TPiR Recap - 9/24/2014

[Roadgeek Adam]

Episode #6813K
Aired – 9/24/2014; Taped – 7/28/2014
Models: Manuela Arbelaez, Rachel Reynolds
Microphone Handoff: Rachel
First Four Contestant Seating: Mixed

First IUFB: Cookware Set (Dansky: Mario Batali 13-piece cookware set); ARP: $1,320 (Manuela)

TREVOR	JONATHAN	JULIE	GINA
550	551	800	450

The winner is...
JULIE

Julie is playing SQUEEZE PLAY for a trip to Montreal (RT Coach to Montreal, QC for a 6n stay in an executive suite at the Le Cantlie Suites Hotel, daily breakfast) (Rachel). .

The 1, 8 or 5 is incorrect.

8	1	8	5	7

Julie removes the 8...

$	8	1	5	7
$8157

WIN

Second IUFB: Pair of Beach Cruisers (Performance Bicycle: Helmets, Baskets); ARP: $743 (Manuela)

TREVOR	JONATHAN	LIESE	GINA
700	750	975	650

The winner is...
TREVOR

Trevor is playing Card Game for a 2014 Volkswagen Beetle (1.8L turbo-charged engine, 6-speed AT, Bluetooth, Heatable Front Seats) (Rachel).

The starting price is

$15,000

. The target range is

$2,000

Trevor draws a

10♦

.

$16,000

Trevor draws a

2♣

.

$16,200

Trevor draws a

7♣

.

$16,900

Trevor draws a

9♣

.

$17,800

Trevor stops at

$17,800

ARP is

$22,215

For a difference of

$4,415

LOSS

Third IUFB: Bass Guitar (Spector: Built-on Neck Construction and maple fingerboard); ARP: $2,500 (Rachel)

LILYBELL	JONATHAN	LIESE	GINA
890	795	1000	1001

The winner is...
GINA

Gina is playing Swap Meet.

Swap a new television (60in 1080P LED smart HDTV with built-in Wifi) (Rachel) for one of:

1. Designer Handbags (Marc by Marc Jacobs: Leather body bag, tote and drawstring bag) (Manuela)
2. Home Gym (Bowflex: 100 exercises) (Rachel)
3. Recliner (Flexsteel: Genuine Leather Recliner) (George)

Gina picks the home gym.

$1699		$2999
TV	BAGS	HOME GYM	RECLINER

LOSS

 

$1699	$894	$2999	$1699
TV	BAGS	HOME GYM	RECLINER

 

SCSD #1

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
Trevor	$743	15	100	1.15	OVER
Gina	$2,500	75	–	.75
Julie	$9,477	100	–	1.00	*$1,000*

Bonus...

Contestant	Winnings	Spin	Result
Julie	$10,477	45	*SHOWCASE*

Fourth IUFB: New iPods (Apple: 160GB iPod Classic, 32GB Touch and 2 pairs of JBL headphones); ARP: $1,348 (Manuela)

LILYBELL	JONATHAN	LIESE	BRANDON
901	1000	1001	777

The winner is...
LIESE

Liese is playing Grand Game for a chance to win up to $10,000!

The target price is...

$8.00

Liese starts out at $1.00:

$1.00

The items are:

• Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers Frozen Entree
• Kitchen Trash Bags
• Gold Bond Powder Spray
• Libman Freedom Floor Cleaner
• MegaRed Omega-3 Krill Oil
• Read German Potato Salad

Pick 1: Potato Salad

$1.59

$10.00

Pick 2: Floor Cleaner

$5.99

$100.00

Pick 3: Frozen Entree

$2.49

$1,000.00

Pick 4: Powder Spray

$7.17

$10,000.00

The bags were $8.99 and the krill oil was $32.99.

