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QVC changing

lmh45 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 13:02:48 GMT

QVC has changed so much. TSVs are often a vacuum, Vitamix or skin care/makeup product. Ugh! They've lost their imaginations to bring on new items and offer more. Love David but find I'm so turned off by QVC I rarely watch him. I love Clarks shoes but have found you can google a pair you like and find them much cheaper than on QVC. Of course they wouldn't post that comment when I discovered that and doubt this will be posted for long, if at all. I want the old QVC back. Sick of the same stuff!

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Puzzle Piece — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:05:31 GMT

I understand. The Q isn't anything is was like in the past. It's everything department store now. Used to have unique and interesting things - one of a kind and affordable too. Gone are those days.

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ShowMe — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:24:06 GMT

In reading some of your posts since you signed on, gather you are very dissatisfied with the Q...... Why do you even bother if that is how you feel?

Yes, they have changed, but do still offer some very nice things. They can't please all of the folks all of the time.

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dex — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:25:50 GMT

Yes all of the production costs have risen and the prices had to go up.the uniqueness has been replaced with mass produced.The old ways were the best for shoppers but profits rule business.

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Buck-i-Nana — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:43:07 GMT

In the early days of QVC I rarely bought. I was never interested in collectible dolls, lladro, capodimonte or other expensive items to sit and gather dust and live in fear that one of my kids or pets would break them.

Most of the jewelry they offered, while being a good price, was still too expensive for my budget.

I bought 1 gold rope necklace, but most of what I did buy was Mojave Magic make-up and tried a couple of Tova items.

Oh, I did buy during the Irish programs.

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LilacTree — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:52:02 GMT

I like the more modest update to the TSV intro. That big banner with the music always annoyed me.

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Burnsite — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:00:48 GMT

Everything changes, it is a rule of life.

I stopped buying at QVC for a while and found that certain products are much more economical when purchased there, so I am back as a regular customer.

But I use the Internet because I already know their inventory more or less. I don't have to watch the TV.

It may be time for you (I mean imh45, the OP) to stop watching and just buy online what QVC is good at providing. Since the horrible crash of 2008 they have stayed prosperous by focusing on essentials more than niche products. Times are better now and gold jewelry is already back at a much lower price point ($20 per gram higher than at its lowest point c. 2006). That I can live with, and I hope they go back to 24 hr a day silver and jewelry events. I miss the 24 hr Irish events and even the German events c. 2000--I got quite a few bears for kids in my family from Hermann.

It's changed to practical but as I see it is changing again back to disposable income. And why not? People work hard for their money, very hard. They should have fun choices, I agree, as well as vacuum cleaners.

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millieshops — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:01:36 GMT

Is there any retail corporation that isn't changing except those that have died?

I was a totally different kind of shopper when QVC was in its infancy and online was not a shopping option. When I wanted to escape from the news, when I didn't want to have to concentrate on a drama on TV, I used to turn on QVC almost for noise in the background.

I no longer shop the way I did and I virtually never keep any TV running just for company. Besides, I have no nostalgia for what QVC was. Just like any other store, they have to decide what they think their customers will buy --- and I still get to decide if I want what they offer.

Whatever it is, I will never again be buying with the abandon I did when QVC and I were both much younger.

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luvingit — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:23:30 GMT

I don't watch, I don't buy anymore, and that's the truth. End of a decade for me. Do I mourn the down turn of QVC? No. When I think of it, one word comes to mind: stupid. As in someone's stupid decisions= changing the channel.

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Pashmina_1 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:32:01 GMT

On 3/29/2015 ShowMe said:
In reading some of your posts since you signed on, gather you are very dissatisfied with the Q...... Why do you even bother if that is how you feel?

Yes, they have changed, but do still offer some very nice things. They can't please all of the folks all of the time.

So complaints aren't allowed here? Now that is funny.

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dex — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:41:29 GMT

I think I used to get really unusual items from q and people always asked where I got these things but now they have the same items as other retailers.I loved to watch before as I never knew what was going to be shown .

