The Chase and Bargain Hunt
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I've not seen this much on any other quiz show but why - on "The Chase" - does the contestant start the cash builder round without glasses and then put them on in the next stage. I know that some people need to do this for reading but the numbers doing it on this show seem out of proportion? Very few contestant seem to be glasses wearers at the beginning.
Second question - why does this p*ss me off?
Now Bargain bl**dy Hunt. Why do the tw*ts on this show go on about buying something they like?
It doesn't matter a damn if they like it or not - to sell the item at a profit is the aim of the game!
Rant over.
I feel better for that.
Afternoon telly - never watch it!
I really must get out more!
Second question - why does this p*ss me off?
Now Bargain bl**dy Hunt. Why do the tw*ts on this show go on about buying something they like?
It doesn't matter a damn if they like it or not - to sell the item at a profit is the aim of the game!
Rant over.
I feel better for that.
Afternoon telly - never watch it!
I really must get out more!
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BBC afternoon with that and doctors is enough to send anyone crazy. There's some very weird story lines on that show.
Contestants think that f they like the item, others might well do as well. Sometimes they are right.
Because they need to read a screen of answers in the next bit?
Yes of course they are, they were at Hansons a few of weeks ago filming a couple of episodes.
Good,thanks for that info
I think they rotate New and repeats, like repeats on Tuesday and Thursday and new ones Monday, Wednesday, Friday or something like that?
I agree with your Bargain Hunt rant. It wouldn't be so bad if the show was on ITV but they buy this crap out of our licence money!!!! I think when they lose on a 'bargain' they should have to pay the difference themselves - that'd sort the men from the boys!
Also - it stands to reason that 99% of the time (unless they have a seller who doesn't know the value of what he's got) if you buy an item at a craft fair or at an antiques shop then it is BOUND to lose money when it goes to auction.
My rant over! LOL!
Let me tell you I've never wanted to get back to school quicker.
Or because Bargain Hunt isn't particularly competitive.
Most of the contestants want to have a laugh and have some fun more than they want to win. Plus any money won or lost is fairly negligible in the grand scheme of things.
Also buying something potentially vaguely interesting, unusual or stupid (so the auctioneer can lay into it) probably makes for better TV than people who know what their talking about buying something boring solely because they think it will make a profit.
I think you're missing the point of the show
It is still a very cheap programme to make, £600 spending money is chicken feed compared to the thousands it costs to make other programmes, and they still get some of that back because the contestant only gets the profit not the full cost.
I asked one of the contestants recently if they are allowed to keep the fleeces and he said yes they are, so that is all that they get "paid".
Try telling that to the couple that won over £400 a few weeks ago.
When I was on it we didn't get to choose what we liked, primarily. There's a very limited amount of time to go round the fair and we were given a list of stuff that we shouldn't buy. I wanted to buy some silver and/or furniture but were directed towards buying nick-nacks and curios.
No Tuesday was another new one.