topic Re: Leaving hosts in Suggestion Box

Leaving hosts

brcala — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:25:48 GMT

I am sure this won't get posted, but I have to say whoever is hiring and fireing hosts needs his or her head examined. Antonella, Nancy, best of the best. Your new hires are hard to watch and listen to. Giggly and not giving info makes me turn them off. What are you thinking.I won"t name them, but if you watch at all you will know who I mean.

Re: Leaving hosts

KingstonsMom — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:39:48 GMT

@brcala

I'm sure that QVC uses 'sales' criteria to determine which hosts stay and which ones go, according to how sales go during their presentations.

As demonstrated often on these forums, some people love some hosts that others dislike for a myriad of reasons.

Re: Leaving hosts

furbabylover — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:14:15 GMT

What I find fascinating is why QVC hires hosts who use their position to launch a soap opera about their lives, philosophies, etc. during their time on air. I usually change the channel right away when they are on, but sometimes its such a train wreck I keep watching. And yet HSN has pros on who provide ample information about their products and stick to the job at hand. That is why I am buying more from HSN than QVC now.

Re: Leaving hosts

ellaphant — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:18:00 GMT

In sales, it's all about the numbers. 'Liking' a host doesn't matter.

Re: Leaving hosts

Johnnyeager — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:41:44 GMT

"Liking" a host absolutely matters, if one's liking translates into a sale.

Re: Leaving hosts

KKJ — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:46:28 GMT

@furbabylover wrote:
What I find fascinating is why QVC hires hosts who use their position to launch a soap opera about their lives, philosophies, etc. during their time on air. I usually change the channel right away when they are on, but sometimes its such a train wreck I keep watching. And yet HSN has pros on who provide ample information about their products and stick to the job at hand. That is why I am buying more from HSN than QVC now.

I don't watch that much hsn so can't really say much regarding how "professional" the hosts are compared to the Q. I will say though that they have their share of annoying salespeople. Shannon being one. I find her hard to watch.

Re: Leaving hosts

Johnnyeager — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:53:27 GMT

HSN hosts are consummate professionals. They very, very rarely veer into personal life diatribes unless they absolutely relate to the item being presented.

Re: Leaving hosts

ALRATIBA — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:04:10 GMT

@Johnnyeager wrote:
HSN hosts are consummate professionals. They very, very rarely veer into personal life diatribes unless they absolutely relate to the item being presented.

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I tend to agree with youl.

Lately I've tuned into HSV a few times to get a "shoppng" fix since QVC has been selling stuff / hosts / venders I'm not interested in.

Not crazy about what HSN's selling - but at least there's no theatrics!

Re: Leaving hosts

maximillian — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:15:59 GMT

@Johnnyeager

I agree with your idea. I think the hosts are coached by the-powers-that-be to develop some sort of routine to make the viewers love them, or at least relate to them. That's why we have the super casual way of dressing (close to being just plain sloppy), the sprawling all over the furniture, the feet up on the furniture, the cutesy little gimmicks and stories and personal information (TMI, again in my opinion), the put-the-glasses-on, take-the-glasses-off routine, the hair looking uncombed, the girls-just-want to-have-fun banter---on and on and on. The trouble is, many of the hosts don't really give the customers enough information to make a good decision to purchase an item or not. It seems like some hosts have not gone along with the philosophy, but with the firings in the host's roster over the last few months, their jobs may be in jeopardy.

Re: Leaving hosts

ritasNo1Fan — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:20:51 GMT

@maximillian wrote:
@Johnnyeager
I agree with your idea. I think the hosts are coached by the-powers-that-be to develop some sort of routine to make the viewers love them, or at least relate to them. That's why we have the super casual way of dressing (close to being just plain sloppy), the sprawling all over the furniture, the feet up on the furniture, the cutesy little gimmicks and stories and personal information (TMI, again in my opinion), the put-the-glasses-on, take-the-glasses-off routine, the hair looking uncombed, the girls-just-want to-have-fun banter---on and on and on. The trouble is, many of the hosts don't really give the customers enough information to make a good decision to purchase an item or not. It seems like some hosts have not gone along with the philosophy, but with the firings in the host's roster over the last few months, their jobs may be in jeopardy.

