That's a good piece of advice to remember should you ever get into Contestant's Row. On today's Price, Orlando was the second bidder and, when prompted to bid, gave the first part of his bid into his hand instead of his microphone. So what was heard on air was (blank) thousand dollars. Bob took it as $2,000, and the actual price was $1300-something so he lost.

Now, if he meant one thousand dollars, he would have won. You may have noticed in cases like this, the producers try to flash the bid to Bob to prompt the contestant to repeat it as to avoid an error. This is due to an incident a few years back when a bid was misheard, Standards and Practices weighed in, and the show was forced to pay the wronged contestant the entirety of what she could have won on stage, including her pricing game, both showcases, and $11,000 in potential wheel winnings.

Also, contestant Margie, called before the 4th item up for bids, has to be the most hysterically fun contestant they've had in a while. After gasping in shock and screaming after getting down to Contestant's Row, she proceeded to go off on a bizarre lovefest for a pinstripe suit Bob wore on a previous episode. Keep your eye open for these moments--we only have a few months of them left.

 

posted by Brad @ 12:42 AM   3 comment(s)