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Esteemed Contributor
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Re: WHY THE HOSTS SAY,"WHAT DID YOU PICK UP...?"

"To pick something up" can mean to obtain or acquire.  There is no connotation that it's for free.  It's a perfectly acceptable use of the phrase.

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Re: WHY THE HOSTS SAY,"WHAT DID YOU PICK UP...?"

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Its the hard sell to make  people order more. Just like when the host say "Order one of those items for me". QVC is not your friend.. they are just trying to make money period!

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Re: WHY THE HOSTS SAY,"WHAT DID YOU PICK UP...?"

I long for a distant peaceful Past, when this kind of incident might have caused me to give it a second thought.