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GreenNegg:
I'll miss Andie and Jenna! :'(
Off topic: Have you realised the Father/Daughter teams get car trouble? Steve and Allie & Gary and Mallory (in Ep. 1). Well, i dont know about the rest of the F/D teams but still...a coincidence.
apskip:
--- Quote from: mswood on October 03, 2010, 07:14:08 PM ---THe most they can charge is 3 Cedi.
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mswood,
It's the other way around. The minimum they can charge is 3 cedis ($2) for sunglasses. Teams had over 100 sunglasses each to sell, so the only way to prevent them from getting 15 cedis total unfairly by ridiculously low prices to motivate sales is to have the rule that establishes a minimum price.
Belle Book:
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--- Quote from: Belle Book on October 03, 2010, 07:59:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: mswood on October 03, 2010, 07:57:00 PM ---Another leg I liked. Good interactions with locals, some of tasks. A Cast that so far is really cool. ANd no one pissed me off, even a little.
Color me impressed.
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Yeah. Even Chad & Stephanie were good this leg. Then again, they were near the front this leg.
Belle Book
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Belle while they were the worst team last week they really weren't bad at all. Compared to almost every season we have seen teams interact worse then what they did last week.
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Agreed -- I still remember Jonathan & Victoria! (:;)
Belle Book
Plaidmoon:
--- Quote from: apskip on October 04, 2010, 08:10:56 AM ---
--- Quote from: mswood on October 03, 2010, 07:14:08 PM ---THe most they can charge is 3 Cedi.
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mswood,
It's the other way around. The minimum they can charge is 3 cedis ($2) for sunglasses. Teams had over 100 sunglasses each to sell, so the only way to prevent them from getting 15 cedis total unfairly by ridiculously low prices to motivate sales is to have the rule that establishes a minimum price.
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I was wondering if an effective strategy would have been to ask for 5 cedis and allow yourself to get haggled down to 3 or 4 cetis. I think that is the custom in 3rd world market places. The sellers get what they wanted (3 ceti) and the customers feel like they got a deal.
However, with all the other teams screaming "Sunglasses for 3 ceti!" it may not have worked.
Plaidmoon
Ruth:
I'm loving this season more and more! Great tasks and great cast. Brooke and Claire really impressed me. For a pair of "pink, seemingly bimbotic girls at first impression", they're totally not what they look like. Completing both Roadblock and Detour in first place and winning the leg... These are tough, tough girls.
I'm really impressed with Katie and Rachel as well! They just come out of nowhere and are really dominating it. They've been really consistent the past two legs. It's a pity they seem pretty bland, I guess they just haven't been given much airtime.
Michael and Kevin surprised me this leg! I honestly didn't expect them to do that well. I like the father-son rapport, they've been working well together. I didn't expect myself to like this team, I initially thought that Kevin would be an attention-seeker due to his Youtube popularity lol. But in time to come, they just might be one of my favourite teams this season.
I don't know if it's just me, but I thought that the part where the middle-position racers were racing to the pit-stop was really exciting! The positions just kept shifting due to the cabs over taking one another. Kudos to Nat and Kat's driver, coming in from second-last to seventh! I love it that they don't just make the first and last place racing exciting, but also the middle part.
It's a bummer that Andie and Jenna went. They were doing well initially. Bad luck with the cab there... I wish the Mother and Daughter team could have stayed longer to develop their story and chemistry more, it's a pity...
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