With the Amazon Prime Days there are some great buys for your next project. You just have to be careful WHAT you purchase and we have some tips for you! Also....its summer project time! Its a great time to tackle some of those projects inbetweem vacations and extreme summer weather!

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[00:00:37] Eric Goranson: There's so much going on. I'm Eric G. In the world, it has been a wild political week. And even though this is not a political show, just everybody out there, my best advice to all you that are just trying to survive as homeowners and want to be homeowners, contractors, DIY wires, or somebody just wanting to learn about their house, just everybody take a nice deep breath and let's see if we can all [00:01:00] get together through this.

[00:01:22] Eric Goranson: Thanks for joining me. That's my little speech for the day there. Just want to make sure everybody is just keeping it cool. Let's just be a little chill. I wanted to talk about a few things today. One being in the middle of Amazon prime days, there's all these sales and things on there and there are some great ones.

[00:02:06] Eric Goranson: And I'm going to say about 90 percent of the time, and this is about the case, 90 percent of the time, those cheap knockoffs are just that they are absolute garbage. And every once in a while we run into a few things that I go, wow, that's super useful. Some of the ones that are super useful are many times the super useful ones are either name brand or something that you'd see as a store brand.

[00:03:05] Eric Goranson: Stay away from the knockoff in 90 percent of the time. And the things that you see on these kind of Chinese or Asian knockoffs or wherever they're coming from Vietnam, China. The problem that I see is the tools. Many times, if you're in the United States, we have SAE measurement system here, but a lot of times it's metric.

[00:03:47] Eric Goranson: They didn't even try to use Google translate a bolt. They called a bullet. It was just out of control and we did our best to get that thing put together so it could be used. But sometimes these things are just [00:04:00] quite frankly dangerous. So be very careful what you're out there on, on Amazon prime days.

[00:04:22] Eric Goranson: So, and Amazon's not paying me for this anyway. And the last thing those guys need is some free promotion. So make sure, take a look. There are good buys on there. I saw the sense. Energy monitoring system. That was good. Uh, a hundred dollars off of that. That was pretty cool. If you're trying to save money on electricity in your home, that's a great buy, but to just really take a look on there, if you're trying to buy something or you're got a project coming up, it could be a great way to save money, but.

[00:05:10] Eric Goranson: I've just seen way too many companies. And some of my favorite ones here in my area, I go to go, I jump on, Hey, what are their hours? And they see temporarily closed on Google and it's, Oh, we are losing so many great resources for projects out there where companies just aren't making it. So if we can do something on these Amazon prime days, you're going to get a special buy.

[00:05:54] Eric Goranson: Those are their own big machine But a lot of the nonprofits that I work with outside [00:06:00] of the big ones like that the local ones That to take donated materials sell them put them back into the community teach people how to do things They are really hurting because of Facebook marketplace. So what we're seeing is with money being so tight, instead of people going to donate it, they're like, man, I got to get my money back out of this so I can buy gas, buy more materials, whatever.

[00:06:42] Eric Goranson: That way they have something that they can use. And it's a great tax write off for next year. Contractors, if you've got to clean out that storage shed or stuff, make sure that you can donate that and it'll be much nicer for you. That way, those guys can sit there and [00:07:00] be sustainable. And of course, be able to help People out with that.

[00:07:28] Eric Goranson: I think we just need a lot more of that and support your local charity for that, especially during times like these, where people can't afford to donate stuff. They're really trying to get the most out of that project. I'm going to make sure and do some cleanup around here and do some donations as well to those guys.

[00:08:00] Eric Goranson: A lot of times you'll see things get donated in there from hotels or things like that, where they've got a lot of great stuff that has a lot of life left and it can save you a ton of money on that next project. So that's a good one. Hey, we're in the middle of summertime and I wanted to bring this up as well.

[00:08:35] Eric Goranson: But if you're going to got an asphalt driveway, you want to resurface to great time to go down and pick that stuff up from your hardware store. And those are things that you can do that are pretty inexpensive. A few hundred bucks. And all of a sudden you got your driveway looking like brand new, nice black and patched up and all looking good.

[00:09:07] Eric Goranson: The sloped roof thing's been big in the news, so make sure you're careful up on that roof and tie off and you'll be good to go. All right, everybody have a great rest of the week. We had a great show coming up this weekend. I'll tell you about on Friday and make sure you're following us on social media on we've got the YouTube now, the around the house, YouTube, and of course the around the house Northwest page where we've got our TV show as well.

[00:09:49] Eric Goranson: So stay tuned for that. All right, everybody have a great rest of the week. Stay safe out there. Be chill. Maybe it's a good time to dial the politics back on TV and enjoy yourself and just [00:10:00] enjoy a wonderful summer with friends and family. And let's not get buried in the minutia like so many, including I have been.