Random musings and general banter.

[Duke of Cheese]

Oh look…it’s the last of the vacuum stock…..AGAIN…Oh look…it’s that tw…Van Schtuckinnegheer in for his £50 and free tea and biscuits..AGAIN…HEPA FILTER….IT MUST BE SUPREME QUALITY WITH ONE OF THOSE…Cordless vacuum cleaners…great and we sell them here… But they are also shyte and don’t buy one again…With this…The POWER of the National Grid..

 

[HughTwo]

Pedro - in his skin tight jeans and pink boots - almost having an orgasm as Peter Voluvant uses the Power of the National Grid to vacuum up some sawdust!!
Let's hope he's wearing Zinc Pants

 

[Jazzydrury]

Best Vac we’ve done, so those Polti and Tower ones sold on old IW were utter ***** the

 

[Duke of Cheese]

THE BEST VACUUM WE’VE SHOWN IN 2024, Walter having an ‘excitement’ in his rubber pants as he tells us…Yes…Best and only one, I think.. Van Der Bangupdabakentrancestrasse…with his rice particles…sucking them up in another testing demonstration.. You just know the pair of them have got large Dysons - removable under a general anaesthetic… They seem absolutely desperate to try and sell these items. Presumably there is a very big mark up on them?

 

[Scraping the barrel]

The thing was they weren’t beating Amazon. They were not comparing like with like. Like they do when they use an artificially high manufacturers’ RRP comparison, which suits their rationale on things like watches and beauty products. They found something that looked the same Amazon were selling for a lot more money and went with that. No direct link to the compared item, either. You BEAT Amazon when you find the SAME item your company is selling for less. Not one of a similar genre.

As we are so tired of seeing - what they do generally is create some sh itty looking template with an image of a product that looks similar, then type in a price next to it, then use it as ‘Not a Direct Comparison’ with a source date typed in alongside it. It could be a £50 bag they are hawking, but to promote the ‘value’ they’ll stick a photo of a £250 bag of similar colour and style, and then emphasise the ‘great savings’ the poor, hapless sap who falls for it is actually making. It is farcical in the extreme to do such a thing. But some kid thinks they are being smart, and the practice continues unchecked by the useless body meant to be policing shopping channels in general. If a high street retailer tried a similar tactic they’d be laughed off it, and probably stopped from doing so by Trading Standards, too….

Local car dealer: ‘Massive £30,000 Saving On This Car’ poster stuck on a vehicle.
Customer: “But this is a green 1992 Proton estate and the £30,000 saving is compared to a green 2024 BMW estate with similar black tyres…
Customer laughs and walks out…

I honestly see no difference whatsoever in the ludicrous scenario above and what Ideal World is doing day on day..

Even Edwards refused to go with a watch non-direct price comparison last night!! Saying the watch chosen didn’t look enough like their one. And there you have it…The whole vile strategy is based on visuals and not substance.

I can’t see the problem,especially with’savings’ like the example below which Pete was presenting only a couple of days ago:

Then showed a ‘not direct comparison’ below….

You have now ‘saved’ £1.5 million!,

We can all be overnight millionaires

 

[Scraping the barrel]

You're almost right.

They were £9.99 for 1.
Then £6.38 for 3.
Then £17.42 for 5.
Then £2.99 for 32.
Then £9.99 for 4 (the time you've remembered)
Then £4.48 for 7.
Then £0.50 for 3 lids.
Then £15.83 for 15 or £25.83 for 9.

IW like to be fully transparent with their current and previous pricing ...

So my Xmas quiz is: which one offers the best value?

Is it a) £2.99 for 32 which equates to 9 pence each
Or
b) None of them

Answers on a postcard

 

[cheeky chappie]

The thing was they weren’t beating Amazon. They were not comparing like with like. Like they do when they use an artificially high manufacturers’ RRP comparison, which suits their rationale on things like watches and beauty products. They found something that looked the same Amazon were selling for a lot more money and went with that. No direct link to the compared item, either. You BEAT Amazon when you find the SAME item your company is selling for less. Not one of a similar genre.

As we are so tired of seeing - what they do generally is create some sh itty looking template with an image of a product that looks similar, then type in a price next to it, then use it as ‘Not a Direct Comparison’ with a source date typed in alongside it. It could be a £50 bag they are hawking, but to promote the ‘value’ they’ll stick a photo of a £250 bag of similar colour and style, and then emphasise the ‘great savings’ the poor, hapless sap who falls for it is actually making. It is farcical in the extreme to do such a thing. But some kid thinks they are being smart, and the practice continues unchecked by the useless body meant to be policing shopping channels in general. If a high street retailer tried a similar tactic they’d be laughed off it, and probably stopped from doing so by Trading Standards, too….

Local car dealer: ‘Massive £30,000 Saving On This Car’ poster stuck on a vehicle.
Customer: “But this is a green 1992 Proton estate and the £30,000 saving is compared to a green 2024 BMW estate with similar black tyres…
Customer laughs and walks out…

I honestly see no difference whatsoever in the ludicrous scenario above and what Ideal World is doing day on day..

