Talkcast Transcript - HeyCasey June 1
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This is a transcript of a segment from the 1st June 2007, final Foreclosure Fridays Live talkcast, featuring second-to-last caller HeyCasey. Kindly provided by Michelle.[1]
CASEY SERIN: Alright, let's see if we can pick up anymore here. Ok, we've got
people that have already had a chance to talk. So I'll do one more
round unless some new blood comes on, otherwise we'll close it down.
Uh, we'll go with HeyCasey again.
HEYCASEY: Hey, Casey?
CS: Yeah.
HC: Yeah, so I know I already talked. But I was just wondering, what is your plan exactly for the next six months? I mean, I know you said you have a few things planned in terms of looking for a job?
CS: This whole thing just happened. I'm looking at a few options. Back when I few sent out an email to everyone about the ultimatum… actually, I got a lot of… people were offering me jobs, different kinds of work. Now I just have to go back and kind of…
HC: Have you actually followed up with anything? Have you followed up with any of those people, or have those emails just been sitting there stagnant?
CS: What happened is I got such a huge influx and I chose to focus on the sponsors and advertisers because that was the quickest money. I mean, all I had to do was put up an ad and they're paying me money. So it was really good…
HC: That's another thing. With the advertisers on your website, have you refunded any money yet? Or are you waiting for them to contact you?
CS: Oh, yeah. I'm in the process of refunding. I sent emails to every single one of them, and I'm willing to do a pro-rated refund. I'm asking them, "Hey, what do you feel I should refund you?". So I'm making sure I'm treating everybody fairly.
HC: Now, did you already take your money out of your PayPal account when you received, what what is it? $2,500 or so?
CS: Well, um. I took out $1,000, remember? To make that goal, to put it on the table.
HC: Yeah, I understand that. But there was more than $1,000 in your PayPal account.
CS: I left it in there. I only made like one or two purchases, and then I put the thousand back in there in order to refund all the money. Unfortunately, I'm going to come down to that I have no money left after this.
HC: So what did you end up doing with that $1,000? I'm just curious.
CS: Nothing, and I'm glad I didn't because now it comes in hand for refunding the sponsors. We spent a little bit, I think like twenty or forty bucks. We went with the family on Labor Day weekend we went boating at Folsom Lake [mumbles] so we pitched in for gas and food.
HC: Right. So have you started actually looking for anything in terms of going to Monster or CareerBuilder or anything like that?
CS: I've been starting to look into my emails. Those are offers that were made to me already, so I'm going to consider those first.
HC: So, to clarify, you haven't actually applied for any jobs? That's what I'm asking you. Because I think the contract said to start applying for jobs as soon as the website went down, which I believe was yesterday night or sometime around then, right?
CS: Um, if the contract said to start applying for jobs right away and you think I broke it, then that's the opinion you have. That's what you're saying.
HC: Well, you were saying that you were re-writing the contract with your wife as you were going along. Were the witnesses, because I think there were a couple of signatures, I don't remember exactly, but there were a couple of signatures on that contract. Were the witnesses aware that you were redoing the contract with your wife?
CS: Well, yeah. We've been talking about this. I mean, not everything. What are we going to do. Call everyone in for every change? Because…
HC: That's the point of a contract.
CS: What was that?
HC: That's the point of a contract, so that everyone is aware that you're legally bound…
CS: First off, having a contract between husband and wife is really stupid to begin with.
HC: Exactly, and that's the situation you've gotten yourself into. You're saying it's a stupid situation that you had to draw up a contract with your wife so you would perform your husbandly duties.
CS: Sure, yeah. So… it's served its purpose…
HC: So wouldn't you have to, since you hold your marriage so sacred, wouldn't have to try and stick with the original terms of the contract and not have to try and rewrite history?
CS: We're just modifying things as needed, so…
HC: What do you mean, "as needed"? So you can put up a goodbye statement on your website?
