Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies!!!

[Julius]

You might rather jack than Fleetwood Mac, but QVC has some of the worst liars on air every day telling us fibs, half truths and blatant LIES. Who / what do YOU think should take the QVC crown (oops I opened a can of worms there - by accident!) for telling the worst Melton Mowbray pork pies live on air? Is it Jill Franks and her "I simply couldn't live with out this / faux girlfriend anecdotes? Is it Debs Flint and her faux "mateyness?" You decide! Then we can get a shortlist and hopefully one of the Forumites can help me create a poll!

 

[Julius]

I think "crowngate" was quite possibly the worst - because it deprived charity of money.

 

[iloveshopping]

No idea. I think they all lack integrity.

 

[Ellaaa]

Oh come on, they're sales people. They're hardly gonna say "this is a load of old tat, I wouldn't buy it if I were you".

 

[boffy]

they all tell this lie qvc second to none on the high street. charlie gets my vote for his faux delight on all the qvc rubbish food in paticularly those dreadful pie company pies

 

[shopperholic]

Oh come on, they're sales people. They're hardly gonna say "this is a load of old tat, I wouldn't buy it if I were you".

They don't have to make any reference to it being tat, or even even their own personal preference at all like how much they love it/always use it/can't live without it etc just describe it, that's all, just describe it. It's not like the old days were they had to fill sixty minutes on their own, there's always two now, so if they let the guest actually speak, they wouldn't need to talk such rubbish. I'm sure their QVC customer would prefer that.

 

[talisker25]

At the end of the day they are just glorifyed shop assistants who have all failed in their previous profession and apart from one or two none would last 5 minutes working in a 'real' shop. I can imagine most of them working a demonstrators as they have the gift of that gab but not a clue how to really sell.

 

[ERICS MUM]

I've got a novel idea, especially with electronic goods.

Why don't they give us a good description of the item, what it can do and what it does DOES NOT DO, plus even a hint on how to operate ? Often just as the guest starts to cover these points, the presenter cuts them off and starts wittering on about tweets, easi-pay or whatever is coming up in the next hour etc.

I've reached the stage where if I don't have a full understanding, I don't buy even if I rather fancy the item.

 

[grannygarden]

Talking of lies, how on earth do they get the cleaning products to just whizz through grease and dirt and leave a clear streak of shiny metal, when we know that they just don't do that when you get the product and try at home. I'd love to know how they get those magical results. I'm thinking particularly of the Eco Egg stuff they were showing this morning.

 

[Julius]

Talking of lies, how on earth do they get the cleaning products to just whizz through grease and dirt and leave a clear streak of shiny metal, when we know that they just don't do that when you get the product and try at home. I'd love to know how they get those magical results. I'm thinking particularly of the Eco Egg stuff they were showing this morning.

They use dirt / mud in a Vaseline-type of substance. The dirt is suspended in the petroleum jelly hence is easy to blast away. Another trick they use with metal cleaners is to pass the metal object (such as a spoon) through a flame. This produces a discolouration which looks terrible but is easily removed with a bit of glorified baking soda.

 

[Caroleanne]

Are they on commission ?

 

[Brissles]

I've got a novel idea, especially with electronic goods.

Why don't they give us a good description of the item, what it can do and what it does DOES NOT DO, plus even a hint on how to operate ? Often just as the guest starts to cover these points, the presenter cuts them off and starts wittering on about tweets, easi-pay or whatever is coming up in the next hour etc.I've reached the stage where if I don't have a full understanding, I don't buy even if I rather fancy the item.

I think this is an excellent point because the presenters have so much nonsense to say that the product becomes secondary - hence the lack of info re sizing/colour etc until the item has gone limited stock. Most of the guests/vendors rarely get past the basic descriptives - and if its Lee Holbein (?) you barely get past the on/off switch before he's prattling away with an abundance of non-information.

As for the most teller of lies - they're all guilty, even when something is clearly hideous it suddenly becomes ABSOLUTELY beauoooootiful or amaaaaaazing. Jill Franks has to top the list with Sarah G a close second; and I think the product would be the ****** No No No !

 

[boffy]

they use gravy browning a lot on ovens and pans to look like baked on grease big con

 

[candycane]

Anyone that sells shapewear tells lies. The "befores" are clearly in the same clothes but 2 sizes smaller than the "afters". Trust me, I've bought enough shapewear to sink a ship and it does nowt. Just wear clothes that fit and you'll look great.

Lots of beauty people tell lies but I won't name and shame. Lots of it is the same as cold cream and soap.

ALL the presenters tell lies when even they must be thinking WTF when presented with a complete POS. But they have to try and sell it so they lie.

CC

 

[scaryspice]

I think "crowngate" was quite possibly the worst - because it deprived charity of money.

what was that? - excuse my ignorance ...

 

[mr tom]

Are they on commission ?

Well they will say they are not on commission, which is technically true. However they are most likely to be on sales related targets and bonus initiatives. Nothing wrong in that in itself as most jobs offer some form of incentive.

But for them to say they have no stake in the sale of an item is plain incorrect.

 

[Brissles]

What I want to know is........ who are these "Artisans in Italy" who do all this baking ?, as in Laura Gella's Blush/Bright, Bake and fake, Bake a lite, whatever etc etc.

To me, artisans are specialists who don't deal in 'numbers', so to produce the quantities that the likes of Gella wants for her global cosmetics business, you're talking about millions of 'pieces' which no self respecting artisan would be in a position to manufacture.

 

[maymorganlondon]

What I want to know is........ who are these "Artisans in Italy" who do all this baking ?, as in Laura Gella's Blush/Bright, Bake and fake, Bake a lite, whatever etc etc.

To me, artisans are specialists who don't deal in 'numbers', so to produce the quantities that the likes of Gella wants for her global cosmetics business, you're talking about millions of 'pieces' which no self respecting artisan would be in a position to manufacture.

It's yet another instance of using a word incorrectly and inappropriately, unfortunately. Yes, they are conjuring this idea of people lovingly hand-crafting our bespoke cosmetics. I am sure that the process is less automated than the same / similar formulations squirted into a metal pan... the terracotta will be more fragile. But it's all an illusion, and will still be as highly mechanised as they can manage it to be.