Freebies

[loveallthingsitalian]

I got a tax allowance for my safety boots, even though they weren't compulsory to wear them.

But they are protective clothing and considered not worn outside work plus they are low value and sort of accepted .

 

[Toril]

As I’ve said before, the only presenters who could legitimately get away with being given a product to try are the ones who present the TSV. There is absolutely no need whatsoever for loads of them to get that product to try.

Maybe QVC should have a clause in the contract that prevents the presenters from bragging about what they’ve been given (or bragging full stop) and maybe they could deduct the cost of those freebies from their P&P charges ..... i.e. do what other companies manage to do and provide FREE P&P.

 

[alter ego]

What annoys me is they get the freebies and just brag about how 'wonderful' they are. There's no info on how to use or tips on how to get the best out of something. Just a string of 'amazing, ooooh, ahhh, can't live without, best thing ever' which is not useful in any way.

I'd like to know dimensions, how does it work, what's it good at, what's it bad at - stuff a decent reviewer would tell me. Stuff I'd expect from a professional presenter. But it's QVC. Why inform the customer when you can just tell them to take a hit on the postage to try it and return it if the product fails to live up to the non-existent presentation.

I must admit I do appreciate the 30/60 day MBG but I'm a lot more careful with my purchases these days so if I find something I'm pretty sure I won't return I buy elsewhere as I can almost always get it cheaper or with better p&p. Returns that definitely can't be palmed off as a waitlist or 'whoops - but it never happens' must cost them a fortune so you'd think they'd employ a better standard of presenters.

And if you're reading, higher-ups, I don't mean employ so-called influencers from YouTube, I mean people who can listen to the guests, ask intelligent questions and allow the guest to answer. Stop this inane chatter about family and other personal stuff they blather on about. We're not interested!

 

[stratobuddy]

What annoys me is they get the freebies and just brag about how 'wonderful' they are. There's no info on how to use or tips on how to get the best out of something. Just a string of 'amazing, ooooh, ahhh, can't live without, best thing ever' which is not useful in any way.

I'd like to know dimensions, how does it work, what's it good at, what's it bad at - stuff a decent reviewer would tell me. Stuff I'd expect from a professional presenter. But it's QVC. Why inform the customer when you can just tell them to take a hit on the postage to try it and return it if the product fails to live up to the non-existent presentation.

I must admit I do appreciate the 30/60 day MBG but I'm a lot more careful with my purchases these days so if I find something I'm pretty sure I won't return I buy elsewhere as I can almost always get it cheaper or with better p&p. Returns that definitely can't be palmed off as a waitlist or 'whoops - but it never happens' must cost them a fortune so you'd think they'd employ a better standard of presenters.

And if you're reading, higher-ups, I don't mean employ so-called influencers from YouTube, I mean people who can listen to the guests, ask intelligent questions and allow the guest to answer. Stop this inane chatter about family and other personal stuff they blather on about. We're not interested!

My son does informative reviews of keyboard instruments on his YouTube channel (54,000 subscribers).

If anyone is interested in a review of a modern Hammond-type organ, the link is below.

He gets sent lots of FREEBIES but he ALWAYS has to send them back.

 

[Deleted member 21102]

As I’ve said before, the only presenters who could legitimately get away with being given a product to try are the ones who present the TSV. There is absolutely no need whatsoever for loads of them to get that product to try.

Maybe QVC should have a clause in the contract that prevents the presenters from bragging about what they’ve been given (or bragging full stop) and maybe they could deduct the cost of those freebies from their P&P charges ..... i.e. do what other companies manage to do and provide FREE P&P.

Dream on.

 

[SusieSue]

As I’ve said before, the only presenters who could legitimately get away with being given a product to try are the ones who present the TSV. There is absolutely no need whatsoever for loads of them to get that product to try.

Maybe QVC should have a clause in the contract that prevents the presenters from bragging about what they’ve been given (or bragging full stop) and maybe they could deduct the cost of those freebies from their P&P charges ..... i.e. do what other companies manage to do and provide FREE P&P.

I don't think there's any legitimate reason to be given the products.

I've never been given a product to try but I still manage to sell it, and I've sold everything from shoes, electrical appliances, toys, books, I even worked in a ship's chandler.

What the tat peddlers think about a product is of zero interest to me, they are not going to say this serum gave me a rash, or this polyester top made me sweat buckets are they, it's always I love this, all my girlfriends love this, the bin men love this!

All I want from the tat peddlers is information, sizes, measurments, ingredients, how much wattage an electrical item uses, etc instead of the lazy cop out 'all the details are on the website, go and have a look'.

 

[merryone]

Surely the "risk free" shopping should be enough in itself - You've got a 30/60 day mbg to help you decide whether something's right for you or not, and what's more, the person who's trying (and I mean geniunely trying) the goods out is the person who counts - The customer! Just a thought - perhaps they should give the presenters the scabby old returns to try instead of palming them off on the unsuspecting customer. Can you imagine DF saying "here's me trying out my wonderful centrigade coat...I had to de-flea the hood and wipe a dubious stain from the back first - but never mind?!" Or Craigie opening his MB bath goodies and saying - well I've got half a bottle of heavenly gingerlily here - just a few more hairs to pick off round the top of the lid and I'm good to go?! Q wouldn't dream of doing that to them..but somehow it's ok to do it to the customers and and make them pay for the privilege!

