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Subject: Deal or no Deal
Posted by: holt
- [360131020] Wed, Feb 06, 2008, 21:03
I've seen this episode before, but it's still just incredible.
Lady has 2 cases left (she's already survived a series of bad decisions). One case has $200k, other case has $1k. They offer her $110k. She turns it down??? Can someone please explain to me how any human being can arrive at a decision like this? It's hurting my brain.
Anyway, she ended up leaving with $1k. Good. That's what she deserved. |
| 1 | Tree
ID: 23122619
Wed, Feb 06, 2008, 21:12
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It's hurting my brain.
i can't imagine why anyone watches or enjoys this show. that hurts MY brain.
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| 2 | sarge33rd
ID: 76442923
Wed, Feb 06, 2008, 21:23
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Easy enough to explain actually...greed.
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| 3 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Thu, Feb 07, 2008, 09:32
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I watch the show very sporadically, but my general thought has always been that the producers or whoever is responsible for casting, purposely screen for contestants who would be likely to act a little reckless.
I always thought that just for additional tv drama, the 'banker' algorithm should low-ball the offer if and when it gets down to two cases, like in the above scenario only offer $90K.
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| 4 | barilko6
ID: 491137128
Thu, Feb 07, 2008, 10:19
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I remember when Deal or No Deal was coming to Canada, it was a huge thing, and they were advertising like crazy to get people to sign up for an audition. I was sitting at work with nothing to do, so I thought, sure why not.
I got to their registration site, and it was honestly a 12 page form, which you don't realize because you can only go one page at a time. They ask all kinds of questions, about you, about your family, about what you would do in certain situations, characteristics, etc, and asking you to GUARANTEE that the friends and family you listed would be at both the auditions and the actual taping of the show itself. Meaning friends and family had to take at least 2 days off work to help out.
The kicker was...at the end of the registration form you had to submit a picture of yourself AND all of your friends and family that you listed as people who were going to come along with you.
It was crazy. I ended up giving up on page 12, not knowing how many more pages there were...
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| 5 | sarge33rd
ID: 99331714
Thu, Feb 07, 2008, 10:27
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Oh I'd absolutely LOVE to get on that show. Always amazes me how "stupid" greedy some folks get. Give me an offer of 150k cash in hand...and in all likelihood....I'm gone!
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| 6 | wiggs
ID: 6825712
Thu, Feb 07, 2008, 10:31
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I actually filled out all the stuff, sent in the picture and everything. I got a letter back saying i needed to send them a 3 minute video showing my range of emotion. I bombed on that apparently and havent heard anything back.
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| 7 | Toral
ID: 575542418
Thu, Feb 07, 2008, 12:35
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The worth of money to people is different. Economists talk about this stuff with concepts like utility of everything, including money. Different values of money is why lotteries succeed. 2 bucks is nothing. A lottery ticket worth $2 also includes free dreams, of what one would do with a million dollars. Quit your job and tell the boss what a jerk he is on the way out. Take the spouse for a year-long vacation. Give the money to charity. Make your children's economic health good forever. Whatever.
I don't know the lady -- but it's quite possible that $200K would dramatically change her life for the better, but $100K wouldn't. Maybe $100K would have just gone into paying off the mortgage and the kids' college fund -- but $200K would not only do that but allow her and her hubby to take two months off work and have their dream vacation, or do the total house renovation nshe's long wanted. In that case, a 50% chance at $200K is worth much much more to her than a sure $100K.
I don't like the game because there's absolutely no strategy involved. And it moves too slowly. The only thing to watch is how much risk the player is willing to take. Yawn. And, the 5th graders on Are You Smarter than a Fifth-Grader? are a lot smarter than any DOND contestant I've yet seen.
Toral
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| 8 | Building 7
ID: 471052128
Thu, Feb 07, 2008, 13:00
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I saw this. What an idiot. Usually the crowd tells them to go for it; but everyone was telling her to take the deal. She could have taken the deal, pocketed $10,000, take $100,000 to Vegas and bet it all on red. And at least ended up with $10,000.
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| 9 | holt
ID: 360131020
Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 00:49
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yeah, this lady was just amazingly stupid. I don't remember the details now, but she made several poor decisions leading up to the final one. she was very lucky to even be in a position to take $110k. Just amazing. she was even offered almost 10k over the average of the two cases, which is unusual (from what I've seen).
barilko, that's exactly what I always suspected. they filter out most contestants who would make prudent decisions. they want risk-takers/morons. it makes for better viewing and less money lost.
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