Once a LONG time ago (2003?), HSN or QVC or QED or XYZ or one of those places had a good deal on the Sharp Zaurus (Linux PDA) for $150 or something like that so I bought it from there and that was the first and last time I bought something from a home shopping channel.
@awk That’s actually a pretty good price for a Zaurus, back in the day. Kind of makes me regret avoiding shopping channels.
Not as much as this does, though:
I like how the producer puts out the call for emergency medical attention at the end, as if their call center doesn’t connect to 9-1-1.
@jerk_nugget Display swords are made of stainless steel which is brittle and should not be whacked against anything. A piece may fly off and hit you in the junk.
When I worked at a place that bought and sold stuff, I was the buyer for laptops. I bought a lot of laptops that came from home shopping channels.
We resold them at approximately the going price on eBay (completed transactions, not asking price). We bought them at about half that. This meant that we usually paid somewhere between 5% and 25% of the shopping channel price.
The store made most of its money on jewelry. We based our purchase offers on the precious metal content. Small diamonds have almost no resale value. This meant we tended to turn away most shopping channel jewelry, the stuff we did buy would be pennies on the dollar.
Several years ago, the one that has a Q in it used to have many outlets for their unsold merchandise. I’d go in and come out staggering under a load of clothes I didn’t need, for about $12./bag. Big, plastic shopping bags. The kitchen and house stuff wasn’t so tempting, but some jewelry usually came home with me too.
A while back QVC had the best price (half everywhere else) on the dry grinding container for the Vitamix, so I bought it. But that was from their website, not the TV, so I think I’m not lying by saying I do all my dumb spending online.
@daleyshow QVC and HSN both can occasionally stack up a surprising bargain. I think it was QVC that lead the pack in the Amazon Echo blowout a few weeks ago.
I recently bought a Samsung phone from QVC2. It came with a bunch of stuff including a year of Tracfone service and 4 payment plan. Figuring the cost of the service alone (15.00/month), everything else was “free”. I have bought the same kind of deals from either HSN or QVC for my last 3 phones.
So, I figure that I’ve spent maybe $100.00 net in the last few years for cell service/phones.
Helps that I don’t need the lastest/greatest and all the bells and whistles.
All the females on my wife’s side of the family (including my wife) are addicted to them, although thankfully, the interest has waned somewhat since those channels’ heyday. The prices they pay for stuff are usually somewhere between “convenience store” and “airport gift shop” in terms of “we have no concept of how much things costs in the rest of the world”. Yet these women are profuse in the praises of the “great deals” they got.
i don’t have the patience to watch those things and never think to even go to those channels so no.
but my mom does (not in a creepy up all night buying a lot of crap way) and that’s how i got a nice set of rachel ray pots and pans a few years ago as well as a rolling cart for my kitchen. (both things i needed/asked for, thankfully my mom doesn’t just gift me random stuff. a gift from mom is always something good!)
I don’t watch them, but Evine (what a stupid name) formerly ShopNBC and some other names too, carries a brand of skin care that is very high quality, leading edge. And the prices there (on Evine.com) are much cheaper than on the company’s website. And it ships cheaper because it comes from the US instead of Canada. There’s no option for I shop on the shopping channel’s website.
Yep. I got this back in June 2003. Earlier this year, it lost a stone. I contacted QVC and they gave me instructions to get it fixed. All it cost me was to send it back.
I’ve been shopping on QVC and the others for well over 20 years. There was a time that I had QVC’s phone number memorized. I owned stock in Valuevision, which later became ShopNBC, now Evine. Shop At Home TV was a client many years go, so it was really cool when I got to visit their offices for a meeting in Tennessee and go behind the scenes of a live broadcast. A few weeks ago Evine did some live broadcasts near where I live, so I hung around and watched for a bit. And photo-bombed. Now that I don’t have a TV, I only check the TSV’s online at midnight and really haven’t purchased from them in a while. Other than that, I’m almost cured of the addiction
Once a LONG time ago (2003?), HSN or QVC or QED or XYZ or one of those places had a good deal on the Sharp Zaurus (Linux PDA) for $150 or something like that so I bought it from there and that was the first and last time I bought something from a home shopping channel.
The end.
/image sharp zaurus pda
@awk That’s actually a pretty good price for a Zaurus, back in the day. Kind of makes me regret avoiding shopping channels.
Not as much as this does, though:
I like how the producer puts out the call for emergency medical attention at the end, as if their call center doesn’t connect to 9-1-1.
@PocketBrain lmao what even…did the blade piece break in half and get him, or?
