3. In Make Your Move, one prize was a glorified blender (with some cart I was supposed to pirce) and a hot tub (which included some robes....I guess I need to price as well???). What the hell am I pricing here exactly?
I don't understand the gripe here. The show has offered numerous random prizes throughout the history of the show that honestly, many people just wouldn't know the price of. The Monopoly set that cost $5,000? No one is going to expect that. There have been plenty more. I mean, the nighttime show with James had an airplane. I don't know most people, but I bet most of them aren't shopping for airplanes and would know its price. There are plenty of prizes over the history that just seemed unpriceable. I understand where you're coming from because sometimes some prizes should be kept to fee games, but I don't think it's a problem here. Plus the setup was easy enough. Even if you didn't know the prices, you could still know the area in which the prizes cost and in MYM, that's enough to win.
And don't get me started on prices involving calling plans...the show's premise - that is is based on "pricing of merchandise, with wonderful awards for smart shoppers" is gone....RIP.
Completely disagree here. Smart shoppers would know the price of cell phones/tablets with calling plans. A ton of people have cellular devices nowadays, and they have to pay for them. It's a way of life now. I understand that not everyone combines the total for an entire year and don't realize that the phone they get is usually at a discounted price, but "smart shoppers" (like heads of households, mothers/fathers) do pay attention to how much they have to pay for their or their kids' phone.
If anything, "smart shoppers" are gone. They have knife blocks on the show all the time and they're consistently underpriced. Same for assortments of appliances. Those are supposed to be the "priceable" prizes and they consistently aren't.
What I DID imply is that, if you are giving away $100,000, that there could be some tension/skill/risk involved. None of those aspects existed in today's playing, and perhaps this is the reason it was buried on Friday.
I think there was some tension at least waiting for that last dice to drop. Not as much though, I suppose, because it was only her 2nd roll. I suppose though that this is certainly a matter of opinion.
As proof, I challenge you to do this. Bury this thread away for 9 months. Then ask yourself waht the "greatest moments" of this season were. Today's show is quickly forgotten.
I completely agree. What usually outshines these gimmick weeks are great wins, unexpected wins, and rare wins (like Range Game a week or so back). The same can be said of Dream Car Week when that comes around. It's great in the moment, but sometimes it isn't a "great moment", and it doesn't hold a candle to the great natural moments that happen throughout the season.
