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Prices are getting too high on QVC and now buying less from them

Fionna — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:35:56 GMT

I have been a shopper here for over 25 years and now I buy less and less. The prices are getting too high for me. I can not afford a 250.00 handbag or a 60.00 top.

More designer stuff that I cannot afford and not always the best. Colors are off and the sizes are not the same, even from the same supplier.

I wished they would go back and let us buy things that the normal customer can afford.

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matty liz — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:56:22 GMT

I agree and the sale approach is too silly. There are also some very good skin care products available at reasonable prices instead of spending a fortune on promised miracles. I USE TO ENJOY qvc AND LEARN SO MUCH AND BE EXPOSED TO NEW ITEMS BUT i AM VERY DISSAPOINTED.

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fthunt — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:14:48 GMT

I've shopped w/the Q as long as you have and it's not the prices that drove me away - it's the designs. I just don't wear uneven hem lines - sagging pockets - form fitting coats - crazy shoes - and over the head tunics. Usually I see nothing I want on the new PMS show. They do have good prices on electronics and household products - which I do purchase.

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songbird — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:26:03 GMT

I went shopping at the mall. Much better styles and cheaper prices. Deep sales too. Puchased two tops at Ann Taylor and a couple at Banana Republic. Don't buy any beauty products at the Q. Buty at Sephora. Much cheaper. I will pay full price on certain things like the perfume Flowerbomb. Stuff that Q does not sell.

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curlywhitedog — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:51:09 GMT

@mattyliz wrote:
I agree and the sale approach is too silly. There are also some very good skin care products available at reasonable prices instead of spending a fortune on promised miracles.

So true about the skin care products available at better prices. Now, I know there are those who will "poo poo" the idea of not using the latest and most expensive skin care line but one day while I was in Harmon's, my daughter asked me to pick up a jar of Harmon's True Value (house brand) skin cream for her so I picked a jar up off the shelf and put it in my cart. I was already using, OLAY Regenerist, but I figured, what the heck, and threw in a jar for me as well. I was totally shocked when I got to the register and they rang up $9.99 each. I've been using it for about a month now and it's every bit as good as the OLAY which was about $50 for the same amount of cream.

Knowing she uses this line I put a jar into her Christmas stocking and when she took it out she mentioned to me that Harmon's also makes a line specifically for using around the eyes. Next time I go I'll give that a try too.

Maria

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Kacee1115 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:37:35 GMT

Sad but true. The shipping and handling refund that is no longer in place was one of perks that got me to buy from the Q. If i order 4 items, instead of one order, i should just do separate orders. I ordered two of the same items - my daughter ordered one of the same item - she got her order a week earlier than me. Wondering if i ordered 1 at a time if it would have come quicker.

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handygal2 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:39:38 GMT

@curlywhitedog wrote:
@mattyliz wrote:
I agree and the sale approach is too silly. There are also some very good skin care products available at reasonable prices instead of spending a fortune on promised miracles.

So true about the skin care products available at better prices. Now, I know there are those who will "poo poo" the idea of not using the latest and most expensive skin care line but one day while I was in Harmon's, my daughter asked me to pick up a jar of Harmon's True Value (house brand) skin cream for her so I picked a jar up off the shelf and put it in my cart. I was already using, OLAY Regenerist, but I figured, what the heck, and threw in a jar for me as well. I was totally shocked when I got to the register and they rang up $9.99 each. I've been using it for about a month now and it's every bit as good as the OLAY which was about $50 for the same amount of cream.

Knowing she uses this line I put a jar into her Christmas stocking and when she took it out she mentioned to me that Harmon's also makes a line specifically for using around the eyes. Next time I go I'll give that a try too.

Maria

@matty liz, @curlywhitedog: I agree about the selling of "miracles," as well. I don't think that just because certain skin lines are expensive, they will work better than drugstore brands. If they did, many plastic surgeons and cosmetic dermatologists would go out of business!

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stevieb — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:56:20 GMT

I'm pretty much done here too. Prices, shipping, repetitive programming, lack of variety, unlikable hosts... Not much reason to stick around. Shopping should be fun. This isn't.

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curlywhitedog — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:37:46 GMT

@stevieb wrote:
I'm pretty much done here too. Prices, shipping, repetitive programming, lack of variety, unlikable hosts... Not much reason to stick around. Shopping should be fun. This isn't.

Me too. Although I do hang around for the products I like to see, I don't always buy them here but it gives me a barometer to use to measure cost. For instance, when I saw the BOSE bluetooth speaker for $99.95 I went right to Costco.com and saw it there for $119.99 so I knew that even with S&H I would save about $15 if I bought it from QVC and I did.

But you are right on about repetitive programming and unlikeable hosts, it's what caused me to stop watching in the first place.

