How about a NON- GOURMET Food Show!

Original Squeaker · ‎03-06-2011

It seems that if you put the word "GOURMET" in front of a food item you can charge 3 times the price. How about a show for the average blue collar customer. The prices for the food is crazy. I could give a list of examples ,but all you need to do is take the cost divided by the quanity and it is way too over priced for the average customer. Plus, the advertising for Free Shipping is misleading , is it really free or is it included in the total price??

Group 5 minus 1 · ‎03-11-2010

What would you suggest they sell?

I keep on dancin'

Glitter51 · ‎08-23-2010

of course the price of shipping is included in the total price. Most of the time, QVC wouldn't ship a pair of diamonique stud earrings for free, their certainly not gonna ship steaks, cheesecakes, lobster etc.. for free. The hosts only say that because they think the consumer is oblivious to the fact.

deeva · ‎03-09-2010

@Original Squeaker

I don't consider chicken wings, hot dogs or hamburgers gourmet foods. Sounds pretty blue collar to me.

Gourment is just the name of the show to entice customers to watch.

QVC has plenty of variety if people want to buy from them.

The S&H used to be separate, but that hurt sales, so yes, it's now included in the price of the product.

Group 5 minus 1 · ‎03-11-2010

What's wrong w/"Blue Collar"?

I keep on dancin'

RespectLife · ‎02-27-2012

If you are going to delete anything...delete the word Holiday! LOL

The shows are shown all year long and there isn't always an upcoming holiday!

I am a 'blue collar worker' and order a lot of food.

I have been mostly pleased and am on AD for many. I think the quality of what I buy is good and the prices comparable.

Some items are hard to find locally for me such as Sea Bass.

If the pricing is more than what you want to pay, then don't!

Alison Wonderland · ‎02-05-2018

@Original Squeaker wrote:
It seems that if you put the word "GOURMET" in front of a food item you can charge 3 times the price. How about a show for the average blue collar customer. The prices for the food is crazy. I could give a list of examples ,but all you need to do is take the cost divided by the quanity and it is way too over priced for the average customer. Plus, the advertising for Free Shipping is misleading , is it really free or is it included in the total price??

It's not the word gourmet that does it, it's the mail order. Mail order food always comes with an elevated price, especially if it's something that has a big following in the local area.

Alison Wonderland · ‎02-05-2018

@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:
What's wrong w/"Blue Collar"?

No one said there was anything wrong with blue collar.

fthunt · ‎12-24-2010

@Group 5 minus 1 What's wrong with ____X___

That's the response I got once for making a simple statement. OP isn't saying anything is wrong with blue collar...........instead I believe she is saying.....WE are blue collar people. So do away with fancy titles and offer US prices we can afford.There's no reason to attack OP for using common words.

Hope your day is a happy one

CLHS68 · ‎03-23-2010

You are paying for the convience of it being delivered to your door. Many items we cannot buy in our area. Plus the time & gas etc to go searching for it.