Bargain Hunt - the point?

[NMH]

This show occurs to me as a bit of a one-oared rowboat really.
I mean, the ever-changing punters always LOSE money on what they take to auction.

Hardly good examples of "bargain hunting" here, are they?

You get the items supposedly as deals on things with potentially lucrative possibilities, then the auction shows them getting flogged for less!

Is this just so the Terry Thomas-like pooftah can make 'knowing' faces at the camera??

The concept surely, ought to be for a profit to be garnered

 

[bhafc99]

Surely the whole point is that the contestants have "really enjoyed the day anyway".

Such a controversial, white-knuckle revelation always leaves the viewers gasping with incredulity, and ensures Bargain Hunt never ceases to shock. I'm still waiting for a rerun of the infamous "Mike Hunt" episode when they auctioned an old 1930s microphone for a £3.20 loss.

 

[Taybha]

none whatsoever..... oh btw watching countdown at 5am today these were the 1st 5 letters out of the hat that best describes these bargain gash in the twattic type shows. ile use upper case see how you get on - CNUTS oh did we titter

 

[Guy Fawkes]

This show occurs to me as a bit of a one-oared rowboat really.
I mean, the ever-changing punters always LOSE money on what they take to auction.

Hardly good examples of "bargain hunting" here, are they?

You get the items supposedly as deals on things with potentially lucrative possibilities, then the auction shows them getting flogged for less!

Is this just so the Terry Thomas-like pooftah can make 'knowing' faces at the camera??

The concept surely, ought to be for a profit to be garnered

Its taken you this long to figure it out?

Its because they do it the wrong way round, they shop where the price is high and sell where prices are low, if there were bargins to be had, they would have been picked up by dealers long before the teams and cameras arrive. Most dealers go to an auction to pick up stock, not sell it.

It only continues on TV because its very cheap to make.

 

[NMH]

Then it's bloody daft to do it that way around, to present a bunch of numbnuts grinning away as they cheerfully represent the art of bad business.
So it's not their money, but it's ultimately still very stupid and only losers can enjoy that concept.

 

[Gary Leeds]

at least it goes to prove that the average man in the street cannot go to an antiques fair and grab a bargain, these sellers know the worth of what they are selling and if they thought they could get more at auction then they would do it themselves

 

[dougdeep]

Have you tried switching it off and not switching it back on again?

 

[cannedheat]

This show occurs to me as a bit of a one-oared rowboat really.
I mean, the ever-changing punters always LOSE money on what they take to auction.

Hardly good examples of "bargain hunting" here, are they?

You get the items supposedly as deals on things with potentially lucrative possibilities, then the auction shows them getting flogged for less!

Is this just so the Terry Thomas-like pooftah can make 'knowing' faces at the camera??

The concept surely, ought to be for a profit to be garnered

Blimey is that geezer a chutney ferret, girlfriends mum always fancied a dirty weekend with him, sad women.

 

[Screaming J]

I mean, the ever-changing punters always LOSE money on what they take to auction. :

?

The last time I was off sick (diabetes pills not working properly) and this was part of my lunch time entertainment one couple actually WON nearly £200! So it can be done!

 

[NMH]

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The last time I was off sick (diabetes pills not working properly) and this was part of my lunch time entertainment one couple actually WON nearly £200! So it can be done!

An exception that proves the rule. Almost every other time, they lose. The 'winnahs' normally just lose slightly less than the losing losers.

 

[hitony]

but it's ultimately still very stupid and only losers can enjoy that concept.[/QUOTE]

Don't watch it then.......simples

 

[NMH]

Don't watch it then.......simples

I don't. It was on this morning while I was doing some stuff at home, so I peered at it for a minute and got the name of it off the teletext.
I have seen the presenter on the telly before though, so if that's all he presents then I must have glimpsed it before as well.

 

[NMH]

Blimey is that geezer a chutney ferret, girlfriends mum always fancied a dirty weekend with him, sad women.

She sounds class.

 

[vegster]

I don't. It was on this morning while I was doing some stuff at home, so I peered at it for a minute and got the name of it off the teletext.
I have seen the presenter on the telly before though, so if that's all he presents then I must have glimpsed it before as well.

I would thoroughly avoid The Jeremy Kyle Show as well if I was you.

 

[biggles]

kyle is a legend

 

[Stat Brother]

An exception that proves the rule. Almost every other time, they lose. The 'winnahs' normally just lose slightly less than the losing losers.

Not surprising as they are buying at 'retail' and selling at 'trade'.

The difference between the teams is the opening haggle.

 

[withdeanwombat]

The whole point is that it's cheap TV.