Maria

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newname0 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:03:08 GMT

They do promote certain lines that you can't get on the outside. I decided to order the Honora stainless steel pearl necklace for 19.96 and it came in a beautiful cloth bag and the item was beautiful. This was my first Honora purchase. I think you got to carefully watch when they promote something unique and not continuously shown IMO.

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appleseed — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:04:21 GMT

I'm frustrated, too. The prices on their what I consider "basics", like Denim and Co and Susan Graver, are just too high now. I can go to a large store that starts with a K and rhymes with "coals", for example, and get very similar clothing for half the price.

I'm also frustrated with all the changes to the website. While I don't mind change, I just don't like their changes here. The new website isn't appealing to me. The homepage consists mostly of little tiny pictures of recently aired items, spread horizontally across the page, and the navigation is lost in the pictures of the items they want you to B U Y !!!

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Perkup — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:35:37 GMT

I was here when it was CVN - even back then it was more professional than today. They got my attention back then, and in the first years of QVC, by telling me all about a product, giving all the details , and doing it in a calm, professional manner. It was about the sales - not the performance. They lost me in the performance - the silliness, the childish behavior, the ego trips. The dancing, the singing, the goofy faces and jabberwocky talking over each other.

I did buy several things during the holidays because DH has been ill and in order not to leave him alone I bought on line. But he's a little better now, I need very little, and the B&M stores are only five short minutes away. So I am sure I'll continue to come here - to find new friends and new ideas. And I will listen to your thinking on products from QVC and other vendors. But I won't be buying very much in the future. I'll be happy, dancing out to the mall, where the prices are loweer and the sales people don't wiggle or hip bump.

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PINKdogWOOD — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:54:02 GMT

And when did zip up hooded sweatshirts come to be $55 and up? Linea has one on today for $55, yesterday a tsv no less at $60. When I put on a sweatshirt, it means I'm working around the house and/or in the garden working hard and probably getting dirty. I'm surely NOT putting on a $55-$60 + cutsie designer one!!!!!

Yesterday while perusing evine they had 'kate & mallory' line on, saw some really cute items. I pulled up evine to check out all they have in this brand. I laughed at loud at the styles because 95% were exactly the same as Graver, logo, linea, d&co except the prices on evine were 1/3 of what they sell the same for here. It was so unbelieveable.

No I don't buy here anymore either. I can find better for less in B&M and on other sites. It's so ridiculous to spend so much money here.

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Fionna — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:33:41 GMT

I so agree with the fashion. I was looking for a cardigan and could not find any that I like. I hate hoodies too. Some of their fashion is just not right for me because I am on the heavy side. I like longer tops and hate those weird hemlines on some of them.

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Fionna — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:35:47 GMT

I have tried some of their beauty products and still go back to boots products for my skin. I also use Skinn for my neck and still save alot of money. Boots serum for under 30.00 and Skinn neck cream for 38.00 and I am 61 years old with great skin using them.

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Fionna — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:37:50 GMT

I hate the new homepage. I still have to look more than once to find anything on it.

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Fionna — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:40:03 GMT

I have been doing more shopping at evine too. When they first started as shopnbc they were too expensive, but in the last few years their prices have come down and I have bought several things from them.

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JerseyJ — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 21:29:07 GMT

They made a big mistake starting with the GILI products in particular - that started with Lisa Robertson who was a part of that team....I would never buy a $200+ handbag or any of those leather dresses ????....I think the reason they are on so often is that they cannot get rid of them!....ORyAny is another- wish they would not waste 3 hour blocks on very expensive bags....the prices on some of the clothing have also gone way up - I took a good look at an designer tee shirt being presented and it's EXACTLY like several I've purchased at K Mart for 1/3 the price - I am limiting the number of purchases at QVC for clothing and shoes to very few

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Kindaglitzy — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 01:45:15 GMT

Don't care much for D&C anymore because man in charge has downsized the cut on most of the garments. I'm down to two different French Terry pants that I will buy but if he changes the cut in those I will be finished with that line. Don't care for polyester at all so stay away from many lines including Quacker that have gone that route. I can find what I want in clothing elsewhere. Decided a year or so ago to stop trying all the new beauty lines and stick with what works and for me that I purchase at a local department store. With change in shipping I no longer care to take risks hoping something might work.

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MomCat — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 01:47:32 GMT

I think QVC is trying to stay at a certain price level on some merchandise, but are still very competitive on other products. A storefront probably carries more of a variety in pricing. I still manage to purchase from QVC when they offer the best deal. I purchase the majority of clothing and accessories elsewhere. If it's seasonal, I definitely go to a storefront where the prices are at a drastically lower price. For example, I own that D&B hobo bag they show on QVC all the time as their best seller. I got it elsewhere a couple of years ago and paid exactly half of that price. My first D&B, and maybe my last because this bag shows absolutely no wear and I carry it exclusively. Sorry, just had to share that. LOL