Random musings and general banter.

[Keep Going]

This is like the Dragnos Den tonight as Den is telling the viewer what a patent is........Helpful

 

[Jazzydrury]

Looking at those pictures, wonder If they were looking at Dean for Shop Extra, or maybe he is happy with craft

 

[Keep Going]

The other night Shaun said the "call centre" is based in Ireland, tonight Den has said the "call centre is based in this country".

So where is this "call centre" exactly?

 

[Jazzydrury]

The other night Shaun said the "call centre" is based in Ireland, tonight Den has said the "call centre is based in this country".

So where is this "call centre" exactly?

Probably in India

 

[Jazzydrury]

Mango Direct Marketing Based in Bangor

I remember them doing a Promo the other night, it seems like it’s a call centre for various companies

 

[Professor Branestawm]

Mango Direct Marketing Based in Bangor

I remember them doing a Promo the other night, it seems like it’s a call centre for various companies

Do they do day trips there?
I hear you have a lovely time
And on the way back, you can cuddle with Jack …

I’ll get my coat…

 

[Jazzydrury]

You feel so sorry for our Hard up Sal

 

[harrytumkins]

Its the opening night again


no repeat sign anywhere put some effort in chaps

 

[harrytumkins]

You feel so sorry for our Hard up Sal

has she been on holiday every day since the end of Ideal ?

 

[Jazzydrury]

She has promised she will tell all

 

[Herring]

She has promised she will tell all

…about what's in her kitchen cupboards? Not again Sal, you've already made that video.

 

[harrytumkins]

Great seeing everybodys fav drone expert Richard Mire selling drawer tidies

(its new for me

May I request something from all regulars (and anybody new all welcome) at 10 pm in way of a celebration for us all to turn on any air fryers we may own and grab any air fryer recipe books nearby

BRODEL BRODEL

 

[Jazzydrury]

Great seeing everybodys fav drone expert Richard Mire selling drawer tidies

(its new for me

May I request something from all regulars (and anybody new all welcome) at 10 pm in way of a celebration for us all to turn on any air fryers we may own and grab any air fryer recipe books nearby

BRODEL BRODEL

Drone. Hour isn’t live

 

[harrytumkins]

it is for me Jazzy!

"the year of the drone"

breaking news

 

[harrytumkins]

genuinely a drone year

thanks for the re assurance Dickie

 

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Not a fantastic night so far. Boring old skin stuff, My Name is Den droning on and on as only she knows how, somebody purporting to be a Cozhmoshootikel skincare expert, sucking a whelk, then, even worse, the Goons Show Party repeat. Add in some desperate mop head (no, not Crawley) demo, and eating your own innards becomes an attractive proposition…

 

[harrytumkins]

Duke all true but only 40 minutes for the main event

This skincare guest has been on Ideal World before you say? You could have fooled me

 

[PhaedrusR]

Do they do day trips there?
I hear you have a lovely time
And on the way back, you can cuddle with Jack …

I’ll get my coat…

Lol, yes, Fiddler's Dram.

But technically Den is correct. MDM is in Bangor, Northern Ireland - so UK.

Not Bangor, North Wales.

Mango Direct Marketing Bangor - Google Search

Ok, here we go...

Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor
A beautiful day, we had lunch on the way and all for under a pound you know,
But on the way back I cuddled with Jack and we opened a bottle of cider,
Singing a few of our favourite songs as the wheels went around...

Elsie and me, we finished our tea and said goodbye to the seaside,
Got on the bus, Flo said to us, oh isn't it a shame to go,
Wouldn't it be grand to have cash on demand and to live like this for always...

The other night Shaun said the "call centre" is based in Ireland, tonight Den has said the "call centre is based in this country".

So where is this "call centre" exactly?

Northern Ireland, as above.

 

[harrytumkins]

Lord Brodel I am ready for your masterclass (yes it needs a clean

 

[PhaedrusR]

Oh absolutely!

All the stock we had was available on all shows, nothing was kept behind. The issue was when a show was doing well and selling many units, people would be frantically on the phones buying more without discussing with other parties, making it look like it was there all along.

IW was hugely mismanaged. The new CEO proudly proclaimed ‘shopping TV is dead’ and then proceeded to overpay ‘celebrities’ to appear with 0 talent or training. With Sports Direct, they wanted the channel to sell their products, with no knowledge of how the industry works and what items sell and don’t (as expected, their leftovers did not). Eric Knowles was widely known as a bad idea but the CEO would fire anyone who said no to him, leading to many resignations and firings in the final months.
His ‘strategy’ was to get big on social media and replace those he deemed ‘too old’ with fresher faces who couldn’t sell and led to poorer sales

Thanks for the reply & info.

Sounds like they needed the likes of a dragons' den Stephen Bartlett type figure if they wanted to turn it into a social media 'influencer' channel of 'celebrities and social media types'. Gawd help us, that would have been an instant turn-off for me; I don't get influenced nor react well to ig/X/tiktok/YouTube shorts, social media tw@ts with product placement or recommendations.

Also: it occurred to me a script on IW would have been a good idea. Help them stick to the facts.

It was the random talking, rambling, and winging it, blagging it, flights of fancy, when the exaggerations, overblown claims and mistruths were spouted and ASA infringements made.

@snakesnakesnake What are your first impressions of Shop Extra. Do you think they have taken the right approach. What would you do differently? Do you think it will succeed. As is or in a different form?

Surely a more staid, professional, fact-based sales operation would have credibility?