

So 64% thinks it's cringy.

So the majority still is anti-proposing on Valentine's Day.

That's good to know.

We're in the majority there.

Don't forget pets.

Love to love.

They do love to love them.

Don't forget pets.

Valentine's Day isn't just a time to shower your classmates, significant other, or family with gifts. Capital One Shopping reports that pet owners spent $1.5 billion on Valentine's Day's gifts for their pets last year.
$31.24 for dogs and $27.42 for cats on average. That tracks.
Less people having kids, more people treating their animals like their babies. You know the most disappointing fact of all of that is how close the number is for the cats is to the the dogs i mean that's just bullshit we know like you don't think cat people love their cats as equal as they do but the cats don't earn it as much they don't earn it let's be honest the dogs should get twice as much you know like they're twice there's four times as better four times as that's my uh grammar for the day.
Four times better and they get only, I don't know, like they're twice. There's four times is better.
Four times is that's my grammar for the day.

Four times better.

And they get only, I don't know, 5% less money spent on them.

Oh, man.

I'm going to have to really fight that.

I'll let you die on that hill.

You like cats?

I've met some good cats in my day. Oh, come on.
And I've got some friends that are cat owners so i can't and i love them so you know okay balance we need them we need them but our relationships just changed i don't want a cat in my house though like let's i'll make that very clear i don't want to own one but I'm a dog guy through and through, bro. You know that.
I know that. Storm's hearing every word you're saying, and I'm going to have to come rescue you, if you've talked about cats anymore.
He heard a cat. He peeked around the corner.
He's like, yeah. Local restaurants step up on Cupid's big day.
Dining out on Valentine's Day represents a large portion of consumer spending, positively impacting workers and businesses through more tips and bigger overall dining checks. Yes.
I can attest to that. According to survey data from Toast, Valentine's Day was big business for restaurants last year, even though the holiday fell in the middle of the week.
Overall transactions were up 41% at full-service restaurants for that same day. Takeout sales were up 46%.
Diners were out later with the busiest time being 7 p.m. The same survey listed steak, seafood, sushi, and pasta as top food items on Valentine's Day compared with a typical Wednesday at a full-service restaurant.

It says the Valentine's Day compared with a typical Wednesday at a full-service restaurant.

It says Valentine's Day is a great time for establishments to offer their customers specials, including gift cards, perks, and cross-business promotions.

So if you aren't doing that, you're listening early in the day.

You need to get on that.

But a Friday night, man.

Friday night, Valentine's Day?

You know how hard it is probably to get in? You can't get in anywhere on Friday night anyway. You're too late now, dude.
You know where, you know what? I booked three weeks ago. Super romantic and different.
Waffle House on Valentine's Day. You gave me a girl that wants to go to Waffle House on Valentine's Day.
Dude, get a heart. I have a wedding ring.
You know, bring a shape that they could do, like a heart-shaped waffle or something. Definitely they could do that.
And see if they'll let you bring in some champagne or something. A little mimosa.
I don't know if they'll do that, but maybe just sneak it in. I mean, I'm full of ideas here.
Every woman that listens to this show just unsubscribed. They're like, I ain't going to no Waffle House.

Yeah.

And they might not want their boyfriend listening either after that.

I know.

I'm just saying, here's where the idea is not to be cheap.

The idea is actually more thoughtful.

It's unique.

It's probably one of the only places that you might could slip in on a Friday night on Valentine's Day. And you know what?

The company makes the date, not where you go.

Thank you. places that you might could slip in on a Friday night on Valentine's day.
And you know what? The company makes the date, not where'd you go? My grandmother always said, it's the company you keep, whether having steaks or hot dogs. This is true.
God bless her. Yeah.
It's very true. It is very true.
Hey, and you know what? From a marketing standpoint, if you're in the social media game, you're going to stand out much different if you're posting at Waffle House for your Valentine's dinner. Exactly.
It's a moment in time. It's a curveball.
Yeah. It's kind of a throwback.
Agreed. Hit me in the DMs if you want to hit Waffle House.
Yeah, exactly. Chris is single.
Hey, ask Chris out. You know, still know still got time we record this a day early so you got time dm chris you'll be hearing it friday morning hopefully our loyal listeners playing it first thing on this roadmill or wherever you are um but yeah get out there make it happen so uh lots of i mean i still go back to the right right where we started there a big to 27.5 billion we throw a lot of numbers around a lot that's a lot of money man yeah with it i was surprised by the 188 dollars per household i mean that candy for your kids it's just, you know, take those Valentine's to school.

