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[Drewps5co0tt]

Just curious, tired of seeing everything HP!

[Kachina624]

@Drewps5co0tt   We customers are not privy to contract negotiations between QVC and its vendors.

[ValuSkr]

It's just as well.  My experience has been that HP is far superior to Dell.

[fthunt]

I've always had a dell but few yrs ago they slacked off  - - didn't advance their product to future designs.  HP forged forward in technology.  

Don't know dell standing at present time.  My dell is old and still working very well.

[They Call Me MR Wilkes]

If they sue, you can find everything online:

Schieffelin et al v. QVC, Inc

Schieffelin et al v. QVC, Inc 

Plaintiffs Stacey and David Schieffelin and Models Prefer Ltd. sued defendant QVC Inc. alleging that QVC coerced the plaintiffs into executing a distribution agreement under which defendant had the exclusive worldwide right to distribute and promote Models Prefer health and beauty products. Plaintiffs further allege that QVC has appropriated the Models Prefer trademark, converted it for their own use and purpose, have decreased the value of the Models Prefer trademark through their actions, and tortiously interfered with plaintiffs' prospective business relations.

[Spurt]

My recent laptop purchase in March from Best Buy was a Dell and they actually had a sample in the store.  Im very happy with it and have had friends with BAD experiences with HP.....

What happened is Dell decided to emphasize direct purchase with customers rather than supplying in-store stock which resulted in-store sales in hundreds rather than thousands, with customers chosing to purchase a brand available in-store brand like HP, Toshiba, Acer. 

Dell found renewed success by expanding further into servers, networking, and infrastructure, Dell was able to offset losses from the PC side of the business. Thanks to the acquisition of companies such as SecureWorks, VirtuStream, Wyse, and SonicWall, Dell was able to build the perfect IT ecosystem for both home computing and cloud computing. Some of the most important acquisitions we have listed below.

EMC Corporation – Cloud Computing

Dell acquired EMC corporation in 2016 for $67 billion, bringing with it a massive upgrade to Dell’s servers and infrastructure. The EMC acquisition also came with a massive stake in the cloud computing giant, VMware.

Alienware – Gaming Computers

Alienware was another brand that Dell leveraged to take back market share in the home user sector. Since being acquired by Dell, Alienware computers have become some of the world’s most popular gaming laptops and desktops. Although the original amount that Dell paid for the Alienware brand was never disclosed, it is rumored to be over $3 billion.

[Icegoddess]

@They Call Me MR Wilkes Apparently QVC sued them first? Or is this a back and forth? 

What I gather from a quick read of legal jargon is that there was an agreement that if sales met or exceeded set goals, the agreement between the two would auto-update each year on, get this, April 1.  However "On September 12, 2006, Defendants sent a purported notice of termination of the Agreement to Plaintiff. Defendants have taken the position that the Agreement is terminated as of September 12, 2006 and have refused to further perform under the Agreement. In addition, Defendants have stated their intention to promote and endorse the Products by means of Electronic Media in violation of the non-competition provisions of the Agreement."

QVC, INC. v. SCHIEFFELIN et al

Filing 10

Amended Complaint against STACEY SCHIEFFELIN, DAVID SCHIEFFELIN and MODELS PREFER, LTD. filed by QVC, INC. with Certificate of Service.(le, ) Additional attachment(s) added on 11/3/2006 (le, ).

[Kachina624]

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@They Call Me MR Wilkes wrote:

If they sue, you can find everything online:

Schieffelin et al v. QVC, Inc

Schieffelin et al v. QVC, Inc 

Plaintiffs Stacey and David Schieffelin and Models Prefer Ltd. sued defendant QVC Inc. alleging that QVC coerced the plaintiffs into executing a distribution agreement under which defendant had the exclusive worldwide right to distribute and promote Models Prefer health and beauty products. Plaintiffs further allege that QVC has appropriated the Models Prefer trademark, converted it for their own use and purpose, have decreased the value of the Models Prefer trademark through their actions, and tortiously interfered with plaintiffs' prospective business relations.

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@They Call Me MR Wilkes 

I'd wondered what happened to Stacey.  Always like her presentations.  Different.  I don't even remember her being at QVC. 

[Foxxee]

I have used Dell desktops since 1994.  Not one hardware problem except one keyboard and one mouse.  Both were over 6 years old.  

I only buy from Dell directly around Black Friday because of good sales.  They also gave me 2 years of tech support instead of one. 

I have no idea why Dell isn't offered anymore, but as far as I'm concerned it's QVC's loss, but I wouldn't buy a computer from QVC or any other retailer except from the manufacturer directly.  

Retailers add too much other software as incentives to buy that can cause problems.  I like to keep it simple.  

[sann]

Stacey  Schieffelin sold her cosmetics on HSN under the name YBF after she left QVC...