CO-HOST | Make Money by Protecting Yourself from Bad Actors and Broken Systems

Summary

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Travis Makes Money – Episode Summary

Podcast: Travis Makes Money
Host: Travis Chappell
Co-host/Producer: Eric
Episode Title: Make Money by Protecting Yourself from Bad Actors and Broken Systems
Date: June 28, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this engaging episode, Travis Chappell is joined in the studio by his producer, Eric, for a deep dive into a mind-boggling real-life story exposing how easy it is to lose significant assets if you're not vigilant—and how broken systems and bad actors can jeopardize your financial goals. The main focus is the unfolding ‘LEGO Heist’ scandal, where a family’s world-class vintage LEGO collection (worth around $200,000) is allegedly stolen during a contentious business deal gone wrong with the franchise toy store chain, Bricks and Minifigs. The episode highlights the importance of protecting your property and staying wary of franchise models and legal pitfalls.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Episode Warm-Up: Personal Style, Vulnerability, and Finding Inspiration

• Travis and Eric begin with humorous banter about Eric’s new fashion, vulnerability around copying celebrity style, and not feeling ashamed for taking inspiration.
  • "You think I'd make fun of you for that?" (Eric, 01:45)
• Brief exchange establishes a relaxed, conversational tone.

2. Episode Topic Choice & Transition

• Listeners get a behind-the-scenes feel as Travis lets Eric pick from several possible topics.
• The “LEGO Heist” is chosen: “We can talk about the greatest LEGO theft in history that's happening right now. Have you been following this?” (Travis, 03:55).

3. The LEGO Heist: An Epic Tale of Franchise Betrayal

• The topic centers on a viral YouTube docu-series by Reckless Ben, covering an alleged theft and corporate coverup concerning a valuable Star Wars LEGO collection.

• Story Basics:

  • Collector’s $200k+ LEGO Star Wars collection put on consignment at a Bricks and Minifigs location.
  • When the store owner tries to sell her franchise, corporate swoops in, forcibly evicts her, and takes all inventory—including the consigned LEGO sets.
  • The family is stonewalled by new franchise owners and police, despite having solid proof and contracts.

  Notable Quote:
  “The collector's son, Brian, well, he reached out to me because he has no clue how to break this news to his dad…he has a health episode...we can't bring any stress.” (Reckless Ben/YouTube clip, 06:17)

4. Financial & Legal Details: Why It Matters

• The hosts break down why this isn’t “just a crazy story,” but a cautionary tale about asset protection, consignment risk, and franchise vulnerability.
• Travis’ shock at the scale of Bricks and Minifigs highlights how even mid-sized companies aren’t immune to bad press and legal peril:
  • “How much do you think their annual revenue is?” (Travis, 12:23)
  • Eric dramatically overestimates ($200M), highlighting preconceived notions about retail franchising. The real number: ~$95 million/year (12:58).

5. The Aftermath: Lawsuits, Intimidation, & Police Involvement

• Travis relates the fallout: lawsuits, bankruptcy filings, franchisees fleeing, police allegedly colluding with the new ownership, and aggressive tactics to suppress coverage.

  • “One of the calls...‘You need to get this guy off the streets. Try to hold him as long as possible.’ The police…coordinating with the guy.” (Travis, 15:32)

• The YouTuber (Reckless Ben) is sworn to silence by a court order and faces threats of losing a $400k GoFundMe for the original owner’s family if he violates it.

  • “If I do that, then all my friends get screwed with this lawsuit and we lose all the GoFundMe money we raised, like, immediately, so I don't even have to.” (Reckless Ben/clip, 19:05)

6. Social Commentary: Power, Legal Loopholes, & Systemic Injustice

• Travis and Eric sharply critique the legal system’s bias toward those with deeper pockets:
  • “It really is the person with the most amount of money...especially in the legal system. Feels like not the opposite of justice.” (Travis, 23:06)
  • “Yeah, that's my hot take on it.” (Travis, 23:17)
• Discussion of police overreach and the ease with which average people can get squeezed out when systems fail, referencing body cam footage leaks, false accusations, and police raids.

