Comments on: How to Lose $602,999 In Thirty Seconds

By: andrew b

andrew b — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:29:45 +0000

Don’t be a tool before you call someone a tool. This is the age of the Internet: all we have to do now is to read one of several Deal recap sites that will tell you far more information than this slanderous 65 seconds.

And now those 65 seconds have disappeared. Ha. Ha.

By: kitty

kitty — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:50:19 +0000

I stopped watching the show – it just got boring to me. Initially it was kind of interesting, but at some point it just got repetitive and boring.

I think I understand people risking it. It’s really “easy come easy go” type of thing. Also, probably the same kind of “high” as gambling. For example, if you are betting in a casino, you are bound to be more careful with the money you came with than with the money you won. I think when they play there is a rush of adrenalin and the money don’t really seem real to them.

Frugal dad makes a good point to. You always want more money. It’s really the same with stocks, and not selling them even when you have 200% profit in a short period of time and for no good reason. You always think – “just a little more”.

“I am not going to lie, I could see myself retiring on that much money. Another person does not take it as seriously and risks it. Why can’t I be lucky and get on that show?”
I think you are forgetting to subtract taxes. You’ll get a little more than half of the money once the government and your state is done with you. Still a lot of money, but not enough to retire on.

I think you can google for the show to see how you can get on it. You need to have a bubbly personality and be very emotional. I know I wouldn’t qualify – I am too reserved. Also come up with some silly story about what you plan to do with the money, just putting it on a saving account will probably sound a bit boring.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:51:38 +0000

I get annoyed every time I watch this show. People go in with the wrong perspective. Instead of comparing what they are offered against zero (which is what they essentially start with), everyone compares it to a million (which never happens). I’ve seen people scoff at $100k on the show but in “real life” they would be dancing in the street if they were given that much. It blows me away how little perspective people have.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:37:23 +0000

I would have stopped at $410k for sure. My wife and I watch Cash Cab a lot and we almost always think going for the double or nothing question at the end is a bad idea and thats usually just a few hundred $.

Jim

By: Wil

Wil — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:04:19 +0000

Lots of people go totally insane on that show. No one in his/her right mind would gamble $600,000.00 on what amounts to the flip of a coin.

By: ChristianPF

ChristianPF — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:15:52 +0000

Yea, I know why do so many of these people lose all sense of reason and try to be a hero? It has got to feel pretty bad walking out the door with nothing when you could have had half a million…

By: CK

CK — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:25:20 +0000

Wow, what a tool.

Just imagine walking down the street and someone says to you.

“Hey here’s 600K or you can take a 50/50 shot at a million or bust.”

No one in their right mind would take the bet.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:56:37 +0000

You’re right Frugal Dad, it’s all relative I suppose. When he saw $400k, he thought about how he “had” $600k… we all get our just due.

By: Frugal Dad

Frugal Dad — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:50:28 +0000

It all comes down to greed. Any other time those folks would be eccstatic to win $600k, but with the idea there could be even more out there they keep pressing their luck until they’ve blown it all.

By: Studenomist

Studenomist — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:21:35 +0000

I am not going to lie, I could see myself retiring on that much money. Another person does not take it as seriously and risks it. Why can’t I be lucky and get on that show?

By: A. Dawn

A. Dawn — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:05:53 +0000

This can explain the financial crisis we are going through right now. Some people got too greedy and wanted to have it all. When they fell off the ladder, they took others along with them.
Cheers,
A Dawn Journal

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:09:41 +0000

That really sucks. I would have taken the 600,000 and gone running home. I hate it when people take stupid chances like this.

By: Miss M

Miss M — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:10:31 +0000

We saw that episode too, Mr M predicted way early in the show that the guy would go home with nothing. They must have some psych exam for the contestants and only pick the crazy ones who would gamble $600k.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:39:55 +0000

Just stupid…

By: Eric N.

Eric N. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:00:08 +0000

This show entertains and pisses me off at the same time.