cheeky chappie
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... I simply HAVE to rant!
Couple of disclaimers in the shopping channels defense, firstly I'm not their target demographic (nearing middle aged man that has never believed sales hype in his puff) secondly I fully appreciate there are folk out there who enjoy these channels and procure their goods. Far be it from me to knock anyone into these channels ... I used to be (purely on a watching for entertainment level) but no more I'm afraid. Oh yeah and I've slapped my rant in the IW section because there's not a general section for these channels but they're all as guilty as the others.
I'll keep it brief. Channel hopping the other night, QVC, selling beauty creams and potions. The guy representing the company was talking about one of the creams and he genuinely said something like 'this gives you youth.' I hazard a guess the first cream/potion that, on a molecular/aging process level, genuinely makes people younger will be sold for maybe £10,000 for each tiny pot, not £40. My point? Okay maybe say 'this can give you a more youthful appearance' ... DON'T say 'this gives you youth.' It doesn't you muppet.
Or what about the sprung mattress on IW that is wheeled out when they're comparing sprung mattresses with memory foam? You know the one, it looks as though it's been driven over by a steam roller to ensure any semblance of comfort/stability it once had is well and truly gone. I know when I sit on the end of my sprung mattress it's perfectly comfortable and doesn't curl up at the edges. I also know it's a false comparison to show the tiny section of uncovered sprung mattress. A full sprung mattress, covered with various fillings and fabrics, is obviously going to react differently than a tiny section of naked metal mattress. Muppets.
We'll sell you a handheld vacuum cleaner and tell you it's awesome. Then we'll sell you a robot vacuum and ask you 'who wants to drag a handheld around?!?'
We'll sell you a Nutri-Bullet or equivalent and ask 'who wants a food processor with all those stupid attachments that take up space?!?' Then we'll sell you a food processor.
We'll sell you creams and potions that are SO good at keeping the skin refreshed and youthful looking the presenters still need to be caked in make-up. Funny that.
We'll bleat on and ON about the price something is going to return to, knowing fine well 0.0000001% of the population buy stuff at full price these days instead of waiting for the next sale in 1.5 days time.
We'll tell you to stop using water to wash your car ... then we'll ask you to buy a pressure washer to, emmm, wash your car. Muppets.
If we genuinely think a product isn't great or the thing it produces (e.g. food/drink) isn't great we'll tell you straight ... honestly.
sorry but had to get that out my system
and emmm it wasn't very brief!!!
Couple of disclaimers in the shopping channels defense, firstly I'm not their target demographic (nearing middle aged man that has never believed sales hype in his puff) secondly I fully appreciate there are folk out there who enjoy these channels and procure their goods. Far be it from me to knock anyone into these channels ... I used to be (purely on a watching for entertainment level) but no more I'm afraid. Oh yeah and I've slapped my rant in the IW section because there's not a general section for these channels but they're all as guilty as the others.
I'll keep it brief. Channel hopping the other night, QVC, selling beauty creams and potions. The guy representing the company was talking about one of the creams and he genuinely said something like 'this gives you youth.' I hazard a guess the first cream/potion that, on a molecular/aging process level, genuinely makes people younger will be sold for maybe £10,000 for each tiny pot, not £40. My point? Okay maybe say 'this can give you a more youthful appearance' ... DON'T say 'this gives you youth.' It doesn't you muppet.
Or what about the sprung mattress on IW that is wheeled out when they're comparing sprung mattresses with memory foam? You know the one, it looks as though it's been driven over by a steam roller to ensure any semblance of comfort/stability it once had is well and truly gone. I know when I sit on the end of my sprung mattress it's perfectly comfortable and doesn't curl up at the edges. I also know it's a false comparison to show the tiny section of uncovered sprung mattress. A full sprung mattress, covered with various fillings and fabrics, is obviously going to react differently than a tiny section of naked metal mattress. Muppets.
We'll sell you a handheld vacuum cleaner and tell you it's awesome. Then we'll sell you a robot vacuum and ask you 'who wants to drag a handheld around?!?'
We'll sell you a Nutri-Bullet or equivalent and ask 'who wants a food processor with all those stupid attachments that take up space?!?' Then we'll sell you a food processor.
We'll sell you creams and potions that are SO good at keeping the skin refreshed and youthful looking the presenters still need to be caked in make-up. Funny that.
We'll bleat on and ON about the price something is going to return to, knowing fine well 0.0000001% of the population buy stuff at full price these days instead of waiting for the next sale in 1.5 days time.
We'll tell you to stop using water to wash your car ... then we'll ask you to buy a pressure washer to, emmm, wash your car. Muppets.
If we genuinely think a product isn't great or the thing it produces (e.g. food/drink) isn't great we'll tell you straight ... honestly.
sorry but had to get that out my system