Even if you think a dozen roses and a dinner nowadays.

That's true.

Over when you want 80.

That's why you got to go to Waffle House, man.

You know, Waffle House.

It's not fast food.

You know, you get, it's home cooked right there.

It is.

It's made to order.

Made to order.

Shit.

Go to a breakfast place.

Breakfast for dinner.

Go to IHOP, you know, or Den or denny's hey it could be a little breakfast and take a little thermos with mimosas or something make it romantic take your roses in there and you know make it happen just just some terrible ideas for me just just not because i think they're actually bad ideas but because i do know and have been married twice and very happily married the second time that i know better that that doesn't that shit don't fly but they don't they don't see the same sentiment that you do in it you know the romantic side that you see is not no and i would go i'd go over what i'd get the heart-shaped thing and go in there like pre and talk to the walthouse. Be like, can y'all make this? Can you slip him a hundo or something and be like, come on, make me a heart shape.
You would do it upright. Do it real nice.
Do it real nice. Just for you.
Oh, I'm glad. I hope everyone enjoyed the Valentine's Day economic special here.
Now moving on to the other news, other regularly scheduled programming here. China launches limited tariffs after Trump imposes sweeping new levies.
We've got levies and tariffs and, you know, levies are broken. Says new U.S.
tariffs on China. Trump imposed a 10% tariff on Chinese imports.
China responded with targeted tariffs on $20 billion worth of U.S. imports.
China seeks to avoid escalation and aims for negotiations. I mean, that's what needs to happen.
We're in a world economy now. I'm not defending China.
Believe me. No, we already went on that escapade last week with TikTok.
I'm just saying, but at the same time, let's just, let's get to the negotiation table. Right? I mean, this is standard negotiating.
This is how you do business, you know? I mean, and I can't remember which president it was. I was reading yesterday.
I want to don't quote me. I want to say James Madison.
But there was a president that eliminated our national debt in one of basically the top three things he did was tariffs. yeah so i thought this had all sort of been you know started to get there but sounds like it's still waffling back and forth a bit with threats and stuff like that but i will say one thing

that's unfortunately still off you know, started to get there. But sounds like it's still waffling back and forth a bit with

threats and stuff like that. But I will say one thing that's unfortunately still waffling,

which is inflation. And here's, I want to table this a little bit.
You know,

we try to tell all sides here. I mean, you probably know where my beliefs and a lot of

my policy leanings are, but they're not political leanings. They're policy leanings.
And I'll say this. I would say this no matter who was the president.
I really would. It's February.
We've been in office for 30 days, give or take. everyone that should know.
Nothing a president does or enacts is, you know, you can enact things. And I love the actions that are taking place in this administration, but the impact, the outcomes of these enactments and policies, they don't happen in 30 days.
So I just think we got to be careful with both positive and negative news,

not to weigh it too much.

I much like, we talked about earlier this week, the activity going on.

Oh, I like it a lot.

But the impact of that positive or negative is not taking place.

And when looking at inflation, which worsened in January with prices for groceries and gasoline higher, that I don't lay at the feet of the new administration. So, and I, and this particular article wasn't necessarily going there, but it had a hint of it.
And it's like, no matter what side it is, I'd be going one month, 30 days in, they haven't caused more inflation. Now, Donald Trump's come out and said there could be short-term pain with some of the things he's doing and getting people to the negotiation table.
So I respect him for saying that. But even him saying that doesn't mean it's actually here yet.
I mean, chris like if we had inflation increases in january i had nothing very little minuscule amounts to do with the new administration no and if it was the other side they would definitely say oh well this is obviously from the last administration exactly and i know we've said this before like you can't turn a ship on a dime and i think what popped in my head was obviously a gym you know comparison of like you just get back in the gym and you work out for the first time you're gonna be sore a little bit before you start seeing the results and the gains and the positive progress so in my mind actions are being taken one where previously it seemed not much was getting done at all. Actions are being taken.
You know, we're tossing the rock in the pond. The ripples are going out and we're going to see, you know, what breaks on the shoreline essentially.
But I think from a business owner's standpoint, you can relate. You know, we've been in this where you're negotiating, you're trying to work a deal.
It can take weeks, you know, just to get the agreement set in place. And then it can take weeks to actually start seeing the changes happen and the results come in.
Right. So I think everyone would love a very quick fix.
You know, we'd love inflation to go down, housing, be more affordable, groceries to go back down. But like you said, dude, we're not even in the first quarter yet.
We just popped the top on this. Exactly.
So I think we've got to be patient a little bit. And I think you nailed it with the current administrator.
Whoever was in office would be going, this is at the table.

