The Price Is Right fans reveal the ‘worst mistakes’ contestants can make

Fans of the hit TV game show have revealed some of the winning strategies as well as the common pitfalls that many contestants make on the show.

With over 10,000 The Price Is Right shows on TV, and more still to come, there tends to be a common theme amongst those who win big and those who don’t.

Hosted by Drew Carey, the TV show has become an iconic game show with fans obsessed with everything from behind the scenes to some of the winners’ stories,s ranging from funny to inspirational, like a recent cancer survivor.

Some contestants on the show over the years have walked away with cars and a couple of thousand dollars, and some have even won big, including a recent $40,000 win for an epic contestant performance.

Now, in a thread on Reddit, fans of the iconic gameshow have revealed the ‘worst’ mistakes contestants can make on the programme. A person started off the conversation as they asked: “What mistake is the WORST mistake you see players doing, ALL too often?”

Writing on the platform, one person pointed out: “Bidding a dollar UNDER someone else in contestant’s row. Not too common, but I’ve seen it way more often than I should.”

Most of the time, the price won’t be $1 under what the previous contestant bid. In the same vein, many fans said that bidding $1 over the previous person when they are second or third because the next contestant will just bid $1 more.

Another person pointed out another no-no as they shared, “Looking to the audience during a timed game.” Some fans also pointed out this is a huge mistake as one person agreed and added: “Even Drew [Carey] tells them not to look at the audience.” A third agreed as they posted, “Never look or listen to the audience for ANYTHING!”

Another mistake pointed out and said, “Not ending prices in zero in 10 Chances.” This potential trap is usually reserved for when playing for a car, which most likely ends in a five or zero.

It wasn’t just viewers sharing their thoughts either, as a former contestant shared their experience as they wrote, “I cannot stand it when someone has a range of say $50 or $100 and they don’t consider a guess that gives them that amount of money less as well as higher. For instance must be within $100 and they guess $115 for an obviously nice item. Use the hundred dollars higher or lower to your advantage. I know when people are on stage there is so much pressure but when you have the ability to strategize and they don’t use it it’s so hard to watch.”

Another viewer shared a rarer mistake as they joined in the debate: “I just thought of another one – you rarely see a Plinko player dropping the chip in the middle. They’ll drop it on the left side… then the right side… and back to the left. C’mon people, you want it to land in the middle, how about dropping it in the middle? No guarantee of course, but it would seem that the odds are better.”

Some contestants also fall at the final hurdle, as another mistake was pointed out for the final round. A viewer wrote: “Bidding an even flat thousand dollars in the showcase. There is no chance in hell of a showcase ending in 000-250.”

The Price Is Right premieres Weekdays at 11a/10c on CBS.