Talk:Wheel of Fortune timeline (syndicated)/Seasons 29-31/@comment-98.172.126.100-20140815010828/@comment-1623122-20140822153449

I don't think Pat anticipated the show going to a minimum Wheel value of $500, though. And decreasing costs? Why? The daytime version dropped its vowel costs to $200 because the Wheel's values dropped; sure, it presented the same problem when the cost was further dropped to $100, but why would you decrease the cost of something when the general reward has increased?

Vowels costing $250 has been so far behind inflation over the years since 1973, it's not even funny. It should be $1,000 (for a nice round number) or $1,250 (to keep with the original ratio of "vowel cost = 1/4 highest Wheel value"), either of which would actually let vowels mean something again.