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QVC, Just Be Honest With Me

Jordan2 — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:50:22 GMT

I see they are selling the Microsoft Surface 3 today at a good price. Now I know there is a Surface 4 out. I just wish they would be upfront and tell me this is not the latest model. I don't buy electronic products often so when I do I want the latest and greatest. Now some people don't really care and like getting a good deal, I just don't like people who don't know think this is the latest model. I also noticed an Apple MacBook (I'm not too familiar with it) but I would bet money this also isn't the latest model.

Re: QVC, Just Be Honest With Me

Moonchilde — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:07:29 GMT

Why even wonder? I just assume that whatever electronic they sell is 1-3 generations old/behind or a product that got bad reviews(cameras for instance) and didn't sell.

The Surface they're selling is close to $100 overpriced even with the case/keyboard. No one needs the other carp.

Re: QVC, Just Be Honest With Me

KingstonsMom — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:08:44 GMT

@Jordan2 wrote:
I see they are selling the Microsoft Surface 3 today at a good price. Now I know there is a Surface 4 out. I just wish they would be upfront and tell me this is not the latest model. I don't buy electronic products often so when I do I want the latest and greatest. Now some people don't really care and like getting a good deal, I just don't like people who don't know think this is the latest model. I also noticed an Apple MacBook (I'm not too familiar with it) but I would bet money this also isn't the latest model.

@Jordan2

You're right, most of the tech sold here is never the latest edition of that product and they never disclose that, hoping no one notices.

They add a bunch of unnecessary accessories to make the 'retail' value seem higher, so the Q price seems like such a bargain.

Re: QVC, Just Be Honest With Me

GCR18 — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:12:58 GMT

I do my homework before I make a major purchase no matter who the retailer is.

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millieshops — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:18:12 GMT

Just the way the salespeople do ay my local chain store. Sure they do ---not.

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Sooner — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:38:27 GMT

It's up to the buyer to know that. You should know what you are buying.

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ariane — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:55:03 GMT

I only see the Surface Pro 4 on the QVC website so I don't know what the promo price of the Pro 3 was however I could buy the same model of the Pro 4 for $899 and the keyboard for 129 from The Microsoft store. The stylus comes with the machine. Shipping is free. Total delivered price $1030, not including tax. QVC wants $1399 plus over $23 shipping. That is a 38% markup presumably their charge for 6 easy payments. QVC should be ashamed of themselves.

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KYToby — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 22:13:54 GMT

Unless a sales person is attempting to upsell you on something, no one in their right mind tells a buyer how great a product is but that it;s not as good as another when that other is not available.

That's like going to a Toyota dealership and having a salesman sell you a car but say "It's not as good as a BMW."

Being an educated, informed consumer is incumbemt upon the buyer.

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Nuttmeg — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 22:24:30 GMT

@ariane wrote:
I only see the Surface Pro 4 on the QVC website so I don't know what the promo price of the Pro 3 was however I could buy the same model of the Pro 4 for $899 and the keyboard for 129 from The Microsoft store. The stylus comes with the machine. Shipping is free. Total delivered price $1030, not including tax. QVC wants $1399 plus over $23 shipping. That is a 38% markup presumably their charge for 6 easy payments. QVC should be ashamed of themselves.

My Mom always told us, my sister and me, Let the buyer beware. She would tell us this in Latin "Caveat emptor"

Re: QVC, Just Be Honest With Me

Moonchilde — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 01:19:12 GMT

QVC gets away with how they sell their electronics not so much by outright lies (though they don't rule 'em out either), but by what they DON'T say. In this they are not different than other retailers, but with QVC it's their stock in trade - it's the main way they do business - which is not so true of other retailers.

I have NO sympathy for people who come to the forums, ask, and ignore advice and purchase here anyway, when they come back and complain that whatever is a piece of junk. Most of the time it's user ignorance anyway. I have never in 20+ years of owning personal computers, had one severely malfunction because of any fault with the hardware or software (but of course I know HDs crash). If it didn't do what I needed it to do, that was because I just didn't know the proper way to go about it. My fault.

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apple1964 — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:06:15 GMT

I always do the research and I know what I need for my office work [for when I work at home] And what I want. I agree buyer beware.

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glb613 — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:05:40 GMT

@Jordan2 wrote:
I see they are selling the Microsoft Surface 3 today at a good price. Now I know there is a Surface 4 out. I just wish they would be upfront and tell me this is not the latest model. I don't buy electronic products often so when I do I want the latest and greatest. Now some people don't really care and like getting a good deal, I just don't like people who don't know think this is the latest model. I also noticed an Apple MacBook (I'm not too familiar with it) but I would bet money this also isn't the latest model.

After reading this board for years, I have found it does no good to tell people they are buying old models, paying too much money for worthless accessories or they can find the device cheaper elsewhere. They want EZ pay and that trumps everything.

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chickenbutt — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 21:41:30 GMT

I think the biggest thing to recognize is that none of it is personal. It's SELLING and nothing more. They have to concentrate on, and in many cases make up, positive points and they will NEVER bring up anything that is less than a glowing positive. This is part of the reason I was never able (I tried!) to be in any position of having to sell products for somebody else. I can't do the bs it takes to push on people. Just can't!

One of my mantras, that has helped me quite a bit actually is - 'Don't personalize things that aren't personal'.

Anyway - FWIW, eh?

Secondly, of course, all that's been already said here is so true. They sell older versions, slower processors, and pad it with junk that has little to no value so they can pump up the price, attaching HUGE values to these 'extras'. I've seen them put a dollar value on programs that you can get for free! I'm not talking some kind of back-door thing - just plain straight up free programs.

I also agree with GLB that it doesn't matter how many times these truths are brought up, here or elsewhere, because people will buy the older, over-valued stuff anyway. But, hey, if one person hears it and heeds it, I guess it's worth repeating.

Nobody else is spending my money so I recognize that it's just not for me to say how they should. But it really IS hard to see people spending their hard-earned money - uh, I hate to say foolishly but I'll go with impractically.

Re: QVC, Just Be Honest With Me

depglass — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:29:14 GMT

Just assume there is a newer one out there and do some checking before you "settle." Sometimes you don't need the new features, sometimes you do.