Random musings and general banter.

[Jazzydrury]

It’s walking stick

 

[Jazzydrury]

I’m Sure they were all told not to say anything

As I remember on one of Sallys videos, She had people pushing her for answers, I commented maybe she can’t mention it, Sally replied to me, saying thanks

 

[Deleted member 21838]

Duke the shopping trolley has nearly been on as much

Agony wagons - my late wife used to call them!

What have we now? Cheap handbags presented cheaply by Jelly Sacks..

 

[Jazzydrury]

Jacks on with cheapo handbags

 

[Deleted member 21838]

Jacks on with cheapo handbags

Wearing one of my old garden refuse sacks. Still full of compost by the look of it.

 

[Jazzydrury]

If the New IW doesn’t want to use any of the presenters who appeared on Shop Extra

Does that mean, we might not see Simon Lies etc

 

[Deleted member 21838]

I don’t think he was on-air moaning about being treated unfairly…

 

[Jazzydrury]

Ryan got very bitter he wouldnt even say he used to work for Ideal World, he would say I used to work for another channel

 

[Deleted member 21838]

Jade Goody perfume? Are you serious…

 

[Jazzydrury]

Jade Goody perfume? Are you serious…

And that it is called Controversial

 

[Deleted member 21838]

I just can’t believe the stuff they are selling. I haven’t the words for it. TJC Outlet Store is a better name.

 

[Jazzydrury]

What is Sally wearing

 

[postmanpat68]

What is Sally wearing

Something from the 1600s the witches era.
Matthew Hopkins would have been dunking her in a river.

 

[Deleted member 21838]

 

[Deleted member 21838]

Oh…there are those suitcases again. The ones they were saying they couldn’t bring back again yesterday.. She says she does a lot of flying now with her job….

 

[Jazzydrury]

I see there’s a Toy Hour on at 1pm, Hope that doesnt mean the return of Dire

 

[PhaedrusR]

But is was vastly overpriced, and I fell for it

Never understood the premium price of Bamix hand blenders. Apparently they are used in professional kitchens, have quality brushless electric motors and are guaranteed for a long time, but I still could never see the value of a hand-held home mixer/blender whisk at £120+. Just doesn't compute. When something very similar that does the job at home (and tbh, a stick blender for mixing soups and making mayonnaise and emulsions is fairly limited use, compared to a normal blender) can be bought from Argos/online for £10+, it never appealed to me.

Maybe because it's Swiss-made they think you'll pay the premium just like a Swiss Made watch?

There is Quality. At all levels. And there is Value. When they intersect, that's when to consider a purchase, if an item is required.

P.S. .... Stuff. Tat. Goods. Online. Manufacturing. Imports. China. Bulging supermarket/shop aisles. Packaging. Plastic. Cargo. Shipping. Lorries. Containers.

Does anyone lie awake at night in the small hours, thinking about the unthinkably vast quantities of products, useful or otherwise, being made from resources, natural or man-made, being stored and sold in all the multitude of shops, warehouses, online sources around the world. It's overwhelming to me. Also wonder if it's unsustainable in terms of plastics, resources, logistics as we move forward.

Or if this is no different to antiques as evidence of the same unimaginable vast quantities of items made through the ages for use by humankind globally.
Do you ever, like me, try and fail to comprehend the vastness of human consumption and our solutions to it over time.

 

[Gray]

I honestly thought she'd gone years ago, surprised to her back

She had been doing assistant presenter stints on TJC prior to Ideal World, which was the first I'd seen of her for a long time. I've always had a soft spot for her, even if she can talk the hind legs off a donkey!

I've watched probably more of the "new" Ideal World since its relaunch, usually just having it on in the background, than I had the previous incarnation in many years. The main issue to me is the quality of products and the repetitive nature of how often they are being sold.

In regards to the presenters, let's start with the Sit-Up relics. I flat out refuse to watch anything with the ghastly Sally Jaxx, just an awful, untrustworthy woman. Mikey Mason isn't for me with his Cockney barrow-boy geezer routing and then we have Peter Simon. Who in their right mind thought it was advisable to have him selling women's shapewear? A few days back you had some middle aged woman wearing nothing but the shapewear have to stand next to "Dirty" Peter while he's selling it. The mind boggles on so many levels! I'm at a loss, how these three, especially Jaxx and Simon, keep getting employed with shopping channels, are the bigwigs not aware of what happened to the previous companies they worked for?

"Disingenuous" Gen seems a lot more reserved and calmer than I remember, although the phones are always "very, very busy" for every product she's selling.. Yet again she was flogging a foot massager yesterday and didn't demonstrate it or turn it on? Are they not allowed to demonstrate the products then? As that seems one which would absolutely need a demonstration. I like Lindsey, Carys and Rob, in fact the only ones I don't are Peter and Sally. I'm surprised "Pocket Sized" Mark Ryes hasn't turned up yet BTW.

 

[Jazzydrury]

I hadnt come across Lindsey until this version of IW come along, but she has often done the 6am to 10am shift which seems to be the main Beauty shows, she knows her products

 

[PhaedrusR]

Although you wouldn't need to pay £450 for an equivelant quality Citizen watch, at £450 you're getting into Swiss made Swiss brand territory not Chinese made with a Swiss movement by a pretendy Swiss originating brand.

The RRPs fron Chritophe Duchamp watches are absolutely ridiculous, one of their watches is Swiss Made and is a direct copy of a Roamer watch (because it's made for Duchamp in the same factory) has a RRP of £1850, and the RRP for the Roamer watch it is an exact copy of is £450. That alone tells you all about the ethics of the Duchamp brand.

Mike with his usual bullshit you don't get Swiss automatics for this kind of money, £749. Mike seems to forget the amount of Mathey-Tissot watches (especially the rollys) he sold on the old IW for less than £750.

And still the crap about Duchamp originating in Menrisio.

Turning off the bullshit being spouted is just too much.

@Hammy60 All,
Just a heads-up, TkMaxx (thanks for the tip previously guys) are selling Traser Swiss Made quartz Ronda chronos for £160-£229. Bargain? Far cheaper than the Traser's Kev/IW2 used to?

Search Traser - TK Maxx UK

Search results for Traser on TK Maxx UK

www.tkmaxx.com

And TJC have/had Jowissa Swiss Made quartz Ronda for £89 (or less with discount codes/days).

JOWISSA Swiss Movement Water-Resistant Watch - Black - 6325171 - TJC

JOWISSA Swiss Movement Water-Resistant Watch - Black - 6325171 - TJC

www.tjc.co.uk

Which is pretty reasonable, I think.