Fifth IUFB: Air Hockey Table (Escalade Sports: 8ft air hockey table with 2 pucks); ARP: $900 (Rachel vs. Manuela)

LILYBELL	JONATHAN	SARA	BRANDON
1301	750	625	1213

The winner is...
JONATHAN

Jonathan, the last of the First Four, is playing SWITCH? for a new sauna (Crystal Sauna: 3-person infared sauna) (Rachel) and a new computer (27in touchscren PC with 8GB RAM, 2TB HD, portable speaker) (Manuela).

These prices are either correct or need to be switched:

SAUNA

$2450

SWITCH?

COMPUTER

$3295

SWITCH?

Jonathan chooses to switch...

SAUNA

$3295

$3295

COMPUTER

$2450

$2450

WIN

Sixth IUFB: Designer Sunglasses (Ray-Ban: 6-pairs of sunglasses courtesy of FramesDirect.com); ARP: $1,200 (Overhead)

LILYBELL	JOHN	SARA	BRANDON
1201	1200	895	625

CLANGERS! $500!!

The winner is...
JOHN

John, now $500 richer, is playing Pathfinder for a 2014 Ford Focus SE (2L engine, FWD, rear floor mats, Sirius satellite radio and paint/fabric protection) (Rachel).

Small prizes (Rachel):

1. Cordless Hand Vacuum
2. Chopping Boards
3. Water-Infuser Bottle

1

 

 

 

 

9

8

3

2

0

4

2

7

5

8

0

6

1

9

7

5

3

8

6

4

7

9

2

1

5

7? EROO

$38

$70

CUTTING
BOARDS

$38

$70

$70

8? EROO

$117

$165

HAND
VACUUM

$117

$165

$117

6? EROO

$26

$49

WATER
BOTTLE

$26

$49

$26

LOSS. ARP was:

1

 9

 5

 2

 3

9

8

3

2

0

4

2

7

5

8

0

6

1

9

7

5

3

8

6

4

7

9

2

1

5

LOSS (Total Winnings: $187)

SCSD #2

Contestant	Winnings	Spin 1	Spin 2	TOTAL	RESULT
John	$1,787	70	STAY	.70
Jonathan	$6,645	100	–	1.00	*$1,000*
Liese	$11,348	60	50	1.10	OVER

Bonus...

Contestant	Winnings	Spin	Result
Johnathan	$7,645	90	*SHOWCASE*

THE FABULOUS SHOWCASES

Julie has the honors...

SC1 - Julie

THE CAR NAMES THE BID

• Trip to Hollywood (RT Limo to Los Angeles, CA for a 2n stay at the Lowes Hollywood Hotel + daily breakfast, helicopter tour of Hollywood) (Manuela)
• Trip to London (RT Coach to London, EN for a 5n stay at the Lancaster London + daily breakfast, guided half-day city tour) (Manuela)
• 2014 Dodge Avenger SE (2.4L engine, 4-speed AT, vehicle cover) (Rachel)

Bid: $28,500

SC2 - Jonathan

TESLA WOULD BE PROUD?

• Pair of Tablets (Nextbook: 8in HD tablets with charging stations) (Rachel)
• Pair of Electric Bicycles (Jetson) (Rachel)
• 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV2 LT (Electronic drive, solar absorbing glass, Bluetooth, paint/fabric protection) (Manuela)

Bid: $22,000

Julie

$28,500

AVENGER

$33,935

$5,435

AVENGER

*WIN*
$44,412

Jonathan

$22,000

SPARK

$32,753

$10,753

SPARK

Results: 3 out of 6
Winnings: $68,435
Biggest Winner: Julie

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[PriceBusterXL]

THE BAD NEWS:

Card Game: Trevor sure did lowballed on the Beetle.

Swap Meet: TVs are getting to be too much of a wildcard thus far............Tough break for Gina.

Pathfinder: Terrible setup............No way that was meant to be won. I feel really bad for John.

THE GOOD NEWS:

Squeeze Play: Good win by Julie! I would've screwed up with $8857.

Grand Game: Fantastic playing and win by Liese! But $32.99 for MegaRed supplement?!!!! For crying out loud!

