mr tom
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"we have taken this item to the lowest we can go"
.... And then added £7.99 to it, i assume
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"we have taken this item to the lowest we can go"
.... And then added £7.99 to it, i assume
Ha Ha.
They have just sold an absolute shedload of Slazenger 6 pc Boxer Shorts for £24.99 and proudly with no P+P. However, you can get exactly the same 6 pairs direct from Slazenger, delivered, for £14.49, I wonder why they didn't tell us to check the Slazenger website like they do for Oskar Emil, Skin Pharmacy, Laurelle etc etc.
The mark up must be eye watering.
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Ali Kamman
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Peter Simon has just delivered a masterclass in BS, selling a "limited edition" Laurelle Sexxy Shoo (God, I even cringe at typing the name) for £24.99!!!! When I last looked, he had sold nearly all 200 of them. "We've taken a real battering on this. We genuinely expected to sell this for £39.99". I'll say this for Bid, they're definitely not stupid. Their no P&P ploy is working a treat.
Was it actually a limited edition or one of the three items I detailed in my post?
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It was a gold coloured shoe with "Limited Edition" printed on the box. Maybe that's how they justified charging £24.99 for it. I look forward to seeing it at TJ Hughes for about 75% less in the near future!
It was a gold colour, so obviously extremely limited and desirable.
About this time he sold a Yarvik tablet. Even with a woman helping him he obviously had no idea whatsoever of what it was or what it did. For example, when she said it had a camera and you could phone people on Skype he started saying 'Just think of how much we've all spent on telephones'.
I'm thinking (hoping!) that he's finally burning out leaving just a vapour cloud of bullshit in his wake.
No wonder they have survived all these years, their mark up when selling cheap tatt like that truly must run into 100's of percent.
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They just keep making money don't they!
If TJ's are flogging them for £8 then I bet they are making a decent profit so heaven knows how much those sharks are raking in when they sell it at those staggering prices!
I know scents are down to personal taste but we had a go of all three of them just to see. Now I know why Sherlock says you should just buy it for the bottle alone. They are totally rank, and I mean it.
I'd personally liken them to strong alcohol blended with cheap, own brand air freshener
uke: But to be totally fair the bottle and packaging seems good quality so I think it's a case of fur coat but no knickers!
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Mommabear
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Has Mr Shocked Sherlock always presented in the way he does now?
The long, lengthy, history on anything he's selling, spoken in a calm and relaxed manner. You would almost imagine he knew the likes of Liz Taylor personally the way he tells his stories.
Then it's down to business, his voice is raised and much quicker. He often stands up if he's been sitting. His arms flailing from price, to phone number and then clock. The pace quickens as the clock counts down. Then with a few seconds of the clock left, it all stops, back to calmness.
And then.........it starts all over again.
The long, lengthy, history on anything he's selling, spoken in a calm and relaxed manner. You would almost imagine he knew the likes of Liz Taylor personally the way he tells his stories.
Then it's down to business, his voice is raised and much quicker. He often stands up if he's been sitting. His arms flailing from price, to phone number and then clock. The pace quickens as the clock counts down. Then with a few seconds of the clock left, it all stops, back to calmness.
And then.........it starts all over again.
He was acting much the same yesterday Momma but he was talking about Betty Boop as if she was a real person, very strange.
But I guess he's not too bad when you compare him to the repulsively repellent Russell.
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They're playing Jingle Bells on Bid. It is September. I may have to drink some wine...
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The deal of the day is 4 tree decorations, start price £10, amazing deal price £9.99 wow saving a whole 1p if you don't call up for it, in the launch show Peter sold about 30 out of 4,271
This was posted on bid's facebook page earlier
Ladies. The man, the myth, the legend - returns again, tonight from 6pm.
