I don't mean to sound rude, but have some of you watched IW before the Bid lot got involved? It's always been a sham channel, the presenters using different but just as bad tactics to get a sale, unbelievable claims, the Zhuzzh dress scandal, absolutely shocking after sales. They never have had any credibility for goodness sakes, unless Dennice using her disabled daughter every 3 minutes to get a sale, Loen and her Mums' incontinence and her ill Dad used to get sales, "our clothes used to be not really that good a few years ago" says Denn, well you didn't say that back then Denn, you were doing your sham buying while on screen then! Linda Lusardi and her neck treatment with a specialist which Ideal World STILL won't answer me about, yet they still let her peddle her crap on here without mentioning it. Good grief, yes, the Bid lot are more openly 'obvious' but have you ever listened to say Hayley Green on a sale? Lyn the model, and Sheila, who use everything they are modelling makeup wise, buy everything they wear and model, if Denn suggests this will go to a size 20, Lyn says "oh yes, eaaasily" yet next show Genn will say this will go to a different size, and there is Lyn "oh, eaaasily". They are constantly making claims they can't back up, giving no real size charts, no composition charts, "try it, you've got nothing to lose, trust me" well, will you refund my £4 for postage and another £4 to get it back to you? £8 isn't "nothing to lose".
Deep breath....
I don't mean to sound so awful, if it comes across that way, but having watched Ideal World from the very beginning, what the Bid presenters are doing is no worse, just different, to what the shambolic selection of presenters have always done, in my opinion. Don't even start me on claims about Christmas delivery, Ideal and their presenters, year after year, before any of the Bid lot came on the scene, have stood on air and promised delivery by christmas...and year after year I've come on here and read elsewhere that delivery didn't happen, in some cases, til 1st week of Jan the following year. I will never forget one lady whose Mother had trusted IW with 90% of her grandkids gifts only to have her christmas "ruined" her words, by failure of delivery. Always makes me seethe with anger, don't promise anything, say you will try, but with 2 days to xmas and whiter than white Joanne begs you to trust her........
At least we are all on here talking about Ideal, for many times this forum has been moribund, nothing new, no new items and boring presentation, I watched half of a craft hour yesterday for the first time in about 3 years, cos Pope Pete was on and I was waiting for him to cock up in some spectacular fashion.... but if I'm watching I could be buying.
As for the QVC vs IW guarantees, 30 days, extended to 25th Jan already, and you can use the items, Ideal won't even let you take the cover off their mattresses properly which I always think will not really give the proper comfort, and with shoes Ideal always tell you to wear them in the house not outside, lots of other differences, but QVC really do let you try things properly.
