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How about shorter presentations?

Another new name Sue — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 17:44:59 GMT

Sometimes I think presentations just go on too long. More items could be presented each day if presentations weren't so long.

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skatting44 — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 17:58:56 GMT

ad nauseam presentations consisting of little useful

Yes agree presentaions could be more brief

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:04:33 GMT

I agree. Remember in the olden days when there were those shows w/the shorter presentations?.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:15:12 GMT

It must be a real challenge to talk about that mundane TSV sweater for 30 to 60 minutes. I could say everything I thought I needed to say about it in 2 minutes or less, and they must do it repeatedly all day.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:35:34 GMT

My personal opinion

I believe the longer presentations are on products that are NOT selling well.

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deeva — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:42:32 GMT

I think the presentations are longer because they don't have a large variety of products to sell.

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millieshops — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:46:30 GMT

@Group 5 minus 1 I don't actually remember those days, but I think you could be right that presentations were short and more items were shown. If you're talking my first decade of QVC experience (the 1990's), before they added Internet late in 1996 the TV presentations were all there was. See it on, buy it if you want. Made sense to show more faster- but I think it led to plenty of impulse buying.

Companies are losing billions of dollars every year to returns but we'd have to have access to far more data to begin to know whether most returns were for defects or came from an impulse order or a multiple made with the intention to return whichecvr duplicate lost out to reality.

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mspatmac — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:49:48 GMT

There is no show I can just sit and watch. Long drawn out presentations of few products. QVC is not entertainment to me and I dislike hard sells and frivolity. Screaming hosts are a turn off and I'm not muting and reading closed captions.

If I need something and think QVC may have it I will search the site and watch video if really interested. New vendors I will pull their products up. I also will look at things suggested by posters. I like innovative and positive changes but in MHO Q has regressed.

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geezerette — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 18:54:53 GMT

@deeva wrote:
I think the presentations are longer because they don't have a large variety of products to sell.

I think it's because they spend more time talking about everything else but the product.

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febe1 — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:03:27 GMT

They stay so long b/c they're pushing and pushing the sale, and they don't want to leave until the numbers tell them they've sold enough. That's why they keep telling you how many have been sold, how many are left, they're flying out the door, these won't last, there's not a lot to go around. All selling technique to keep pushing and pushing to sell.

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NYCLatinaMe — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:15:18 GMT

QVC's programming goal is to sell, entertainment is just a potential byproduct.

According to a report on the Wall Street Journal on this subject, now several years old, is that QVC lengthens presentations as long as the product sales are meting their expectations and they have inventory.

It is when the product isn't selling that they cut the presentations short, so they can move to a product that they hope sells better.

Complaining about the length of the presentations serves no purpose, since they mean the products are selling to QVC's goals, which serves QVC's purposes

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Chessa35 — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:17:02 GMT

Also , people are buying 2 . I doubt it !

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Gavorrano — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:43:34 GMT

YES!!!!!

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kaydee50 — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 20:37:09 GMT

@Another new name Sue wrote:
Sometimes I think presentations just go on too long. More items could be presented each day if presentations weren't so long.

They ARE too long. How much time is need to describe a simple top?? I can understand electronics being longer but nothing else. AND the hosts would not have to blabber inanely if the presentations were short and to the point.

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kaydee50 — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 20:38:26 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
My personal opinion

I believe the longer presentations are on products that are NOT selling well.

I agree. IMO, there is a certain "quota" that needs to be reached in each presentation and the host babbles on until it is reached.

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Another new name Sue — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 20:51:00 GMT

My post wasn't meant as a "complaint," just a suggestion or inquiry. QVC knows what works best, and maybe thousands of customers love the personal sharing, jokes, etc. Most of us here on the forums have watched quite a bit and are "over" all the chat.

I don't sit and watch but have it on when cooking, cleaning, etc.

I remember years ago I was watching a clearance show on HSN, and they were whipping through the items pretty quickly. I liked that.

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Tinkrbl44 — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 20:52:30 GMT

@mspatmac wrote:
There is no show I can just sit and watch. Long drawn out presentations of few products. QVC is not entertainment to me and I dislike hard sells and frivolity. Screaming hosts are a turn off and I'm not muting and reading closed captions.

If I need something and think QVC may have it I will search the site and watch video if really interested. New vendors I will pull their products up. I also will look at things suggested by posters. I like innovative and positive changes but in MHO Q has regressed.

@mspatmac @Another new name Sue

Well said, and ITA.

But, let's do the math .......

Granted, running an online and on-TV retail company can't be easy. They need shows to cover 24 hours a day ... that's 168 hours a week of hosts presenting ... whatever they have in stock.

So .... They have 168 one-hour shows a week. If they were to do half hour shows that would be 336 shows per week! What could they possibly fill all that time with? Invicta watches?

And someone PLEASE tell me why they need three QVC channels. What is THAT about?

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NYCLatinaMe — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 21:25:53 GMT

@Another new name Sue wrote:
My post wasn't meant as a "complaint," just a suggestion or inquiry. QVC knows what works best, and maybe thousands of customers love the personal sharing, jokes, etc. Most of us here on the forums have watched quite a bit and are "over" all the chat.

I don't sit and watch but have it on when cooking, cleaning, etc.

I remember years ago I was watching a clearance show on HSN, and they were whipping through the items pretty quickly. I liked that.

I actually doubt that anyone enjoys these lengthy presentations. My point is people are buying the item presented, and QVC wants to close these sales before moving on, to make sure the customer doesn't move on without completing the purchase.

When customers stop buying the item, they move to sell something else.

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LizzieInSRQ — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 21:33:20 GMT

Why 3 channels? More audience, more sales of course. Multiple channels one of which are reruns are great for those who work and/or busy and not able to watch one channels programming. Its really simple.

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pupwhipped — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 21:48:01 GMT

It's getting to where I seldom inflict Q viewing on myself anymore. I would like to watch but it's become too painful of an experience. Honestly, the majority of the hosts annoy the heck out of me!