7. The Fallout for Franchising and Brand Reputation

• Many franchisees are now suffering from corporate misbehavior, reputational damage, and public backlash:
  • “A bunch of like the franchisees are breaking off and like. And yeah, it’s nuts, but what's crazy is right after they took the collection...they were like posting on social like tons of Star wars content.” (Travis, 20:21)
• Travis notes: “That's a good argument against franchising right there.” (Eric, 20:40)

8. Satire and Dark Humor

• The hosts share a viral parody video highlighting the absurdity of the situation—a customer brings in a set, and the store just pretends it was always theirs, with police colluding.
  • "Sir, maybe we could hurry this up a little. I don't want to sound rude, but you're holding up the line." (Satire sketch, 22:07)

9. Final Thoughts and Lessons

• The episode closes with reflective insights:
  • Importance of vigilance in business dealings.
  • Consider the risks of consignment, franchising, and local legal systems.
  • The value of media and YouTube in exposing injustice but also the realities of legal retaliation.
  • “Money only solves your money problems, but it's easier to solve the rest of your problems. Money in the bank…” (Travis, 24:09)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I think physical violence is called for sometimes. Like, you’re actively standing in front of me, prohibiting me from accessing my own stuff that’s worth two hundred hundred thousand dollars. Like...you're just gonna take it from me?" — Eric (11:41)
• “That’s a business thing and not necessarily yours. Just taking on the business.” — Travis (10:11)
• “It really is the person with the most amount of money...especially in the legal system. Feels like not the opposite of justice.” — Travis (23:06)
• “If people want to [watch Reckless Ben], and they should, because who knows how long he'll be up...” — Travis (24:00)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:55 — Travis introduces the LEGO Heist story.
• 04:05–08:30 — Rundown of Reckless Ben’s YouTube investigation & the setup of the consignment drama.
• 10:36–11:41 — The collector’s son confronts the new store management; their blunt legal threats.
• 12:18–13:12 — Bricks and Minifigs by the numbers (size, revenue); shock at the company’s scale.
• 14:23–17:00 — Legal wrangling, police harassment, staged allegations and body cam leaks.
• 19:16 — Police violence during YouTuber’s arrest.
• 20:21–21:04 — Reputational fallout for franchisees.
• 22:07–22:35 — Satirical summary video dramatizes the situation.
• 23:06–23:19 — Travis and Eric wrap up with systemic reflections and a call for vigilance.

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Key Takeaways

• Protect your assets: Even strong contracts and reputable businesses can become adversarial; always be vigilant about legal protections.
• Franchise risk: Your assets and reputation can suffer due to corporate decisions you don’t control.
• Legal system imbalance: Money and local power can tilt the odds in disputes, even with clear evidence.
• Power of new media: YouTube and social media can rapidly expose wrongdoing but also create new dangers for whistleblowers.
• Solidarity: Public outcry and crowdfunding can help the wronged—but they aren’t guaranteed to overcome entrenched systems.

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Listen if you:

• Want a gripping real-world example of why protecting yourself financially and legally matters.
• Value lessons on the unique risks of consignments, franchising, and asset protection.
• Appreciate candid, entertaining storytelling mixed with actionable takeaways.

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Transcript

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[A]

What's going on, everybody?

[B]

Welcome back to the Travis Makes Money podcast. What's our mission to help you make some more money on this episode of the show. My producer Eric is in studio. What's up?

[A]

Hey. Hey. How you doing, pal?

[B]

Rocking some new threads.

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Thank you. Finally.

[B]

You're welcome.

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Oh, man. I was. I've been.

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Looks like a comfy linen.

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I've been an eager beaver to get these clothes in the mail, and when I put them on, it was like immediate. Like, I tried on all of them. Fashion show in the living room. That sucks. I really. I did. I screamed out, fashion show.