I think the bigger challenge in the same article that's going to come to a head, Chris, is the interest rate things. They're not going to want to lower them with inflation where it's at.
Trump's belief, along with mine, I've shared it before, way before, had anything to do with Trump being in office, which is the interest rates and mortgages and refinances get this ball rolling. And I recognize the inflation thing and people smarter than me, you know, do some of these things.
But we got to be careful with not bringing continuing to bring that down if at all possible. I don't know if you agree.
Yeah. And I had a call earlier today with a buddy of mine in the mortgage real estate business, and he actually has put an offer on the house himself.
He's like, I'm not going to lie, man. He goes, that monthly payment, like I had sticker shock just because the interest rates right now.
And he's in the business. He knows what he's doing, you know? So kind of the same sentiment is like, I know we all want to rush to fix things, but right now we kind of just need to sit and know, like, you know, the cruise ship is slowly turning, right? We don't feel it.
We don't see it, but it's still doing it. Right.
So it's kind of just, just got to hold on tight, man. We're still in the trenches.
We're, we're climbing up peaks and valleys, you know? Yeah. I like that cruise ship analogy because dude, I don't like to cruise.
I've, but the last, when you go on them though, the motion is so subtle though. It's like you go to sleep, you're in the middle of nowhere and you wake wake up and you're in a beautiful Caribbean spot.
You don't feel the rock. And you don't feel the moves or the waves and all that.
But it's happening. You're getting to a destination.
And it could be the Caribbean and blue water. It could be, you know, Titanic.
Hopefully not. Pretty dramatic.
I mean, I'm just saying. There's icebergs out there, man.

I'm thinking I watch cruise ships leave every day.

Literally, when I'm playing paddle, that's why the analogy came to me.

And I'm like, dear God.

I'm just saying, not as dramatic of a hopefully an outcome of people dying.

I'm just saying, like, you know, there's icebergs everywhere.

Put it this way.

Four years ago, they were turning the ship, and you're watching them implement DEI policies,

and you're thinking, fuck, the ship is turning in the wrong direction.

And now, at least I can see positive of the plays being made

seem to be good plays, even though we haven't scored a touchdown yet.

Right?

Yep.

So.

But you got Trump saying one thing.

You got the Fed Reserve Chair Jerome Powell saying, we do not need to be in a hurry.

Well, I'll speak for myself. I don't really care what the Fed has to say.

I don't have a whole lot of faith in them. They haven't exactly done right by us.

I'm going to say something and I'm probably going to regret it.

But because somebody's going to DM me, that's probably smarter than me and like all this, but or just thinks they are. Inflation hurts the most when you don't have the money to pay it.
So if we get the ball spinning, is the inflation felt less, even if it sort of continues a bit. Like, I don't, I know you can't outrun that thing, but you know what I'm saying? Like, if Americans have, you get the interest rates lower, get more money in the market, you get more money in everybody's pockets, theoretically.
I'm not saying you can't worry about inflation. I'm not insinuating that, but it just seems contrary to go the other direction.
I don't know. Know what I'm saying, Chris? If you got $5 eggs, but the interest rates are low, and you got more money in your checkbook, You know, it's like, again, someone smarter than me is going to go, well, you can't outrun that rate or whatever.
But I'm not saying we don't need to get the cost of things down. But I think some of the inflation.
Wages to catch up. Yeah.
You know. But the wages aren't going to catch up if money's not in the mark.
It in the interest rate money, you know, refinancing and just the, I don't know, the swell of all that. Smarter people than me.
I'm sure Jerome Powell, other than just being Jerome, is smarter than me. What you doing, Jerome? Anyway.
Super Bowl 59 attracts a record 127.7 million viewers. That's a lot of damn viewers.
Record viewership, Super Bowl 59 attracted historic 127.7 million viewers, as per Nielsen, making it the most watched and streamed Super Bowl to date or ever. Broadcast and streaming, the game aired on Fox's broadcast network, Spanish language, Fox Deportes, and NBC Universal's Telemundo.
It was also available on Tubi and the NFL's digital platforms. Fox reported over $800 million in advertising revenue across all platforms with individual spots costing up to $8 million.

We talked about that a couple weeks ago.

Oh, nice little day there.

$800 million.

Insane, bro.

A lot of money.

Live sports, man.

Still there.

Sports.

People want to watch that.

