Re: It's Not "Everything"

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

I think there are many "empty terms" used by vendors and hosts to try to boost our desire to buy.

I've heard "must have", "everything", "obsessed", "can't even", etc. The list is endless and annoying.

The words just roll out of my mind. I'm the only one who decides if an item is a "must have". No one else knows what I already have in my closet or what's on my "to purchase" list but me.

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

It's just another sales gimmick and buzz word to entice the prospective buyer ................ I dont take sales gimmicks so literally..........

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shaggygirl · ‎11-24-2011

How about the new host Alex who dies over everything. "Oh I'm dead" "I'm dead over this"..........and so on. Must have heard her being dead over something at least 3 times in 15 min early this morning. Some other phrase as well over & over, think it was "Are you kidding me" or something along those lines. Finally woke up enough to turn the tv back off. Think it was Isaac who started the "it's everything" then it started spreading to the others.

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

Seldom is any word literally true. For example the word best. Unless it's qualified, under the circumstance, for you, it is never true. To take issue with an exaggeration is just nonsense.

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

@shaggygirl wrote:
How about the new host Alex who dies over everything. "Oh I'm dead" "I'm dead over this"..........and so on. Must have heard her being dead over something at least 3 times in 15 min early this morning. Some other phrase as well over & over, think it was "Are you kidding me" or something along those lines. Finally woke up enough to turn the tv back off. Think it was Isaac who started the "it's everything" then it started spreading to the others.

I love this, not literally, but it pleased me. I haven't watched Alex yet and I'm looking forward to it.

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

Oh please! It is called SALES. And It works 99 percent of the time.... and there is the percent who "get offended". .....YOU.

Ibby114 · ‎03-10-2010

It's just a sales pitch to create hype. I feel for people that actually fall for it!

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

@Xyz9 I can't imagine why someone offended by pretty common retail jargon watches a shopping channel at all.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@Xyz9 wrote:
I get really offended when a host describes a piece of clothing by saying "It's EVERYTHING". Other than as something to cover the body, a piece of clothing has no real value to someone who's starving...or a refugee trying to get their family out of a war zone to safety...or someone with a serious illness...and on and on. To say a blouse or a skirt or slacks is everything just seems so shallow and completely self-absorbed and lacking in awareness of what is actually improtant in life... especially considering the world we now inhabit. I'm not trying to be PC, I'm truly upset by this.

It's hyperbole. You can't be serious.