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QVC! Please stop shouting!

on the bay — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 12:39:28 GMT

Shouting as loud as you can and talking really fast does not equal excitment about a product!

I was wondering why I was getting nervous and realized it was because the vendor(who I usually like) was shouting as loud as she could! But she's not the only one who does this!

Somehow, the PTB has decided that shouting and talking fast generates enthusiasm and excitment-it only means not only do I turn the channel or (better yet go out and listen to the birds!), but that I don't listen to a single thing they are saying.

Just stop.

Oh and also the frantic music in the background. Not a good decision.

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Desertdi — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 13:20:26 GMT

I'm watching AM Style right now..........and haven't noticed any shouting........

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on the bay — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 13:27:11 GMT

@Desertdi

It was the Dalton presentation. And I love watching am Style with Leah, thats probably why it was so grating. But I have often turned the volume down to almost mute and can still hear shouting-this is so much of the time not just today.

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ValuSkr — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 13:37:17 GMT

I don't understand either why producers think shouting about a product will create excitement. They do it on infomercials too. For me, it only creates annoyance; I tune out.

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SharkE — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 13:37:37 GMT

you all must not have a husband in the house hollering at the Yankees ballgame.

"YES ! NO, NO WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE, GET HIM OUT, UMP, etc. "

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on the bay — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 13:45:19 GMT

@SharkE

lol! no I've heard that too but it makes sense at the time

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heart of savino — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 14:00:09 GMT

I thought about it the other night during the DELL COMPUTERS presentation as the host didnot stop talking for a minute screaming and yelling as the poor expert stood there

with her mouth open speechless...

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GCR18 — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 14:15:59 GMT

Can't say that I've ever heard anyone on QVC shouting on the air. I know some hosts talk fast, but I talk fast too and am used to it. My mother though, has trouble listening to it.

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fthunt — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 15:06:35 GMT

Philosophy, MaryLynn, has certainly changed since she first appeared. To me she starts right off at a scream level. The other lady always maintains a pleasant tone. (Dara ?)

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Q4u — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 16:27:41 GMT

Shouting, sudden loud intakes of breath, lowering your voice to a whisper for a few seconds.... ALL are tricks of the trade to get the viewer to re-connect with what is happening on the TV! You'll notice it when you are doing something else with the TV on... the whispering will stop you in your tracks to focus on the TV and what is happening. The same thing with shouting or the repeated loud intake of breaths. All manipulation techniques.... the only way not to be annoyed by them is to turn the sound down or off....

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on the bay — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 20:18:05 GMT

@Q4uOh and like many of us have said-we do-turn it off-same with commercials that are too loud and obnoxious-can't get to the remote fast enough!

"When will they ever learn" (Judy Collins?)

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Lila4Now — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 02:17:41 GMT

There are a few hosts, and vendors that do talk much too loud. To me, they belong on a circus midway. I just change the channel. It's obnoxious when they start that. If they are trying to get my attention, it's a massive failure! I automatically change the channel. I won't be yelled at in my own home!

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circles — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 02:49:12 GMT

I have changed many a channels because of very loud commercials....while the q doesn't have commercials...some of the hosts and vendors are so loud...and i change the channel here, too......

Oh how i wish they all had to be trained to speak on air like many years ago...then their voices would be like Carolyn Gracies...she is the most pleasant person to listen to...calm smooth voice...

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Lila4Now — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 18:32:36 GMT

While Tara with Temp-tations doesn't talk too loud, she talks so fast she sounds like an auctioneer. She belongs on a carnival midway, too.

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rousse — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 18:57:45 GMT

I personally have stopped watching the product review. I cringe when a vendor is trying to present a product, something they have extensive knowledge about and the host over talks the vendor. It's like they have to get their words in regardless. Let the vendor make the presentation and respect them. I have seen so much of this it has turned me off to watch the presentations. They don't do that to Judith R. but I did notice that they do that to other jewelry vendors, I just want to shout at them to shut up and listen and maybe you will learn about the product. These are not new to the show hosts, some are old timers and I miss the old ones that left the show. Please show respect to your vendors, ladies, and stop your shouting, I can hear you. If I bother to watch I will listen, but only when you show respect.

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MarthaStewardess — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 19:59:19 GMT

@fthunt wrote:
Philosophy, MaryLynn, has certainly changed since she first appeared. To me she starts right off at a scream level. The other lady always maintains a pleasant tone. (Dara ?

Marylynn has an awful speaking voice, but then again, so do a few other vendors as well as many hosts. The high pitched squealing, shouting and phony enthusiasm is quite a turn off. QVC many times sounds like a Billy Mays informercial. QVC never used to be like that. The hosts had pleasant voices.

When I go out shopping in the malls, people don't talk to me like that and I sure am not going to invite people like that into my home that shoput and squeal, so I'll watch something else lol.

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handygal2 — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:40:26 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
you all must not have a husband in the house hollering at the Yankees ballgame.

"YES ! NO, NO WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE, GET HIM OUT, UMP, etc. "

@SharkE: LOL. At my house, DH yells at football games.

And, O/T, but l have to mention: I love your moving avatar, but every time l see it, l jump for a second, thinking it's a little bug crawling across my iPad screen! LOL.

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MarthaStewardess — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:55:17 GMT

@circles wrote:
I have changed many a channels because of very loud commercials....while the q doesn't have commercials...some of the hosts and vendors are so loud...and i change the channel here, too......

Oh how i wish they all had to be trained to speak on air like many years ago...then their voices would be like Carolyn Gracies...she is the most pleasant person to listen to...calm smooth voice...

I agree with all you said, except the part about Carolyn. At times she's over the top as well. She gets quite loud and over pronounces a lot of words, which I find quite annoying.

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RainyDayGal — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:28:53 GMT

Shouting? Screaming? Seriously?!

Some may talk fast and with enthusiasm, and louder than some that have soft voices. But I have never heard shouting or screaming. That makes it sound like someone is arguing

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mysterylady — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:18:08 GMT

I would agree with shouting and talking fast. I quit watching another shopping channnel years ago for the same reason and have stopped watching QVC for the same reason. Your enthusiasm doen't create the same for me. I really don't care if it sells out before I can jump on it. There are many other options than the ones you offer.