been watching last 2 weeks more often than usual and the offers seem really high

is this a good or a bad thing?

leannes , phils and bunneys were very big offers throughout i thought

The games with early deals and proveouts
have been quite interesting so I don't think it's a bad thing when the
banker goes higher with the offers. It also makes it far more exciting
when the contestant rejects the high offer and goes on as it raises
the stakes! However, sometimes there is a case for the banker
lowering the offers if everyone is being too cautious, but shows
like Laura's, Bunney's and Julie's in January indicate that that
might not be necessary at the moment!

I think the Banker loses credibility when he gives overly high offers that do not reflect the board itself, but instead seem to be based on how much of a "character" the player happens to be.

Definitely provides an ineresting slant on events, that's for sure. I don't think it's generosity all the way though; offers on all-or-nothing last pairs seem as low as they've ever been, and I think that's what encouraged people like Phil and Leanne to deal on volatile boards.

People like Bunney can really profit from it though; if he'd only turned down £20k at the penultimate offer, the last offer wouldn't have been in six figures, but as he'd showed the courage to no deal £31k he had to give a high offer for fear of the second £250k payout (anything relatively stingy would be a no-deal as he had £20k fallback)!

Certainly contrasts to April/May time - every time a half-decent offer came along I was shouting DEAL for fear of trap offers if a big amount was hit (even in a game like Johnnie's)! But now he tends to stick/go up a bit even if the £250k goes!

I thought the offers Peg got were a bit mean today. When she was offered £7k, I was expecting it to be about £10k and I thought her £12,600 offer should have been about £15k.

I think Peg's offers were actually about right. Slightly generous relative to the mean but on a board with the low reds largely intact throughout they had to be. And they weren't silly like Phil's.