a couple things here to remind ourselves ab out home shopping. when it first began, you could watch from home and buy things that in many cases were not found all over town. My first QVc purchase was a Joan rivers omega necklace with 10 color changing stones. I think it cost around $50, which was a lot to me back then. I still have it in the same black box and I still get compliments on it when I wear it.
With that said, jump forward to today and there are literally thousands of places to shop while sitting at home via the internet. Savvy shoppers use search engines to price compare and find what they want many times at sales prices, with free shipping, rebates, coupons, etc. So, the point is, QVC (and HSN, Evine) are not offering anytbing unique that one can't find lots of other places. If they have a TSV and the price is 20-30 lower than anywhere else, then yes, it's a deal, because unlike B&M, they might sell 80,000 or so and that allows them to offer a lower prce.
But when I see Logo shows for instance and how much she is now charging, I just SMH. I know she has a fan following but seriously are those same people buying clothes from her on every show? if so, they're spending $200-300 a week on tops!
I know for my money, whether I can afford to spend more for the convenience of seeing it on tv while someone models it or not, I'd rather do my homework and find what I want for better values. It's a win-win. I save money, get what I want, and continue to have funds going into retirement accounts.
As for why they charge so much, well, even the salesgirls in B&M are making what, 10-15 an hour? and yes the store has to pay for rent, lights etc, but nothing compared to hosts' salaries on tv, or the models salaries, or the expensive sets, or the trips they take. On David's show alone, I just gasp at times when they show how much food they've bought to make a presentation, or when a high end meat sellar brings 15 prime rib roasts and just keeps slicing one after the other, or when they open 15 bottles of wine just to show how an opener works. doesn't matter if the cree eats all of it or not, it's still costing tons of money to bring all that in to sell a crockpot or wine opener.
They are going to continue to lose money in today's world once the long time viewers who still like to shop from television are not doing that anymore. My kids are GenX-er's and never even watch tv.
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