Q Talk

[wagirl]

We moved into our new house in 1986------then cable was put in---and was flipping thru all the "new" channel selections and found QVC as it turned from CVN and that was that. My first purchase was a heart shaped amethyst ring sold by Steve Colantuno, the second was the 4 qt Nesco roaster from Virginia, the vendor for Nesco. Back then it took a solid 2 weeks to get here. 

[MomCat]

I have always been a lazy shopper, and preferred to shop catalog, and eventually online.  I was channel flipping many years ago and found QVC.  I naturally fell into this type shopping.  Yes, I sometimes left it on for background noise since I've never been interested in tv sitcoms and movies.  These days I listen to a lot of radio, and don't watch QVC on tv.  It's all online, but rarely make a purchase.  If I had a re-do in my life, I would have never purchased one piece of jewelry or collectible doll from QVC.  It took me years to get rid of all that nonsense.

[Whosits]

I've never liked shopping in stores that much. Ordered a lot of my clothing from Land's End and LL Bean (who I do not patronize any longer due to their elitist sizing and bad return policy's plus a very bad CS experience).

So when I happened upon QVC I was drawn right in. 

[northiie57]

As a young mother of a premie and hubby working graveyard shift at the truck assembly, thank god for QVC!  I have watched since the beginning as they run 24/7.....love Diamoneque!  I felt not alone on those long nights

[Gorgf]

Living in a small town in 1986  I certainly did not go to malls often as a long drive. Still is. I got to see what was out there to buy and new products demonstrated and gained new information. I recall Kathy Levine talking about in the early days packing boxes when off the air. She was dubbed "The Lady of Hawk " on the cover of TV Guide .I got to see famous personalities. Joan and Kathy were great. My ex hated Q and the sales chatter and for women's items so I watched on the second TV sometimes anxious for him to get off the computer which used the phone line to order before sold out.

 I started out buying silver jewelry, then gold and Diamonique. I used to stay up until 11 pm CST excited about the new TSV which was a secret until then. QVC was entertaining then and educational which sorry to say is no longer the case for me to watch. I do enjoy my jewelry and Irish Sweaters. I have Fenton glass items also I never would have seen.

[SunValley]

29 years ago and it was the silver jewelry that caught my eye.

[sunshine 919]

I remember watching Lisa Robertson with Barbara Bixby, loved the way Lisa presented jewelry.

[KBEANS]

I remember family members and a few friends that were Q shoppers. I thought it was ridiculous, plus I saw all these boxes in my aunts living room and thought, HOARDER! One late night late 90's I saw Beanie Babies being presented and I purchased the Princess bear and Valentino for my young son. I didn't get hooked. A lot of the ladies at work talked about QVC and HSN. My friend had flameless candles on her desk and I thought they were so cool. I inquired, and that about did it! Had to be 2010. By 2013, I was so hooked ordering so much stuff from the ITKWD show. There was nothing I liked on tv so I bounced back from Q and HSN. And here I've stayed!

[tarytoo]

one night, over thirty years ago,  i couldn't sleep. i was flipping through the channels and saw a guy named Mike Rowe, presenting stuff. he was funny and irreverent. i was hooked. been a QVC customer ever since. 

[stevieb]

Though I'm sure some will rail against my comments here, it was Lisa Robertson who first hooked me into QVC. I remember back in the early 2000's channel surfing as I was finding nothing I wanted to watch on TV (as is so often the case, despite the hundreds of cable channels...) and I happened across her presenting jewelry... Well, I love jewelry and I was fascinated by what I saw as a pretty, articulate lady talking in a soothing voice to viewers about a ring... At first, I honestly thought the concept was funny... I remember laughing out loud at the notion of shopping by television, but caught myself tuning back in from time to time and eventually was hooked... I've since moved on, though I did buy that initial ring I saw Lisa selling...