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Send us Fan Mail Join me as I broadcast from the Wendy’s parking lot and tell you about my joyous birthday celebration last week in Europe! I turned 68 and this will be a birthday. I will always remember! Listen to my adventures in England, the Netherlands, and Germany! Hear me talk about my new friend Andre in the Netherlands and my new friend in the temple presidency of the Hague Netherlands Tem...

Send us Fan Mail Lessons from the Field, Trust and Community In this episode, Alan J. Cook, founder of 1-800-JUNK REFUND, discusses the expansion of his "next generation" junk removal business, which focuses on returning value to customers. He shares remarkable stories from the field—including a "fake bed" discovery and a high-stakes fall—while reflecting on the importance of t...

Send us Fan Mail Lessons from the Field, Trust and Community In this episode, Alan J. Cook, founder of 1-800-JUNK REFUND, discusses the expansion of his "next generation" junk removal business, which focuses on returning value to customers. He shares remarkable stories from the field—including a "fake bed" discovery and a high-stakes fall—while reflecting on the importance of t...

Send us Fan Mail The Psychology of Decluttering Alan Cook describes his role as "90% junk removal and 10% psychologist." He highlights the "Might Trap," where homeowners hold onto items because they "might" need them someday. He argues that if an item has no immediate use, it likely never will, citing examples of people hoarding spare siding, tiles, or scrap wood that...

Send us Fan Mail Join me in this episode as I interview my good friend Mike Parent of Weichert Realtors. Among other things, you’ll learn the following: How Mike turned a 50-year hospitality career into a successful real estate career. How he takes a client’s wish list and then finds the perfect home for them. How he found some coins in a client’s house and converted them into a cash bonus of $16,...

Send us Fan Mail Join me this week as I discuss 1) A special birthday (Abe Lincoln’s), 2) A special girl in Brazil (Karina) and 3) A special Beechcraft Queen Air airplane we’re dismantling in Virginia! Other show highlights include taking responsibility for your finances, the incredible ROI on Craigslist ads, and nearing $1,000 cash back in my Upside account! And of course my thanks to Matt Damon...

Send us Fan Mail Join me in this special episode of the Junk Refund Show as I pay tribute to President Abraham Lincoln on his 217th birthday! I included five things I would do if I was made President of the United States tomorrow:  I would apologize to the city of Portland. I would call the mayor of Minneapolis and encourage him not to use the F bomb in his press conferences. I would encourage our...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I take a quick early morning trip to Atlanta to help out a friend and recount a number of jobs we’ve done recently. They include: Removing 6 tons of scrap metal from Herndon, Va. Doing an estimate in Leisure World for a hoarder. Following a pickup truck of sodas driven by a hoarder. Establishing a monthly contract with our first apartment complex in Alexandria, Va.  How...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I travel to Tampa, Florida to clean out a large warehouse owned by an older gentleman and his wife. They had rented it out to a man from Connecticut who stopped paying his rent about 18 months ago. Now they want to get the leftover items out of there so they can re-rent the building. Learn how to save money on a rental truck at the airport. Learn how we did a landscapin...

Send us Fan Mail Join me this week as I broadcast from the lobby of the Hotel Ambassador in Bern, Switzerland! Hear about my trip to France and Switzerland with a new and good friend of mine who had never been to Switzerland! One of the best ways to get some of the junk out of your life is to travel. I was in Bern, Switzerland in 1979. What a joy to return some 46 years later! Shout outs include t...

Send us Fan Mail Every once in a while, something great just happens to you. You can’t plan for it; it just drops in your path. That’s what happened to me on August 23, 2025. I passed a young lady walking away from her car which had stopped on the side of the freeway. We did a U-turn, went back and met her, to make sure she was OK. She had a flat tire, so I helped her out and fixed it. That led to...

Send us Fan Mail Enjoy this episode, which was recorded as I was driving the truck and my buddy Warren was doing all the work! Learn about Steve’s successful story where we sold his vintage living room set for $700 and he received $250 as a refund! Learn how to put time on your side by saving five dollars a day for your granddaughter! It adds up quick! Learn how to separate different parts of heat...