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Krimpette — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:41:59 GMT

I think shopping in general has changed. Mom and pop shops are closing. Strip malls are closing. Empty stores in the big malls. Heck, even at the craft fairs that I used to love to go to. Used to be 300-400 crafters. Now, barely 200. One of my favorite shows was held twice a year and has cut back to the fall show only. Definitely times are changing in the shopping world.

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hckynut — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:49:04 GMT

There ARE other shopping networks. The old saying "ah, change the channel", eh?

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ROMARY — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:50:06 GMT

With the high price of gasoline per gallon in some areas, and the time and personal energy involved, sometimes it's easier to just 'shop around' online and/or on TV. QVC does offer a huge array of colors in many items, which might benefit many shoppers looking for a 'certain' color, etc.

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juliet — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 18:12:16 GMT

what they still do that I appreciate is to demonstrate how the products work which I find very helpful and not available in stores since most sales personnel don't have a clue. I especially like seeing how to use new features of technology as it is constantly evolving and I can use all the help I can get. Like others I rarely watch live except for when the jewelry designers are on but find the videos invaluable on other products. And I didn't know how they were going to survive after 2008 but thankfully they hung in there. Yes it's repetetive and could use some new products for sure.

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ShowMe — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 19:01:58 GMT

On 3/29/2015 Pashmina said:
On 3/29/2015 ShowMe said:
In reading some of your posts since you signed on, gather you are very dissatisfied with the Q...... Why do you even bother if that is how you feel?

Yes, they have changed, but do still offer some very nice things. They can't please all of the folks all of the time.

So complaints aren't allowed here? Now that is funny.

Yes Pash they are allowed here...... But did you go to read OP's 7 posts since she signed on board????......nothing but complaints about the Q. That is why I asked her the question I did. And, I am entitled to ask questions too.......

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ShowMe — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 19:05:09 GMT

On 3/29/2015 ROMARY 1 said:
With the high price of gasoline per gallon in some areas, and the time and personal energy involved, sometimes it's easier to just 'shop around' online and/or on TV. QVC does offer a huge array of colors in many items, which might benefit many shoppers looking for a 'certain' color, etc.

Totally agree Romary.......when shopping in the big mall stores, they may have a good selection, but the color selection is not nearly as good as it is on the Q.

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milly1 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:26:39 GMT

I enjoyed QVC much more years ago when there was a variety of products. Shopping has changed so much. Years ago I'd compare prices with retail stores and decide if it was a good bargain for me. Now it's easy to go on-line and compare. In the majority of cases QVC is no longer a bargain. I have learned a lot about new products over the years. Now there are so few new products. I also enjoyed the presentations from the hosts years ago without all the chatter. Back then they actually demonstrated the product. The focus was on the product not social media and their lives.

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foundinlv — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:47:36 GMT

One of the biggest disappointments was purchasing the bonded gold that was manufactured in Italy and Antonella stating that it was one of her relatives who lives in Italy and directly involved in the making of these pieces; a family business but not only that, the woman sitting next to her was a relative. So, I bought a couple pieces and the gold color wore off. I had purchased a ring and a pair of hoop earrings that I just loved because they were pretty big and would have cost more than I was willing to pay had they been real gold. These pieces are no longer sold on Qvc and I was unable to return them as it was past the 30 days but I believe the line is still sold there. It's called Vinceza.

Now they're also pushing the Bronzo line which is also bonded jewelry made in Italy and just last night Nancy Hornbeck said if you were to cut these pieces open they'd be all silver color through and through, same with the rose gold color which would be rose gold through and through and the yellow gold color would be yellow through and through. Thought that was very odd and certainly will not try them after the disappointing experience with the other line.

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Pashmina_1 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 21:04:06 GMT

On 3/29/2015 ShowMe said:
On 3/29/2015 Pashmina said:
On 3/29/2015 ShowMe said:
In reading some of your posts since you signed on, gather you are very dissatisfied with the Q...... Why do you even bother if that is how you feel?

Yes, they have changed, but do still offer some very nice things. They can't please all of the folks all of the time.

So complaints aren't allowed here? Now that is funny.

Yes Pash they are allowed here...... But did you go to read OP's 7 posts since she signed on board????......nothing but complaints about the Q. That is why I asked her the question I did. And, I am entitled to ask questions too.......

No, I don't have the time nor the desire to research an individual poster's history.