TPiRecap: 5.2.12

[tpirrules19]

Tape date: 4.9.12
Production #5953K
Models: Rachel, Amber (Mic handoff), Daniel
Drew's entrance: Door #2
First Four: Mixed

IUFB #1: Home theatre system (Paradigm)

"Big Poppa" Joshua: $1 (Drew pokes fun at his hat, he bids $1 out of spite! XD)
Kimberly (Birthday on tape date!): $750
Linda: $1,100
Joshua: $699
ARP: $999

Well, at least the first Joshua's Big Poppa hat makes it easy to differentiate between them.

Game #1: Switch?
Prizes: Two 32" LCD HDTVs, two Sony Vaio laptops (4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, BluRay player)

TVs: $1,900
Computers: $800

Kimberly switches to $800 and $1,900 respectively...

ARPs:

TVs: $800
Computers: $1,900

WIN!

IUFB #2: Gold ring (Tacori, 11-karat)

"Big Poppa" Joshua (F4): $1
Bess: $1,200
Linda (F4): $1,475
Joshua (F4): $1,500
ARP: $730

Big Poppa is a...skateboard rabbi? lolwut?

Game #2: Flip Flop
Prize: Trip to Atlana (5n, trip to Atlanta Jazz Festival)

Set-up: 53 46

Joshua flips to $3,546...and the viewers give a collective facepalm.
ARP: $5,364 YOU HAD NO BUSINESS LOSING THIS

Way to ruin a forced win! Geez...

IUFB #3: Camcorder collection (Two 8GB, two 16GB)

Stephanie: $450
Bess: $599
Linda (F4): $700
Joshua (F4): $500(!!!!)
ARP: $758

Game #3: Rat Race
Prizes: Cookware set (26pc), 30" electric range (Elmira Stove Works), 1955 Buick Century (236HP engine, power steering, power brakes)

Item #1 (Within $1.00): 13.7oz Cheez-Its -- $1.50 (ARP $4.49; -$2.99)
Item #2 (Within $10.00): Egg boiler -- $40 (ARP $22; -$18)
Item #3 (Within $100.00): Vacuum -- $120 (ARP $300; -$180)

TOTAL LOSS
And we don't even get to see the rats run at all! Phooey....
(FWIW: First: Car, Second: Range, Third: Cookware)

CC1: Allegra

Showcase Showdown #1:
"Big Poppa" Joshua: 50 + 25 = 75
Linda: BOO + 30 + 55 = 85 Advances to showcase
Kimberly: 5 + 50 = 55

Want tickets? Head on over to priceisright.com.

IUFB #4: Karaoke system (VocoPro)

Stephanie: $900
Bess: $1
Peggy: $845
Joshua (F4): $1,000
ARP: $2,138

Hush, Dai Li! You got two yesterday, so quit yer whining...

Game #4: Step Up
Prize: Washer and dryer, spinning bike, shuffleboard table (Escalade Sports), four pairs designer shoes

Shoes: $2,340 (Uh-oh...)
Shuffleboard table: $630 LOSS

And designer crap claims another victim.
(Bike: $4,895 (?!!?), Washer/dryer $1,475 -- you could have, at best, hoped for a bailout at $1,000 today. No one was winning it all with that bike price.)

IUFB #5: La-Z-Boy sofa

Stephanie: $1,200
Bess: $1,300
Peggy: $700
Joseph: $990
ALL OVER

(<$700)
Stephanie: $500
Bess: $550
Peggy: $501
Joshua: $670
ARP: $649

Game #5: Pick-a-Pair
Prizes: Flowers (Teleflora), movie tickets (Fandango) and groceries all for a year ($5,371)

Items:
32oz Gatorade
40oz Bisquick pancacke mix
Dove beauty bar
Smucker's chocolate topping
French's fried onions
Ziploc storage bags (20ct)

Pair #1: Gatorade ($1.59), chocolate topping ($2.69)
Pair #2: Gatorade ($1.59), beauty bar ($1.59) WIN!

IUFB #6: PSP package (Two consoles, two starter packs, ten games)

Stephanie: $1
Kylie: $1,200
Peggy: $1,500
Joshua: $1,100
ARP: $670

Game #6: That's (Lost) Too Much!
Prize: Dodge Ram 1500ST 4x2 regular cab

#1: $20,442 (Go on...)
#2: $21,250 (Go on...)
#3: $22,960 (Go on...)
#4: $23,891 (That's too much!)
ARP: $22,470 LOSS
Should have stopped at #3.

CC2: Gold Bond medicated powder, Fungi-Nail toe and foot

Showcase Showdown #2:
Stephanie: 35 + 40 = 75
Joshua: 65 + 85 = OVER
Bess: 50 + 50 = 100 $1,000 BONUS! Advances to showcase

Bess' bonus spin: 15 $10,000 BONUS!

Showcases: Bess top winner, Linda runner-up.

Showcase #1: Find your inner peace...
Trip to India (6n New Delhi, half-day spa experience w/ meditation + yoga)
Sailboat (Catlina Capri 22', trailer included)

Bess passes.
Linda bids $27,000.

Showcase #2: Raise your spirits and altitude
Trip to Grand Canyon (6n lodge, tickets)
Trip to Ireland (6n The Shelbourne Dublin, one hour hot-air balloon trip, brunch)
Jeep Wrangler Sport 4x4 (3.6L engine)

Bess bids $3,500--er--$35,000.

My bids:
#1: $24,100
#2: $31,500

Why do I have a bad feeling? Please tell me I'm just paranoid...

Trips/Jeep
Bess' bid: $35,000
ARP: $37,746
Difference: -$2,746 (Bad feelings gone.)
(My difference: -$6,246)

Trip/Sailboat
Linda's bid: $27,000
ARP: $36,803
Difference: -$9,803
(My difference: -$12,703 -- I hate FRBSs.)

Bess wins!

Bess: $54,766 (Chryon)
Kimberly: $3,699
Joshua: $2,138
Linda: $758
"Big Poppa" Joshua: $730
Stephanie: $670

Pricing games: 2 for 6
Total won: $62,761 (Includes $11,000 in bonuses)
Total offered: $128,738 + Rat Race prizes (Unrevealed)

[tattooed]

Still don't like that the prices of the prizes aren't revealed for Rat Race (or Master Key, for that matter). I know it wouldn't have mattered in this instance, given the Epic Pricing Fail, but come on! If you don't need to know the ARPs for a Pricing Game, reveal them! How hard is it to say "A Rat Race/Master Key prize package worth (insert value here)!" at the end? *head desk*

Ahem.

Yeah.

[CardSharks8689]

It was really surprised to see a prize package in the $2,000 range in Switch. Guess my theory of prizes/prize packages being $4,000 or greater is proven to be false after all. And I don't remember the last time a single prize under $1,000 was offered in Switch.

[XkaVader1]

How bad do you have to be to NOT get a rat in Rat Race? Seriously, how bad do you have to be at guessing something so simple?

And I was so happy to see Bess win. I was very happy for her.