Send us Fan Mail Join me this week as I broadcast from the Costco parking lot across from the I-66 transfer station in Fairfax, Virginia! Learn how to avoid craigslist scams as some people try to do with us in Greensboro North Carolina recently. Here are the things to look for that are clues that you’re working with a scammer: They come after higher-priced items. They tell you they want to purchas...

Send us Fan Mail Originally recorded Thursday, May 8, 2025, from Rome, Italy! Join me this week on the Junk Refund show as I recorded it live from the airport in Rome, Italy! Here’s what you can learn from today’s episode: Why you should make your birthday special. How you can fly to Europe and back in 72 hours cheaply. Why the Rome Italy Temple by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints i...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded Thursday, April 24, 2025 Join me this week on the Junk Refund Show as we talk about a hoarding situation in Reston, Virginia. Check out the photo of the show to make you feel better about your own garage! Sometimes people buy more tools than they need. In this case, it was a contractor from Guatemala, who went overboard, purchasing all kinds of equipment. Learn some tips...

Send us Fan Mail Originally recorded Thursday, May 1, 2025 Join me today on the Junk Refund Show as I talk about a number of different issues, including how to make money on a garage sale on steroids! We once sold 320 Life Magazines from the 1930s and 40s for $1500 to a guy in Pennsylvania. Here the complete story on this episode! Half of that money went back to the homeowner who originally told u...

Send us Fan Mail Join me for this weeks episode which came out live from Brooklyn New York! I’m here for my second trip to help an Orthodox Jewish family declutter their apartment before moving later this month. The driveways are narrow in Brooklyn. I was lucky to find a parking place! We hauled away a number of vintage clocks which we’re putting up for sale. I was thrilled when the client moved t...

Send us Fan Mail Join me for this milestone episode of the Junk Refund Show as we broadcast live from Calgary Canada, our first international show! Special thanks to United Airlines, Air Canada, and Enterprise rental car for making this all possible! I came to Canada for two days to continue my spiritual quest of visiting temples, owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I have vi...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes bad things happen to good people. You might say some real “junk” suddenly shows up in someone’s life and unfortunately they have to deal with it. That is simply a part of life.  How people deal with it separates the sheep from the goats. You’re about to meet a family of really good  sheep… 🐑 Brooke Freeze was a 29-year-old woman who gave birth to her first child on Vale...

Send us Fan Mail Join me today on the Junk Refund Show as I discuss the recent air tragedy at Reagan National Airport in Washington DC. I also discuss how you never use a tragedy like that as a chance to compare your administration with other administrations! Follow me as I go cross country and do a job in San Francisco California helping a lady get ready to move. Learn how you get a heavyset woma...

Send us Fan Mail Jayden Daniels is the starting quarterback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League. Sports commentators are constantly discussing why he is so calm all the time. Jayden says it’s because of God; the commentators tend to dismiss it.  This episode of the Junk Refund Show examines this phenomenon and tries to give credit to where it is due—to God. We also discus...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Arbuckle, of San Diego, California, is a pro at helping people preserve their audio and visual lifetime memories so they can be easily accessed and never lost. Her company, 2000 Paces Photo Organizing, assists clients in gathering those audio tapes, videos, cassette tapes, still photos and the like and puts them digitally into one place that is easily accessible forever.  J...

Send us Fan Mail I met Cynthia Steele Vance about 15 years ago and immediately dubbed her “the classiest lady in Washington.” Now, 15 years later, nothing has changed! She once paid us $375 to haul away some furniture from her very nice home. Included in that haul were.some top-of-the-line stereo speakers. We sold the speakers on eBay for $7000 and a month after doing the job went back to Cynthia’...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I interview this week my friend, Leslie Sandler of Leslie Sandler jewelry. We often come across jewelry in cleaning out homes and we turn it into cash by delivering it to people like Leslie. Recently, we took a pile of jewelry to a local jewelry store and got $300 for some of the gold items we delivered. They told us the rest was costume jewelry, and they were not inter...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I broadcast today’s Thanksgiving show live from our church Thanksgiving dinner held in Washington DC! Join me as I broadcast today’s Thanksgiving show live from our church Thanksgiving dinner held in Washington DC! Numerous friends of mine came in and told me something they were thankful for. They include… 1. My buddy Andre, who rides his bike 45 minutes one way to come...