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Is it just me???

hsawaknow — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 22:59:54 GMT

Over the last several weeks, possibly years or maybe even a bad dream or two, I am seeing the same old 'gifts' presented all the time. The shredder for your papers, the ink blot to remove your important info, Halos, sheets, vacuums, pillows, car tracs for kids, flashlights. Wash, rinse repeat.

Where is the stuff thats new? Its like one big long commercial with no end in sight. One would think they would add a trinket of jewelry here or there, or something from Nest.

Gift Guide is just a potpurri of boring, boring bore so I dont watch but check out the items on air and its all the same.

Wish they would really change the format.

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ALRATIBA — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 23:03:49 GMT

I've never watched any gift shows! We don't exchange gifts.

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Mom2Dogs — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 23:05:17 GMT

The Q does not offer the wide variety of 'new' items like in the past....don't know if there is not a lot of new merchandise out in the market place or maybe QVC cannot get them to sell on their site....does seem like the same old, same old to me as well.

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RedTop — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:10:13 GMT

Been tuned in to QVC for about 10 years now, and find their offerings to be same old, and not exciting at all. I haven’t bought anything since July, and am not tempted by anything I’ve seen online.

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proudlyfromNJ — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:13:35 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
Been tuned in to QVC for about 10 years now, and find their offerings to be same old, and not exciting at all. I haven’t bought anything since July, and am not tempted by anything I’ve seen online.

@RedTop. Yes. Same old, same old.

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:30:43 GMT

They keep repeating awful gifts ...like flashlights....when is a flashlight become a GIFT. If someone wants or needs a flashlight they go buy one. That is a horrible present!

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maestra — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:44:08 GMT

I dont want to see any more Poo Pourri as a stocking stuffer; really?

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maestra — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:45:43 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
They keep repeating awful gifts ...like flashlights....when is a flashlight become a GIFT. If someone wants or needs a flashlight they go buy one. That is a horrible present!

I know, I received one as a gift from a boyfriend.
Underwhelmed. Then we broke up.

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wildcat fan — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 00:52:32 GMT

It's not just Q. I was just looking through all of the Black Friday sales ads and it's deja vu--a lot of the same stuff as last year.

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traveler — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 01:37:55 GMT

I don’t watch gift shows. Don’t want to have to sit through a 20 minute battery charger demonstration.

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ValuSkr — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 01:58:43 GMT

I was also surprised today to see the "ink blot." That was a big blast from the past - I wouldn't have thought anyone still used them.

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stevieb — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 05:04:25 GMT

@hsawaknow No way is it just you... I haven't been much of a QVC shopper or viewer now for several years precisely because I got tired of the repetition and lack of variety and at no time is it more obvious than during the holiday shopping season. They've been selling virtually the same type of largely boring merchandise via the incessant 'generic' gift shows now for the better part of the last decade... I just gave up... The same stuff different day... year... and so on just ran its course...

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handygal2 — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 02:47:33 GMT

The stuff that's being called "gifts" is just the same boring old items that are left over in the warehouse, that the Q wants to unload. JMHO.

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libbyannE — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:17:59 GMT

Agree, but why watch? It’s an infomercial channel!

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Pook — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:40:43 GMT

Those are practical useful gifts that probably sell well and they are a business wanting to make money. There probably are not that many different unique things out there to present either.

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BecauseCats — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 12:52:43 GMT

Yeah, they've lost me until December 26th. I cannot watch the endless parade of flashlights, shredders, screwdrivers, charging stations, phone soap, grocery totes, collapsible anything's. You get the idea.

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tototwo — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:02:42 GMT

Not just you. As soon as they start endless hours of "Great Gifts" and "Practical Presents", I'm done with them till February. After Dec 26, QVC starts their "New Year, New You" programming with diet foods and exercise equipment throughtout January.

For those of you who like the miscellaneous gifty type things, I'm happy for you. Enjoy!

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kaydee50 — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:25:12 GMT

I think that for those of us who have been watching for many years, it is the SOSO. But if you're a new viewer, you may be excited by what is presented just as I was when I first started watching 20+ years ago.

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Bri369 — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:30:46 GMT

Shredders, flashlights, and other nonsense are not gifts to me.

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handygal2 — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:07:09 GMT

@tototwo wrote:
Not just you. As soon as they start endless hours of "Great Gifts" and "Practical Presents", I'm done with them till February. After Dec 26, QVC starts their "New Year, New You" programming with diet foods and exercise equipment throughtout January.

For those of you who like the miscellaneous gifty type things, I'm happy for you. Enjoy!

I'm also done watching until February, when they begin showing new clothing, accessories, and decor for spring.