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Thanks to all of you who are reading “At Your Service.” I really appreciate those who have put time and thought into posting comments. I just wanted to make mention that while I truly enjoy reading them, our blog format is not interactive to allow responses. Nonetheless, your enthusiasm shows just how this active, online community has become a place to deepen your relationship with QVC any time you want to.

In addition to the blog comments, I read the forums. Your chats tell us that the “Customer Reviews” for products is a VERY popular feature on QVC.com. I like that this online service of ours lets you share your actual product experiences with fellow shoppers. Taking those reviews into the forums, customers talk candidly about specific items and brands - sometimes even “live time” as a product is being shown on TV. “Reality shopping” is here.

To check out “Customer Reviews,” find the link on any item’s Product Detail page. Find out what others think of the product’s performance as well as what features they used most or least. Reviews can also touch on how colors compare to our show on TV or the photos on QVC.com.

I hear the frustration when a customer’s product review can’t be posted. Reviews that don’t meet all or part of QVC’s Product Rating & Review Guidelines cannot be accepted. Some reasons why reviews are declined are:

  • a different product or retailer is also mentioned in the same review
  • content is inappropriate or unrelated, or a question is asked
  • the information focuses more on a service issue (like delivery or returns) rather than the product
I applaud you for taking responsibility to submit genuine, honest, meaningful information for every review. With regard to the forums, each post matters. QVC's Community is a place where each participant deserves an enriching experience respectful of each individual.

Again, thanks for reading “At Your Service.”

All the best,

Dan McDermott
Senior Vice President – Customer Services
8 Comments
Dear Mr McDermott.

I write a great many "User Reviews" especially on makeup products and particularly on one brand which I favor.

You accept many of my reviews and they are widely read and then...Suddenly you don't accept maybe three in a row.:(

The one thing I do is describe my complexion by that company's foundation products...i.e. foundation, concealor, etc. That is the only place where other products are mentioned.

I write "For reference..." and then tell them the colors I use instead of writing. "I'm fair" which can sometimes say nothing. That is to help women find the correct colors for THEM. I have never used profanity or mentioned other products not carried on QVC. I have never written hostile things concerning other brand's products or criticized other people's reviews. My reviews, albeit lengthy, are well written, descriptive and extremely relevant to the product being reviewed. Many people read my reviews (look at the numbers) and for every person who reports that "This review has helped" there are many more who simply don't take the time to use that particular feature. I know...I used to be one of those people.

And to top it all off...I have read other reviews where products outside and inside QVC are mentioned and compared.:O

It irritates me because my only motive to write reviews is to help others in selecting products that they'll like. So when I've tried something...I want people to know about it. Especially if that product has impressed me in any way. This is a service to your customers, and Mr. McDermott. We don't live in a vacuum. When I apply blush, for instance, I've probably applied several other products (at least) You don't really have "Online Chat" with an expert, but I can relate my experiences as a person with my color tones and others can go deeper, warmer, cooler or whatever and adjust my descriptions to themselves. I also write sometimes that I'll use this or that product with the product I'm reviewing. Like "I use this shade of blush to pop a neutral color of blush, bronzer or pot rouge"

And almost more irritating...I always forget the sporadic nature of your review selection, and don't print or save my reviewX-( It takes me a while to write a review. I put a lot of effort into it. My time is valuable...as is yours.

And I repeat...it's irritating...not just frustrating, and you are losing sales as a result, but mostly women are losing valuable information on how to spend their money in this present economy.

Thank you at least for having a blog on this so I can vent a little. Some women have reported trying to post a review five times or more, and then suddenly it's accepted. Maybe you need to take a look at the people who review our reviews:8} Just a thought.
QVC CEO:
If you read the Forum Posts then you know how irritating some of your Hosts are to the viewers and yet they continue to do the same things that cause so many to tune out or tune off.
Examples:
Antoinella laughing every other minute.
Patti Riley screeching and talking incessantly.
Lisa R. dropping names and playing up to certain vendors.
Jayne Brown guffawing at everything.
Sharon too flirtatious
Caroline too authoritative sounding
Davinia does not stop waving her hands constantly.
The other hosts are all excellent and so professional and I personally believe that these Hosts should take lessons from Lisa Mason or Jill Bauer to learn the proper demeanor of a QVC host.
PLEASE see to it that the annoying habits of the hosts mentioned get corrected so that I and so many others can stop tuning them out.
I think that QVC is phenominal and I hate missing so many programs because of these annoying mannerisms.
Thank you in advance for what you can do.

Sincerely,

Kletzel
After several rejections of reviews, both positive and negative, I feel you should post all reviews regardless of your rules. The rules are vague, which allows pulling anything you don't like. Most of the reviews are so bland as to be mostly useless. For someplace that toots their horn as honest and quality concious, I'm seeing neither lately. You're souring a lot of customers, me included.
Do you guys just read them or are you reacting to them. I know morethan your "product finders" at least 95% of the time regarding the products you sell.
I also hate the new return policy. In particular, why should we have to paty postage and handling if it's qvc fault we received the wrong item. Suggestion would be to enclose return labels to make it easier for those whom are disabled and have no computer (or printer). I'm assuming you do have many disabled older consumers.
On a very personal note, I have a particular problem. One of my feet is wider (as most people) than the other. AND, I wear an 11w. Just watch one of your own shoe shoes and pretend you are me trying to purchase a quality, practical, and fashionable pair of shoes. PLEASE!
QVC CEO, Why do you have a host that continually has dirty hands and that most of us can not understand? Davinia Palmer again last week had dirty nails and was waving them in front of the merchandise. It is very difficult to understand her and I read somewhere that voice overs are used with her presentations. No wonder she is hard to understand. I do not like to have to turn the volume down when she is on. I like to hear about the product as well as see it! Hope that someone can do something about her? Teach her to wash her hands!!!
Does anyone know how Patti Reilly lost so much weight? How would I get to her blog?? yaiyai. thx
I love QVC and the products you make available to the consumer, especially the prices and your payment terms (Easy Pay). Having said this, I just have one issue that I would like to express and that is the way Shawn (Sean) the Q-Check hostess expresses herself and addresses the guests. Would it be too much to ask her to stop talking like she is in a bar and addressing the guests by their last names? Her choice of language leaves a lot more to be desired. I love the individual personalities of all your hosts, but hers goes beyond being a "personality". I really appreciate the Q-Check program, but avoid it when she is the host and that seems to be the case more often than not.
I'm unsure where i found the comments regarding "made in China" on your blog,so i'll post here. i have stopped buying jewelry like i want because of the "CHINA" stamp. not only is the quality usually poor but WHO wants to wear a pc of jewelry with "CHINA" so visibly stamped in it. fine/good jewelry does not have this mark! can you imagine Rikpa's pcs having this anywhere on them?! please, i used to love to shop QVC for jewelry, but what happened to QUALITY and no CHINA stamping?