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CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH…Anybody watching/shopping?

TrailBlazer05 — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:15:31 GMT

Surprised to see Mary Beth now the new host to kick off these gold events. It was always Lisa and I haven't been watching too many of these to see it being anyone other than Lisa. She just made you want to buy something and made everything look awesome. Not sure if Mary Beth will have the same effect. In my opinion, the hosts sometimes do make or break a sale for me. Especially seeing pieces on their skin tone and how they style certain items (gold jewelry looks best with some color on your skin). Again, Mary Beth looks nice this evening but certainly not like Lisa would when she would dress up in gorgeous gowns and all. Wonder if MB will be back to close out the Cali event too?

Have checked the entire line up on dot com and absolutely nothing has caught my attention! Nada!! Wow! Can't say I've ever felt that way before. Usually something speaks to me but 24 hours of jewelry sure beats seeing more computers, bedding & vacuums that Q seems to be obsessed with these days!

Funny how Q can fill up 24 hours of Gold jewelry but when it comes to Silver Bonanza & Creede Day, they scale way back on how many hours it airs! And silver is more affordable; doesn't make sense.

Right out of the gate, first item up was a ring and Mary Beth said it has an advanced sale with a ship date in April! Ugh! Here we go with all advanced orders. Again, another reason to not be interested today. If I see a piece I like, I would like it for immediate delivery, otherwise don't bother showing it until it can ship!

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kmax — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:23:38 GMT

Mary Beth was always the host for gold shows before the Q became the Lisa R Network. I am sure Mary Beth will do amazing job and I am looking forward to not having to hear the words "moneyed" 'Madison Ave," and "upper East side" every other minute!!!!!

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Shogirl — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:29:04 GMT

I'm with you, Trailblazer, and didn't see one darn piece that peaked my interest. As far as MB goes, I don't often get to see her, so it's nice to see her friendly face.

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Dell1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:34:25 GMT

I probably won't be buying anything but truly grateful to watch jewelry as opposed to vacuums, cameras, beds, etc. And I am enjoying Mary Beth host the kick off. Rick has done it so many times and he can get very annoying as he gets so hyped up.

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funtoshop — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:40:05 GMT

Same old boring selection of stuff - Byzantine, rope chain, ugh. I like to watch ShopHQ, they have a really interesting variety of jewelry.

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alarmclock — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:42:23 GMT

If anyone cares or remembers, Mary Beth went to Italy before Lisa ever did! I think Lisa's chance came when Mary Beth was pregnant.

She looks great and it is pleasure to not hear about the absolutely, absolutely, amazing, amazing, stunning, stunning merch.

Oh, and Mary Beth does not look like a sweet potato.

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TrailBlazer05 — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:47:35 GMT

Yes, yes, yes...I agree!! Seeing Mary Beth definitely was a welcome change and not hearing the same worn out double adjectives and all the Madison Ave. talk ad nauseam is a nice break too. The show just doesn't seem as interesting and the excitement of wanting to shop doesn't seem to be there. And never thought about Rick kicking the day off. Thank goodness that is not the case. I like Rick but he can get very annoying within minutes.

As we all agree watching all day jewelry is one thousand times better than watching electronics, kitchen mixers, Dyson's and mattresses! Wish Q would get back to what put them on the map to begin with and that was JEWELRY!! Seems so rare these days to see a jewelry show other than these usual annual events. The majority of shoppers are women and women want to see jewelry! Enough of all that other stuff Q.

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sylviahomeatlast — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:53:19 GMT

I like Mary Beth's calm demeanor but there's something about her voice? regional accent, or breathlessness that's unpleasant to me.

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TrailBlazer05 — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:53:56 GMT

On 1/22/2015 alarmclock said:
If anyone cares or remembers, Mary Beth went to Italy before Lisa ever did! I think Lisa's chance came when Mary Beth was pregnant.

She looks great and it is pleasure to not hear about the absolutely, absolutely, amazing, amazing, stunning, stunning merch.

Oh, and Mary Beth does not look like a sweet potato.

OMG! Your comment (sweet potato) just made me laugh out loud!! Thank goodness I wasn't drinking anything! Yes, some hosts' skin does/did look like that sometimes.

