topic Re: Overtalking in Fashion

Overtalking

Mrs T_1 — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:48:20 GMT

I'm watching Susan Graver @ 2:45 AM. I have many of her designs and have no complaints about the clothing. I do find however that when she is on she cnstantly overtalks the host. Right now she is talking incessantly. Can this be brought to her attention? Or am I exaggerating the issue? Does anyone share my view?

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rockspin — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 18:27:10 GMT

I agree with you she is obnoxious over talking hosts throwing herself in with the models. I can no longer watch her presentations. Can someone talk to her or perhaps show her a tape so she sees how awful she is.

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SharkE — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 18:41:17 GMT

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pattypeep — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:32:29 GMT

She does know. She has on occasion mentioned it while on air that people have told her and then she apologizes as she continues to overtalk. Love her clothing, but it is annoying watching her presentations.

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cerb — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:13:14 GMT

I agree with twopeas...Susan DOES know about all the complaints viewers have made about her incessant talking and interrupting. I have heard her mutter on several occasions that people say she talks too much and so she needs to stop, but then she giggles nervously and continues right on talking. There is no STOP button.

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Q4u — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:24:39 GMT

It's fascinating watching this..... because she is obviously a big seller on the Q and they don't want to disrupt her sales in any way by changing her behavior, but what she's doing to the hosts is "stepping" on their lines, which in any field like this is considered really rude and unprofessional and usually the person working with the offender would be all over them about it off air. I realize she can't seem to help it and the hosts apparently just talk through her and accept it as "it's just Susan's way"....

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Jacie — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:23:19 GMT

LOVE love LOVE that popcorn eating deer!

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feline groovy — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 23:58:59 GMT

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bevann — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:25:32 GMT

I really get annoyed when Susan Graver talks constantly and rudely interupts when the host is trying to say something. I wish QVC would get someone else from Susan's team to talk about her clothing. I can't watch her anymore. If I hear the words "run to the sink, a little soap and water will get any stain out" again I will scream!

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Fancy1 — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:34:12 GMT

AMEN!!!!! Just knew I wasn't the only one to notice this - Susan is SO obnoxious. Somebody PLEASE, PLEASE rein her in!

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bamasec — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:47:54 GMT

I absolutely will not, cannot, even try to watch that rude incessant talking. If I hear that voice I immediately turn the channel until I think she is long gone away. Will NOT tolerate her dancing, prancing, swishing, jumping, chattering and everything else she does for attention. If she truly cared she would stop all that mess. She knows what she is doing, she does not want to stop. My opinion, what is yours?

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Q4u — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:35:10 GMT

Speaking of Overtalking.... was loving the Joan Rivers presentations today and dearly love David but omg.... he was talking incessently over everyone. It wasn't necessarily chatter about Joan or history of the item.... or information that only he could tell us, it was senseless agreements to what the host was saying, or matching stuff like this matched with that and omg I'd put this with that.... but the thing was it was like his on switch wouldn't turn off. Annoying. Had to switch channels and come back, switch and come back....

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mousiegirl — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:40:10 GMT

Hosts do the same thing. I think the only function a host has with Susan is to keep the show moving, but just let her talk until the next item needs to be presented, as she is who she is and will not/cannot change.

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kittymomNC — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 22:56:09 GMT

This show reminds me of the expression "maximum overdrive"....

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Nancy74 — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:03:49 GMT

You are NOT exaggerating this issue with Susan Graver, she's been doing the overtalking FOREVER and NO ONE does anything about it. It is so obnoxious I mute the TV or often turn it off to another channel. I also object to what has happened with the prices of her clothes- I buy FAR less than I used to- are you kidding me....$56 for a simple boatneck top???!

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surfk — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:53:19 GMT

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whezy — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:48:54 GMT

Are you kidding..left alone we would only see 1 item and she would never leave.......get her with Jane Treacy and that is when QVC goes off completely......my nerves can't take it.

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GingerPeach — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 01:23:20 GMT

@surfk wrote:
I would tend to think that QVC would rather tolerate or encourage an over-talker as compared to an under-talker.

To get a "just-right" talker, well, we just might need to take a little trip into the woods with Goldilocks.

I mean, while SG certainly can talk, compare that to a designer who just stands there with lots of dead air as they search to repeat, "And there's a notched collar", a few times

Host: "Nice...and is that a floral button I see?"

Under-talker vendor: "Yes a button....it looks like a flower."

Host: "To go with the floral pocket detail, I am sure."

Under-talker vendor: "Sure. Yeah. They are both floral..."

Host: "So that they match, I suppose?"

Under-talker vendor: "That was one of the design details...to make them match."

So it could go the other way, you know.

I just think that with all her on-air time and QVC involvement, she should really just be left to present that line on her own. A host seems to only be there to listen to the producers telling him or her quantities, official color names...and to move along.

If SG could be taught to multi-task to include listening to an ear mic, she should be left to host her own presentations "alone". Then she wouldn't be over-talking anybody but herself.

Very nice. I seriously like this idea.

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songbird — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 01:31:19 GMT

You can't have "dead air" Someone must be talking all the time. This is live with viewers joining in all the time. So a lot of the endless chatter is to fill it. Susan repeats things over and over, because new viewers are tuning in. Some of the hosts stay back and let vendor talk. Anytime the vender stops, the host will step back in and simply repeats what the vendor had been saying over and over.

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gjben — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:40:01 GMT

I agree.