Festive Food Preview

[talisker25]

Well, I thought yesterdays Food of Britain was a joke but having just watched the Festive Food Preview I can see that I was wrong. How do they come up with these idiotic prices, all I can say is there must be a hell of a lot of gullible people out there. A 6 inch Christmas fruit cake in a tin for £30 + p&p. Over the past few days I have made 4 9 inch Christmas cakes, they all cost less than this in total. Me thinks I am in the wrong business. To quote and phrase. "This time next year Ill be a millionaire" :mysmilie_46:

 

[Craftalot]

I really want to meet the people who spend north of £30 on a small fruit cake from a television channel. I mean, it just seems so utterly crazy to most of us on this forum that you would buy any food off the telly, let alone something as overpriced as that. But there is clearly a good market for it - I can't believe there are that many housebound/incapacitated/lobotomised customers. What else could they be sold? Coals to Newcastle? Snake Oil? A Mr Christmas Holy Grail, complete with colour-changing LED lights in the base.

 

[talisker25]

I really want to meet the people who spend north of £30 on a Christmas cake from a television channel. I mean, it just seems so utterly crazy to most of us on this forum that you would buy any food off the telly, let alone something as overpriced as that. But there is clearly a good market for it - I can't believe there are that many housebound/incapacitated/lobotomised customers.

Some of the reasons I think they are prepared to pay that is that they can't cook or can't be bothered and, they have more money than sense. I know if I make my own I get a great product and, I know just what goes in them. I do about 90% of all the cooking in my home from scratch and it saves about 40% on my food bill. No brainer really.

 

[BusyLizzie]

Who in their right mind pays £38 for 2 x 1kg Pork Pies and 1 x 200g jar of Christmas Chutney for goodness sake? The buyers at QVC must live on another planet because it's a total rip off!

 

[Julius]

I really want to meet the people who spend north of £30 on a small fruit cake from a television channel. I mean, it just seems so utterly crazy to most of us on this forum that you would buy any food off the telly, let alone something as overpriced as that. But there is clearly a good market for it - I can't believe there are that many housebound/incapacitated/lobotomised customers. What else could they be sold? Coals to Newcastle? Snake Oil? A Mr Christmas Holy Grail, complete with colour-changing LED lights in the base.

Maybe you should meet the fruit cakes?

 

[historymystery]

Even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't pay their prices - they are just a complete rip-off and who likes being ripped off? Q must be laughing themselves witless at how gullible some people are. Having said that, there are people who will be taken in by the spiel and will genuinely believe they are getting a very special product that they couldn't get in the shops. For their sakes, I only hope they are right, but somehow I doubt it. And remembering the Pies Saga of a few years back (and I recall the picture that was posted on here showing the awful stringy, sinews and gristle inside some of them), quite frankly I wouldn't trust Q enough to buy food products. How they ever had the cheek to keep bringing the same product back after the Pies Saga I will never know.

Who in their right mind pays £38 for 2 x 1kg Pork Pies and 1 x 200g jar of Christmas Chutney for goodness sake? The buyers at QVC must live on another planet because it's a total rip off!

 

[shopperholic]

Even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't pay their prices - they are just a complete rip-off and who likes being ripped off? Q must be laughing themselves witless at how gullible some people are. Having said that, there are people who will be taken in by the spiel and will genuinely believe they are getting a very special product that they couldn't get in the shops. For their sakes, I only hope they are right, but somehow I doubt it. And remembering the Pies Saga of a few years back (and I recall the picture that was posted on here showing the awful stringy, sinews and gristle inside some of them), quite frankly I wouldn't trust Q enough to buy food products. How they ever had the cheek to keep bringing the same product back after the Pies Saga I will never know.

I agree, I'm not a fan of the QVCs opulence. I'm lucky enough that we have some disposable income and I would never, ever pay the prices they charge. I really don't get it, twenty quid for a couple of brownies? Give me a couple of packs of Topics any day of the week, ooooh yummy! :mysmilie_5:

 

[talisker25]

I agree, I'm not a fan of the QVCs opulence. I'm lucky enough that we have some disposable income and I would never, ever pay the prices they charge. I really don't get it, twenty quid for a couple of brownies? Give me a couple of packs of Topics any day of the week, ooooh yummy! :mysmilie_5:

when you open the tin with the Christmas cake in this is what you find, QVC having a good laugh at the fools that paid stupid prices for a tiny cake..

