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It's RIDICULOUS how OFTEN QVC shows a TSV!!

iTalia — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 23:55:45 GMT

Enough said and enough already with the longgg drawn out presentations. Don't even bother tuning in anymore as the TSV is all that's ever on!! Thought QVC would be trying to gain customers, not alienate them! Geesh!

And what's even more mindboggling is the title of a show will be Great Gifts and the TSV is STILL presented for 30-45 min in those hours too, only to have the next hour be completely dedicated to the TSV! It doesn't make sense at all.

It's so mundane.

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ChrissyO — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:20:04 GMT

You are so right and it gets worse each year! Why do they pay all the different hosts on when they can just run one spot for the entire day? They seem to have made weekends prime infomercial time but somehow have outdone themselves this weekend. Incredible! I'm not going to even bother checking in because all I'll see is the TSV.

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QVCkitty1 — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:25:00 GMT

I know that some will say , change the channel if you don't care for the programming. The thing is , the more you do that the easier it is to just forget about QVC, and stop watching altogether. I'm not sure exactly what the answer is, but I know I rarely watch anymore, and I'm not alone.

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granddi — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:29:16 GMT

I really think some companies like HP or the mattress companies or Dyson make deals that guarantee a certain number of airings.

Many of these products are treated like info-mercials. If you notice that some TSV's will offer advance sales when sold out and the presentations continue while others just end when the host says "we don't have enought for another presentation."

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Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:40:21 GMT

Every time I click over they either have the computer on or that thing that charges cars! Good grief! How many of them have they sold? Somebody please, please buy them out so they'll move on!

That way we can get to see Clark shoes and Dyson (and let's not forget the pillows and the happy face sponge guy).

Incidentally, my daughter (the clean freak) said, "Mom, if you send me another one of those happy face sponges, I swear I'm packing them up and mailing them BACK to YOU! Enough already!

The other daughter has said she wants no more sheets or blankets or humidifiers and on and on.

Then the third (I only have 3 kids) said she appreciates the Dyson stick vacuum, but no more stuff!

Ha! Ha! I've saved so much money this weekend, I love it! I've watched TV shows I've been avoiding! Catching up on my DVR stuff and so on......thank you QVC.

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AussieLuvr — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:04:54 GMT

Not only do they beat dead horses, it seems that there is a lot of the same stuff from last Christmas.

And where are the Black Friday "Deals"? Their prices are the same as always.

Yes, I can change the channel but I'm a frequent Q shopper, and look to it for gifts. Not happening this year...my family either has received what's on or it doesn't apply. How many $600 cameras, laptops or vacuums can a person buy, lol?

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nanabev — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:46:41 GMT

Totally agree-thought they should have just called today "HP" Day at the Q- boring!

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todaysrx — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 02:05:38 GMT

The TSV presentations are particularly brutal on the weekends.

Computers, mattresses, Vitamix, and Dyson, LOL. Big ticket items and they need to reel in channel surfers.

Thank goodness for Netflix!

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Barbara-QVC — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 02:41:08 GMT

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mac116 — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 02:50:05 GMT

It is bad every year from September until about December 20. This year has been the WORST!

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x Hedge — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 02:53:43 GMT

@granddi wrote:
I really think some companies like HP or the mattress companies or Dyson make deals that guarantee a certain number of airings.

Well, of course!
This is a business arrangement. QVC is in the business of selling televised airtime to manufacturers who want to reach the vast QVC audience.

I'm sure they negotiate the number and length of presentations, the time of day of each placement of product mention, and probably the first and second choice host preference for each presentation.

These deals are negotiated, and contracts are signed many months in advance of the TSV day to allow for production of a pre-agreed upon number of pieces available at time of sale.

So keep watching, and complaining HERE about how you don't want to watch what you're evidently still watching, and understand many of the TSV'S you're complaining about are probably already in place for 2017.

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Allegheny — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 03:07:26 GMT

I don't watch QVC anymore, just check in once in a while. Or should I say, my DH switches over to the Q during commercials. Well I had to laugh. Every time he switched over today, they were presenting the TSV.

