Jewelry

[chessylady]

Are you willing to wait 3-4 months to receive the product you ordered. I won't do advance order. They aren't giving you a discount even though the Q benefits from this practice. After that much time I would even forget that I ordered something. It takes the fun out of ordering if it takes that long to get it.

[ennui1]

Think of it as a custom order.

[StuffnSuch]

I disagree. If you forget you ordered something, you're pleasantly surprised when you find out it shipped. I guess some people are not fond of deferred gratification.

[chessylady]

Yes, I want what I want and I want it now.

[ennui1]

On 2/6/2014 chessylady said: Yes, I want what I want and I want it now.

Veruca Salt, is that you?

I want a feast
I want a bean feast
Cream buns and doughnuts and fruitcake with no nuts so good you could go nuts.
No, now!
I want a ball
I want a party
Pink macaroons and a million balloons and performing baboons and
Give it to me now.
I want the world,
I want the whole world.
I want to lock it all up in my pocket
It's my bar of chocolate
Give it to me now!
I want today
I want tomorrow
I want to wear them like braids in my hair and I don't want to share them
I want a party with roomfuls of laughter
Ten thousand ton of ice cream
And if I don't get the things I am after
I'm going to scream!
I want the works,
I want the whole works!
Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises in all shapes and sizes,
And now!
Don't care how I want it now!
Don't care how I want it now!

[Sammycat1]

I would wait for a custom-designed piece. These are not custom.

They're merely trying to cut down on inventory costs and drag on the bottom line, and using "made to order just for you" as their sales schtick. They don't want to have made what they can't sell.

Which is exactly opposite of their pitch from the "old" to "middling" days -- what made them famous, in part, is that they carried rings, ready to go, in a variety of sizes -- no waiting for a ring to be sized, for example -- or bracelets in a variety of sizes of metals.

A new era! We'll probably see more and more of it. This approach happened on Gem Day, too.

[ennui1]

On 2/6/2014 Sammycat1 said:

I would wait for a custom-designed piece. These are not custom.

Custom designs are expensive. I'm sure we'd all like to wait. Kind of like waiting for the perfect man.

[pupwhipped]

I think it's absurd. Don't know how they can keep a straight face when presenting these items oh so ""fresh from the fair."" I think the seven to ten days of usual waiting I do with QVC items is plenty.

[hsawaknow]

I never would buy something I had to advance order. However today I wanted the rosary necklace and pre-ordered it. So much for saying never say never.

[ilovedaisies]

There were several pieces I was interested today but that "ships in May" stuff stopped me cold. Sitting here in my fuzziiest slippers with snow piled up outside, May sounds like a very long time from now. Why don't they tell the truth, that they don't want to buy a bunch of bronzo in case no one buys it?