Presenters

Anyone else find the presenters to be atrocious on Gemporia these days?

Ellis with her continual singing, patronising manner, and endless cuts to 'lets show them how to buy' VT's.
Jess 'Absolutely' Foley who has 'just got to let you know' that things are 'flying out the front door' before congratulating 'each and everyone of you, well done
'continually. Absolutely.
Screeching Lyndsey Carr who is 'so proud of you' for spending your own money on something she's inevitably got the details wrong on despite them being in front of her on screen.
Lynn Jinks who waffles and continually repeats herself, in addition to telling people that 'payment won't be taken until your order is ready for dispatch' - which is not the case at all.
Hyperactive Hattie who talks (shouts) as though she's late for a train and in a rush to get out the studio.
Giggly Emily who never stops giggling and talking on Gem Collector.

It's just awful.

The only tolerable ones now are Jeff, Jim and Kate McCarthy. They're not everyone's cup of tea, but I also don't mind Adina and Angeline.

As for the self-proclaimed 'Gem Experts'. I can't stand Jade Thompson and Jade Sloth. Toby I can just about cope with - he's not full of his own self-importance like the other two and he at least has a bit of personality.

As for Jewellery Maker. WOW! Carol....................... The forum would break if I typed out all her flaws.

I said this earlier on the TJC thread. The better ones have gone including the experts seem to have disappeared. No idea what the thought process behind that decision was

Seem a pretty general consensus though I don't watch enough to have an informed opinion really

Looks as if Hattie has no idea about inches vs centimetres. She just measured a bangle that clearly showed cms on the top & inches on the bottom but declared the diameter to be 6 1/2 inches

AndyW said:

Looks as if Hattie has no idea about inches vs centimetres. She just measured a bangle that clearly showed cms on the top & inches on the bottom but declared the diameter to be 6 1/2 inches

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Hattie has a very limited vocabulary, and is far too focused on screeching like a banshee at Mach 4 to be sure she's using words correctly.

So it's no surprise that she can't measure stuff properly, either. I do hope she got her measurements the right way around before she got married, or she might have been in for a somewhat disappointing honeymoon.

I find all of the remaining crop of presenters difficult to watch, as I can't take any of them seriously. None of them give you enough details to make an informed decision on spending with the company. Even if you did see something interesting that wasn't filled/coated/dyed to Jaipur and back (not that any of the presenters will tell you that now. Not even Jeff or Rosie), or made with the dreaded gold tone.

I feel very sorry for those who are falling for the neverending blather from the presenters and buyers. Being conned is never a nice feeling, but getting conned when you're made to think that you're buying something that will help your family out in the future is disgusting. Especially at a time when people are struggling to pay for basics and essentials. Like food, housing and utilities

I was flicking through the channels late night and who pops up on QVC but Ruth Linnett from Gemporia!

LV73 said:

I was flicking through the channels late night and who pops up on QVC but Ruth Linnett from Gemporia!

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She has been doing jewellery on Q for about a year now.

Sazza said:

She has been doing jewellery on Q for about a year now.

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I never buy jewellery from Q and have weaned myself off Gemporia so only watch Q for specific brands/shows. If I'm bored at night I sometimes flick through the different Selly Telly channels but had no idea she'd been there at all, let alone for that long.

I've just flicked along a couple of channels and Droning Troth is still going on and on... and comparing their pearls to designer ones with gold for tens of thousands.

Time for bed I think.

I don’t mind Steve presenting gems as he does provide some education. Presenters are less shouty around him. He even throws in tiny discounts. Interesting that during the Zambian emerald show he mentioned he doesn’t like glass filled Colombian emeralds (or any other filled stone I presume). So why sell it?

Jojo1 said:

I don’t mind Steve presenting gems as he does provide some education. Presenters are less shouty around him. He even throws in tiny discounts. Interesting that during the Zambian emerald show he mentioned he doesn’t like glass filled Colombian emeralds (or any other filled stone I presume). So why sell it?

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Interesting, because when they done the "Steve Bennett Vault" range, they dug out some filled Rubies.

Unless of course, they weren't actually out of the Steve Bennett Vault. But I'm sure they wouldn't lie to us........