In Scrapbooking 1366725508.737 I've said it before here, and I'll say it again because it bears repeating. There is NO competition between HSN and QVC. Much as we love to believe in competition and choice, it's not always the case. HSN owns 35% of QVC (or the other way around), enough to keep them separate companies legally, but also enough to eliminate competition with no threat of anti-trust violation. QVC has the UK market (Anna Griffin appears on QVC in the UK); HSN took over the U.S. market. Continue Reading In Scrapbooking 1365523931.81 Every Monday on her blog Anna is previewing items she will present at the end of April. See http://www.annagriffin.com/content/annas-blog. Yesterday she previewed a doily stamp set. Continue Reading In Scrapbooking 1364310345.75 On 3/26/2013 Glor46er said: It was so very very good to see Lisa back on TV with scrapbooking. I think she did an awesome job, and only Lisa could sell almost 20,000 TS units. I don't remember that many scrapbooking TS items sell in that amount, unless it was Anna's TS. I hope to see a lot more of her selling items on HSN. One thing I would like Lisa to sell is anything by Tim Coffey. He is one of my favorite artists, besides Anna, and I would love to see some of his kits like the tulip album kit Lisa sold years ago on QVC. One thing I did notice.........Lisa did not need to have a host stand... Continue Reading In Scrapbooking 1362500445.553 On 3/5/2013 orphan annie325 said: Just received email from Memory Misers that has the AG folders on pre-order but did not have the 5x7 argyle folder. They were priced $5.99 and $7.99. FYI: On another scrapbook message board, I just this minute read a warning about Memory Misers: http://scrapnyap.freeforums.org/how-bout-a-list-of-on-line-stores-to-not-shop-at-t183.html. I have no experience with them so I don't know anything first hand. Continue Reading In Scrapbooking 1362145501.347 ScrapHappy, I ordered the auto ship even knowing what I know about their claims. I'm crazed for these embossing folders, and I'm pretty sure I won't be able to find them all locally. The art work on these is so superior to what I've seen on other folders. Continue Reading In Scrapbooking 1362078316.353 I'm reposting something I wrote here awhile ago. People on television are open to all sorts of reactions and comments from the public, especially now with social media. But we don't even know for certain about the motives and intentions of our own family members, let alone about the private lives and motives of TV personalities. Everywhere people agree QVC's craft programs were better than HSN's. Why? Because Lisa Bearnson was more than a presenter on QVC. It was her company connections and personal relationships (through Creating Keepsakes) that brought in the huge variety of products a... Continue Reading In Scrapbooking 1362077188.723 Yes, they're tricky. What they say is "you can't get this configuration anywhere else" or "you can't get these anywhere else," which you can take to mean any one of the individual items, and which they can later claim to mean "this grouping." It's buyer beware on this kind of sales. Continue Reading In Scrapbooking 1360770070.6 I mentioned this issue on another thread here. There are some angry posters on another board because this seems to be a continuing problem for WRMK. They released the Big Bite with problems that had to be corrected, and the Cinch Version One had problems they had to correct in Version Two. A friend of mine remarked that it wouldn't take much effort in quality assurance up front to save the company a lot of money later. But the problem is also marketing. They don't seem to be testing us to see our reactions to these mistakes. I wanted the Cinch but just didn't trust it enough to buy it. ... Continue Reading In Q Did What? 1360180944.74 The Wall Street Journal? Rupert Murdoch? Really? Quote me information from Fortune, Newsweek, Wikipedia --ANYWHERE but The Wall Street Journal, and I'll believe it. Continue Reading In Scrapbooking 1359743745.553 Oops! I left "test" out the name above. That's hysterical! It's not "craft dummies;" it's "Craft Test Dummies," a blog that reviews craft products here: http://www.crafttestdummies.com/ No one who crafts is a dummy, right? Last edited on 2/1/2013 Continue Reading
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