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[chiclet]

They are wearing that saying out.  Over and over... also acting like they are bumbed that something sold out.  They are happy not sad to see something sell out.  

[Bhvbum]

i’ve never heard any of that, LOL. I happen to be sad when things sell out that I want, and I don’t want a gleeful post.

Maybe you’re watching too much QVC. 

[SunValley]

@chiclet yes it's disingenuous when they express dismay at a sellout. Certainly the vendor is overjoyed. The only time I saw real panic over a sellout is when a host actually disengaged from her job and viewers to have a meltdown with her producer trying to get a size and color. And it doesn't take much viewing time to perceive a pattern in the sales pitch. Once someone starts to use a phrase, it spreads like wildfire. 

[Peaches McPhee]

QVC is much more enjoyable when you don't watch.  Honestly.  I rarely watch, but still use the website.  You'll be happier, I guarantee it.

[chrystaltree]

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@Peaches McPhee wrote:

QVC is much more enjoyable when you don't watch.  Honestly.  I rarely watch, but still use the website.  You'll be happier, I guarantee it.

I agree with that.  I don't "watch" QVC,  I "shop" with QVC.  Even when I watch on tv, it's only for a half hour or so.  I do my HSN and QVC shopping via their websites.  If I sat and watched hour after hour of some shopping channel, good grief, I'd nit pick everything that came out of hosts' mouths too.  

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[chiclet]

For me QVC is usually back ground noise while I am doing something on the computer.   I look up when something interests me.  Sometimes I mute it and just look up every so often.  I just hate it when they get hold of a word or phrase and it just gets used over and over.  

[tototwo]

I've missed the "moment", I guess.  I quit watching QVC when everything was a "story."  A "green story", a "demin story", etc.  I think that phrase got started with Valerie Parr Hill.

[wilma]

@chiclet 

I have heard hosts use the phrase “Having a ______ moment”. 

I am also skeptical when a host vocalizes how bummed out she is because something might sell out before she could can get it. 

IMO both are sales pitches.