 

[Evie]

I don't think there's any legitimate reason to be given the products.

I've never been given a product to try but I still manage to sell it, and I've sold everything from shoes, electrical appliances, toys, books, I even worked in a ship's chandler.

What the tat peddlers think about a product is of zero interest to me, they are not going to say this serum gave me a rash, or this polyester top made me sweat buckets are they, it's always I love this, all my girlfriends love this, the bin men love this!

All I want from the tat peddlers is information, sizes, measurments, ingredients, how much wattage an electrical item uses, etc instead of the lazy cop out 'all the details are on the website, go and have a look'.

It begs the question, how do they manage to sell the products that they haven’t sampled at home? The fact is they do manage it. It’s interesting that it’s the more expensive products that end up having to be sampled at home. Theregun, Le Creuset, Dyson etc. Why do they need to try the same beauty, skin care and bath products repeatedly? The answer to all these questions is the the presenters benefit from several hundreds of pounds of freebies per week.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Funny how keyrings, torches or items worth under a fiver (not being sold for a fiver but worth) never get trialled it’s always the expensive gloop and electrical items.

That woman Gauntlet must be a danger to airplanes as all those bliddy lights must be mistaken for a runway at least a couple of times a week.

i see a spreadsheet coming on of the freebies each presenter either blogs or brags about . Imagine presenting this to CEO and asking for his comments and proof that they have been given back.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

At home, we turned one of the bedrooms into a dressing room and as Elliot would say I’ve “set up shop”

Taken from ENairns blog - not a bit wonder with the amount of Q stuff in it and as we all know easy to do when it’s all free.

 

[Dream Girl]

I got a tax allowance for my safety boots, even though they weren't compulsory to wear them.

How does tax allowances work with regards to sperm lamps and pumping tools

My son does informative reviews of keyboard instruments on his YouTube channel (54,000 subscribers).

If anyone is interested in a review of a modern Hammond-type organ, the link is below.

He gets sent lots of FREEBIES but he ALWAYS has to send them back.

My word two peas in a pod

 

[stratobuddy]

My word two peas in a pod

He said that when we were on a boat together, and saw a photo my daughter had taken, that he was becoming me Same way of sitting and everything, without us realising it.

If I can ever find the photo, I'll post it.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

My sister and I only spent the first 15 years of our life together and the rest of the time we lived in different countries but 30 years later her second husband and I met and he said our mannerisms and attitudes were identical. He and Mr L had a great time discussing our “oddities “.

Some you would have thought could only have occurred with people in close contact but that wasnt the case and neither of us were really like our parents .

 

[Twilight]

At home, we turned one of the bedrooms into a dressing room and as Elliot would say I’ve “set up shop”

Taken from ENairns blog - not a bit wonder with the amount of Q stuff in it and as we all know easy to do when it’s all free.

A dressing room implies that the person using it has an interest in their clothes & accessories, she looks like she gets dressed in the dark, the woman's just a tatbag.

My word two peas in a pod

They're both lush

 

[stratobuddy]

He said that when we were on a boat together, and saw a photo my daughter had taken, that he was becoming me Same way of sitting and everything, without us realising it.

If I can ever find the photo, I'll post it.

 

[stratobuddy]

The photo was taken 3 years ago. As you can probably tell, we didn't know the photo was being taken.

It was a family get-together in Weymouth as my son and family visited from Sweden.

So as well as me and my son, in the boat was my daughter, her husband, my son's wife. my 3 grandsons (2 adults, one about 10) and my ex-wife, as we are still on good terms.

OH had been at the family reunion as well, but had to leave a few days early as she had a commitment at home, but she doesn't like boats anyway,

 

[stratobuddy]

The photo was taken 3 years ago. As you can probably tell, we didn't know the photo was being taken.

It was a family get-together in Weymouth as my son and family visited from Sweden.

So as well as me and my son, in the boat was my daughter, her husband, my son's wife. my 3 grandsons (2 adults, one about 10) and my ex-wife, as we are still on good terms.

OH had been at the family reunion as well, but had to leave a few days early as she had a commitment at home, but she doesn't like boats anyway,

He has one of those caps with the brim at the back, I've never found a shop that sells those, so mine is at the front.

 

[Dream Girl]

Boy sporting a very nice tan there Sir

No seriously lovely picture (two peas in a pod)
Oh to be beside the sea

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[Twilight]

My sister and I only spent the first 15 years of our life together and the rest of the time we lived in different countries but 30 years later her second husband and I met and he said our mannerisms and attitudes were identical. He and Mr L had a great time discussing our “oddities “.

Some you would have thought could only have occurred with people in close contact but that wasnt the case and neither of us were really like our parents .

I don't know whether we mirror others or if characteristics are inbuilt. Our older daughter looks like me, the younger one doesn't, however, everyone says how similar we are & even the way we walk is the same.

 

[stratobuddy]

I don't know whether we mirror others or if characteristics are inbuilt. Our older daughter looks like me, the younger one doesn't, however, everyone says how similar we are & even the way we walk is the same.

I stand exactly like my father did, you can see it on some of my photos on this page. DID EVERYONE KNOW THAT THEY CHANGE IF YOU LINGER ON MY POSTS?