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there is no way things are as expensive as this show thinks


I saw an item up for bids that was a few knives in the holder. It was like $800. I could go to the local peddlers mall and get the same set for $30. And I see similar things on this show all the time.










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I did sixty in five minutes once...

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This show is based on MSRPs which tend to be far higher than what people pay.

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The producers pull in ridiculously-priced items to throw the contestants off and keep them from winning.

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I'd also like to add that the boat prizes in the showcase seem like a big zonk. I would be so bummed to win that. I'd refuse it.

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also, I'm sure the show gets bigger tax write offs for claiming the higher MSRPs.


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You can buy super expensive versions of anything.

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I just saw an espresso machine up for bids. It was $1041. Yeah right.
















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That's not very expensive for an espresso machine. Prices can go much higher.

http://www.webstaurantstore.com/cecilware-esp2-220v-venezia-ii-two-group-espresso-machine-240v/385ESP2220V.html?utm_source=shopping.com&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=385ESP2220V&utm_campaign=restaurant%20equipment

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you're being had









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I did sixty in five minutes once...

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Nope, you are just wrong.

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No someone is swindling you if you are paying that much for an espresso machine.













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It's the ludacris prices they put on trips that irks me the most.

You've just won access to two empty seats on a plane already going to Jamaica! There, you will enjoy a room that would have sat empty otherwise. Congratulations on winning absolutely nothing! A prize package worth $11,000!

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It wouldn't surprise me if the actual retail price of a sock puppet made by a kindergartener was $243.







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Good Chef's knife do cost that much money and that that are $30 are not the same set.

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