topic Re: One Hour Shows in Q Talk

One Hour Shows

Patriot3 — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:38:17 GMT

My goodness, I soo dislike the one hour "infomercial" shows on one product on the weekends!! I do not watch them............

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kivah — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:52:21 GMT

QVC has become one very long infomercial. I think they hypnotize people into ordering.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:53:58 GMT

ITA

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Mustang Shar — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:54:06 GMT

Yes, one hour on one product gets turned off in my house.

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Desertdi — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 23:27:36 GMT

especially the "hair helmet" that's on now.......................

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SunValley — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:32:42 GMT

I rarely watch QVC on the weekend anymore for this reason. I see an hour devoted to a mattress, vacuum, or electronic and I turn away, get busy with other things, and never return. I guess they pick up enough new viewers each day so they don't miss me.

If I look at my purchasing pattern, other than my original Kuerig, I have never bought anything from viewing one of these one-hour infomercials. One major reason is that these items are usually heavy and/or bulky and would be a hassle to repackage and cost a fortune to return along with the loss of the original postage. Even if I had to drive a distance to see and try the product, I would rather do that, be confident I would like my choice, and then decide who has the better price.

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stevieb — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:53:22 GMT

@Mustang Shar wrote:
Yes, one hour on one product gets turned off in my house.

Mine too, assuming they're turned on in the first place, which only happens by accident.

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MommaNJ629 — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 04:06:18 GMT

Agree. 1 hour is like an infomercial. Nothing needs more than 30 min.

The hair helmet today was awful. I mean I see people need it. But 60 min. I got it after 5 min so really by minute 30 the tv goes off. Same w cannon cameras and mattresses. Too much.

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Eileen in Virginia — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:06:39 GMT

Me too. I rarely watch QVC on TV anymore. I'll check out qvc.com to see what they're offering. If I'm interested in something, I'll watch the video and check out the customer reviews.

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Caaareful Shopper — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:27:16 GMT

I started a thread a while ago, wondering what the hosts are told during their hosts meetings. I've always felt they are told they are "stars," "program celebrities," "show hosts," etc. I bring this up here because recently Shawn was in an hour show (a beauty product) and she was going on & on, like all hosts do, and she stopped herself and said, "UGH, sorry, for a minute I felt like I'm in an infomercial and I'm hawking something." That made me realize their sense of reality about what they do, about QVC itself, is vastly different from what I see. To me, QVC is a series of infomercials, some just much longer than others.

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Spurt — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:05:32 GMT

@Eileen in Virginia wrote:
Me too. I rarely watch QVC on TV anymore. I'll check out qvc.com to see what they're offering. If I'm interested in something, I'll watch the video and check out the customer reviews.

@Eileen in Virginia you mean if the videos work Reading reviews is critical, but so many customers are complaining negative ones don't get posted these days.....

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Susan-QVC — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:08:37 GMT

This post has been removed by QVC unkind

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giddy up — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 20:21:15 GMT

I actually don't mind if it is something I am thinking of buying and it is a tricky purchase. Like the Serta mattress I recently bought. I needed all the information possible to get comfortable with making that kind of a decision on a bed I won't be able to test out beforehand. I got lucky with my purchase, well not lucky, I paid attention to what was being said about the mattress they were showing. I've had the mattress for a few weeks now and it has been a great purchase so far. It was exactly as the host described. I recommend to those interested in mattresses to listen to the man who hosts these shows. He seems to be an honest person and tries his best to conveigh the feel of the bed using a scale of 1 to 10. I listened, made an informed decision, and am sleeping like Goldilocks right tnow.