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TPiR Pricing Game Question
whampyl03:
--- Quote ---Take Superball out of Bob Boden's garage, and place it back in Studio 33.
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Amen, Brother Herbert.
aaron sica:
I'd like to see \"Plinko\" thrown back into the rotation.
Oh, it wasn't retired??
Seriously...
One game I've always liked is the game where Johnny O. started off booming, \"TWO New Cars!!!\"....It's Optional.
Of course, a good bit of the \"optional\" items they had to pick are now standard in cars. Could the game be updated for the 21st century?
cmjb13:
[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Oct 10 2003, 10:03 PM\']But speaking of bringing things back, why not bring back the Home Viewer Showcases? True, there's a couple of weeks' worth of episodes you can't show in reruns (obviously, an episode that opens with a mention of the HVS can't be repeated on CBS), but who wouldn't want to see (okay, hear) someone win over $100,000 worth of stuff for one postcard (or E-mail, although that would be a little easy to rig by having computer programs to send off multiple E-mails with prices that increase by a penny a pop)?
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The reason the home viewer showcases are no longer done is this...
Years ago they had a home viewer showcase. Turns out that 2 people had bid exactly the same total. The winner was picked either randomly or from the first postcard picked with the earliest postmark date. The loser, obviously not happy, sued claiming that he/she should have won.
Matt Ottinger:
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Oct 11 2003, 08:48 AM\'] The reason the home viewer showcases are no longer done is this...
Years ago they had a home viewer showcase. Turns out that 2 people had bid exactly the same total. The winner was picked either randomly or from the first postcard picked with the earliest postmark date. The loser, obviously not happy, sued claiming that he/she should have won. [/quote]
That seems a very unlikely reason for them to stop doing a Home Viewer Showcase altogether. Surely they had rules that covered what they would do in case of a tie, and followed those rules to find their winner. A loser is always going to be unhappy and, unfortunately, sometimes unhappy people sue. That just comes with the territory.
cmjb13:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 11 2003, 11:22 AM\'] [quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Oct 11 2003, 08:48 AM\'] The reason the home viewer showcases are no longer done is this...
Years ago they had a home viewer showcase. Turns out that 2 people had bid exactly the same total. The winner was picked either randomly or from the first postcard picked with the earliest postmark date. The loser, obviously not happy, sued claiming that he/she should have won. [/quote]
That seems a very unlikely reason for them to stop doing a Home Viewer Showcase altogether. Surely they had rules that covered what they would do in case of a tie, and followed those rules to find their winner. A loser is always going to be unhappy and, unfortunately, sometimes unhappy people sue. That just comes with the territory. [/quote]
This is what I was told when I asked.
It probably wasn't worth the hassle.
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