 

[shopperholic]

when you open the tin with the Christmas cake in this is what you find, QVC having a good laugh at the fools that paid stupid prices for a tiny cake..
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It makes me laugh when they're on two easy pay, after you've eaten the teeny, tiny portion of food, you've still got roughly twenty eight days to finish paying for it, long after the taste has gone. :mysmilie_15:

 

[whitesnake]

I just love watching the food shows because they always make me laugh out loud. Like everyone on here I cannot believe how people actually buy this stuff.There was silly Catherine wittering on about the cheese coming from a Cheesemongers in London!! So what! My local farm shop does fantastic cheese and I can try before I buy. Once gain it all reminds me of the Harry Enfield sketch "I saw you coming."

 

[talisker25]

I just love watching the food shows because they always make me laugh out loud. Like everyone on here I cannot believe how people actually buy this stuff.There was silly Catherine wittering on about the cheese coming from a Cheesemongers in London!! So what! My local farm shop does fantastic cheese and I can try before I buy. Once gain it all reminds me of the Harry Enfield sketch "I saw you coming."

Poor lass, probably no idea where or how cheese is made and that the cheese monger buys it from the same suppliers as every other retail establishment...

 

[historymystery]

Buying one of these is one way of ensuring that you don't invite too many people round at Christmas.....or they'll have to compete for one crumb each! A thought: Perhaps you're not meant to eat it, just put it on the table and admire it??

when you open the tin with the Christmas cake in this is what you find, QVC having a good laugh at the fools that paid stupid prices for a tiny cake..
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[historymystery]

Perhaps the cheese has to pay the Congestion Charge and this is why the price gets bumped up? Or it's been affected by London house prices? Honestly, what tosh will they think of next to say? What the f$$$ has that got to do with anything, unless she is desperate for something to say? I also buy from local farm shops if I want something different, where you can sample a piece first and don't get swindled.

I just love watching the food shows because they always make me laugh out loud. Like everyone on here I cannot believe how people actually buy this stuff.There was silly Catherine wittering on about the cheese coming from a Cheesemongers in London!! So what! My local farm shop does fantastic cheese and I can try before I buy. Once gain it all reminds me of the Harry Enfield sketch "I saw you coming."

 

[Craftalot]

I agree, I'm not a fan of the QVCs opulence. I'm lucky enough that we have some disposable income and I would never, ever pay the prices they charge. I really don't get it, twenty quid for a couple of brownies? Give me a couple of packs of Topics any day of the week, ooooh yummy! :mysmilie_5:

oooh, a Topic... Yum.

 

[talisker25]

oooh, a Topic... Yum.

Mine would be bounty or snickers... :mysmilie_5:

 

[shopperholic]

Mine would be bounty or snickers... :mysmilie_5:

Oh yes now you're talking, I love a Bounty me. I nibble the chocolate off first then enjoy the coconut, I love that succulent coconut, can you imagine if QVC sold them, probably cost about £42.50 for three.

 

[shopperholic]

oooh, a Topic... Yum.

:mysmilie_3:

 

[talisker25]

Oh yes now you're talking, I love a Bounty me. I nibble the chocolate off first then enjoy the coconut, I love that succulent coconut, can you imagine if QVC sold them, probably cost about £42.50 for three.

I like to put my bounty in the freezer to the chocolate gat really hard and, like you I nibble it all off before eating the coconut. That price seems a bit cheep to me though cos Huntly will tell us that they have come from a specialist chocolate shop in the heart of London.:mysmilie_17:

 

[shopperholic]

I like to put my bounty in the freezer to the chocolate gat really hard and, like you I nibble it all off before eating the coconut. That price seems a bit cheep to me though cos Huntly will tell us that they have come from a specialist chocolate shop in the heart of London.:mysmilie_17:

That's true, I was underpricing them somewhat, because if QVC sold them, the coconuts would've been picked by little flying mystical creatures and lovingly wrapped in solid sheets of gold to protect them as they make their journey to a little cottage called Sour (sounds like Gower. :mysmilie_17 to be covered in chocolate, then they'll charge £5.95 p&p for one, so make that £142.50 plus p&p for one.

 

[shopperholic]

I like to put my bounty in the freezer to the chocolate gat really hard and, like you I nibble it all off before eating the coconut. That price seems a bit cheep to me though cos Huntly will tell us that they have come from a specialist chocolate shop in the heart of London.:mysmilie_17:

Meant to say, my next Bounty is definitely going in the freezer.