The live sports.

Leather linear TV, not so great.

Terrible.

You know, streaming's where it's at,

but it's live sports, Super Bowl.

And that's where it's at but it's live sports super bowl and that's where you know we had a debate on i had a date on linkedin with some people about advertising i'm like eh you know people say oh i just i'd buy a million dollars in facebook ads that's not the same and it depends on what you're trying to do i'm not suggesting that everyone it makes sense but you actually have people paying attention to the same. And it depends on what you're trying to do.
I'm not suggesting that everyone makes sense, but you actually have people paying attention to the ads, which is unique. And so anyway, historic, I thought the ads sucked though.
I mean, this might've been an episode that just talked about Superbowl ads, but you know, quite frankly, uh, and I had a few people, most people agreed and some people, but there was like three or four that were memorable. And there was a lot of turds.
If you ask me, a lot of people trying to be creative and working too hard, but not, it's like, what the hell is incoherent? Like it wasn't even funny. I was like, what is this? Did you watch much of the Superbowl? I didn't watch any of the Superbowl.
Dude, you're the non-sportiest guy I know.

I didn't even remember it was Super Bowl till like 5 p.m. that night.

What were you doing?

Like walking storm or something?

Yeah, and I actually went and had dinner with a buddy and his wife,

and he played football.

I mean, he was an athlete.

He was a football baseball player, played college ball.

It's so funny.

The people that are in it, and it's a lot, 127 mil. might want to hold on that one but half the country yeah but you're either in it or you're not it's like if you're not it's just another it's just all right yeah i know that's a kind of no shit statement but it's like it seems like it's all or nothing if i had someone like hey i'm having a super bowl party and Bowl party, and I was like, oh, that'll be fun, you know, I'll do that.

But, like, when I was at my house, I'm like, I don't really care. I'll see the cool parts on social media.

But if you rewind last week's episode, I did open a pack of cards,

and there was a certain player on the front of it.

And anyone that wanted to listen, I said the Eagles will win by two touchdowns.

And Saquon Barkley was the first card pulled.

I said this Eagles will win by two touchdowns.

And Saquon Barkley was the first card pulled.

I said, this might be an omen.

And they did win.

I mean, it was a beatdown.

I mean, a beatdown.

You should maybe start sports betting, Brian.

No, absolutely not.

I am opening our good friends at Panini, Don Russ.

Let's just see.

Maybe we'll use this pack to predict next year's winner.

Who's on the front?

Oh, wow. Next year's Super Bowl winner right now.

Wow.

And this is who I'd probably pick.

Who would you most likely pick right now after the most recent Super Bowl?

The Eagles.

Darius Slay. Eagles on the front again.
Oh my gosh. Telling you.
Go ahead and put your money in. Guaranteed.
Not really. This is just, you know, we're an opinion show.
This is not betting advice. However, Darius Slay Jr.
right on the front. Eagles.
Let's see if there's any other tail signs here in these packs. These are Don Russ football cards, 2024.
Devontae Adams, Justin, Harry Barrett, Herbert. And look, oh, the special card in the pack, Chris, this is meant to be.
I'll put all your, I'm putting, I'm putting five G's on it today. Superbowl next year.
Will Shipley. He went to Clemson and he's on the Eagles and he is the special rookie card in the pack.
Are you kidding me? I can't make this stuff up. The Eagles are definitely winning.
I'm putting five G's on it today. Maybe.
Well, I'm just telling you there. You got to admit that's a little random, right? There's 32 teams that I was going to ask.
Was this printed post Super Bowl? This pack of cards? Oh, no. And before.
Hey, we can go conspiracy, right? Where supposedly certain teams, they choose who's going to win certain years. Could be.
Maybe they're putting predictive programming in. Do Peppers? I mean, that's cool.
Is that another Eagles? No. Oh.
Terry Arnold plays for Detroit. So Detroit, Detroit, if you go by the rookies in the pack, and this could totally make, well, Detroit's NFC.
Can't beat Detroit and Philly in the Super Bowl, but they could beat the AFC Championship. Andre Reid, Anthony Munoz, old school guys.

But the tell here is the main two people out of the pack are Eagles

and the special rookie card is my boy Will Shipley

who had some great returns in the playoffs.

And I'm telling you, it's meant to be Eagles next year.

Appreciate it.

Panini Donruss for the Pax O cards. Super Bowl is just huge.
Huge numbers all the way around. Want to move on to the last article of the day.
Tom Brady buys ownership stake in the sports card collectibles company.