Switch?: A cakewalk setup and win for Jonathan! And a car was finally given away!

THE BOTTOM LINE:

Slighty above average show today with 3 wins. While no worries of a car washout, some of a car game washout have increased a little..........Hopefully, that will be abated soon. Plus, after the 1st IUFB description, Drew sure did treated Manuela as if this is her first week as a Price model or if he's treating her if she's a guest model or something. That sure was odd IMHO.

[Swingbatta0]

My two cents:

Squeeze Play: Good win. And she also won $1,000 on the Big Wheel, and her Showcase, including an Avenger!
Card Game: Tough break, lowballing on that VW Beetle.
Swap Meet: Tough break there, too.
Grand Game: What a win!
Switch: Good win. And he also won $1,000 on the Big Wheel!
Pathfinder: Tough break, regardless of the setup.

Showcases: Although the Showcase with the Dodge Avenger was awesome and won, I prefer the Showcase with the Chevrolet Spark EV (the only Chevrolet Spark I'm interested in), since I'm a nut for electric cars.

Overall: Getting better each day. 3/6, 2 $1K wins on the Big Wheel, and a car win in the Showcase.

[Kev347]

Absolutely deplorable Pathfinder setup. I thought we were done with garbage like this. We were doing so well towards the end of last season, even after the Audi was won. (To clarify, making one aspect of the game hard to get a loss is fine. Having some hard SPs, the usual stacked 2nd digit choice, and an ugly path that ends in a fake 0/5 is plain overkill). And it's only the 2nd taping week! Not a good sign for the season. Card was pretty tough too. I try not to obsess too much about cars, but on premiere week of all things, it would be plain ridiculous to go 0/10 on giving them away in the pricing games. Can I buy one easy setup?

[DJTorgo]

Grand Game: Fantastic playing and win by Liese! But $32.99 for MegaRed supplement?!!!! For crying out loud!

We've had the $32.99 MegaRed XL for a few seasons now. Why is everyone freaking out about this? (I'm referring to the Bullseye thread in TTIR.)

snip

At least Swap Meet wasn't seventh.

[BRB_TheFireball]

With the exception of the $10,000 win in Grand Game, this was a fairly white bread episode.

My showcase bids:
Avenger--$32,707
Spark--$22,707

[MrPlinko]

Absolutely deplorable Pathfinder setup. I thought we were done with garbage like this. We were doing so well towards the end of last season, even after the Audi was won. (To clarify, making one aspect of the game hard to get a loss is fine. Having some hard SPs, the usual stacked 2nd digit choice, and an ugly path that ends in a fake 0/5 is plain overkill). And it's only the 2nd taping week! Not a good sign for the season. Card was pretty tough too. I try not to obsess too much about cars, but on premiere week of all things, it would be plain ridiculous to go 0/10 on giving them away in the pricing games. Can I buy one easy setup?

Yea,

Pathfinder doesn't need to become another Stack The Deck! UGGHH!!

Joe

[Roadgeek Adam]

Sorry, this Wednesday was worse than normal. Recap posted.

[Schfifty]

At least Swap Meet wasn't seventh.

Sorry, but I don't get that. How can a game be seventh when there are only six games in a show?

And you know what's incredibly surprising (to me, at least)? We just went from a recap with 31 replies yesterday down to only 8 today, and we're only three shows into the new season!

[moneygamelover]

Squeeze Play: Montreal is not my preference for a trip. The gameplay was pretty much a random guessing game to decide whether the tens digit was 5 or 8. Nice to start off the show with a win even if the prize wasn't my favorite.

Card Game: I absolutely would have lost this with a $2000 range. I tend to expect Volkswagens to be in $20000 to $21000 range so I'd have quit once I was over $19000. It's too the Volkswagen Beetle wasn't won but that wasn't exactly easy.