[B]

You look Tommy Bahama'd out.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Is that what that is?

[C]

What is it?

[A]

Honestly? No. This is from Lucky Brand, which is my favorite clothing brand. Lock that away in your mind. It's just a fun fact about me I'll probably forget. Can I be honest with you? I don't even want to say it because you will make fun of me. And the thing is, it'll ruin. There is a certain somebody. Okay. There's a certain celebrity, and I saw him do a couple interviews wearing a certain type of shirt, and I thought the type of shirt was super cool. And it sent me down a rabbit hole. And I was like, oh, I like this.

[B]

You think I'd make fun of you for that?

[A]

Because I feel like then you're going to be like, of course that. And you're like, that's so po. Because the thing is, like, I. I didn't want to. I had never seen shirts in the style of what he's wearing, and it was kind of similar to this.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

And. And I like wearing shirts, like the bigger collars, and they're kind of cool, but, like, even when I saw it, I was like, oh, it's so cool. But, like, I shouldn't buy those shirts because I'll be a poser. But I don't feel like But I don't feel like that's what it is because I don't want to. I haven't taken anything else from their aesthetic. It's just the shirts.

[B]

Yeah, but even if you did, who cares?

[A]

But I feel like I'm too close in personality to this person that you'll be like, oh, that's. Your old personality is being that person.

[B]

Who was it?

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I'm not telling you. I'm not gonna tell you. So I have.

[B]

I'll figure it out eventually.

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The thing is, like, I feel like with your radar, she would. She doesn't know. I. I've never said it, like, uttered this to anybody because I was like. The thing is, he wears, like, cool bracelets and stuff, too. He has, like, a whole style thing, and I.

[B]

And you haven't adopted the bracelets?

[A]

No, I don't. I don't want to do that. I just like the shirt. He does wear cool rings sometimes.

[B]

Like Johnny Depp.

[A]

No, no, it's not that. You wouldn't guess. But the thing is. The thing is, if you knew who it was, you would make fun of me. I just know it's too. It's too ripe for things. But I. But it is a nice shirt. And I did get some other ones that look like it.

[B]

Good for you.

[A]

Hey, ChatGPT, take this image and what. What douchebag celebrity did he copy the style of? But I like. I like the kind of, like, vintage Y looking. And like, my other ones, I got. I think it's called a golf gol or I feel what it's called. Golf collar. Anyway, but it's like a big 70s collar, and I love it. I love it. I got a pink one.

[B]

It's nice and comfy.

[A]

It's. It's. Feel it. A nice material. Must be felt. It must be felt. That's a Dave David Spade. All right, so I have three episode topics, and I'm gonna let you pick. I have four episode topics I'm gonna let you pick. We can talk about the adult toy market.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

It's not what it sounds like. We could talk about what you should and shouldn't pay cash for. We can talk about Caleb Hammer. Hammer and Boomers. Also not what it sounds like. Or we can talk about the greatest LEGO theft in history that's happening right now. Have you been following this?

[B]

Let's do that.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

That sounds fun, dude.

[A]

Okay. I've been watching this series on YouTube, and it's blowing my mind.

[B]

Is it like a docu series?

[A]

It's a YouTuber that's making. And that's how I knew you didn't know anything about this dude. It's a YouTuber. His name's Reckless Ben. 1.36, 1.35, stolen valor. 1.35 million subscribers. And he's done stuff like he secretly recorded inside Scientology for several weeks, and he brought down this weird cult. He does a lot of expose videos, but he's been doing one about this LEGO store in Utah, and it's been exploding. And I'm gonna be honest with you, I know you don't watch YouTube videos. He's done two hour and 30 minute YouTube videos. And you should watch both of them because they're gripping. So I'm gonna show you a little bit of it, and then I'll give you kind of like the rundown of the story. And I don't know that this has, like a lot of applicable, actionable stuff, but it's fascinating and it's related to a company that's absolutely shooting itself in the foot in real time. So I'm gonna play a couple minutes for you, and then I can kind of give you the run out. Cause the way that this has exploded is insane. And mainly I just want you to watch this so we can talk about it.