Never knew Mary Beth was the one to go to Italy before Lisa. That's awesome to hear!! I'm so hoping if Q continues with that gig, Mary Beth gets that opportunity again or if not her then Antonella; a true Italian.

Without mentioning names, I sure hope it is NOT 2 particular hosts who do a lot of jewelry shows in the overnights. As much as I LOVE the Italy events, I would never watch it again. One stumbles with every sentence and the other one just tries too hard to be "liked" at Q and to me comes across very phony.

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alarmclock — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:55:08 GMT

Oh, yes. They need to get back to basics. If it's not broken, don't fix it!!

They just had the all day gardening and for me, it was not of interest. I'm sure many people liked it but for that day, they lost me.

Right now, QVC is rebuilding and it is going to take some time to change things at QVC and in our homes. So many people are so fed up with the same old, same old.

So far, the items Mary Beth is selling are "new" but to my eye, something is off. I think QVC is buying more basic (boring/safe) items and what they need to do is buy a smaller quantity of more unusual items. Trust me, QVC! The unusual stuff will sell out!!!

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alarmclock — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:00:01 GMT

I hear you on the two overnighters. Oy.

I wonder if QVC will do a remote this year. It is quite an expense and it puts a lot of customers off. They would rather have a lower price than see an Italian villa in the background.

Since they started going to the fair, coming back and then going back for the remote, that is even a bigger expense. They used to do the remotes during the fair.

I loved it when Antonella went. She did the day shows and Lisa did the night shows, back when they had it over three days. I can still remember the light yellow dress Antonella wore for one of her shows. Gorgeous. In the sunlight, she looked like a movie star.

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sparklestar — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:08:35 GMT

I am watching but I don't think I'll be buying anything. I think their gold pieces have gotten very, very thin over the years.

As far back as I can remember, it was always MB that kicked off the 24 hr gold rush day. Then things changed. I really don't care for MB ... I loved Antonella when she went to Italy and I really enjoy her on all the jewelry shows. Antonella, Jane, and Nancy are the best for the jewelry shows. I didn't mind Lisa either.

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alarmclock — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:18:25 GMT

Mary Beth just said she used to go to Italy.

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CalminHeart — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:19:31 GMT

I am watching and it's nice to see Mary Beth kick it off. I'm not crazy about the bracelet but I hope they'll have more to show for today than what I've seen online. We'll see.

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rac71 — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:25:45 GMT

Now that I've seen th TSV, I'm not impressed. Byzantine is beautiful but I don't care for large Rolo links. It makes the Byzantine more fragile when knocked around with daily wear and I find the large links irritate my skin. I did see an online-only necklace I plan to get before the weekend's up. The online-only sale is good through 1/25.

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Sammycat1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:33:45 GMT

Way back, Mary Beth used to the closer on these all-gold days, the 9 p.m.-midnight shift.

BTW, this year, the Big Bonanza Silver Sale will be back to 24 hours again. Except it won't be on March 1, it will be Feb. 27, during the work week. (At least according to the Insider).

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culebra — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:23:08 GMT

I thought Mary Beth Rowe changed her schedule to be home at night with her family. This was the reason she no longer did the prime time stuff. This is when Lisa took over. These hosts who have families probably do not want to travel as much for QVC. Lisa was single with no children.

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juliet — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:29:56 GMT

I enjoy Mary Beth in small doses and gold is definitely her passion. Nice to see her tonight. She's authentic in her presentations.

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rac71 — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:00:24 GMT

On 1/23/2015 culebra said:
I thought Mary Beth Rowe changed her schedule to be home at night with her family. This was the reason she no longer did the prime time stuff. This is when Lisa took over. These hosts who have families probably do not want to travel as much for QVC. Lisa was single with no children.

I think MB's kids are older and college age or prepping for college. She isn't back on much at night yet.

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jessa — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:06:02 GMT

I'm glad to see a day of jewelery but not at all sure I'll buy because I'm not interested in gold over resin or the hollow things. Prices of gold have gone down and Q should be able to do better like some of the others have.