QVC ANONYMOUS

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

Hello my name is Shanus & I've been hooked on too much QVC. Over the past month I have been able to cut back and only watch 1 or 2 shows a day. There is nothing on there for me to purchase anymore, but it's just a bad habit. Boredom brings back to that tv channel. I am aware of that now and will take a walk, read a book, listen to music, etc. I have made a list of activities to keep myself busy so I won't be tempted to watch Q & order things I don't need, won't fit or look good on me and I have to spend time returning. Thank you for your support. Anyone else need support?

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

BTDT many years ago but hardly buy much now, so I don't need anybody's support.

But I just wanted to be there on the other end. Hang tough! Sounds like you are on the right track.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

Thanks @chickenbutt. I even have a sticky note on my DVR to remind me not to record shows. Appreciate your support.

hoosieroriginal · ‎03-04-2012

It's been months since watching the Q and really once you are away from it you find out how mindless it is to sit there and watch. Saves you a ton of money too! I worked for a divorce attorney for awhile and I can't tell you how many women ran up HUGE bills on the Q that were part of the settlements (they have to list all their bills when they file). It's sad.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

hoosieroriginal wrote:
It's been months since watching the Q and really once you are away from it you find out how mindless it is to sit there and watch. Saves you a ton of money too! I worked for a divorce attorney for awhile and I can't tell you how many women ran up HUGE bills on the Q that were part of the settlements (they have to list all their bills when they file). It's sad.

That reminds me of a time, after I had stopped being a 'career' person and i just had a pretty easy-going job, working at one of those mailing places.

There were just a couple of customers who we could count on seeing, AT LEAST once a week, with an armload of QVC and hsn packages for return. I remmeber one lady worked for a woman who kept buying tons of stuff. She kept having to return most of it, yet she kept on buying. What the heck? I guess it was somewhere between an addiction and just impulse.

But, man! These folks would pay out a ton of money to return stuff (this was before the return label deal anyway).

I used to also see a lot of returns of those robot vacuum cleaner things (Rooma or something like that?). Those boxes were HUGE and it cost a lot of money. One time, when we weren't busy, one customer took it out of the box and showed us how it worked. Man! What a waste of money. It just picks up surface stuff and you still need to vacuum to get the carpet to actually be clean! It cost quite a bit, especialy from a third party place like we were, to return something like that.

Anyway - the moral of the story is that, if for no other reason, consider the massive cost to return stuff that you purchase on impulse and don't even need or want.

sunala · ‎03-09-2010

@Shanus wrote:
Hello my name is Shanus & I've been hooked on too much QVC. Over the past month I have been able to cut back and only watch 1 or 2 shows a day. There is nothing on there for me to purchase anymore, but it's just a bad habit. Boredom brings back to that tv channel. I am aware of that now and will take a walk, read a book, listen to music, etc. I have made a list of activities to keep myself busy so I won't be tempted to watch Q & order things I don't need, won't fit or look good on me and I have to spend time returning. Thank you for your support. Anyone else need support?

Good luck Shayna @Shanus! I don't watch the Q anymore unless I'm surfing and see something interesting, which is rare. Especially since Joan Rivers is no longer with us, I have no desire to watch to pass the time or to be entertained. I get an email with the days special value, and if it interests me, I will take a look and watch the video online, but I don't physically watch it on tv anymore. There's no entertainment there for me.

I wish you good luck trying to kick the habit!!

"That's a great first pancake."
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Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@sunala Thank you for your help. I have some art classes lined up when summer semester starts and that will fill a lot of time. On April 17th, my husband (tax accountant) will be finished w/ 24/7 appointments and we start traveling. Our first trip is w/ "Mama". At 88, she no longer travels alone. My husband told her to choose a place & he'll make it happen. He wasn't close to his folks & adopted mine on day one. Now that's a son in law!!

Quse · ‎09-05-2014

I started watching shows on my ipad..Netflix, Amazon, on demand...so no commercials. I only watch QVC anymore when I'm on the treadmill and watching regular tv, then I switch to the Q during commercials.

When you don't watch commercials for a while, anything that resembles one becomes intolerable...saving $$ too the less I watch, the less I'm tempted to buy..

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@Shanus When I was younger and working I spent a lot on the shopping channels. Now not so much. I enjoy watching sometimes, but other than a couple of auto ship beauty items, rarely purchase anything else. Still there are many tempting things out there to buy on the internet.... could use some support at times!