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HughTwo said:
Here we go, more scaremongering about car skimming - so you have to buy a RFID wallet from IW.

The overwhelming view from real experts - "RFID credit cards are considered safe to use, and credit card fraud using RFID readers is rare and difficult to do".
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They pick their own version of the truth on this and other similar types of shopping channels. Essentially, for me, it goes back to their ethos of how to choose to present goods to the market they believe they are selling to. I’ve watched more than enough of this version of Ideal World to see the patronising, hard information free, wildly scaremongering and generally disingenuous way they to choose to do this, and to see quite clearly, their low opinion view of their typical buyer, which probably can be summed up as follows:-
Middle Aged or Older
Unskilled in using the Internet
Gullible in general
Settling regularly for a poor deal for want of knowing how to get a better one elsewhere
In other words….MUGS….

It is so dispiriting to see a company openly tolerating selling in this often fears and insecurities inducing way. Or probably more accurately..a grubby little cabal of shopping television presenters, pretty much at free rein it seems, to do exactly what they choose to do selling wise..
 
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Duke of Cheese said:
They pick their own version of the truth on this and other similar types of shopping channels. Essentially, for me, it goes back to their ethos of how to choose to present goods to the market they believe they are selling to. I’ve watched more than enough of this version of Ideal World to see the patronising, hard information free, wildly scaremongering and generally disingenuous way they to choose to do this, and to see quite clearly, their low opinion view of their typical buyer, which probably can be summed up as follows:-
Middle Aged or Older
Unskilled in using the Internet
Gullible in general
Settling regularly for a poor deal for want of knowing how to get a better one elsewhere
In other words….MUGS….

It is so dispiriting to see a company openly tolerating selling in this often fears and insecurities inducing way. Or probably more accurately..a grubby little cabal of shopping television presenters, pretty much at free rein it seems, to do exactly what they choose to do selling wise..
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As we've said numerous times before, modern day Del Boy's and snake oil salesmen, that's all they are.

If folk buy from selly telly having seen through all the guff i.e. on balance they want the product and don't fall for the guff, good on them. It's those who do believe it that I feel sorry for.

Always remember, in reality, selly telly (any sales actually) couldn't care less if you buy from them ... as long as someone's buying that's all they need to know.
 
Credit where credit is due… At least they are trying something different this morning with The Dick Emery Hello Honky Tonks Hat Collection Extravaganza…

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Mommabear said:
Just been watching Peter Thompson aka Dirty Peter with Chef Paul selling the all new singing and dancing Actifry. I had to turn over. The inuendo....'we don't like pink do we crew, we like something a little darker' then licks his lips :puke: there were lots more and bear in mind this is dinner time. It's in the gutter this channel with the likes of him.

He picks up a compote dessert that's been made in the actifry, poured over ice cream and meringue. He says he's never seen anything quite like it and certainly never eaten it before as he couldn't afford it!!!!!!!!! He then proceeds to shovel it into his dirty gob, purposely, so he gets it all over his face.

Yep, as someone said before, he's bought his ACT along with him and it's as disgusting as ever it was........yuk!
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Can’t stand him. I was channel hopping last night and he happened to be on. “Just buy just buy”. Does he ever - ever - finish a sentence. I wanted to scream. I always thought Ideal World was just a con selling cheap tat at exorbitant prices and a premium premium rate phone line but even at that it was just a notch above Bid. I can’t believe TJC thought it was a good idea to buy it. Mi d, they’re going down the pan faster than a you know what also. Another hugely irritating presenter was that women on Gems. Can’t remember her name but she’s been for ever. Never ever finishes a sentence either. Plump and always showing mountains of flesh and flicking her hair. I think she’s still there but I never watch anymore. They used to sell fairly good quality stuff. Last time I looked they were trying to kid everyone that very ordinary semi precious stones you’ve never heard of were actually jewels in the real sense of the word. And then there’s QVC and Ruth Langsford ……………………
 
Just heard about Shop Unlimited Live on Facebook. Evidently tonight they’re selling Vostok Watches. I think it’s on at 9 but not sure. Wonder what watches and prices they’re selling and how they compare to IW. Might have a butcher’s to see what’s on offer.
 
