topic Re: Where Is Judith? in Jewelry

Where Is Judith?

BGDC — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 18:09:09 GMT

I adore Beth, but I am very disappointed not to see Ms. Judi. I remember the days when she would send Brian if she couldn't make it, and then Allison. I miss seeing the family! It doesn't seem like real Ripka to me without seeing them.

Re: Where Is Judith?

MysteriousWays — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:08:31 GMT

I agree too. Not the same.

Re: Where Is Judith?

circles — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:09:17 GMT

I guess Beth is her Minion for this run....

Re: Where Is Judith?

KLevineFan — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:25:14 GMT

Hey, it's not like there is a TSV. It's still snowing back east, don't know where JR is from, but I'd skip the bad weather too.

Re: Where Is Judith?

luvdoodles — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:43:21 GMT

Why would it not seem like real Ripka jewelry without her, either you like her jewelry or not. I personally think it is very over priced especially when it has diamonique in it. I think many of her fans will take advantage the ez pay today. Hope you found something you liked.

Re: Where Is Judith?

depglass — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:49:16 GMT

It's that club mentality. If she's not there, its like the club is not really meeting.

Re: Where Is Judith?

Me2Me — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:51:23 GMT

I'm here! I had to pick up my kids from school..... It seems that we will be seeing less and less of Judith. She has so many responsibilities now that her brand has expanded overseas. Judith is busy!

Re: Where Is Judith?

Sammycat1 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:14:08 GMT

Judith is not just busy; she's aging -- and in 10 days she's got the TSV, which is a lot of on-air time and tough even when you're 20 years younger than her (I worked in TV -- it's exhausting). Over time, we'll probably see less and less of her. I don't mind -- Beth seems more knowledgeable than other members of the family and this was more of a "sweep-out" clearance day.

Save the big guns for the big day.

Re: Where Is Judith?

GraceCO — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:24:20 GMT

I miss her, too. I like seeing Judith or members of her family and there are no other substitutes who fill those shoes. Not even close.

Re: Where Is Judith?

BGDC — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:22:18 GMT

On 3/11/2014 GraceCO said:
I miss her, too. I like seeing Judith or members of her family and there are no other substitutes who fill those shoes. Not even close.

Thank you GraceCo,

That's exactly what I was trying to say. It's not a club, cult or insult by any means to Judith. After seeing the show yesterday, there really wasn't much need for her to be there as it was mostly getting rid of old stock, but I just missed seeing her - that's all! Beth is very good at her job, but it wasn't about that. You summed up my thoughts perfectly.

Re: Where Is Judith?

culebra — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:36:17 GMT

Last time they had Judith Ripka on for about 10 hours and still had Beth with her for the others. You could tell by the last two hours Judith was exhausted. After all the hosts only do 3 hours. I think Beth does a better job explaining the jewelry than either Brian or Allison.I liked them both, but Beth is very knowledgeable and is a Sr. VP for Ripka and Judith's right hand person.

Re: Where Is Judith?

Dead Eye — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:42:38 GMT

culebra, i could not agree more. You hit it right on the head. I see no reason why Judith herself has to be on every time one of her shows is on. Other designers often have staff sitting in for them, and it does not raise a ruckus. I like Beth a great deal, as she is very knowledgable about the product. Besides, Judith being from the East, maybe she is in a nice, warm, sunny climate where there is no snow! Even the haters can't blame her for that, can they? Yeah, right.

Re: Where Is Judith?

Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 04:45:47 GMT

OMG, if anything, JR is ON TOO MUCH. They need to find other jewelry designers to add more variety to QVC's offerings.

Too much JR, black spinel ... and bronzo!