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View Poll Results: How much would the bank have to offer for you to say "Deal" rather than gamble?
$500K 1 7.69%
$400K to $499K 0 0%
$300K to $399K 5 38.46%
$200K to $299K 1 7.69%
$100K to $199K 3 23.08%
$75K to $99K 2 15.38%
$50K to $74,999 0 0%
$25K to $49,999 0 0%
$10K to $24,999 0 0%
$5K to $9,999 1 7.69%
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:11 PM   #1
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Default If you were on Deal or No Deal...

and you made it down to the final two cases with the remaining unrevealed values being $1,000,000 and $25, how low would the bank's offer have to be for you to say "No deal" and gamble that your case has the $1,000,000?

That scenario played out last week, and the bank's final offer was $380,000 (which surprised me b/c I thought they would have offered ~$500K, must have been trying to bait her). Of course she took the $380K, but if you were in her shoes and the bank offered say $100K rather than $380K, would $100K be high enough to keep you from going for the million? (Remember $100K means roughly $60K net).
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:48 PM   #2
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You should explain the show for those of us that 1) have never seen the show, but 2) intensely care about your question.
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:49 PM   #3
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depends on how many cases were left and how many I had to open.
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:54 PM   #4
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I would love to talk junk to the banker and slam down the no deal lever.
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:55 PM   #5
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depends on how many cases were left and how many I had to open.
I tried to explain that in the body of my post b/c I didn't feel like I had enough room in the poll question.
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:56 PM   #6
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The phone they use on that show reminds me of the first phone I had when I was finally able to have my own room.

It was a white ConAir phone that we bought at Thrifty Drug & Discount Store. You hung it up by laying it down on the desk or table or whatever.

I think it cost $10.
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:57 PM   #7
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The phone they use on that show reminds me of the first phone I had when I was finally able to have my own room.

It was a white ConAir phone that we bought at Thrifty Drug & Discount Store. You hung it up by laying it down on the desk or table or whatever.

I think it cost $10.
Reminds me of the Zack Morris cellphone.
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