Q Talk

[Qgirl26]

I think @50Mickey meant maybe Babe is the name of the person who sent it. I honestly think it's not really from QVC. But I think you need to check to be sure.

[MezzieStarr]

They told me I had "sass" a couple of weeks ago. Wish I had kept the email.

Something along the lines of "Love your style! You've got Sass! The item you were looking at has dropped in price".

It hadn't dropped in price, BTW 🤣

Just some cutesy marketing by the Q.

[PhilaLady1]

Babe?  Sass?  So silly.  Do they really think that this kind of marketing will work?  Work, as in "I love QVC so much" " they are a cool, hip, trendy company so I will be sure to return and buy more "??  I know nothing about marketing.  Seems like a marketing ploy without much thought behind it.  But what do I know, maybe it's gonna work for them.

[50Mickey]

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@Qgirl26 wrote:

I think @50Mickey meant maybe Babe is the name of the person who sent it. I honestly think it's not really from QVC. But I think you need to check to be sure.

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That's exactly what I meant. 

[febe1]

Next time, Thanks for your business, Girl !

Or perhaps, Thanks, Boo!

or, Thanks, we love you! 

Well, that's the way hosts talk to vendors: Honey, Darling, Sweetheart, We love you. Christmas is coming, and if vendors love you, the hosts must just keep on piling up the gift closets....

[PamfromCT]

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@PhilaLady1 wrote:

Babe?  Sass?  So silly.  Do they really think that this kind of marketing will work?  Work, as in "I love QVC so much" " they are a cool, hip, trendy company so I will be sure to return and buy more "??  I know nothing about marketing.  Seems like a marketing ploy without much thought behind it.  But what do I know, maybe it's gonna work for them.

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@PhilaLady1, And I shudder who they think this will appeal to?

Not exactly polished young professionals?. I could just picture my DD or DIL being called “Babe.”  Call the riot police.

[colleena]

@homedecor1  Not sure what the Q is going for there w/addressing you as "Babe" - my opinion, totally inappropriate.

[Johnnyeager]

I prefer to call gals chicks and tomatoes, like Frank Sinatra did in "The Tender Trap."

[781Florist]

"I Got You, Babe"

"Oh babe, what would you say..."

"It aint me, Babe"

"C'mon babe, follow me- I'm the Pied Piper"

"Oooh it's you, babe whenever I get weary...."

I certainly don't think that the term Babe is appropriate for use in any type of business setting or communication, but as far as any man getting killed for calling his love "Babe"

(or, by the way...any woman calling her man "Babe"!!) I think that all of you who are offended by that either date fron the 1950s or the 1990s and onward.

Back in the 60s and the 70s, "Babe" was a commonly used term of endearment and was not construed as derogatory in any way, shape or form.

[kze]

In my experience, "Babe" is only used by couples.  Maybe they think young people use that term for friends like they do "dude".  Neither is appropriate  when addressing customers.   "You've got sass" is okay because they're not calling you "sass".  But in a marketing approach, older customers will be offended and the younger audience they're trying to reach, will think they're trying to sound young,  and don't haven’t a clue.  And, in my opinion, they don't!