CS: Yeah…
HC: I mean, originally the contract said to put up a blank page. Which I think for you would have been the most therapeutic thing to do… to close the thing down and walk away. But you came back and…
CS: … I put up a blank page and…
HC: Right, you put up a blank page and you added and you added and you added…
CS: No, no it's not like that…
HC: … It's like an addiction for you…
CS: You're basically telling me I violated the contract, are we…
HC: You violated the contract so many times, you're already referring to your wife over and over. Does she even know that you're on this call?
CS: She does not know I'm on the phone. Actually, we talked about it. She may, or she may not…
HC: She may know or she may not? Which one is it?
CS: Let me explain, it sounds like I don't even know what I'm saying. We talked about it, she might be hearing it right now. And we'll just go from there.
HC: So are you at your sister-in-law's house right now?
CS: No, I am not.
HC: Where are you right now?
CS: I'm at a [mumbles].
HC: I'm sorry, a private?
CS: No, I'm at a friend's place.
HC: I don't mean to pry, but have you been kicked out of the house, or…
CS: No.
HC: Because, I hate to say it, but you sound kind of down.
CS: Well, I am down. I was tweaking with my away message, and I was saying how it felt like I killed my nine month old baby.
HC: Yeah, that was another thing I wanted to bring up. Because that's got to not sit well with your wife where your referring to what should have been a hobby as your nine month old baby.
CS: Well, it's something that became an income producing business for me. It's been a very rewarding experience to work on something for nine months and then it's finally paying off.
HC: Now I've got to honestly ask you. You say that it's been nine months of work, how much income do you think you've made after you've done all your refunds? Do you think that nine months of work is actually worth what you've done? Because what I from the contacts is only what you've been telling us about. So I don't know 100% what's going on. But it seems to me like you just wasted nine months of your life blogging. Granted, you've gotten hundreds of thousands of hits, but it doesn't seem to me like you've produced much income from this.
CS: Well, that's a fair assessment. Income is not the only benefit I got from it. I got …
HC: I mean, when you have $2.something million in mortgage debt, I would think producing income would be right up there with your number one priority.
CS: Ok.
HC: I know you're situation really sucks, but I have to say you really dropped the ball, man. I mean, especially with Duane. I forgot, what was it, six grand a month or something like that? It was a full-time job and you turned it down? We haven't heard anything else with what happened with that, but …
CS: You know, I was going to tell my side of the story, but it's all been said and done. It's not even worth it. Plus, people are not going to believe me anyway.
HC: Well, we'd love to hear it, even though the blog is shutdown. Your wife is way more important than something on the Internet, because ..
CS: Between my baby and my wife, I have to chose my wife.
HC: You're just a flash in the pan…
CS: This isn't a real baby. My only attachment… [mumble] I have to realize that maybe I've been holding on to it too much.
HC: My only advice for you in the near future is that you don't resent your wife for what happened. Because your fifteen minutes were up as it was…
CS: The thing is, people misunderstand me all the time. I resent and hate the fact that it got to the point where I had to make a decision. I understand that she had good intentions, too. She didn't want to have to choose between me and having a mistress, quote unquote, between us.
HC: Right, I don't know how involved she was in everything that you were up to, but unfortunately all you guys have is each other. And if you screw that up, at that point you have nothing. So you need to work on it. Hopefully you don't hear from the FBI. You're going to hear from the IRS, unless you actually go through and pay your taxes. I wish the best of luck you, man. You're in a seriously screwed up situation and I hope it works out for you. But from what I've been reading and what I've been seeing, it doesn't look like you're going to be able to pull through with it.
CS: Well, thanks for that negative outlook, man.
HC: Yeah, no problem.
CS: See you later…. Guess I'm not going to be able to pull out of this one. That's very good parting words. But that's fine.
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- ↑ HeyCasey transcript, comment by Michelle on EN, June 4th 2007 at 4:54 PM