Not only will he have #bargains galore up his sleeves, not only will he be doing no P&P deals, he'll also be bringing you wit, charm and his unique brand of repartee by the truck load. Yes, Peter Simon is back with Ladies night - tune in for amazing #deals on big-name brands. http://bit.ly/15ADjD2
Oh how odd I thought
1) a presenter does not start at 6pm ever
2) Peter Simon has never done ladies night
3) they picked up on his "not only" saying
In the end Sally appeared at 6:30 and Peter was on at 10pm like usual
Finally in a preview Peter gave Sally something he had baked and said he was practicing as they have asked him to do the bake off for children in need, I was hoping to see him on the full series next year
This was posted on bid's facebook page earlier
Ladies. The man, the myth, the legend - returns again, tonight from 6pm.
Not only will he have #bargains galore up his sleeves, not only will he be doing no P&P deals, he'll also be bringing you wit, charm and his unique brand of repartee by the truck load. Yes, Peter Simon is back with Ladies night - tune in for amazing #deals on big-name brands. http://bit.ly/15ADjD2
Oh how odd I thought
1) a presenter does not start at 6pm ever
2) Peter Simon has never done ladies night
3) they picked up on his "not only" saying
In the end Sally appeared at 6:30 and Peter was on at 10pm like usual
Finally in a preview Peter gave Sally something he had baked and said he was practicing as they have asked him to do the bake off for children in need, I was hoping to see him on the full series next year
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He's been asked to do a charity Bake Off? He also claimed he has been asked numerous times to do I'm A Celebrity as well but 'he didn't want to do it' so let's see if he appears on Bake Off, he's always name dropping as if he is still a mainstream TV personality. The other week he was sort of suggesting he knew Rod Stewart and had been asked to watch him in concert in Glasgow. He said something like 'Rod loves Scotland, but of course Rod is from Scotland'. Really?
Bid's promotions and continuity (much like their sales) are often incorrect. For months and months they were running promotional videos for 'Oscar & Lewis' jewellery supposedly designed by Bill Lewis when it's actually Bill Skinner. And they kept running 'Crafti Creations' promos for supposedly 2 hour shows on Tuesday & Thursdays when the time slots had long since changed.
They are a sloppy lot.
The Irish woman (I still don't know her name) just said something pretty stupid on Bid. When selling the 'Lucky Buddha' she said "this is something for every single person from every walk of life", oh dear.
Then when selling a towel set she said, quote 'listen to this, we will send these out to you in upto a weeks time, we've got a great delivery service, very, very good track record on that, we'll have this sent out to you.
But a minute or two later she said 'Now, these are direct dispatch so these will be with you, erm, what that means is that they're coming straight from our suppliers so they'll be with you between 10 days and 2 weeks that's because they come straight from the supplier.
It's good to see Sit-Up have yet another competent presenter on their books.
Then when selling a towel set she said, quote 'listen to this, we will send these out to you in upto a weeks time, we've got a great delivery service, very, very good track record on that, we'll have this sent out to you.
But a minute or two later she said 'Now, these are direct dispatch so these will be with you, erm, what that means is that they're coming straight from our suppliers so they'll be with you between 10 days and 2 weeks that's because they come straight from the supplier.
It's good to see Sit-Up have yet another competent presenter on their books.
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mr tom
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mommabear i'm sure they are all forced to recite the wikipedia history of a product or the people behind it.
mr tom
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Russell selling an item for £7.99, and i swear to god he said "on any other day it would be like we are selling this for nothing because of the p&p charge that is taken off today" surely this weekend proves the p&p is a source of income as opposed to just postage costs.
Also sally starting her shift dressed as a mexican wrestler in that awful poncho cape thing.
Also sally starting her shift dressed as a mexican wrestler in that awful poncho cape thing.
Various presenters clearly refer to Wiki to help sell products but none more so than little Adam 'The Clangers' Heppenstall who really does do the author justice by reciting them almost word for word.
And as for the poncho capes........
James Russell put one on for fun yesterday. Oh the irony.
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mr tom
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Various presenters clearly refer to Wiki to help sell products but none more so than little Adam 'The Clangers' Heppenstall who really does do the author justice by reciting them almost word for word.
And as for the poncho capes........
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dont get me wrong, the poncho capes were awesome but i assume sally sold them as if they were in style and not the amusing novelty item they are.
I love the voices they put on when they are reciting the stories of emilio mele and gayford.. or tire width lol. i may now refer to it as the "wiki voice"
