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Dirty Peter in "not only" overdrive about a mattress topper that should have been 120 pound.

Not only if you're a tosser(!) and turner, not only if you have night sweats, not only for restless legs, not only for fidgeting.

And.....of course.....a woman texted him yesterday to say how a topper had transformed an expensive mattress.

I know you'll all be the same with things in your life - anything that happens, I better text Pedro!
Bunkum!
 
HughTwo said:
Dirty Peter in "not only" overdrive about a mattress topper that should have been 120 pound.

Not only if you're a tosser(!) and turner, not only if you have night sweats, not only for restless legs, not only for fidgeting.

And.....of course.....a woman texted him yesterday to say how a topper had transformed an expensive mattress.

I know you'll all be the same with things in your life - anything that happens, I better text Pedro!
Bunkum!
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Pete the Cheat in his best bogus mode wittering on about the science of sleep.

"Sleep is not a luxury but a necessity".

Master of the bleedin' obvious.
 
Herring said:
I don't think I've actually sat down and watched Ideal World for about a month now. I do dip in to the YouTube channel for a minute or so if I see comments on here about something that I want to go look at (and the YT stream lets you go back to any point during the past 12 hours, which helps with that).

But yeah… I feel a bit of a charlatan being in this thread now.

I used to have IW2 on as background noise a lot while I was doing other stuff (working on my laptop on the sofa, etc), but I've found IW3… too repetitive and borderline hysterical. IW2 had a main presenter and a variety of guest presenters and sometimes models or other participants (like the mute hunks on treadmills or vibraplates). The "conversation" was at least 2 way, there was laughter, a mix of voices, room for slip ups and general amusing stuff… And the products changed every hour, and often so did the presenters.

But 3 hours of wall-to-wall tat with Dr Edwards patronising the proles into buying DuChumps, a 4-pack of biros, and a 0.5 metre washing line, etc. Nah.

These days I stick on Talking Pictures TV instead.
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I'm like you, rarely if ever do I actually watch selly telly in the true sense of the word. tbh I'm not sure I ever have. Maybe 15-20 mins tops at a time is the most I've every watched. These days, maybe 5 mins tops and that's rarely. As we know, it's not really designed to sit and watch hour in hour out, unless you're a real fan of it which is of course fine, each to their own.

We don' need to watch much to post on here. Mainly because we know the score and we also know all the stuff we comment about on here (good, bad, ugly) will definitely still be happening ;)
 
galesgal57 said:
Can't get hold of the Rocket N1, this shipment was meant for America, but we hijacked it for this event. I've just seen it online for £280, I think it's from Kevski's website. Coming up with the most American sounding names texting in. What a pair of lying tw*ts.
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Yep, someone said IW aren't scammers.

Maybe not in the true sense of the word, however their tactics take them very close to that definition in my view.
 
Hammy60 said:
It one thing maybe over egging his watches or if he sells the watches cheaper on his own web site, obviously been hit a couple of times with IW admins so only fair he's probably not giving them as good of deals as he used to.
But to get involved in the pantomime over prices being to low, must be a mistake, should be this price etc, when he sells the same watches for a good bit less on his own web site is poor, really isn't a good look for him, calls into question his ethics/character.
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The 'is that price right?' tactic gets very tiresome and most selly telly channels deploy it quite regularly, I'd expect QVC maybe not so much.

You know that sweary phrase people use, the first word starts with F and the second is off. I would love to momentarily appear beside these presenters when they use that tactic, shout F OFF extremely loudly right in their face, and then disappear again.

I don't even find the tactics fun or endearing these days, they just annoy me because it's blatant lying and showmanship that would make snake oil salesmen of old proud.
 
cheeky chappie said:
Yep, someone said IW aren't scammers.

Maybe not in the true sense of the word, however their tactics take them very close to that definition in my view.
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I think it was me and what I meant is that scammers generally take your money in return for nothing at all after posing as something they are not.

IW don't disguise the fact they are a shopping channel and they do actually supply the goods they advertise.

However, I wholeheartedly agree that they often use shoddy even dodgy tactics to mislead buyers and can therefore fairly be regarded as shysters when they do make ridiculous claims and comparisons.

I'll probably be shot down for making the distinction but there you are.
 
Duke of Cheese said:
He’s clearly desperately trying and failing miserably to ward off the inevitable- the ageing process.
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Surely not with his combo health routine of using the Opatra light thingies, collagen supplements, the hoop thingy with the weight attached and the treadmill? Oh and the small trampoline!