It's perfect timing, right?

We go from one another.

This is all aligning perfectly with my new passions.

Tom Brady's new venture, new adventure and venture.

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has accepted a 50% stake in Card Vault,

a sports card and memorabilia retailer.

This comes to us from our friends at CNBC.com.

Rebranding and expansion.

The company will be renamed Card Vault by Tom Brady.

Plans include rapid expansion in sports hubs

and a flagship store at the American Dream Mall.

Card collecting has seen a significant revival since the pandemic with record-breaking sales fueling growth in the industry hey we're telling you this people you think i'm just you know being into something that i'm into a lot of people are into this shit and making a lot of money and it's fun so this is cool i did go online the card vault your prices were a little high. Nonetheless,

Tom, get the FYI guys. Oh, the upcoming flagship store at the American dream mall.
That's a pretty cool mall. You've been to that.
No, it's huge. It's crazy.
I would love to go. I was just thinking today as a roller coaster.
coaster. I think if I'm remembering right.
I miss a good Friday, Saturday night at the mall, man. Yeah, dude.
Mall rats. Just bring me back.
Yeah. Get some Sbarro's pizza.
New York's finest. Yeah.
I'd be like that. Maybe some orange chicken in the food court.
Yeah, orange chicken, Sbarro's, and, you know know like some generic chick-fil-a or a little panda express oh hey i like what you did hey no i want to get a one of those auntie ann's uh you know what i'm talking about pretzel yeah oh yeah we're making you hungry now you walk by auntie ann's that and cinnamon. Oh, it's like heaven.
As you're walking to Spencer's. It's like the two best bites you ever have.
And then from there on, it's like, then you just feel the same. It's not sitting so well.
Yeah. I don't feel so good.
I don't know. Maybe it's the mall churros.
Oh, yeah. It was the orange chicken mixed with the Auntie Anne's.
Yeah. And this blue raspberry icy.
I don't know why my stomach hurts. Here's Tom Brady's vision.
This isn't just about buying and selling cars. It's about curating history, building community, turning fans into collectors, and giving them access to own great moments in history.
You think Brady really said that? Or is that his PR guy? I just... When I've seen've seen him talk i've never that would be like me talking like that it's just not yes i brady it's very hr sounding it is sounds like that was a that sounds like i'm calling ar ai or your pr director and he i'm sure they texted him hey you good with this quote uh it.
They're like, Tom, we need a quote. And he's like, all right, let me pull up Chad GPT real quick.
Yeah, exactly. That sounds like a Chad GPT.
It does. It does.
It's very clean and simple and just- Very, yes. Curating history, building community.
It's like the buzzwords. Yeah, curating history, building community, turning fans into collectors and giving them access to own great moments in sports.
I mean, that could be a commercial right there. I think that's their new commercial.
Cardvault.com. Yeah.
I mean, could that be the tagline right there? It's not just about buying and selling cards. It's about curating history.
It's about building community, turning fans into collectors, collectors into dreamers, dreamers into the next card superstar. Welcome to Card Vault.
I added a little bit there for a fact. Hey, you can hire me for that.
Give you voiceover or free lines, whatever you need. You would love that.
It will not. Oh, God, it'd be awesome.
I would i would totally do that and i won't make it i don't need to have gtb it's a theater of my mind uh it card business is huge business it's uh i'm about to go home my parents i still got a three ring binder with a bunch of cards from back in the day like ken griffey jr and stuff like that dude take some pictures and send and send that shit to me. I will.
I might be sitting on a gold mine. You might be.
But don't sell it. Don't sell it.
I might buy it from you. I'll sell the card shop like 60%.
I might give you less than that. Okay.
Let's see. That's good.
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Last bit of news. Beer industry is in decline as craft breweries face higher costs.
I see people are drinking less, man. I'm drinking less.
People are drinking less. I think it's just.
Yeah. I actually have a buddy in Atlanta that opened a craft brewery and he's killing it.
But I think, I think one, people are drinking drinking less too i think these craft breweries are offering better food options with the drinking yes that's where i think these food halls kind of micro breweries that's where i can see i've seen more people kind of into that totally which i think your gardens yeah i think it's cool let's i look at it like you're supporting small business my buddy's doing great i'm super happy for him and it's uh and i think some of those beers are even healthier they are some of them i think less of the bad stuff and or maybe i don't know you're getting some great maybe because you're a higher alcohol and you drink less i Yeah, like 12%. Exactly, yeah.
You're not going to be slamming. Yeah, exactly.
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