Swap Meet: Even though the designer handbags aren't my thing it was nice to see the Flexsteel recliner and the 60 inch Sharp TV offered because historically Swap Meet has tended to offer prizes I don't care for (I have stated on these boards before that I would be bummed out if I was a contestant and got stuck playing Swap Meet because of its tendency to offer undesirable prizes.) To have a nice TV and a nice recliner in Swap Meet was nice to see. It's unfortunate it wasn't won but pricing TVs is always tough given wild variations in TV prices.

Grand Game: The highlight of the day for sure. This was setup to be won. The MegaRed supplement was easily the most expensive item. And the potato salad, floor cleaner, and entree were clearly less than $8. So it was between the powder spray and the trash bags. I think most people would have won that.

Switch?: Even though the computer had a large screen and good specs it seemed that the sauna was the more expensive prize. Nice win of some nice prizes.

Pathfinder: Even if today's contestant would have gotten the thousands digit on his first try this was unlikely to be won. 3 is one of the most uncommon numbers for the price of a car to end in and with 0 being the other choice this would almost certainly have been lost had it come down to the final digit. The SPs I think were at a medium level of difficulty but it's unlikely anyone would have gotten all three. It's a shame that the Ford Focus wasn't won and that red of the Focus looked sharp on TV.

Showcases: Both showcase were good so as long as we didn't have a double overbid we were in good shape.

Lineup: Mixed. Much better second half than first half. Card Game is a favorite of mine but Swap Meet is one of our dullest games period and Squeeze Play becomes dull when it is a lead off hitter. I'd have flip flopped the slotting and played Card Game first and Squeeze Play second. Card Game makes a great lead off hitter and Squeeze Play slots much better second than first. The second half was much better. Grand Game and Pathfinder are two of the best games on the show and although Switch? is dull it is much more enjoyable when slotted in between two great games as was the case today. And Pathfinder is a great closer.

Overall: With a great Grand Game segment, three pricing game wins, a car showcase won, and a strong second half lineup this was a good show. It was also cool to have a perfect bid on the last contestants row round of the day as well.

[whinbaby]

The 8,065th episode (3rd for Season 43)

Showcase #1

• Trip to Hollywood:  $1,398
• Trip to London:  $10,665
• Dodge Avenger:  $21,872

My bid:  $34,295 (OVER)

Showcase #2

• Tablets:  $596
• Electric Bicycles:  $3,600
• Chevrolet Spark:  $28,557

My bid:  $32,395 (Difference of $358)

Modeling Totals:  September 24, 2014
Rachel Reynolds
Total:  12/$65,047.00 (7/$36,911.00, 5/$28,136.00)
Cars:  2/$44,087.00 (1/$21,872.00, 1/$22,215.00)
Trips:  1/$8,157.00 (1/$8,157.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Manuela Arbelaez
Total:  11/$70,797.00 (7/$18,824.00, 4/$51,973.00)
Cars:  2 /$48,080.00 (0/$0.00, 2/$48,080.00)
Trips:  2/$12,063.00 (2/$12,063.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

All Prizes
Total:  25/$147,843.00 (14/$56,035.00, 11/$91,808.00)
Cars:  4/$92,167.00 (1/$21,872.00, 3/$70,295.00)
Trips:  3/$20,220.00 (3/$20,220.00, 0/$0.00)
Cash Prizes:  1/$10,000.00 (0/$0.00, 1/$10,000.00)

Season to date
Rachel Reynolds (3 shows)
Total:  34/$208,839.00 (21/$97,704.00, 13/$111,135.00)
Cars:  5/$103,946.00 (1/$21,872.00, 4/$82,074.00)
Trips:  4/$25,873.00 (3/$17,531.00, 1/$8,342.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

Manuela Arbelaez (3 shows)
Total:  40/$196,920.00 (25/$57,148.00, 15/$139,772.00)
Cars:  5/$99,523.00 (0/$0.00, 5/$99,523.00)
Trips:  6/$47,742.00 (3/$23,811.00, 3/$23,931.00)
Cash Prizes:  0/$0.00 (0/$0.00, 0/$0.00)

