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HSN Cooking Show Featuring Inferior Items ??

4uthebest — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:25:27 GMT

Watching the HSN show a bit this morning I see items featured that I AND others not only have rated, but have rated low. Many of these items have either more or almost as many 1 star as 5 star reviews.

I wonder if HSN is trying to deplete stock or??

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Lacey1 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:28:46 GMT

What items are you including in this? I do think it's a clearance, so they are trying to clear the shelves. At least the prices are good, even it's junk!

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Reever — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:34:34 GMT

oh please, like the Q doesn't hawk a lot of junk. I saw a frying pan on Shop HQ this weekend for less than 10 bucks.

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4uthebest — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:19:17 GMT

One item that I quickly returned was the pizza oven as it was poor quality and did not compare to some others that work well that I have used.

Another item was the knifes (Aerosharp) and rather than getting charged the postage to return, I sharpened one to a razorlike edge and am using the serrated one to open my packages. Without sharpening the plain edge blade, it did not meet my sharpness requirement.

On the other hand a good product and price is the Stoneware microwave cooker but with the 20% coupon at BB&B that is an even better deal.

I am not sure about the chop chop. but it has some advantages over other similar products and I might get just to "rent" for a month to compare.

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Lacey1 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:08:23 GMT

The Chop Chop is a combination Vegamatic and mandolin. If it's made well, I think it's a good idea. I do think they could have priced it for $10 less, though.

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Mary Bailey — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:14:33 GMT

On 3/9/2014 Reever said: oh please, like the Q doesn't hawk a lot of junk. I saw a frying pan on Shop HQ this weekend for less than 10 bucks.

so, so true!

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chickenbutt — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:36:30 GMT

Of course the Q hawks a lot of junk too, but this particular thread was about the wares of hsn.

As to this value of the day they have, it's definitely not for me. I figure if I have to do all the prep before using it and the knife is still in my hand, I might as well finish it off with the knife. Only one thing to wash and maintain, and it doesn't take up space. I have a lot of hand pain, like many others, but it's faster to just use good knives and be done with it, IMO.

Generally speaking, I've always thought that hsn sells an awful lot of junk - mostly poor quality wares for sure. Anybody who knows me knows I'm not a fan of hsn at all.

But I have to give hsn credit for this all-day cooking event. They seem to be having a lot more variety than usual and a lot of celebrity chef guests too. Usually, when they have a day-long event it seems like there are a total of about 6 to 8 items that are shown over and over ad nauseam, with no variety. On this day I've seen quite a few things.

Sure, there is the stuff like the Debbie stuff that I wouldn't touch for free. But it seems like they have been selling some pretty decent stuff this time around. I've actually watched a fair amount of it.

I was kind of surprised that Wolf was not one of their guests but I would imagine that he would require that he is the main point of interest or else he would not do it. Since Curtis is the guy with the TS, that would leave out Wolfgang as the main attention-grabber.

I actually forgot to check in to ITKwD this morning but I checked the list and it seems I didn't miss a thing. Same stuff, different day.

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forrestwolf — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:46:10 GMT

Regardless of the quality of the items they are selling, at least they do appreciate their customers better by offering more Flex pays and free shipping, that is rarely seen here, and I do appreciate that..........and the quality can run toe to toe on both channels from time to time.......

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suzyQ3 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:20:56 GMT

On 3/9/2014 chickenbutt said:
Of course the Q hawks a lot of junk too, but this particular thread was about the wares of hsn.

As to this value of the day they have, it's definitely not for me. I figure if I have to do all the prep before using it and the knife is still in my hand, I might as well finish it off with the knife. Only one thing to wash and maintain, and it doesn't take up space. I have a lot of hand pain, like many others, but it's faster to just use good knives and be done with it, IMO.

Generally speaking, I've always thought that hsn sells an awful lot of junk - mostly poor quality wares for sure. Anybody who knows me knows I'm not a fan of hsn at all.

But I have to give hsn credit for this all-day cooking event. They seem to be having a lot more variety than usual and a lot of celebrity chef guests too. Usually, when they have a day-long event it seems like there are a total of about 6 to 8 items that are shown over and over ad nauseam, with no variety. On this day I've seen quite a few things.

Sure, there is the stuff like the Debbie stuff that I wouldn't touch for free. But it seems like they have been selling some pretty decent stuff this time around. I've actually watched a fair amount of it.

I was kind of surprised that Wolf was not one of their guests but I would imagine that he would require that he is the main point of interest or else he would not do it. Since Curtis is the guy with the TS, that would leave out Wolfgang as the main attention-grabber.

I actually forgot to check in to ITKwD this morning but I checked the list and it seems I didn't miss a thing. Same stuff, different day.

ITA, chickie. I know that it's not expensive, but to me, it looked downright cheap besides being cumbersome -- plus way too many parts for me.

The reviews are gone from HSN, but by googling, I saw that the rating was 2.9.

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sciencegeek_1 — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:48:32 GMT

On 3/9/2014 4uthebest said:
One item that I quickly returned was the pizza oven as it was poor quality and did not compare to some others that work well that I have used.

Another item was the knifes (Aerosharp) and rather than getting charged the postage to return, I sharpened one to a razorlike edge and am using the serrated one to open my packages. Without sharpening the plain edge blade, it did not meet my sharpness requirement.

On the other hand a good product and price is the Stoneware microwave cooker but with the 20% coupon at BB&B that is an even better deal.

I am not sure about the chop chop. but it has some advantages over other similar products and I might get just to "rent" for a month to compare.

"Rent"?!!!? You mean order it with the express purpose of NOT keeping it, but wanting to try it for free? That's like the scam of buying a dress, wearing it, and returning it. Abusing returns like this raises the costs for all of us. Grrr!

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Lacey1 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:32:24 GMT

On 3/9/2014 sciencegeek said:
On 3/9/2014 4uthebest said:
One item that I quickly returned was the pizza oven as it was poor quality and did not compare to some others that work well that I have used.

Another item was the knifes (Aerosharp) and rather than getting charged the postage to return, I sharpened one to a razorlike edge and am using the serrated one to open my packages. Without sharpening the plain edge blade, it did not meet my sharpness requirement.

On the other hand a good product and price is the Stoneware microwave cooker but with the 20% coupon at BB&B that is an even better deal.

I am not sure about the chop chop. but it has some advantages over other similar products and I might get just to "rent" for a month to compare.

"Rent"?!!!? You mean order it with the express purpose of NOT keeping it, but wanting to try it for free? That's like the scam of buying a dress, wearing it, and returning it. Abusing returns like this raises the costs for all of us. Grrr!

I got the impression the poster meant that he/she would 'try' it for a month to decide if it was worth keeping. What would they do, chop a lifetime's worth of French fries and really rip them off? Beside, the hosts constantly tell you to 'try it for 30 days'. Implying that you have all that time to test it out.

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sciencegeek_1 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 01:28:12 GMT

Two different things. Using the guarantee to try out something you're not sure about is when you order it intending to buy it, find out after you've used it that it isn't for you and sending it back. Then there is ordering with no intention of buying it, just trying it out and returning it --ie "renting".

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Lacey1 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 01:40:33 GMT

To buy something from a home shopping network knowing that you will return is rather stupid, as you have to pay return postage. If you do that often enough, you'll get, 'the letter' telling you that you are in danger of having your account closed. The hosts will emphatically tell people to buy it and 'put it through it's paces for 30 days'. BTW: if you read through the posts-many, many times customers have received items that were obviously used. So, shed no tears for QVC-they are quite capable of handling 'rented' items.