I agree! I hardly ever watch qvc anymore. Only if I have an interest in what they are pushing, and then it is only for a short time. HSN hosts are completely different. They sell. Qvc hosts yammer on and on, acting silly while wearing pajamas and being annoying. Mostly I check stuff for sale right here.

Re: Leaving hosts

Lipstickdiva — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:43:55 GMT

No one knows the inner workings at QVC or why anyone was let go. And not everyone is drawn to the same hosts.

Personally, I felt AN was off her game for quite some time. You could tell something just wasn't right during her presentations. She became harder and harder to watch.

Re: Leaving hosts

Desertdi — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:49:27 GMT

Maybe the Q is going "animated".....

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SunnysMom — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:12:58 GMT

The ones doing a remote presentation from their bathroom take the cake.

Re: Leaving hosts

stevieb — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:20:22 GMT

@Lipstickdiva wrote:
No one knows the inner workings at QVC or why anyone was let go. And not everyone is drawn to the same hosts.

Personally, I felt AN was off her game for quite some time. You could tell something just wasn't right during her presentations. She became harder and harder to watch.

@Lipstickdiva I agree with you about AN... She gave very thorough presentations but her on-air demeanor could be a bit odd... Otherwise though, I admit to being clueless about how they pick and choose... If it's a pure numbers game it's not rocket science that the hosts who are rarely scheduled or who are scheduled for dreadful shows at dreadful times are not going to be able to compete... It's a chicken-egg conundrum... Do they let them go because they aren't selling or are they not selling because they've never really had the better products to hawk in prime time... I do suspect the newer hosts are started out at significantly lower salaries than some of the old-timers, so it probably is a cost savings, though I'm not guessing it's a really big one...

Re: Leaving hosts

Kachina624 — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:51:35 GMT

@brcala. Best to let this subject rest. You have absolutely no idea what circumstances resulted in the release of these and other hosts. For all you know, they said or did something horrendous or their performance was really poor. Obviously something was unacceptable. There are more important characteristics to a host's persona than being "likable".

Re: Leaving hosts

Sage04 — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:15:37 GMT

I know it's ok for people to complain, but sometimes it's over the top. The Host this and the Host that. Why watch? That would certainly send up my blood pressure. I haven't watched QVC since Bob Bowersox was let go around 2008 (Yes I liked him).

I buy a lot from QVC but I do so on line and I must say watching the videos is a no no. If I have to watch, the sound is OFF.

Sometimes while here on the Forums someone might mention that so and so is on and not doing a good job, so I would click over to QVC to see who the person is.

I got to know AN when Bob was there. I liked her then, but it was not enought for me to continue watching. I'm more familiar with the Hosts from years gone by (Marybeth, Jane, Jayne, David, Pat and so on and so on).

I guess I don't get attached to people or things and I'm free to say if I like someone or something just like you are.

I'm more concerned about every day folks who have lost their jobs than someone who worked for QVC. My opinion!!

Re: Leaving hosts

Reenalds — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:35:36 GMT

I have to respectfully disagree with Onefineday!

If a host is annoying me, I turn it off right away. Even if I like the product.

The host is part of the presentation, otherwise, there wouldn't be hosts.

Saturday mornings are terrible. Used to watch years back. "She" loves herself way too much for me. She and another host (Mondays nights) love to show and tell us how thin they are. Yes, we know that you wear XXS or XS and you don't need to pull up your shirt so we can see your waist or how well your pants fit. LOL!

In case anyone is wondering, I am not overweight or jealous, just WOULD like to watch QVC once in a while. Like the good old days!.

Re: Leaving hosts

Marp — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:30:50 GMT

@Johnnyeager wrote:
"Liking" a host absolutely matters, if one's liking translates into a sale.

@Johnnyeager, I have seen posts where it was stated that even though they don't buy anything they "love" a particular host and watch every show the host is on.

In business the bottom line is always the bottom line. If a host stops producing sales they are gone no matter how popular.

Re: Leaving hosts

Jeletta — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 02:41:24 GMT

@Reenalds I agree. I do enjoy AM Style on Saturday mornings. But once 10 am hits and "she" comes on the TV, my TV goes off. When your front and back look the same, no need to try and act cutesy.