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Q has become stale

cbari — Wed, 04 May 2016 04:37:40 GMT

Laura Geller, lazy boy, Sun Joe, ...etc etc

TSV's are repetative and stale.

Seems the Q is lacking innovative products and ideas for quite some time. I will check the website but can't say I watch the channel anymore.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 04 May 2016 04:57:56 GMT

QVC'S business model includes everything except creativity and imagination. That's why I rarely watch these days.

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deedledeedeedle — Wed, 04 May 2016 08:46:51 GMT

@cbari wrote:
Laura Geller, lazy boy, Sun Joe, ...etc etc

TSV's are repetative and stale.

Seems the Q is lacking innovative products and ideas for quite some time. I will check the website but can't say I watch the channel anymore.

I wholeheartedly agree, cb.

The prices aren't too great either. Most times its only $10 or so lower than the reg price. The southern channel, on the other hand, pulls out all the stops on their TS and even prices it well. They put in a lot of effort on the homepage and into presentations. I swear the Q hosts seem as bored as we are when presenting.

dee

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colliegirls — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:16:44 GMT

I totally agree.

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maluk — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:28:48 GMT

I TOTALY AGREE. HAVE BEEN A Q MEMER SINCE THE BEGINNING IT HAS BECOME THE SAME OLD ITEMS HARDELY BUY ANYTHING ANYMORE THEY NEED TO UP THEIR GAME

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cah — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:53:40 GMT

I totally agree also.

I've been here since day 1.

The prices are through the roof now, and
honestly, even the cheapest stuff is always $19.99.
That seems the stock price for everything that's cheap!

I rarely buy anything any more and some of the
hosts prevent me from even watching, too irritating, too silly, and too animated. I just want the facts and figures. Not wanting to be entertained.
I don't mind a little light hearted fun, that's necessary, but not when it's the whole show.

I miss the old days when I was buying so many denim and company things. They were really so well made and I still wear them after all these years.
The prices are too high now.

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violann — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:57:31 GMT

I have to think that "the change" HAS TO BE financially driven.

I'm always shocked at how devolved the "walk in" store has become on the East Coast, presumably supplanted by online shopping. Therefore I don't really know where TV Shopping "fits" in the mainstream of money making.

One very obvious point is that if one is comparison shopping, some old standbys come up mercilessly short. I don't know whether the offerings on QVC have changed drastically or more gradually, but I DO know that years ago, I'd have my time to depart to work figured out to practically the last second, so I could see the TSV in its first morning presentation, (7:57, remember?), but lately? Definitely not so much enthusiasm.

I still shop QVC, but I also do online shopping elsewhere.

Maybe the whole process is cyclical? I dunno.

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jackthebear — Wed, 04 May 2016 12:04:24 GMT

@violann wrote:
I have to think that "the change" HAS TO BE financially driven.

I'm always shocked at how devolved the "walk in" store has become on the East Coast, presumably supplanted by online shopping. Therefore I don't really know where TV Shopping "fits" in the mainstream of money making.

One very obvious point is that if one is comparison shopping, some old standbys come up mercilessly short. I don't know whether the offerings on QVC have changed drastically or more gradually, but I DO know that years ago, I'd have my time to depart to work figured out to practically the last second, so I could see the TSV in its first morning presentation, (7:57, remember?), but lately? Definitely not so much enthusiasm.

I still shop QVC, but I also do online shopping elsewhere.

Maybe the whole process is cyclical? I dunno.

Totally agree with your first line, people are ordering goods here and only when the ordering declines will there be a change that we will notice on air. The CEO just go a nice paycheck, so things are rolling along and that is the point of any business.

For me, I do 99% of my shopping in person as I want to see what I am buying, but I live in one of the most dense shopping store/mall areas of the country.

The last thing I got was the Rinna TS and I was very happy with them

I watch the Q when I am home as background mainly

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millieshops — Wed, 04 May 2016 12:17:15 GMT

Posters keep telling me HSN is so great, but when I do surf in I seem to get voices I can't stand, bad camera work - can't remember the last time I got a close up of the fabric in a garment, and Tony LIttle is on more often than you all complain Susan Graver is on QVC - and he's just disgusts me (like any middle-aged+man in pony tails!!!) I'm sure there are more reasons I haven't spent one dollar there in the last dozen years.

