Talk show

[Susie Wusie]

Was flicking tho the channels, stopped on Gemporia as l had a phone call. That was at 7pm. Now 7.35 and Adina has been talking non stop and has only just started selling. She has been talking non stop about items coming up but no prices until now, 35 minutes of rubbish talk about Kimbie tat. Shall avoid this channel in future. Unbelievable drivel.

 

[TheManWithNoName]

Was flicking tho the channels, stopped on Gemporia as l had a phone call. That was at 7pm. Now 7.35 and Adina has been talking non stop and has only just started selling. She has been talking non stop about items coming up but no prices until now, 35 minutes of rubbish talk about Kimbie tat. Shall avoid this channel in future. Unbelievable drivel.

There is noticeable waffle from all of the presenters now - that on top of Troth's 30+ minute ramblings too. I genuinely believe that they don't hold as much jewellery in stock these days, so it's a 'time filling tactic to drag shows out.

That's my gut instinct.

Gem Collector is annoying too. Emily Fox doesn't start each hour until 15 minutes past the hour - then after she's finished chatting s**t for another 10 minutes, she's rushing through trying to show all of the stones in 35 minutes.

The shows are supposed to be an hour long!

 

[AndyW]

There is noticeable waffle from all of the presenters now

There definitely has been a shift. If you see a two hour show on the schedule, you're guaranteed a thirty minute lecture, during which the presenter will also repeat themselves. Kate did this yesterday with Zambian emeralds.

What she also did - and not for the first time, either - was talk about "investment", displaying third party slides briefly with the word prominently positioned in the centre and in large letters. She did carefully say the required caveats about not being a financial adviser, etc but she was very close to the wind on breaking the rules. Angeline has done this too. Makes me quite uncomfortable and cross. It's almost as if they've been trained on subliminal messaging.

Gem Collector is annoying too. Emily Fox doesn't start each hour until 15 minutes past the hour - then after she's finished chatting s**t for another 10 minutes, she's rushing through trying to show all of the stones in 35 minutes.

She doesn't even try nowadays. She used to be very good at getting through an hour, giving everyone enough time to make a decision based on the quality of each stone, compared to other examples of the same type, and on the price. The mantra these days (she said it again yesterday) is " If you don't ask to see the stone, I ain't wasting my time showing it or reducing the price". Didn't used to be this way all the time as a standard rule. And to be fair to Jim, he actually tries to show stones across the hour, some of which catch his eye or he's been told to sell or he can see the Web page click statistics go up on an item.

 

[Anna]

The waffling droning on for absolutely ages does my head in. I can no longer watch a show as I just cannot put up with it. I tend to look on the website to see if anything catches my eye, very little does now.

 

[TheManWithNoName]

She doesn't even try nowadays. She used to be very good at getting through an hour, giving everyone enough time to make a decision based on the quality of each stone, compared to other examples of the same type, and on the price. The mantra these days (she said it again yesterday) is " If you don't ask to see the stone, I ain't wasting my time showing it or reducing the price". Didn't used to be this way all the time as a standard rule. And to be fair to Jim, he actually tries to show stones across the hour, some of which catch his eye or he's been told to sell or he can see the Web page click statistics go up on an item.

Gem Collector is unwatchable now. I cannot stand Emily at all - and Jim, as nice as he is, just doesn't suit Gem Collector.

 

[AndyW]

I genuinely believe that they don't hold as much jewellery in stock these days, so it's a 'time filling tactic to drag shows out.

That's my gut instinct.

Could be right - unless it's Jade!! Two days running this week so far with four hours of Visage "bundles" scheduled (two with Ellis, two with Adina). Plus a two hour Primal show yesterday.

Jewellery items scheduled at the moment include Greenland Ruby (not a new thing) and yet another Toby instalment of Balinese jewellery. Both - I think - are totally bought in pre-made.

The last site-wide discount % offered was 15%, which is one of the lowest offered ever, isn't it?

 

[Nico]

Yes 15% for International Women's Day, while they had 20% for Tucson a day earlier. Consistency would be good. They also have either 50% off or up to 65% off rings every other week.

I wonder if the Visage bundles and vitamin sales are more to do with overstocked warehouses and expiry date approaching - 12 months to go so sell sell sell for spring when people are getting out and about.

 

[TheManWithNoName]

The Visage 'bundle' is a con, in my opinion. A few months ago, I saw one of these 'bundles', and when Ellis and Kati worked out its price, they used the full price of the items inside to make it seem like a great deal. They didn’t base it on the prices the items are 'crashed' to on air.


Why? I'll let you draw your own conclusions. My instinct tells me it’s probably because the 'bundle' isn’t much cheaper - if at all - than buying the items separately at their 'crashed' price.

As for the Primal clearances. 12 months expiry? Nowhere near. It's usually three months at most - often less.

 

[Marietta]

The Visage 'bundle' is a con, in my opinion. A few months ago, I saw one of these 'bundles', and when Ellis and Kati worked out its price, they used the full price of the items inside to make it seem like a great deal. They didn’t base it on the prices the items are 'crashed' to on air.


Why? I'll let you draw your own conclusions. My instinct tells me it’s probably because the 'bundle' isn’t much cheaper - if at all - than buying the items separately at their 'crashed' price.

As for the Primal clearances. 12 months expiry? Nowhere near. It's usually three months at most - often less.

So, the Primal clearances are usually there 'cos they're getting near their sell-by date? That's absolutely disgraceful! So typical of the shystery that goes on nowadays.
I'm glad I never bought any!

 

[Marietta]

Could be right - unless it's Jade!! Two days running this week so far with four hours of Visage "bundles" scheduled (two with Ellis, two with Adina). Plus a two hour Primal show yesterday.

Jewellery items scheduled at the moment include Greenland Ruby (not a new thing) and yet another Toby instalment of Balinese jewellery. Both - I think - are totally bought in pre-made.

The last site-wide discount % offered was 15%, which is one of the lowest offered ever, isn't it?

Greenland Ruby? That's probably why Trump wants to buy Greenland! So he's been duped too.

 

[Marietta]

Gem Collector is unwatchable now. I cannot stand Emily at all - and Jim, as nice as he is, just doesn't suit Gem Collector.

Yes, poor Jim's out of his comfort zone.