Even funnier, we bought basically that same laptop last year.

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TY — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 12:04:27 GMT

I wonder who the target TV audience is that actually buys electronics from QVC, HSN, and Evine. It is rather infomercial like to watch these presentations as they are eyerolling BORING. It's like banging your head against the wall over and over again.

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PINKdogWOOD — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:12:56 GMT

Totally agree - that one last wk w/Ms Maran was insane -- she could not have been MORE greasy!!!!!!! If you looked at the program guide her name in in every hour.

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lyn61 — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:59:22 GMT

QVC needs to listen to their customers!!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH with the same old items shown day after day!!!! The TSV everyday is shown way WAY to much....

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LancerHawkFriar — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:09:34 GMT

So true!! It is the same product over and over and not just limited to the TSV! Blankets, hair dryers, vacuums, argon oil, slippers, flashlights, windshield covers.....ugh. Plus that Halo Bolt thing was on overdrive....the fake excitement was so lame.

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blondegirl — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 16:18:19 GMT

I sometimes put QVC on as background noise - I guess I expect the QVC of old, where they had new products and maybe something would catch my eye and I would buy it (now I usually find it cheaper elsewhere but that's another story!). I tried this weekend and I don't know what the 120 hours of deals are but so far one day every time I tuned in it was that Halo product, the next day the computer was on all day, today I did not bother. I realize people are in and out but they used to sell out TSVs showing them only several times throughout the day. It's pretty awful! I did flip by HSN, and actually bought something. it seems if you were not interested in the TSV there was nothing on.

Interestingly, and rather foolishly, I am interested in the Dyson hair dryer. Despite touting its new technology during the presentation QVC has done an awful job on explaining what that is, how it works or how to use the hair dryer. Nothing they do makes much sense anymore - they have a product that requires some time and a decent presentation and then they vary from the overkill and don't bother doing it...

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Allegheny — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:38:51 GMT

@blondegirl wrote:
I sometimes put QVC on as background noise - I guess I expect the QVC of old, where they had new products and maybe something would catch my eye and I would buy it (now I usually find it cheaper elsewhere but that's another story!). I tried this weekend and I don't know what the 120 hours of deals are but so far one day every time I tuned in it was that Halo product, the next day the computer was on all day, today I did not bother. I realize people are in and out but they used to sell out TSVs showing them only several times throughout the day. It's pretty awful! I did flip by HSN, and actually bought something. it seems if you were not interested in the TSV there was nothing on.

Interestingly, and rather foolishly, I am interested in the Dyson hair dryer. Despite touting its new technology during the presentation QVC has done an awful job on explaining what that is, how it works or how to use the hair dryer. Nothing they do makes much sense anymore - they have a product that requires some time and a decent presentation and then they vary from the overkill and don't bother doing it...

@blondegirl I so agree. I highlighted what really irritates me most about QVC presentations. Multiple presentations, with the push to buy, but within all these hours and hours never seem to have enough time to give a detailed explanation/demonstration. They do this with most products. And in some instances I believe intentionally leave out some products' information/limitations which may or may not influence sales. In other words, a well informed consumer has to jump thru hoops to get detailed information.

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KYToby — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:46:45 GMT

@lyn61 wrote:
QVC needs to listen to their customers!!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH with the same old items shown day after day!!!! The TSV everyday is shown way WAY to much....

I think QVC is indeed listening to their customers. They have the option to listen to the tens of thousands of people who bought the TSV yesterday (more than 40,000 by mid-day) and today, or QVC can opt to listen to the handful of people who complain here (people who frequently state that they purchase very little, if anything, on QVC).

Please tell me who QVC needs to listen to ? T/he people purchasing items and paying the bills, or the people here who have nothing but complaints?

If there is a reason QVC needs to listen to people here rather than actual customers, please let me know.

I'll wait...

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stevieb — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:55:56 GMT

True enough and along with several other important factors is a big reason I gave up and no longer watch more than a very occasional few minutes at a time.

And let's face it, most of these TSV's hardly make for compelling viewing during the first too long presentation...