Anyway - if you love HSN, go shop there. I look to QVC for its tried and true - I'm not in search of new and edgy - way past my time.

The other shopping issue for me - all this shiopping being available 24/7 just erases the newness any shopping might have had when shopping was a planned activity either for need or to add something new to the house or the wardrobe. Now, shopping for almost everything is like going for gasoline - just no big deal.

And it doesn't matter where. I live 2 minutes from a wonderful huge mall while I'm in Florida. This season my expenditures are about 95% less than they were three years back - I don't need so much, but also there's not much wonderful for me when I do look.

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Mimi 1883 — Wed, 04 May 2016 13:37:42 GMT

I agree. It's the same vendors over and over. Q definitely needs to bring in more variety.

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January121 — Wed, 04 May 2016 16:53:11 GMT

I totally agree .... I watch less & less !!!! 🙀

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corita — Wed, 04 May 2016 17:12:18 GMT

I also agree...years ago, I would watch the Q channel non- stop. Now, I rarely watch. I do Q check, but the same monotonous hosts and boring, over-rated products just do not grab my attention anymore. I will state though - the other day I was checking channels and saw that Bob Mackie was on with Leah. I watched the whole hour...did not purchase...but enjoyed the show.

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stevieb — Wed, 04 May 2016 22:22:11 GMT

Agreed, their business model, which fosters incessant programming featuring the same few vendors based on narrow branding has made QVC largely unwatchable for me, and it's happened over the period of just a few years... Tried and true is one thing, stale as a week old cupcake to the point of being utterly uninteresting, and an increasingly rare shopping destination, is something altogether different.

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lucymo — Thu, 05 May 2016 00:35:35 GMT

I have the music channels on when I need background noise, not QVC, so I don't get as tired of hearing about the same old products, hosts or vendors. I love to listen to music. It works for me as I can also exercise to the music while I'm doing work around the house. LOL

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CAMOGIRL — Thu, 05 May 2016 02:49:28 GMT

YEP!!!

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ANewHue — Fri, 06 May 2016 05:52:03 GMT

I'm glad it's not just me that's been feeling this way. I'm a longtime shopper as well and I'm barely watching anymore. There is only ONE vendor I will always watch and buy from, Chaz Dean, that's it. In my case I also think it's a combination of hosts and the same vendors.

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scoop — Fri, 06 May 2016 09:49:54 GMT

I'll tape Linea and sometimes watch Wen shows but that's it. I wish the Q would do another 50/50 tour like they did in 1995 showcasing local crafters/vendors with quality products. I still have items from those days and there was such a variety of products. Oh well, maybe someday....

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evathediva — Sat, 07 May 2016 05:36:47 GMT

Wow, I thought it was just me feeling that way. Personally, I would like to see shorter presentations of the TSV's. I'm sick and tired of Vionic, Ninja, Dyson, and hour long dissertations about matresses for Pete's sake. How these hosts and vendors can fill so much time talking about matresses just kills me. Fifteen minutes tops, please.

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misschristy — Sun, 08 May 2016 00:24:34 GMT

I agree. I rarely watch anymore. Q used to have great designers on in the jewelry department. They were exciting to watch in general. Now it's the same brands pushed and they are so over-priced. I used to watch every single Isaac show, but for various reasons, I no longer watch. They seem to have dumbed down his clothing items, too. I'm back at my B&M stores and very happy not to have the pressure of returning and getting letters.

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songbird — Wed, 11 May 2016 23:58:52 GMT

I used to watch it for the 18K gold. When that went, I started to dislike the designs of the 14K. Then I got tired of silver. Got so bad, I almost felt nausious looking at. Same thing with fake diaomonds. Then I got Gem Shopping Network! Yeah, I got a carat & 1/2 ruby set in 18K with diamonds. I also got a sapphire pendent with diamonds (set in 14K)

I was never a fan of the Q clothes. I buy at Nordstrom, Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, etc. I do all this because I lost interest in QVC. Once in a while I'll buy a sandal like I did recently. But oh yes...QVC got dull I spend more time on the QVC boards then I do at QVC

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