I know it may sound blasphemy to suggest it's removal but the order of who can bid first ensures that some people will be shut out due to the $1 dollar increment difference between some bids. That isn't fair.
If we call people directly to play a pricing game, then you can fit 2 more pricing games per hour and have 4 people per showcase showdown round. I would hate to lose eligibility for 10 years just because someone bid a dollar over you.
While it's not cool to lose eligibility for a decade for one's failure to get out of contestants row (used to be lifetime BTW), one thing to keep in mind is that fifth to ninth contestants get to bid first. If they know the price & get it right, that would shut out everyone else who has yet to bid.
No reason to do away with One Bid. For one, it's a game show. Furthermore, there have been several contestants over past half century called down as late as ninth that made it out. Most of them didn't have to bid perfectly either. Many more that didn't get on stage that had six chances to get out of contestants row but failed to do so.
I have to disagree here. I think the current format is fine. As mentioned, it sucks that people didn't make it out, but life's not fair. For what it's worth, many more don't even get called down, so there's that