Even Edwards refused to go with a watch non-direct price comparison last night!! Saying the watch chosen didn’t look enough like their one. And there you have it…The whole vile strategy is based on visuals and not substance.

By law, if consumer and broadcasting laws allow, it should be mandatory for retailers who provide a comparison to provide the source.

The way they do it, they could be making up any old ****. Not that they'd do that of course ...

 

[cheeky chappie]

Oh look…it’s the last of the vacuum stock…..AGAIN…Oh look…it’s that tw…Van Schtuckinnegheer in for his £50 and free tea and biscuits..AGAIN…HEPA FILTER….IT MUST BE SUPREME QUALITY WITH ONE OF THOSE…Cordless vacuum cleaners…great and we sell them here… But they are also shyte and don’t buy one again…With this…The POWER of the National Grid..

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepa baby!!!

 

[cheeky chappie]

I just stopped at a random point on the YT feed and there's Peter S flogging a bamboo something or other, saying ...

It is probably the best blah blah blah
It is probably going to give you blah blah blah.

Ah yes, the tried and tested method of carefully inserting words like probably, absolving them of actually having to provide facts and truth. I mean, we don't want those getting in the way do we!

Another thing. If these products gave half the benefits the presenters tell us they will, they could genuinely be sold at 10x the price or more. Funny they aren't, eh?

 

[PhædrusR]

If you have received many alerts from this thread, you may need to unwatch, then watch to reset the count for the number of alerts that you are shown. Please give that a try.

Strangely, I did nothing more except post to the thread. Now, suddenly, I'm getting notifications again, after I did that. Very weird.

 

[Scraping the barrel]

Oh look…it’s the last of the vacuum stock…..AGAIN…Oh look…it’s that tw…Van Schtuckinnegheer in for his £50 and free tea and biscuits..AGAIN…HEPA FILTER….IT MUST BE SUPREME QUALITY WITH ONE OF THOSE…Cordless vacuum cleaners…great and we sell them here… But they are also shyte and don’t buy one again…With this…The POWER of the National Grid..

Nowt wrong with cordless actually.
Take a look at this walking cane,although tbh you wouldn’t get very far if it was ‘powered by the National Grid’..

 

[historymystery]

Apparently he had an 'excitement' before coming on-air with it this evening. Let's hope he didn't come off-air as a result.

What I'm thinking cannot be committed to print. I can only say I hope for his sake there were no witnesses when it happened....

 

[galesgal57]

What I'm thinking cannot be committed to print. I can only say I hope for his sake there were no witnesses when it happened....

Not only crusty shorts!

 

[historymystery]

I just stopped at a random point on the YT feed and there's Peter S flogging a bamboo something or other, saying ...

It is probably the best blah blah blah
It is probably going to give you blah blah blah.

Ah yes, the tried and tested method of carefully inserting words like probably, absolving them of actually having to provide facts and truth. I mean, we don't want those getting in the way do we!

Another thing. If these products gave half the benefits the presenters tell us they will, they could genuinely be sold at 10x the price or more. Funny they aren't, eh?

Oh my days, according to Pontificating Pete the bamboo mattress thingy could probably protect you against all ailments known to mankind - (probably) and cure all ailments you already might have. But it probably won't - so he's probably talking a load of crap.

 

[galesgal57]

Wow! A light up lip device from Opatra. You too can look like Natalia, if you like the punched in the mouth look.

 

[Samki]

Wow! A light up lip device from Opatra. You too can look like Natalia, if you like the punched in the mouth look.

Do you also get the simpering personality to go with it

 

[Scraping the barrel]

I checked dms. You sent me a message that just said ‘Hi’.
Could you explain why? Are you attempting to intimidate?

(Admin - if this is against forum rules, please remove and I apologise. Under normal circumstances I would never discuss a DM on the forum. I just find it odd that on a day when I was very mildly critical of ‘Saintslad’ and his having a go at the forum members, I suddenly get a DM from ‘Floormanager’ (never had one before). Seemed like an attempt (like using our names live) to intimidate. Or am I paranoid? My MS is playing up a lot today, so I might be being a bit overly ‘down’…)

Agreed Prof,especially as Floormanger135 cannot spell their own username properly..

Look carefully ‘manger,?…

 

[Megabazus]

Wow! A light up lip device from Opatra. You too can look like Natalia, if you like the punched in the mouth look.

Found this on Great British Presenters
Natalia Ferrara
Her expertise ranges from hosting motivational speaking public events, beauty, travel, fashion and lifestyle programs. “If you are looking for a presenter with a twist of Kate Middleton's elegance, Oprah's empathy and Nigella's fiery passion then Natalia is the one to book.
Talent such as this is wasted at IW.

 

[Scraping the barrel]

IW are missing a trick here. Genuine photo from Morrisons today.

 

[Muttley]

IW are missing a trick here. Genuine photo from Morrisons today.
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I know it's genuine as I read that some shops were selling Easter Eggs already.

I was a little naughty today as Waitrose had Lindt Christmas things at half price, so I got a hollow Father Christmas and a bag of their small truffles.