Unless you were the Stage Player, who seriously should have discussed hand signals with her friends BEFORE going to the show, you were at least in the ballpark for the first showcase. Of the twelve overbids, half were by less than a thousand dollars and the other half (except Stage Player) less than two thousand. If you survived, the only question was how much you garfed the indoor and outdoor kitchens. I know Viking appliances are big bucks, but those Jenn-Air simply didn't look it. I do remember the outdoor kitchen being mildly expensive, but... wtf?
Without counting Stage Player, the average bids for each showcase were $16,014 and $17,404. This would have gotten you a points score of 78.01. Only three people actually did get that, though. pathfinder20 with by far the best bid on the kitchens and a respectable difference on the spy showcase; and visualbasicwizard, who DSWd Monte Carlo (instead of jcron, who WSDd).
CHATROOM SHOWCASE SHOWOFF
Results for April 23, 2009 -- Game 137
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