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This man spent his life collecting what's now known as the world's largest LEGO Star wars collection ever. It's estimated to be worth around $200,000. And then the entire thing.

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Can I say this? My daughter's so into legos right now.

[B]

Really?

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And I'm like, please keep them in good condition because this will set us free someday. Because it's so. They're so expensive and they only go up in value.

[B]

Is that true? Yeah, dude. Like finished LEGO projects.

[A]

Like, just. Just lego. Like if you have like the legos, there's one LEGO set that he had in this collection that was worth $10,000. Just the Boba Fett figure inside of it is two grand. So I'm like, dude, I see stuff all the time with Star wars toys, and I know I've had some of them, and then they're worth so much. I'm like, I'm so dumb. Why did I play with toys as a kid? I should have kept it in a box.

[E]

Anyway, stolen. And the police are actively working with the thieves to cover the entire thing up. But the craziest part is that the collector doesn't even know that his collection's been stolen. Yeah, the collector's son, Brian, well, he reached out to me because he has no clue how to break this news to his dad.

[F]

At this point, my father had a health episode. We can't bring any stress to him.

[E]

The reason he's reaching out to me is because the police are covering this entire thing up. And at this moment, I promised Brian that I would not end this video until I get his entire world record Star wars collection back. But anyways, the thief of this collection is actually a corporation called Bricks and Minifigs.

[A]

Bricks and Minifigs, the biggest toy store

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of its kind, is the largest toy store.

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Bricks and Minifigs were not just your

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average LEGO store for collectors. Bricks and Minifigs is basically seen as the best and safest way to sell your LEGO collections.

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I'm selling my Legos, so what I'm

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planning to do with them is take them to my local Bricks and minifig.

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Because there's so much positive media about them everywhere. Brian thought that this would be the perfect store to finally sell his dad's LEGO Star wars collection.

[F]

So I wrote up a contract.

[E]

In the contract it says that these are still the family's LEGO sets. But every time one gets sold, the store gets to keep a small percentage of each sale.

[F]

This was a store's worth of inventory. So that store that was nothing but my dad's collection, like all the shelves filled, they had to bring in extra shelves and filled the whole party room with shelves.

[E]

But the owner of the franchise, this woman, well, her husband had to actually leave the country due to some work related reasons.

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My husband and I were planning on moving out of the country. I reached out to corporate to let them know, hey, this is something that's coming up in the next, in the next like four to five months.

[E]

She told the Bricks and Minifigs head corporation that she was planning on selling the store. So the corporation actually was able to find a buyer to buy it from her.

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They let me know that they had somebody who was interested in purchasing a franchise in the area. He was going to be in town and he was going to stop by and just take a look at it. Wasn't until Brandon got there that he informed me that they were terminating my franchise agreement. We were getting threats from Brandon and from corporate that if we didn't leave the store immediately, the police were going to be called. I told corporate I wasn't comfortable leaving that night without the inventory. I was also told I was not going to be able to stay stay there long enough to do that inventory.

[E]

But we don't just have to take this woman's word for it.

[A]

Yeah, so that. So the corporation itself is like, get out.

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Yeah.

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And we're keeping all this stuff that you've made deals on just because she

[B]

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[B]

That's pretty crazy.

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Yeah, all the security camera footage from that night proving that everything she just said is true.

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All the footage and evidence is there in the security cam footage. It's him at the store kicking her out. In that footage they sent us is Crystal asking him, how am I supposed to pay this guy? These are sets he has not been paid for.

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These are ones that haven't. He has not been paid his percentage yet, and if I don't have the tickets, I won't know how much I

[F]

need to pay him.

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That that's a business thing and not necessarily yours. Just taking on the business.

[D]

He takes on all that, his own

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corporation is sitting there on video saying they're going to take it.

