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Amy Morrison Can't Add!

grammarqueen — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:10:05 GMT

The Today's Special is 4 LORAC lipsticks and 4 LORAC lip glosses for $42, which is a great bargain. But Morrison keeps saying you buy 2 lipsticks at $18 each and you get 2 lipsticks and 4 lip glosses free. 18 x 2 = 36, not 42! So essentially, you are buying 2 and 1/3 lipsticks.

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Sister Barbara — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:24:41 GMT

HSN hosts always round up or round down; whatever makes it sound like the better deal. Not sure if it's done on purpose or if it's ignorance.

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Krimpette — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:25:56 GMT

OP: Just wondering...did you mean to post this on HSN'S forums?

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grammarqueen — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:34:31 GMT

@Krimpette wrote:
OP: Just wondering...did you mean to post this on HSN'S forums?

HSN has practically no community at all, and I know many ladies shop there if they have a beauty special.

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chrystaltree — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:00:17 GMT

LOL I thought she committed the crime of the century on Qvc Tv...LOL

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JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:12:14 GMT

I don't see what the big deal is. She's generalizing. Lots of hosts on all the shopping channels do it, to make their price look more attractive. Sales people IRL do it too. Viewers are smart enough to catch it and decide if they want to purchase or not.

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aggravated — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:31:15 GMT

Even though all the salesfolks are doing this increasingly she's the worst for making the easy pays sound like the entire price. Just about every product.

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brandiwine — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:47:31 GMT

Seriously? Since I'm not perfect I don't expect others to be perfect either.

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Lipstickdiva — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:57:13 GMT

These shows are written for the show hosts and they are given cards with things to say and they also make their own notes on the cards. On top of that, there is a producer in their ear feeding them information to say.

I have seen this set presented by 3 different hosts and all 3 are repeating that exact same thing and I doubt all of them are awful at math. My guess is, this is either written for them or they are being told to say it by the producer.

I guess it's close enough. And besides, who buys 1/3 of a tube of lipstick or gloss. So to say that doesn't really make sense.

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winamac1 — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:26:34 GMT

I am not interested in this TSV, but I saw a bit of the presentation. If you want facts and deep data and truth...Amy is not the one. She seems super duper sweet, but she is not the brightest bulb in the room. I think $42 vs. $36 is a bit of difference--that's more than 15%.

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KarenaJeannette — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:27:19 GMT

Yeah, all the show hosts are saying the same thing - buy 2 get 6 free, so they are being fed the sales pitch.

Amy makes me laugh! For example, she thinks "infamous" means the same thing as "famous." She also says, "volumptuous."

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depglass — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:11:00 GMT

HSN cut off their board years ago with no notice. Woke up one morning and it was gone. Really bad PR. No wonder no one supports it.

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wagirl — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:42:11 GMT

Ahe is kind of funny---most times I laugh at the silly things she says. Recently, Bobbi Rae--gag, choke----, was selling Imans clothes on clearence for CHEAP and she prefaced the price with the fact that the same thing had sold for" hundreds and hundreds and hundreds" of $$. I laughed out loud-------oh lordy!!!!

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KarenaJeannette — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:52:06 GMT

Hi @depglass - Yes, I remember that! The current forum is dead. LOL

There was a poster who would a series of Shannon Smith's sales pitch lines. He had like 4 in the series of 10 each. It was hilarious. I remember a few:

1. They are literally flying out of here.

2. Many of you are buying more than one.

3. I am going bonkers.

4. This is a double-double.

5. The thing is...

6. I mean, to be totally honest with you...

7. I'm ordering 10 of these as soon as I get off the air....

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KarenaJeannette — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:51:40 GMT

@wagirl wrote:
Ahe is kind of funny---most times I laugh the silly things she says. Recently, Bobbi Rae--gag, choke----, was selling Imans clothes on clearence for CHEAP and she prefaced the price with the fact that the same thing had sold for" hundreds and hundreds and hundreds" of $$. I laughed out loud-------oh lordy!!!!

@wagirl That's hilarous!!!