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James Russell has managed to rein it in, there's less B/S regarding the JPD fragrances, extra charges are being shown in bolder lettering, all good stuff. Today however, I thought I'd have a quick watch whilst doing the ironing. For all the good things that have happened Peter Simon has pretty much cancelled it all out in less than an hour. Now, I don't know whether he's completely to blame, or whether the management think because he can be a bit "dotty" at times, he can get away with it.
Whilst I was watching he sold us a Harbour Bay jacket, first thing he said was that when he first saw it, he thought it was a Barbour jacket, then actually called it a Barbour jacket (rhymes with Harbour, easy to pass off as a mistake). It had a fur lining (fake obviously) so he decided to call it a "Thermal lining" (Ther, Fur...sounds quite similar, easy to pass off as a mistake).
The next presentation just took our whole cause back to square one, and all I can think is that because the item ended up selling for about a tenner (incl P&P) that nobody would be too concerned about being mislead. It was a watch, not any old watch though. It was by that well known Parisian designer, Phillip Mercier (who's watches currently sell for a fiver on the cheap cardboard watch stand in Argos and Next clearance warehouse, probably other outlets too). It was GOLD, yep GOLD! Not once did he say it was plated, probably 'cause it wasn't, it was "gold tone" (cheap metal, sprayed with gold paint), he didn't actually mention the word "tone" either. When the graphics came up, it didn't say gold plated, or gold tone either for that matter, it just said Phillip Mericier Parisian design watch. Like I said, it only sold for a few quid, and anyone who seriously thinks they're going to get a gold watch for that sort of money needs a bit of help...however, is this the new way for them to ease in a few more sneaky tricks that they can use on a bigger and better scale when all the dust from the A.S.A warnings has settled? I hope not!
James Russell has managed to rein it in, there's less B/S regarding the JPD fragrances, extra charges are being shown in bolder lettering, all good stuff. Today however, I thought I'd have a quick watch whilst doing the ironing. For all the good things that have happened Peter Simon has pretty much cancelled it all out in less than an hour. Now, I don't know whether he's completely to blame, or whether the management think because he can be a bit "dotty" at times, he can get away with it.
Whilst I was watching he sold us a Harbour Bay jacket, first thing he said was that when he first saw it, he thought it was a Barbour jacket, then actually called it a Barbour jacket (rhymes with Harbour, easy to pass off as a mistake). It had a fur lining (fake obviously) so he decided to call it a "Thermal lining" (Ther, Fur...sounds quite similar, easy to pass off as a mistake).
The next presentation just took our whole cause back to square one, and all I can think is that because the item ended up selling for about a tenner (incl P&P) that nobody would be too concerned about being mislead. It was a watch, not any old watch though. It was by that well known Parisian designer, Phillip Mercier (who's watches currently sell for a fiver on the cheap cardboard watch stand in Argos and Next clearance warehouse, probably other outlets too). It was GOLD, yep GOLD! Not once did he say it was plated, probably 'cause it wasn't, it was "gold tone" (cheap metal, sprayed with gold paint), he didn't actually mention the word "tone" either. When the graphics came up, it didn't say gold plated, or gold tone either for that matter, it just said Phillip Mericier Parisian design watch. Like I said, it only sold for a few quid, and anyone who seriously thinks they're going to get a gold watch for that sort of money needs a bit of help...however, is this the new way for them to ease in a few more sneaky tricks that they can use on a bigger and better scale when all the dust from the A.S.A warnings has settled? I hope not!
