Re: Kerstin Linquist is returning to the Q....

Suziqzee · ‎06-04-2010

I do hope QVC is well insured.

Kerstin is completely unqualified to represent ANYTHING in health or wellness and has made wildly inappropriate and inflated claims about her level of expertise about menopause, medical research, nutrition, supplements, etc.

She regularly practices medicine without a license (which is illegal), operates out of her scope of practice as a health coach, and even suggested in one of her podcasts that patients need to be going off of their prescribed medications. That, in itself, is grounds for a huge lawsuit.

Needless to say, this customer will not be buying what Kerstin is selling. And VitaHustle has mostly terrible reviews on Amazon.

DesertD · ‎04-09-2015

I fail to see why these former hosts feel the need to return to QVC after they have recently left, especially after QVC has given them a HUGE send-off. I wish they would just stay away period. I immediately turn off Slatkin candle shows now since What's Her Name has returned. How hypocritical of these women. Why were they so glad to leave only to return? Stay away!

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

KL returning..........

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

@DesertD one thing to consider is they may not have wanted full-time employment at QVC. Being a product representative requires much less of their time. I just don't see it as hypocritical for them to return.

Suziqzee · ‎06-04-2010

@DesertD wrote:
I fail to see why these former hosts feel the need to return to QVC after they have recently left, especially after QVC has given them a HUGE send-off. I wish they would just stay away period. I immediately turn off Slatkin candle shows now since What's Her Name has returned. How hypocritical of these women. Why were they so glad to leave only to return? Stay away!

I'm with you, @DesertD. They made SUCH a fuss about their leaving, with weeks of hype and the big, emotional good-bye bashes, only to return a few months later? So much for their successful influencer/coaching/preaching/book-writing/podcasting plans.

Kerstin recently said she only coaches 10 clients a month. IF all of these supposed "clients" actually pay what she's advertising, that's only $3000 a month, a drop in the bucket compared to her former Q salary. And she claims her podcast is in the"top 200" but I've never once seen it listed in Apple's top 200 in either the health/wellness or religion/spiritual categories. Besides that, in order to make decent money as a podcaster, you need millions of subscribers and views, not a few hundred.

Both Kerstin and Jen would have been way better off staying put on QVC, just like all of the other hosts who were SO gung-ho to leave, tried to succeed, and then failed.

Even though Kerstin claims she uses and loves all the products she is presently selling, the amount of energy, time and effort it must require to constantly film herself, edit, fly off to do commercials (isn't that a demotion from QVC?) can't possibly be worth what she's bringing in, plus there are no benefits paid in health insurance, vacation/personal time or holidays.

As stressful as it must be to work as a QVC host, at least it's a solid, consistent paycheck. And Kerstin was only working part-time before she left. I'm guessing she could have easily stayed part-time and worked a lot fewer hours and made a lot more money than she's doing now.

Caaareful Shopper · ‎10-09-2012

Kerstin sells very well, it's what she does best.

However, I don't believe leaving QVC truly was about having more free time, but being able to choose when she wants some free time.

Kerstin charges for being 1) a public speaker at events delivering her "better wellness through Jesus" topics; 2) she's writing books; 3) she still has her podcast; 4) she's back selling on QVC; 5) hosting wellness retreats; 6) being a brand ambassador for a Menopause show in CA later this year; 7) selling tickets for hosting prayer groups; and 8) now on social media selling Lug bags.

Doesn't sound like more free time to me. But it does seem to give her more autonomy to pick & choose her time to work and what she wants to represent.

Not depending on QVC for the vast majority of her income or career goals and interests must be freeing in and of itself.

I've never been a huge Kerstin fan, and I absolutely don't follow her nutrition guidance (or any other guidance). But I truly respect her drive and staying on top of her game.