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After this woman got kicked out of her own store, she called Brian explaining how corporate just came and is now trying to take the world's largest Lego Star wars collection without paying for it. So Brian called the store to see what was going on.

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Called the store and I said, what happened to Crystal? And he goes, well, that's kind of a private matter, but the corporation's taking over the store. There's something I can do to help you with. I said, well, yeah, I am the owner of about half your store's inventory. All those vintage Star wars sets you have in there are awkward. And he goes, huh, I don't know anything about that. I yeah, well, you better get to learn about it because I have a contract. I have photo evidence, video Evidence like that is our collection. So I went down to the store, brought a copy of the contract. We're like, you need to let me in back and let me see the sets that you still have. All you have to do is let me in back. We can go that route or we can go to court. And the guy just looks at me, crosses his arms and goes, let me tell you what's going to happen if we go to court. We're going to drag this thing out so long and you're going to end up spending so much more money than your collection is ever worth or what you ever would have gotten on it, then it ain't worth it, man. So if that's the route you want to go and I go, that's really the route you want to go rather than just letting me walk in there.

[B]

So that's wild, dude. Those are, those are the cases where I'm like, I think physical violence is called for sometimes. Like, you're actively standing in front of me, prohibiting me from accessing my own stuff that's worth two hundred hundred thousand dollars. Like my father's retirement plan is this Laiko collection. And you're telling me you're just gonna take it from me and you're like literally standing right in front of me and it's behind that door? Like, yeah, I would like to think I'm more evolved than that, but I'm not sure I would have been in that scenario.

[A]

So this is like, this story is like single handedly destroying, Destroying this company.

[B]

Good.

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So like bricks and minifigs, which I'd never heard of because I'm not. I'm new to the LEGO game.

[B]

I have not heard of LEGO games.

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But let me tell you, how much do you think they make a year?

[B]

The comp. The whole company?

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Yes.

[B]

Well, how many locations do they have?

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Let me tell you a bunch of information. Okay. And then I'll get you to guess. I was gobsmacked.

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Downside of franchising right there.

[A]

Okay, so let me see how many stores they have. How many stores? Because then you can guess how many stores. Because I was like, I was like, oh, is this probably like three or four little stores? So they have 300 stores worldwide. 300 stores, but its own website shows older figures, like 240 locations. So around 300 stores. How much do you think their annual revenue is?

[B]

200 million.

[A]

No. You always do this. Why do you always do this? You always go too high and then it doesn't sound like anything. 95 million in the Past year. Okay, that doesn't sound that bad. Well, yeah, because you just set the. You anchored the price too high.

[B]

Well, but you said you were gobsmacked.

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I was gobsmacked that it was $100 million for Legos. I was going home for a Lego consignment store.

[B]

Well, but for 300 locations, you know, that's so.

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So here's what, here's what's happened, though, since. And you need to watch this whole thing. But. So they ended up suing the store. Okay. And ended up. Well, here, I'll read. I'll read this to you. So he reached out to the YouTuber. He ends up making this video. It has like 6 million views now.

[B]

Good.

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The Lego resale chain fought back. They filed a lawsuit, but when this was all happening, they actually filed for bankruptcy and shut down their store so they wouldn't have to pay anything out to the guy. So now they're in this, like, big thing to try to, like, go after the company. But a couple things that happened when the store was still open. The YouTuber went in and asked about the Legos. They immediately called the police and trespassed him from the property. And they trespassed the guy who sold the Legos to them in the first place. So then they were like, okay, we're going to go the legal route and try to sue. But the judge in Utah, this opened up. Surprise, surprise, there's a big Mormon undercurrent of this.

[B]

Wait, what?