All Prizes (3 shows)
Total:  79/$488,603.43 (47/$175,535.43, 32/$313,068.00)
Cars:  10/$203,469.00 (1/$21,872.00, 9/$181,597.00)
Trips:  10/$73,615.00 (6/$41,342.00, 4/$32,273.00)
Cash Prizes:  3/$80,000.00 (0/$19,538.00, 3/$60,462.00)

Career to date
Rachel Reynolds (1,397 shows)
Total:  13,838/$73,226,786.36 (8,624/$32,735,838.94, 5,214/$40,490,947.42)
Cars:  1,513/$34,128,525.00 (576/$12,372,374.00, 937/$21,756,151.00)
Trips:  1,315/$10,121,015.00 (707/$5,343,554.00, 608/$4,777,461.00)
Cash Prizes:  238/$2,697,851.00 (52/$478,584.00, 186/$2,219,267.00)

Manuela Arbelaez (636 shows)
Total:  5,892/$33,354,155.34 (3,639/$14,324,408.24, 2,253/$19,029,747.10)
Cars:  680/$15,188,897.00 (235/$5,216,084.00, 445/$9,972,813.00)
Trips:  708/$6,011,454.00 (370/$3,078,031.00, 338/$2,933,423.00)
Cash Prizes:  117/$1,378,032.00 (36/$249,317.00, 81/$1,128,715.00)

My viewing to date (2,548 shows)
Total:  66,459/$366,072,565.77 (41,309/$158,410,813.08, 25,150/$207,661,752.69)
Cars:  7,263/$156,413,683.00 (2,787/$58,614,734.00, 4,476/$97,798,949.00)
Trips:  5,591/$39,857,420.00 (2,906/$20,651,305.00, 2,685/$19,206,115.00)
Cash Prizes:  1,954/$42,753,353.00 (400/$7,056,823.00, 1,554/$35,696,530.00)

[crazypackersfan]

I know others have said it before but I've just got to mention it: a trip to Hollywood?? Isn't CBS Television City in... oh, right, it is, I was there myself. I'm just having a hard time figuring out the appeal in such a trip. Surely they could come up with something better.

[strongbad]

I watched this episode yesterday after I got home from work, it is the first episode I've seen from season 43.  I have mixed thoughts about the set.  I'm glad they brought back the Barker-style doors.  On the other hand, there are WAY too many colors going on in and around the doors - lights everywhere (in the doors, around the border in two places); I also noticed yesterday that above the doors was not the standard grey, that there were shaded of red as well.  Way too busy, and it doesn't look good to me (I think this was during the SSD).  The backlighting that they have changed, which is particularly noticeable when Drew is near contestant's row, looks awful - it is way overdone and should be toned down - it makes everyone look shiny and unnatural.  The screen for the 3rd bidder in contestants row is almost unreadable between the bright yellow and the insane amount of backlighting.    They need to dial it back on all the changes; while I get changes are done from time to time, change for the sake of change is just crazy. 

[JustBecause]

This episode was just there. Individual segments (Grand Game, the showcase showdowns) were fun to see, but when added with segments like Swap Meet (boring game) & Pathfinder (difficult set-up), it brought the energy down considerably for me compared to yesterday & Monday.

Grand Game: Fantastic playing and win by Liese! But $32.99 for MegaRed supplement?!!!! For crying out loud!

If I was playing Grand Game, I'd actually be hoping to see the Supplement because it'd make the game a little easier, knowing to avoid it at all costs... unless the target was set at $35.00

[PriceBusterXL]

If I was playing Grand Game, I'd actually be hoping to see the Supplement because it'd make the game a little easier, knowing to avoid it at all costs... unless the target was set at $35.00

I was more surprised that they did put something like that on a game where it would normally place $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, or $5.00 target prices. I know how much MegaRed costs, but I was not expecting that.