Since my very useful "general ridiculousness" thread was closed due to some of the unpleasantries exchanged by some us - I thought I'd restart it (under a different name), I'm pretty sure, well hope the mods don't mind this as the reason it was closed is because it went too far off course..but anyway, the title comes from a ludicrous thing I heard Mark Evers come out with. He was selling a set of Lierac gent's toiletries, it's gone to such a low price (a tenner, not that low, considering, it's not a famous brand in this country) because of the "shopping channel bubble". According to Mark..there are people who like to buy shopping channel products 'cause they're niche, and those who won't touch anything from a shopping channel 'cause of preconceived ideas they have..yes, this could be true..but I've not heard this phenomenon described as a "Shopping channel bubble" before, and you certainly can't blame it for certain items not selling very well.
I would say the reason that Lierac hasn't taken off in the way they hoped it would, is that nobody's heard of it, it might well be an exclusive brand in France, but if it was that good it would surely be a household name like Givechy, Gatineau, Yves saint Laurent...I could go on! And he can't blame the people who don't buy from shopping channels because they won't be tuned in, so they won't even know they're selling it.
And back to the shopping channel bubble - this is one of the things I love about shopping channels, not only is the stuff unusual and sometimes niche...just listening to some of the rubbish the presenters come out with (don't get me wrong, they do a great job most of the time, I couldn't do it!) is just so damned entertaining!
So let's try and keep this thread to the ludicrous and the funny without it getting personal..although I acknowledge the last one wasn't really anyone's fault, it got a bit out of hand and Sazza did the right thing in closing it.
I would say the reason that Lierac hasn't taken off in the way they hoped it would, is that nobody's heard of it, it might well be an exclusive brand in France, but if it was that good it would surely be a household name like Givechy, Gatineau, Yves saint Laurent...I could go on! And he can't blame the people who don't buy from shopping channels because they won't be tuned in, so they won't even know they're selling it.
And back to the shopping channel bubble - this is one of the things I love about shopping channels, not only is the stuff unusual and sometimes niche...just listening to some of the rubbish the presenters come out with (don't get me wrong, they do a great job most of the time, I couldn't do it!) is just so damned entertaining!
So let's try and keep this thread to the ludicrous and the funny without it getting personal..although I acknowledge the last one wasn't really anyone's fault, it got a bit out of hand and Sazza did the right thing in closing it.