[A]

I know. So the judge in Utah refused to allow them to sue without a good faith effort to talk to the owner in person. But the owner just trespassed them from everywhere that they could meet him. So they ended up finally talking to them, and then we're able to do the lawsuit. But then the police locally in that town were trailing the YouTuber around and just like pulling him over randomly and being like, we know why you're here and you're harassing and all this stuff. And then they ended up actually raiding, like, with machine guns, his house because the owner of the Lego store said he's the one that stole them. So, like, it's just exploded into this massive thing. And then they sent. The YouTuber was like, I'm concerned. This was funny. But he's like, I'm concerned because the owner of the store is a Mormon and they believe lying will send them to hell or whatever their version of hell is. And he's like, so I talked to someone at his church and so he sent a Mormon missionary from the church to go talk to him about it. They called the police on him and like, yeah, on the missionary. It's just insane. And I was like, how long ago

[B]

are these videos put out?

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Like, this is happening right now. And then the. The final update that's happened just recently was this. Oh, and then here's the other thing. Body cam footage got released because the police department was inept. Biggest surprise in any story. The police department was completely inept and they were responding to someone's questions about the story and accidentally included a link to a Dropbox with unredacted body cam footage that shows the police behind the scenes that, like, basically coordinating with the guy. And he's like, you need to get this guy off the streets. You need to get. Yeah, all this stuff. Like, we're trying to hold him for as long as possible. Like the police. One of the calls.

[B]

So the owner of the entire corporation also lives in Utah.

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I believe he's in Utah as well. I'm trying to remember. But like, there's one part where like, the YouTuber needs to serve him. And the per. The only requirements to serve papers is you have to be 18. And he can't be directly related. So he hired some random person. The guy's like, the owner that they're trying to serve is like, you need to arrest her. She's impersonating an officer of the court. And then basically reiterates like, oh, she's over 18 and she doesn't know anybody. I've never seen her before, so she's fine. And then he says, and the lawsuit's fake, that they're trying to serve me. It's 100 billion trillion percent fake. The cop in the body cam footage goes to his car and calls to confirm it's real. And they confirm it's a real lawsuit. And then he goes back and he's like, you guys need to leave. Like, totally disregards all the information.

[B]

Crazy.

[A]

Here's the final update on this. And seriously, it's. It's crazy. It's just crazy.

[D]

Episode three is finally finished after crazy 11 hours ago and basically destroying my health. But I can't post it or I will go to jail. And not only that, I will also immediately lose my lawsuit of $300,000 and the GoFundMe we made for Brian.

[A]

Yeah, so they. They also made a GoFundMe for the guy and it's raised like $400,000 for his dad, basically.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

But here's. Yeah, here's what happened.

[D]

Power YouTube mystery company that I am no longer allowed to talk about. They sent court papers to my email, which I guess a judge approved for them that this was a valid form of service. And so now that I'm officially served, I cannot even mention this company or I will be in jail and everything. Normally I would be like, screw the big guy telling me what to do. I'm going to do what's morally right.

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If I do that, then all my friends get screwed with this lawsuit and we lose all the GoFundMe money we raised, like, immediately, so I don't even have to.

[A]

And the police, when they came in, he was filming and they, like, dislocated his shoulder, like, his bike, and then, like, pulling his arm back and like, dislocating his shoulder and then, like, threatening to arrest someone for locking their phone before giving it to the police. Like, it's. It's crazy.

[D]

Allowed to even mention this mystery company. My personal opinion is that this is unfair because this order was put on me because this company was telling the court that I was making bomb threats. I was planning on murdering the manager and employees, which obviously I didn't do. And you can see that in the footage. The only problem is I was not given a chance to share my side. The court just turned their perspective, not mine. So because I wasn't able to share my side, I'm now no longer allowed to talk about them. And looks like this might be it, which.

[A]

Which arguably could be one of the best things to happen in the story. But yeah, it's just crazy. And it's crazy like it's a multi million dollar corporation. It's just like we can run this out with noise.

[B]

I just hope they go down in flames, man. Yeah, dude, it's nothing to make me happier.