These things combined must surely stop the aging process in its tracks?

;)
 
Lord Helpus said:
I think it was me and what I meant is that scammers generally take your money in return for nothing at all after posing as something they are not.

IW don't disguise the fact they are a shopping channel and they do actually supply the goods they advertise.

However, I wholeheartedly agree that they often use shoddy even dodgy tactics to mislead buyers and can therefore fairly be regarded as shysters when they do make ridiculous claims and comparisons.

I'll probably be shot down for making the distinction but there you are.
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Wouldn't shoot you down for a sec, I totally get where you're coming from and no, they're not scammers in the hardcore sense. However when you look at the definition of scammer ...

a person who commits fraud or participates in a dishonest scheme.
"scammers are preying on people's good intentions"

... it could be asserted IW sometimes gets very close to being dishonest and preying on a particular subset of viewer.
 
Foghorn's delicate skin, many comments coming in from viewers saying how great it is and asking how she does it, is due to the Kumkumadi she's using.

Considering she claims to use soooooooooooooo many ****** skin products, health elixirs (collagen, CPD, Gummies, vits etc) & beauty gadgets on IW and at other retailors, how the hell can she know which one is actually improving (or not) her skin? :unsure:

Oh new health issue she about to start being afflicted with, too add to the million she already suffers from, perimenopause. :rolleyes:

She must have been last in the queue when god was handing out healthy bodies. :ROFLMAO:
 
Hammy60 said:
Foghorn's delicate skin, many comments coming in from viewers saying how great it is and asking how she does it, is due to the Kumkumadi she's using.

Considering she claims to use soooooooooooooo many ****** skin products, health elixirs (collagen, CPD, Gummies, vits etc) & beauty gadgets on IW and at other retailors, how the hell can she know which one is actually improving (or not) her skin? :unsure:

Oh new health issue she about to start being afflicted with, too add to the million she already suffers from, perimenopause. :rolleyes:

She must have been last in the queue when god was handing out healthy bodies. :ROFLMAO:
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I've said before, it would be very interesting to take identical twins. Expose them to exactly the same lifestyle from the age of 25 to 65. Same diet, same sun exposure, same exercise etc. Have one twin use numerous 'anti-aging' pills and potions for those 40 years. The other twin using nothing but a good quality moisturiser.

Then compare them side by side.

Maybe the pills and potions twin would indeed look a lot younger with much better skin. However I have my doubts ...
 
Hammy60 said:
Foghorn's delicate skin, many comments coming in from viewers saying how great it is and asking how she does it, is due to the Kumkumadi she's using.

Considering she claims to use soooooooooooooo many ****** skin products, health elixirs (collagen, CPD, Gummies, vits etc) & beauty gadgets on IW and at other retailors, how the hell can she know which one is actually improving (or not) her skin? :unsure:

Oh new health issue she about to start being afflicted with, too add to the million she already suffers from, perimenopause. :rolleyes:

She must have been last in the queue when god was handing out healthy bodies. :ROFLMAO:
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She has a big pot which she mixes them all in to produce an elixir which she then rubs on herself and, just to be sure, drinks a mug of everyday.

Certainly keeps her foghorn voice in good order, not sure about the rest of her.
 
Flying Pigs said:
red light therapy…
www.dailymail.co.uk

The truth about Man City's Erling Haaland's outlandish health routine

The £375,000-a-week striker Erling Haaland marked another landmark over the weekend as he took his Manchester City tally to 94 goals in 101 games.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
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Red light therapy isn't total quackery (many of the outlandish claims of things it helps with are, e.g., healing dogs who couldn't walk - which someone on IW said recently). Even the NHS use certain light therapies in treatments.

BUT - and this is the important bit - not all red light is equal 🚦

All of the studies that show (modest) benefits to red light therapy are at specific wavelengths using red LEDs specifically designed to emit those wavelengths (and those only), and emit them consistently. There are also considerations to the spacing of the LEDs, duration, and power.

Those cost more. A lot more. They are not off-the-shelf red LEDs also used in toys or laptops, etc. They are not white LEDs with a red plastic filter over them. It's why the douchebag in the article you linked spent £15,000 on his red light bed (and why all of the red light studies use expensive equipment, not a £60 Jason Voorhees mask from selly telly).

IW like to parrot generic "studies show red light will, er, I mean may help with…" quips, but rarely (if ever) mention which wavelengths the red light products they sell emit, what grade LEDs they use, and so on.
 
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