topic Re: Desperation in Q Talk

Desperation

maximillian — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 23:10:02 GMT

The hosts are ranting and mumbling and screaming at us: I hear DESPERATION in their voices. Buy two! Buy now! The only order of the season! Buy these for your gift closet! Buy these because you can't leave your house! Buy! Buy! Just BUY!!!! Is there another rumor of mass firings?? What is going on?

Re: Desperation

icezeus — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 23:32:11 GMT

I am not seeing anything different then how they normally are for the Christmas Shopping period, some are louder and more obnoxious but that is par for the course. I read somewhere on this board, that they actually had a strong third quarter, due to more people staying home and shopping.

Re: Desperation

Foxxee — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 23:53:13 GMT

I'm hearing retail sales are up significantly. September was great; although don't know how QVC is doing. Amy keeps saying the phones are very busy taking care of 1800 microfiber cloths. I doubt much money will be made off of them.

I don't know, the three kinds I have don't work for me. I always go back to my damp rags for dusting.

Re: Desperation

Kachina624 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:25:08 GMT

@maximillian Perhaps you shouldn't be watching a SHOPPING channel?

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maximillian — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:38:34 GMT

@Kachina624

Point taken. No one to scream at me. Also, no orders from me. Thanks, Kachina624. Your advice will save me $$.

Re: Desperation

rms1954 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:53:37 GMT

Rumors of mass firings??? Where did you get that from? It's the usual Xmas shopping spiel just like every other year.

Re: Desperation

millieshops — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 01:07:14 GMT

@maximillian I don't see much very new or different in what's bothering you. The one line that is somewhat new is the "only order of the season" line, but when they're selling something I might buy, I want them to say that.

Re: Desperation

Anonymous032819 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 01:40:00 GMT

Gee, image that.

Sales people trying to get people to buy.

What will they think of next?

Re: Desperation

mspatmac — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:17:24 GMT

Of course they are a shopping channel and the "hosts" are professional sales people but as we know from these boards we have hosts we enjoy watching and others an immediate channel changer. Same goes for vendors. I personally prefer professional, lower key hosts that know their products and give me the information I need. Manic and super hyper presenters and vendors are an immediate turn off. and turnoffs equate to lost sales.

We keep saying it's a shopping channel and they are there to sell, then I say sell and stop the stories, ditch the pj's, silliness and sell. Leave the modeling to the models. I'm an adult and reguardless of the pitch can chose to buy or not.

Re: Desperation

SuhseK — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 03:48:33 GMT

@maximillian wrote:
The hosts are ranting and mumbling and screaming at us: I hear DESPERATION in their voices. Buy two! Buy now! The only order of the season! Buy these for your gift closet! Buy these because you can't leave your house! Buy! Buy! Just BUY!!!! Is there another rumor of mass firings?? What is going on?

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I haven't seen ranting, mumbling, or screaming, nor, do I hear desperation.

If I did see these things, I suspect I wouldn't much care to watch, so, I'd just check on line.

They're salespeople. It's their job to sell.

Re: Desperation

Mimi 1883 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 10:34:18 GMT

@mspatmac wrote:
Of course they are a shopping channel and the "hosts" are professional sales people but as we know from these boards we have hosts we enjoy watching and others an immediate channel changer. Same goes for vendors. I personally prefer professional, lower key hosts that know their products and give me the information I need. Manic and super hyper presenters and vendors are an immediate turn off. and turnoffs equate to lost sales.

We keep saying it's a shopping channel and they are there to sell, then I say sell and stop the stories, ditch the pj's, silliness and sell. Leave the modeling to the models. I'm an adult and reguardless of the pitch can chose to buy or not.

@mspatmac Well said. I admit that I'm a buyer, but not much at all from QVC. Over time, due to poor hosting (mostly,) I've changed the channel so often that I rarely watch anymore. I "find" some things of Q's that people have posted here on the forums and not from their TV presentations. The 'testimonial callers' was another channel changer for me. I wish they would re-think some of their hosts.

Re: Desperation

Spurt — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 14:29:33 GMT

@maximillian

Tis the season and lots of competition out there....

But that's just the usual presentation style of some of the hosts ..... personally its a turn off to me.... I prefer the calmer hosts that give product info rather than screaming the usual sales spiels and gimmicks....oh, and dont forget the endless reminder of colors....

Re: Desperation

Diva on The Q — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:38:22 GMT

@maximillian: I don't know how often you watch shopping channels but, there's "nothing to see here", as the saying goes. Suggesting people buy two, buy now...is generally what happens, especially before the holiday season.

Re: Desperation

Ilovetea — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:35:03 GMT

@SuhseK wrote:
@maximillian wrote:
The hosts are ranting and mumbling and screaming at us: I hear DESPERATION in their voices. Buy two! Buy now! The only order of the season! Buy these for your gift closet! Buy these because you can't leave your house! Buy! Buy! Just BUY!!!! Is there another rumor of mass firings?? What is going on?
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I haven't seen ranting, mumbling, or screaming, nor, do I hear desperation.

If I did see these things, I suspect I wouldn't much care to watch, so, I'd just check on line.

They're salespeople. It's their job to sell.

Hosts seem more relaxed the past few months after the last round on firings. While I may not like the presentation style of a lot of the newer hosts, they seem overall more professional than they have been the last decade or so. They seem to have reigned in a few of the more questionable hosts as well. While he doesn't scream exactly, Rick Domeier does not present with a normal "inside voice".

Re: Desperation

GinaV24 — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:23:04 GMT

Only order of the season is just the replacement for "when it's gone, it's gone". That saying used to drive me crazy it was said so often. LOL that, along with the problems with sizing for clothes and shippiing costs, made me stop watching. I still do more shopping direct on the website than I do actually watching their programming especially during the holiday shopping season.

I used to find things that I'd buy people for gifts at QVC, now they are not my retailer of choice. I shop less than I did for the holidays because we've cut way back on gift giving AND because I shop places that have better prices and shipping discounts.