[A]

A bunch of like the franchisees are breaking off and like. And yeah, it's nuts, but what's crazy is right after they took the collection, I don't know if I showed you this part of the video, but they were like posting on social like tons of Star wars content. And he's like, it's basically like they're rubbing in the face like, oh, look what we did. So it's just nuts.

[B]

But yeah, that's again, that's a good argument against franchising right there.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

Realize how much control they have.

[A]

And then there's people who have perfectly good franchises that run.

[B]

Well, what is it called again? Bricks and.

[A]

Bricks and minifigs.

[B]

Bricks and minifigs.

[A]

But, but like there was. I was on a social of like some other account from them and it's like totally disconnected from all this. But like the damage it's doing to all these other franchise owners that are like.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Just posting random stuff and then like give back this person's stuff, you know, and someone made a. This video I thought was really good, basically. What's happening right now.

[C]

How can I help you? Oh, hi. I was cleaning out my grandpa's closet the other day and I happened to stumble across this LEGO Star wars set from like the 90s or something. And I don't know, I was looking up online and apparently it's worth quite a lot of money. So was just wondering, I don't know what you guys would offer for it. Oh yeah, of course, of course. So what's your guys offer? Offer for what? For the LEGO set that I just brought. Wait, where did it go? Where did what go? My set, sir. I have no idea what you're talking about, but I just had. Oh, wait a minute, there it is. It's right, right behind you on that shelf. Oh no, sir, that's ours. I don't remember seeing it there 20 seconds ago. Sir, maybe we could hurry this up a little. I don't want to sound rude, but you're holding up the line.

[A]

Dude, are you gonna buy the set or what?

[C]

But I'm not even. You guys can't just take my set like that. Give it back. Excuse me, sir, Is this guy bothering you?

[F]

Literally?

[C]

Exactly. I'm pretty sure he just stole my Set. I wasn't talking to you, dirt bag. Now, was this customer bothering you? Why, yes, officer, he is crazy. Please take him away. Wait. No.

[A]

And the cops are like, what do you want us to do with this guy? You know, like, it's just. It feels like.

[C]

Anyway, we're gonna help you.

[A]

It feels like an old, like, version of Gaslighting. It feels like those 70s and 80s movies where it's like, yeah, like, Boss Hogg, right? You know, like the Hazard. And it's like he's the police force, you know, doing his bidding. It's just crazy.

[B]

But those are the stories that make you cynical.

[A]

Yeah, well. Well, it's.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

And it's. It's like, on the one hand, I go like, oh, I'm so glad there's people that are, like, going to YouTube and holding people accountable. And then it's also like, it really is the person with the most amount of money.

[B]

Yeah. And in those contexts.

[A]

Yeah, dude, I hate any scenario like that where it's like someone just has unlimited, like, assets to be like. Especially in the legal system. It feels like not the opposite of justice.

[C]

Feels like not. Okay.

[A]

Yeah, that's my hot take on it.

[B]

Well, it's absolutely not okay. That's. That's a wild, wild story.

[A]

You keep looking at the timers because you're itching to get out here and watch the full thing. You should watch the full thing. It's crazy. And his part two, like, shows them raiding his house, like, literally pointing, like, assault rifles at him, like, insane. Over. First of all, reporting it well. And also, like, the stuff getting thrown is like, oh, they were smuggling, like, one of the traffic stops. Like, we got an anonymous report that you were. You were smuggling heroin. And they keep him parked for two hours and dig through his car and you're like, what's going on in Trump's America? What's going on in Trump's America? They're going to do this. It's the goal now, anyway.

[B]

Yeah, crazy stuff. Well, I can't believe his channel.

[A]

If people want to reckless Ben, and they should, because who knows how long he'll be up.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

Go watch that Lego story.

[A]

That's crazy. Is really crazy stuff.

[B]

Anyway, that's it for this episode of the show. Remember, money only solves your money problems, but it's easier to solve the rest of your problems. Money in the bank. So let's start there here on the Travis Makes Money podcast. Thanks for tuning in. Catch you guys next time. Peace.

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