Originally Posted by ea91:
“Apparently not.”
“Apparently not.”
Surely that should have been mentioned then because it made them all look stupid for not researching the items properly!
What are the rules in the treasure hunt?
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Surely that should have been mentioned then because it made them all look stupid for not researching the items properly!
Soooooo...sorry if I'm asking this and it's already been answered but, they're just given the names of what they have to get? No description or hint at what it is, AND they have to work out or take a "guesstimate" at what the price should be, and then work from that??
Originally Posted by Kingsd316:
“Surely that should have been mentioned then because it made them all look stupid for not researching the items properly!”
“Surely that should have been mentioned then because it made them all look stupid for not researching the items properly!”
It was mentioned. From memory: "All they have is a phone and some phone books".
Originally Posted by brangdon:
“It was mentioned. From memory: "All they have is a phone and some phone books".”
“It was mentioned. From memory: "All they have is a phone and some phone books".”
Yeah but the phone they use has full internet access
Originally Posted by Kingsd316:
“Yeah but the phone they use has full internet access”
“Yeah but the phone they use has full internet access”
Well that would be cheating then.
Originally Posted by ea91:
“Well that would be cheating then.”
“Well that would be cheating then.”
Thats what im saying, if they dont tell us the rules how are we to know, saying a phone and a phone book would indicate to me that i can use the phone however i want.
Originally Posted by Kingsd316:
“Thats what im saying, if they dont tell us the rules how are we to know, saying a phone and a phone book would indicate to me that i can use the phone however i want.”
“Thats what im saying, if they dont tell us the rules how are we to know, saying a phone and a phone book would indicate to me that i can use the phone however i want.”
Well it was obviously an oversight. But from what we've seen it's safe to conclude that they didn't use internet, and sensible to conclude that they weren't allowed to. Besides, the girls got all the items and still lost. They might as well allow them to use the internet. The point of the task is to negotiate on price. Though it was fun watching the boys look for the wrong Blue Book.
I was amused to see that they weren't allowed to use the internet, but could persuade random book sellers to peruse their catalogues on their behalf.
The girls had the right approach to start with. But they failed to compare prices to get a base price. Then failed to bargain. They forgot the goal.
They would be £50 better off if they had not got the truffles (200 less 100 list price & 50 fine).
My plan:
After phoning around and getting a base price, list the items in order of list price. Go after the expensive items and drive the price down. Why? the more expensive the item the greater the fine (list price plus £50.) So the sewing machine, taxi knowledge would be bottom of my list but I would still having phoned around be poised to know where to go to get the rest. Then evaluate the situation 2 hours before to see if it's worth being late. What do you think?
They would be £50 better off if they had not got the truffles (200 less 100 list price & 50 fine).
My plan:
After phoning around and getting a base price, list the items in order of list price. Go after the expensive items and drive the price down. Why? the more expensive the item the greater the fine (list price plus £50.) So the sewing machine, taxi knowledge would be bottom of my list but I would still having phoned around be poised to know where to go to get the rest. Then evaluate the situation 2 hours before to see if it's worth being late. What do you think?
I am not sure they are allowed to ask the price on the phone. I still dont know how they bought the board over the phone,
It seems that if they are just given the name of the thing to get, there's no way for them to know whether they are going after the right thing or not. Who dictates that the Blue Book magazine from 1950 or w/e is not correct, and the (unofficially named) cab driver manual Blue Book is the right one? A tikka could reasonably be interpreted as a curry.. Stupid ****ing reality television, why do I watch it?
Originally Posted by Fartond:
“It seems that if they are just given the name of the thing to get, there's no way for them to know whether they are going after the right thing or not. Who dictates that the Blue Book magazine from 1950 or w/e is not correct, and the (unofficially named) cab driver manual Blue Book is the right one? A tikka could reasonably be interpreted as a curry.. Stupid ****ing reality television, why do I watch it?”
“It seems that if they are just given the name of the thing to get, there's no way for them to know whether they are going after the right thing or not. Who dictates that the Blue Book magazine from 1950 or w/e is not correct, and the (unofficially named) cab driver manual Blue Book is the right one? A tikka could reasonably be interpreted as a curry.. Stupid ****ing reality television, why do I watch it?”
Because it said the Tikka was 22 ct gold (and I've never had a 22 ct gold curry) and it gave the Blue Book the subtitle of "the London Runs".
Originally Posted by Fartond:
“It seems that if they are just given the name of the thing to get, there's no way for them to know whether they are going after the right thing or not. Who dictates that the Blue Book magazine from 1950 or w/e is not correct, and the (unofficially named) cab driver manual Blue Book is the right one? A tikka could reasonably be interpreted as a curry.. Stupid ****ing reality television, why do I watch it?”
“It seems that if they are just given the name of the thing to get, there's no way for them to know whether they are going after the right thing or not. Who dictates that the Blue Book magazine from 1950 or w/e is not correct, and the (unofficially named) cab driver manual Blue Book is the right one? A tikka could reasonably be interpreted as a curry.. Stupid ****ing reality television, why do I watch it?”
On their list, under Blue Book it said something like 'London, editions 1-4' or similar, so they would know when they had found the right thing.
The 'tikka' details said 'single tikka, 22 carat gold' so they were unlikely to buy a curry.
Originally Posted by FriedGold:
“Because it said the Tikka was 22 ct gold (and I've never had a 22 ct gold curry) and it gave the Blue Book the subtitle of "the London Runs".”
“Because it said the Tikka was 22 ct gold (and I've never had a 22 ct gold curry) and it gave the Blue Book the subtitle of "the London Runs".”
Snap!
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