Choosi5050 said:
Can’t stand him. I was channel hopping last night and he happened to be on. “Just buy just buy”. Does he ever - ever - finish a sentence. I wanted to scream. I always thought Ideal World was just a con selling cheap tat at exorbitant prices and a premium premium rate phone line but even at that it was just a notch above Bid. I can’t believe TJC thought it was a good idea to buy it. Mi d, they’re going down the pan faster than a you know what also. Another hugely irritating presenter was that women on Gems. Can’t remember her name but she’s been for ever. Never ever finishes a sentence either. Plump and always showing mountains of flesh and flicking her hair. I think she’s still there but I never watch anymore. They used to sell fairly good quality stuff. Last time I looked they were trying to kid everyone that very ordinary semi precious stones you’ve never heard of were actually jewels in the real sense of the word. And then there’s QVC and Ruth Langsford ……………………
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Think that’s Adina. The woman whose dresses look as if they’re going to have a wardrobe malfunction at any moment and also looks “grubby”.

I’ve got to the stage where I just can’t watch Pervy Patio Pete. As soon as I see him the tv goes off or I switch to another channel. He’s so disgusting.
 
exmothian said:
Oh no another mistake at Ideal World.Shouldn't have been giving the complimentary 5 in 1 manual food processor away with the Salter steamer. Can't see how it's a mistake it's only worth a fiver.😂

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To be fair it was clearly a mistake.

The back-end order system - without any prompting - configured itself to include the gift with all orders dispatched by the warehouse, and notified the call center staff handling calls that it was included.

Whilst the production team were on a Slush Puppy run a ghost added "…with complimentary 5 in 1 Manual food processor" to the onscreen graphics, and no-one noticed until the show was live (but brain freeze meant they'd forgotten how to remove it)

An electrical surge resulted in a random graphic - which happened to be the complimentary gift - to repeatedly appear on screen during the presentation…

How does the meme go? Oh yeah…

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We've all seen what happens if there IS a real mistake: graphics pulled promptly, presenter awkwardly brushes over it; revised offer comes in and we're told how it's still a "stonkingly good deal".
 
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Duke of Cheese said:
They pick their own version of the truth on this and other similar types of shopping channels. Essentially, for me, it goes back to their ethos of how to choose to present goods to the market they believe they are selling to. I’ve watched more than enough of this version of Ideal World to see the patronising, hard information free, wildly scaremongering and generally disingenuous way they to choose to do this, and to see quite clearly, their low opinion view of their typical buyer, which probably can be summed up as follows:-
Middle Aged or Older
Unskilled in using the Internet
Gullible in general
Settling regularly for a poor deal for want of knowing how to get a better one elsewhere
In other words….MUGS….
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Hang on a cotton-picking minute!
You know me so well. My wife would be jealous if she saw this!

But,MUG? Now that’s a step too far..maybe a little naive😊

On second thoughts,yeah. Come on Mike now you know your audience it should be ‘hello to all you beautiful mugs out there.Here they come,all the mugs being mugged by the bald fella..etc etc’
 
Talking of Emu balm the other night it seems y’all missed Pete telling us that Muriel is buying as she recently had a replacement hip. Now that’s interesting as he will need a good memory because you all know that to tell lies you need a really good memory and as we know he contradicts himself so often..

Poor Muriel (aka Peter)
 
Scraping the barrel said:
Talking of Emu balm the other night it seems y’all missed Pete telling us that Muriel is buying as she recently had a replacement hip. Now that’s interesting as he will need a good memory because you all know that to tell lies you need a really good memory and as we know he contradicts himself so often..

Poor Muriel (aka Peter)
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Wonder how many hips she’ll have replaced according to Patio Pete?
 

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