I used to be awful at sending things back but I just feel so bad looking at something i should have returned so I'm now much better at making use of the MBG than I used to be. I really make the effort these days (Return rate bedamned!
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I never order anything half expecting to send it back but if it's shite then I have to really don't I?
Last year I ordered the Pedpro because AY said it was the most effective thing she'd ever used on her feet and as I know she has used PediKur Liquid and microplane I was impressed by that. The guest presenter said it was as effective as a Chiropodist visit. Unfortunately they were both telling whopping great porkies and I found the Pedpro useless and returned it after two weeks of trying to find the effectiveness she spoke of.
On air they said that a Nina Leonard top that I ordered could be worn as a drop waist top - but they neglected to mention the caveat
- only if your hips measure less than your waist - so that went back.
Sue Devitt Primer went back because it made my skin look and feel as if it had been plasticized and suffocated and I literally wanted to claw it off. Hideous weird stuff! AY said it was perfect for humid conditions and could replace my moisturiser but I found that neither were true for me.
George Simonton Trousers went back because they were made of some kind of inferior fabric reminiscent of bri nylon and drip dry shirts, which to add insult to injury showed every detail of the lace on my pants through the fabric and felt uncomfortably clingy, sparky and staticky to wear. Needless to say, none of these unique design features had been alluded to on air! :mysmilie_73:
Bobbi Brown Bronzing Powder was returned because Paul the BB guest said that even the fairest of complexions could use one of the shades being sold for a natural sunkissed look. I have never been able to use any bronzer before but I ordered it because I believed him, partly because BB is one of the few ranges that does foundation pale enough for me. Unfortunately, despite being skilled enough with a make up brush that I often get asked to people's make up for weddings, proms, first dates and interviews etc I was unable to apply the bronzer in any way that didn't make me loook muddy and splodgy.
Mally blusher went back because although as previously mentioned I am too pale for most make up range's foundation shades I couldn't really get the blusher to show up on me properly!
Mally Primer went back because it was really heavy and like smearing refrigerated lard on my face.
An Alpha H kit should have gone back because one of the items had been used but I didn't realise that until too late. One item was also missing but QVC replaced that.
We have a 3 dvrs so a while ago I began to tape presentations and keep them on the machine until after I have received the item and been happy because of the number of times that CS have said
"They wouldn't have said that" on air and I know they did.
My New New Year Resolution for 2010 is to kick up a stink every time it becomes apparent that they have misled us. I'm still really angry about the "Hotel formula" Elemis that we bought thinking it was the real deal, and the Philosophy TSV made especially for QVC in which all the fragrances smelled watered down. I've put a PostIt on my Pc at home and at work which says
Hotel Formula
PedPro
The DX
on it and I think that will probably do the trick!