topic Re: HOURS OF MIXED GIFT IDEAS in Q Talk

HOURS OF MIXED GIFT IDEAS

Shanus — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:27:40 GMT

Here we go again! Late Nite Gifts, Gift Ideas, Shawn’s Favorites, Kirsten’s Favorites.....Certainly QVC has proven they have quite an assortment of jewelry, skincare, pillows, epilators, hats w/ flashlights, wallets to protect credit cards....

Can these shows not somehow be grouped together and titled as such? I will not DVR or watch 3-4 hours of throws, lace tanks, chocolate coated apples and vacuum cleaners all mixed together.

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dex — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:41:31 GMT

@Shanus I like the mixups better than the full hours of an item..at least that way there might be something that interests me.I guess Q can not make us all happy at any given time.

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grandma petes — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:49:40 GMT

I guess I prefer the mixed gift shows over a full hour of a Dyson or a bed or electronic device. I have QVC on most of the time....mostly for background noise. With all of the craziness on Reality shows and news programs, I like the fact that QVC doesn’t have drama, crying, fighting, etc. and they don’t have to bleep out every other word. 😊

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2blonde — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:31:10 GMT

I also prefer the variety shows (if I'm actually watching, of course).

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SunValley — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 23:33:00 GMT

@Shanus wrote:
Here we go again! Late Nite Gifts, Gift Ideas, Shawn’s Favorites, Kirsten’s Favorites.....Certainly QVC has proven they have quite an assortment of jewelry, skincare, pillows, epilators, hats w/ flashlights, wallets to protect credit cards....

Can these shows not somehow be grouped together and titled as such? I will not DVR or watch 3-4 hours of throws, lace tanks, chocolate coated apples and vacuum cleaners all mixed together.

@Shanus Not my favorite either. They are a reincarnation of the old Q Sampler. They will show the same products over and over, regardless of who presents, with the TSV thrown in these shows from now till Christmas. Antonella had flashlights today...we are doomed.

Off topic but she looked 10 years younger with her modern hairstyle today; just lovely.

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NorthernLights — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 23:41:39 GMT

If I gave any of these 'gifts' for Christmas....I'd get the same kind of stares my brother gets when he buys his gifts at the gas station.

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febe1 — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 01:30:40 GMT

Never watched one of them. In fact since they began CIJ and continued with Christmas shows, I watch very little. I don't care to see Christmas six months out of the year. Cha ching for me and others but not three hour shows watching an awful hodge podge of stuff I wouldn't buy anyone for Christmas.

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GinaV24 — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:26:06 GMT

@Shanus I'm with you. If I see "gift show" in the title w/o any other identifying info, I simply don't watch. I can check online for specific items and skip listening to all the blathering about products I am not interested in.

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Johnnyeager — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:31:16 GMT

Imagine two hours of just flashlights! Ones that bend, twist, are magnetized and come in a variety of colors, boxed for stocking stuffing. (Actually I did buy the Halo one and it's terrific.)

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Shanus — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:57:14 GMT

@Johnnyeager wrote:
Imagine two hours of just flashlights! Ones that bend, twist, are magnetized and come in a variety of colors, boxed for stocking stuffing. (Actually I did buy the Halo one and it's terrific.)

@Johnnyeager That’s my point...gladly skip the shows labeled flashlights, My Pillow, etc. Four hours of a parade of gadgets and PooPourri and maybe just 1 item of interest is not a great marketing idea to get customers to watch/purchase this time of year. It’s a “yawn”!

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Spurt — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:56:42 GMT

One of my friends is moving next week and we were helping her pack this weekend and I don't know how many of those flashlights we found in various closets and drawers ....... LOL!!!

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BalletBabe — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 05:29:29 GMT

I love the gift shows. I watch them all this time of the year.

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faeriemoon — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:29:33 GMT

The Q's gift shows are like those tables of "gift junk" the department stores set up in the front of the store at Christmas.

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GinaV24 — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:03:47 GMT

@Spurt I quit buying the flashlights on QVC when I realized I was wasting $$$. I found another brand that I like much better since they actually work.

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traveler — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:08:35 GMT

I don’t watch gift shows. Not interested in sitting through stuff I will never buy. I mainly buy fashion and decor.

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Spurt — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:06:01 GMT

@GinaV24 wrote:
@Spurt I quit buying the flashlights on QVC when I realized I was wasting $$$. I found another brand that I like much better since they actually work.

@GinaV24

My friend used to buy them from QVC to give as gifts to co-workers..........

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stevieb — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:44:04 GMT

Oh my yes... Once again, folks, it's time for the Q's never ending GENERIC GIFT SHOWS... Designed to keep you watching for hours on the off chance that something of actual interest will crop up...

Not doing it...

Most of this stuff will be presented hundreds of times before they wrap up the season. A good bit of it has already been presented thousands of times over the course of the past half decade. That's how long some of this stuff has been making the rounds. Some of it for even longer...

Not interested...

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Moonchilde — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:11:57 GMT

Regardless of the individual items that are offered within a show, I will always prefer an hour of mixed offerings as opposed to a solid hour attempting to ram one single item down everyone’s throat.

If I see a mixed hour coming up, and I’ve just got the TV on for background (most of the time these days), I’m much more likely to keep it on QVC if I think there might be a product or two I could be interested in, vs an entire hour of one product I have absolutely NO interest in.

But that is, to me, a separate issue from repetitive items they sell all year long.

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Nataliesgramma — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:56:05 GMT

After 10 years of doing gift exchanges at work....I have enough coffee mugs, candles, picture frames, Christmas ornaments and flashlights.

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Gabidog — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:57:55 GMT

The gifts presented are not very interesting or giftable. Then there are the shows where we see one item in an hour...ho ho hum.