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"The Price is Right" - Anytime someone bids a dollar over the last bidder...

59 10 February 8, 2019 at 11:28 AM
...I instantly root against them. 😡🖕🏼












Haven't watched TPiR in a while, so when I saw it earlier, it reminded me of how much I hate when the contestants do that.😌
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02-08-2019 at 12:50 PM.
02-08-2019 at 12:50 PM.
Won't matter if you guess the right price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXXES5v59o
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02-08-2019 at 01:07 PM.
02-08-2019 at 01:07 PM.
Rofl2 I don't know why but the smilies you used just made me laugh. They were perfect.
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02-08-2019 at 05:26 PM.
02-08-2019 at 05:26 PM.
Betting one dollar over is part of the game. If the person to your left wins you get last bid next time.
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fsyowad
02-08-2019 at 07:25 PM.
02-08-2019 at 07:25 PM.
People actually bid on auctions on Ebay?
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ejimenez83
02-08-2019 at 09:27 PM.
02-08-2019 at 09:27 PM.
Quote from popcorn173173 :
Betting one dollar over is part of the game. If the person to your left wins you get last bid next time.

Whaaa....?!? I never knew that. 😳 Regardless, I still think it's dick move...😐
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02-08-2019 at 09:29 PM.
02-08-2019 at 09:29 PM.
Quote from Autumn :
Rofl2 I don't know why but the smilies you used just made me laugh. They were perfect.

👋🏼🖖🏼 my emoji game goes hard!🤙🏼
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02-08-2019 at 09:36 PM.
02-08-2019 at 09:36 PM.
Quote from Novakingwai :
Won't matter if you guess the right price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXXES5v59o

OMFG, that was epic! 😂 You know you've won at life when B.Barker is rooting for you! 👍🏼
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Ms.arteest
02-09-2019 at 07:16 PM.
02-09-2019 at 07:16 PM.
This dude!!! It's worth it to watch through the stupid self promo of the guy whose channel is on.

https://youtu.be/aLLk0YFcuFk
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Jokester713713
02-09-2019 at 07:45 PM.
02-09-2019 at 07:45 PM.
Man, old clip, looks like Drew Carey ate Little Debbie.
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02-10-2019 at 07:40 AM.
02-10-2019 at 07:40 AM.
Quote from Ms.arteest :
This dude!!! It's worth it to watch through the stupid self promo of the guy whose channel is on.

https://youtu.be/aLLk0YFcuFk
You know you don't get your prizes till you pay the taxes on them 1st? One of my coworkers was on Price is Right in the early 90s, he was in his 20s and even has the youtube video to show us. He won $10,000 and after the show you go to the back to get the paper work squared away. He overheard one of the guys who won a car trying to figure out how he was going to pay the taxes in order to claim the prize.
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02-11-2019 at 08:21 AM.
02-11-2019 at 08:21 AM.
Quote from Novakingwai :
You know you don't get your prizes till you pay the taxes on them 1st? One of my coworkers was on Price is Right in the early 90s, he was in his 20s and even has the youtube video to show us. He won $10,000 and after the show you go to the back to get the paper work squared away. He overheard one of the guys who won a car trying to figure out how he was going to pay the taxes in order to claim the prize.
Any contest you win is the same way, if it's over , I think, $600 (number may be +-100). It's not TPIR, it's the IRS.
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Novakingwai
02-11-2019 at 08:24 AM.
02-11-2019 at 08:24 AM.
Quote from Ms.arteest :
Any contest you win is the same way, if it's over , I think, $600 (number may be +-100). It's not TPIR, it's the IRS.

I know. I think it's anything over 500 has to be reported.
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02-11-2019 at 08:44 AM.
02-11-2019 at 08:44 AM.
There has also been complaints that TPIR prizes are floor models, scratch and dent and having to pay taxes on retail value, also some contestants sell items in parking lot after show. Also not everyone in audience is eligible to win, they now narrow into groups with producers discretion after several mentally impaired people got up on stage.
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02-11-2019 at 10:08 AM.
02-11-2019 at 10:08 AM.
Quote from popcorn173173 :
There has also been complaints that TPIR prizes are floor models, scratch and dent and having to pay taxes on retail value, also some contestants sell items in parking lot after show. Also not everyone in audience is eligible to win, they now narrow into groups with producers discretion after several mentally impaired people got up on stage.
daytime tv blows, nothing on but bogus game shows & boring soap operas.
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