i wondered so to find out we have alex craig "right this minute," via skype. alex, are people really paying you money to send potatoes with messages? >> absolutely. it's a quality product and changing the way you communicate with one another. this is a revolutionary startup that has done something that no one else on the planet has done, which is send a message on a potato. >> are you being serious? have you really sold a lot of these things? >> i have, a little over $30,000 since we launched in may. >> oh my gosh! are you like a master marketer? >> work at a mobile app company in addison, texas. we make mobile apps for a lot of big name brands. i'm into internet marketing and finding new ways spreading the word and spreading an idea and i thought what better way to do that than do it on a potato. >> i'm just curious, are these potatoes edible after somebody gets the message? >> it has ink on it, touched by many people and sent through the mail, you're probably not going to want to eat it. we advise not to do that. >> have you thought about taking it a step fu

. >> there's a guy, his name is alex craig of dallas. they place an order online. they get this touch, tell him what they want written on the potato and where to send it and he takes care of the rest. >> each costs between and $10. he sold more than 2,000 potatoes and clearing ten grand a month profit since he started in may. >> good for him. >>> coming up in the mix, who is sending a heartfelt apology to a public library about an accident with a book. >> kaitlyn jenner and her car accident before her transtransition. the serious charges she faces and why some say she could go to prison. >> put away the ketchup and mustard. we're serving gourmet hot dogs made with exceptional meat and served with, get this, peanut butter and cream cheese. >> can find us on facebook wyy fans.com and twitter @abc.wnf. >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, this is an important message. so please, write down the number on your screen. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. it's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up

. >> alex craig started potatoparcel.com. he says the idea came to him a few months ago. >> the two things that hold everybody back in life is fear and doubt, the fear of failure, and the fire of wasting your time. >> so now his computer is filling up with users ordering $10 potatoes with a custom message sent anonymously to whoever they want. >> what's really cool about this is that it takes me about 30 seconds to write on a potato. >> it's a simple idea and it's making money. craig's clearing $10,000 a month since potato parcel.com launched in may. at able 24 craig says it's turned into something better than profit. >> we sent thousands of potatoes to people across the united states. in some sort of way you've had an impact on somebody's life even for a second when they open their mail and say what the hell is this, it's a potato. that's crazy. >> so if you get a potato in the mail. >> congrats on the wedding. here's a potato. >> you may not know who sent it. but you'll its creator. >> at first i thought the pet rock, if an