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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: toetyper on November 07, 2012, 09:01:31 PM
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what exactly do you get; debit Card/ gift certificate. or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07G23zMGa4g (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07G23zMGa4g\")
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Probably a gift card.
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I spend nearly 300 a week at Whole Foods. I wonder if that much would be covered?
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If Wheel of Fortune can offer "$1K gift tags", then why not TPIR offer whatever stuff for a year. Just as long as it's something that I can use. Groceries for a year is tempting to say the least, but how much food are you going to save during that time anyways? If I want something that'll last for a year, just give me a gift card with whatever cash value attatched to it, I'll use it for whatever I need. The problem is, most of the time, they don't actually tell you what the cost of that particular prize costs. Based on food prices these days, I wouldn't be surprised if the groceries add up to at least $2K or more for the year.
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If I am interpreting past instances of where this prize is offered, the contestant gets cash.
Basically, someone or some company has done a study of how much money it would take to feed an average person three squares a day for a specified period of time. In the prize copy, I believe George says something to the effect of "the value of the prize is based upon a national average."
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I spend nearly 300 a week at Whole Foods. I wonder if that much would be covered?
For yourself? Usually the prize is for one person.
The show assumes $61 per person per week, so the total value for a year is $3172.
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The show assumes $61 per person per week, so the total value for a year is $3172.
I'm probably going to regret asking this: How do you know this is the number the show works from?
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It's been featured in prize packages with other items whose prices are known.
Simple subtraction and division yielded that number as the final result, and I thought it would be interesting to share since the topic was brought up.
I'm not quite sure why you would regret asking a question, since I'm happy to answer it.
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I'm not quite sure why you would regret asking a question, since I'm happy to answer it.
Yeah, I wasn't expecting you to see why. But thanks for the answer, which confirms my suspicion.
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I'm not quite sure why you would regret asking a question, since I'm happy to answer it.
I watch the show daily, but I don't keep a journal of what things cost. He's saying that if you see a prize package of a Boondoggle 6100 side-by-side refrigerator/freezer plus the Groceries, and if you're doing Z - Y = groceries, that perhaps you're too invested in the show.
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I'm not quite sure why you would regret asking a question, since I'm happy to answer it.
I watch the show daily, but I don't keep a journal of what things cost. He's saying that if you see a prize package of a Boondoggle 6100 side-by-side refrigerator/freezer plus the Groceries, and if you're doing Z - Y = groceries, that perhaps you're too invested in the show.
Flerbert probably doesn't keep a journal either, but there are multiple sites that have recaps of every show of the last 5 years (or more). If you're curious to see how much it costs, a simple search of the base prize easily reveals the price of the groceries without putting more investment than it took to type this post.
ETA: Plus, if you've got a good memory, the math helps you win Safe Crackers if you ever get a chance to play it on the real show. :)