Random musings and general banter.

[Battiola73]

Love to see the vac used on a thick pile carpet with pet hair on it.

 

[galesgal57]

It's going to be freezing cold in Washington DC on Monday, so you must buy this electric hot water bottle!

 

[Dr Quincy MkII]

Yes, Iwas watching Andy Hodgson and Jenny Cleary on TJC this morning. Very lighthearted and entertaining actually! Pretty honest about the fact that the £9.99 car vac was never going to be comparable to a Dyson but that it was a cheap item and good for the price. You can also see the numbers in stock and the amount they have sold (if those figures are accurate!). They were selling the Himalayan salt night light and Jenny started asking Andy if he believed the claims of health benefits because of the ions produced. He just said "no, but it looks really nice"!!
Not saying TJC are perfect, but immediately my thoughts turned to how IW tried to sell the very same lamp with Peter and Mike!!

IW is like the hyper sibling

 

[Scraping the barrel]

It's going to be freezing cold in Washington DC on Monday, so you must buy this electric hot water bottle!

Yup! Trevor has just confirmed that Pete is right. It’s Washington District of the Cotswolds.

 

[galesgal57]

Trevor is the new Muriel. Seems to buy everything, sometimes in multiple, and not only from Pedro's shows. Hardly a hot water bottle, more like a hand warmer.

 

[galesgal57]

Alex knows the general consensus on here and he can’t change that view on his own.Eventually the current presenters will retire or expire or move on. But we are only a minority.
When you think about it there are probably only about 15-20 regulars on here and IW must have at least….twice that many viewers!. So IW are selling to a few regular viewers,and we know who they are

Muriel, Trev from the Cotswolds and his wife Pauline. That makes 3!

 

[Stockton]

Oh was it Mike who kept showing off his wedding ring last night on 6 pm show. That beard is awful

I just cannot watch PS. Must switch off

 

[cheeky chappie]

He continues to abuse describing the structure of flexi payments. Clearly, despite previous ASA involvement, no improvement has been achieved. For example: if an item cost £20 and is available over four payments of £5, he will often say £5 over four flexes. The obvious implication is that the item only costs £5, and is repayable over four months. Rather than the item costs £20 and is available over four instalments of £5. Why this is allowed to continue I have no idea?

Hobo bag next? Seriously? A Great Depression tribute item?

It's a scummy tactic, however what else do you expect?

 

[cheeky chappie]

Pedro in hard sell mode from the get go this morning. It can be quite unpleasant at times, ranting and banging his hands down. Can't stand listening any more

They're like market stall traders who set up and sell quick in the hope they can shift some stuff before the old bill appear, like Del Boy but not as pleasant.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Clearly, it is easier to go with the scummy tactics than take a better path. Rob does the latter generally speaking, so it perfectly possible to be more transparent in how you sell. Harder for Brigadier Knowles as he is new at the game, and you are likely to piss off the old relics if you sell more candidly, shall we say. You do wonder whether the style of selling on the channel is more down to a cabal of auction TV background presenters, rather than to the grubby oiks behind the scenes Just a thought.

 

[Bernie100]

I've always wondered just how Peter Simon maintained such a glorious head of hair but now I know why.....

 

[galesgal57]

Oh was it Mike who kept showing off his wedding ring last night on 6 pm show. That beard is awful

I just cannot watch PS. Must switch off

He does like to point to his wedding ring, and say he's married, as if he was the most desirable man on earth.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Glad you included the wedding bit. Of course, he doesn’t just see jewellery, he feels it. Including his own ring pieces.

 

[Muttley]

I've always wondered just how Peter Simon maintained such a glorious head of hair but now I know why.....

Pedro from Cheshire making a welcome return. That clip suggests that Paul Becque doesn't read this forum or he has a terrible memory!

 

[Muttley]

He does like to point to his wedding ring, and say he's married, as if he was the most desirable man on earth.

He has been fond of saying that females he has been presenting with "want him". He could be useful deep cleaning the septic tank but I can't think why any woman would "want him" for anything else. Certainly not what he's thinking.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

I love a good muff double entendre. Three hands Caine, whilst selling one (a heated one!), talks about his sister’s one. Now he has his hand down the studio demonstration model.

 

[Tricompax]

Yes, Iwas watching Andy Hodgson and Jenny Cleary on TJC this morning. Very lighthearted and entertaining actually! Pretty honest about the fact that the £9.99 car vac was never going to be comparable to a Dyson but that it was a cheap item and good for the price. You can also see the numbers in stock and the amount they have sold (if those figures are accurate!). They were selling the Himalayan salt night light and Jenny started asking Andy if he believed the claims of health benefits because of the ions produced. He just said "no, but it looks really nice"!!
Not saying TJC are perfect, but immediately my thoughts turned to how IW tried to sell the very same lamp with Peter and Mike!!

And they even admitted when some of the products weren’t going that well, like the juicer. Would have been flying out on IW

 

[Duke of Cheese]

That is what baffles me about how the sister channel is run? Why the contrast?

 

[Battiola73]

He does like to point to his wedding ring, and say he's married, as if he was the most desirable man on earth.

Even if he was the last man on Earth, I’d rather enter a Nunnery then get stuck with a creep like him. Heebie Jeebie creature that he is.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

The worrying thing is, despite the faux comedic style of his descriptions of his many ‘aesthetically pleasing’ qualities- you suspect he actually believes what he is saying with devout seriousness.