@jerk_nugget Display swords are made of stainless steel which is brittle and should not be whacked against anything. A piece may fly off and hit you in the junk.
@awk dang, awk indeed.
When I worked at a place that bought and sold stuff, I was the buyer for laptops. I bought a lot of laptops that came from home shopping channels.
We resold them at approximately the going price on eBay (completed transactions, not asking price). We bought them at about half that. This meant that we usually paid somewhere between 5% and 25% of the shopping channel price.
The store made most of its money on jewelry. We based our purchase offers on the precious metal content. Small diamonds have almost no resale value. This meant we tended to turn away most shopping channel jewelry, the stuff we did buy would be pennies on the dollar.
Several years ago, the one that has a Q in it used to have many outlets for their unsold merchandise. I’d go in and come out staggering under a load of clothes I didn’t need, for about $12./bag. Big, plastic shopping bags. The kitchen and house stuff wasn’t so tempting, but some jewelry usually came home with me too.
A while back QVC had the best price (half everywhere else) on the dry grinding container for the Vitamix, so I bought it. But that was from their website, not the TV, so I think I’m not lying by saying I do all my dumb spending online.
I didn’t know they still existed. Then again, it’s not like I watch TV, so of course I wouldn’t know one way or another.
/image Schrödinger’s Cat
The poll really needs a kickstarter option. The new “as seen on tv.”
I get decent deals on phones from the HSN site from time to time.
@daleyshow QVC and HSN both can occasionally stack up a surprising bargain. I think it was QVC that lead the pack in the Amazon Echo blowout a few weeks ago.
I recently bought a Samsung phone from QVC2. It came with a bunch of stuff including a year of Tracfone service and 4 payment plan. Figuring the cost of the service alone (15.00/month), everything else was “free”. I have bought the same kind of deals from either HSN or QVC for my last 3 phones.
So, I figure that I’ve spent maybe $100.00 net in the last few years for cell service/phones.
Helps that I don’t need the lastest/greatest and all the bells and whistles.
Have had some great purchases from there and if there’s ever a problem, they’re quick to fix. The one with a q in it anyway.
All the females on my wife’s side of the family (including my wife) are addicted to them, although thankfully, the interest has waned somewhat since those channels’ heyday. The prices they pay for stuff are usually somewhere between “convenience store” and “airport gift shop” in terms of “we have no concept of how much things costs in the rest of the world”. Yet these women are profuse in the praises of the “great deals” they got.
At least “Joy” was a pretty good movie.
@DrWorm i ended up watching that movie as it came on tv randomly one night and i was too tired to do anything about it. really enjoyed it actually.
I wouldn’t have a problem purchasing from one, but I’ve never watched one and have no intention of doing so, therefore no.
i don’t have the patience to watch those things and never think to even go to those channels so no.
but my mom does (not in a creepy up all night buying a lot of crap way) and that’s how i got a nice set of rachel ray pots and pans a few years ago as well as a rolling cart for my kitchen. (both things i needed/asked for, thankfully my mom doesn’t just gift me random stuff. a gift from mom is always something good!)
also this line from one of my favorite movies always gets stuck in my head so i had to choose that poll answer
No. I only buy things that are promoted by my favorite morning talk show personalities.
I don’t watch them, but Evine (what a stupid name) formerly ShopNBC and some other names too, carries a brand of skin care that is very high quality, leading edge. And the prices there (on Evine.com) are much cheaper than on the company’s website. And it ships cheaper because it comes from the US instead of Canada. There’s no option for I shop on the shopping channel’s website.
A few times long, long ago. I got a state of the art 1 megapixel camera that had a battery life of a few minutes. Those were the days.
Yep. I got this back in June 2003. Earlier this year, it lost a stone. I contacted QVC and they gave me instructions to get it fixed. All it cost me was to send it back.
It got here last week. Great customer service.
The question should be …will you ever stop?
I’ve been shopping on QVC and the others for well over 20 years. There was a time that I had QVC’s phone number memorized. I owned stock in Valuevision, which later became ShopNBC, now Evine. Shop At Home TV was a client many years go, so it was really cool when I got to visit their offices for a meeting in Tennessee and go behind the scenes of a live broadcast. A few weeks ago Evine did some live broadcasts near where I live, so I hung around and watched for a bit. And photo-bombed. Now that I don’t have a TV, I only check the TSV’s online at midnight and really haven’t purchased from them in a while. Other than that, I’m almost cured of the addiction
I recently purchased a wireless camera/security system. LOVE it!!