Bring back $5 fill your cart shipping on craft events
I sure hope they bring back the $5.00 shipping on the upcoming craft event. I did not purchase nearly as much as I would have on the last event. I actually found some of the items I wanted on Amazon (they have free shipping and free returns). I was very disappointed in the last event as I know MANY of you were with no fill your cart for $5 for the day. It really isn’t worth disappointing your crafting community HSN. I think you’re really going to take a hit if you don’t bring it back.
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I haven’t bought any crafts from them since 1st rip off craft day. Saving lots of money…
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As much as I hate to add fuel to the fire, HSN is definitely losing money to other craft companies. Even Create and Craft in the UK ships to the US for $7.99 on special days and $14.99 on regular days. And that is shipping from another country! It is possible that this is a way of getting rid of crafts on HSN… not sure why they would want that, but seems to feel like that is the way it’s going. I used to order about $300-$400 on craft days and I only ordered one thing today that I knew I couldn’t get elsewhere. But it was less than $20.. big difference. Hey, I guess it’s saving me money and getting my balance down on my HSN card.
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Well folks, it was a long beautiful ride! I think it is finally over, if after the first “no $5 craft cart day” garnered SO MANY complaints, (dumped carts, surprised hosts and presenters caught like deer in the headlights with no fore-warnings about the absence of the $5 carts, money returned to those savvy enough to know how to get it and NO sellouts of the TSV [they claimed it was, but every new show they had a “new configuration” that “just became available”…the next day they STILL had them…). If after YouTubers went viral with complaints on many, many sites saying they were now”former” customers unless they brought it back—and they STILL DID NOT. The message is clear folks, they really do not feel they need your business. I too dumped my cart and turned the channel. I was also a stay @home and watch and buy all day customer. I planned for craft day…I also remember QVC dropping crafting without so much as a warning. As others have suggested…go online, find it elsewhere (often at a better price) I feel so very sorry for the vendors who are caught in the middle! Most of them do have websites and or blogs…go there. It is over…it was good while it lasted! I will buy other things, but no longer have a reason to watch/anticipate craft days!
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I wouldn’t feel sorry for Sara Davies. Her company is worth at least £35 million, and she’s got other investments. I don’t think some of the others are hurting too badly, either. HSN are hypocrites, saying one thing and doing another.They lost me in March, I haven’t watched or bought from them since, on!y switched on to see if they had $5 shipping and back off again. I can !ive without them very nicely. They bore me stiff, and I’m really tired of the same old endless sales pitches and hard sell and the presenters that drone on about nothing and won’t let the guests get a word in edgeways. I haven’t missed them at all. In fact, I’m glad to see the back of them.
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I haven’t watched them for awhile, but unless something has changed, if you want to see proper, often in-depth, demos of just about every type of craft including machines watch create and craft tv from the UK, 24/7 craft channel. I think they also have a US version. I’m not a fan of buying from them for various reasons, although I have done in the past. HSN can’t compare to them, and C & C also had capped p&p to all over the world.
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They’re the only game in town; they can do what they want. This is what no competition means (the myth of the free market). A lot of people, especially older people, buy from TV but not online. HSN has this craft market sewn up, and they can charge whatever they want.. Same with machines. Buyers want to see live demonstrations, and HSN’s are longer and more intense than Youtube demos..No other TV channel is selling or demoing these machines. Someone smart on another message board just posted the following review of today’s HSN craft day. I thought it was on target. She said
“Cricket
Cricket
Cricket
Sick of it.”I buyfew craft items from HSN, but not high priced and not a lot anymore.. I’m an online buyer and find bargains for my main purchases other places. If more current HSN shoppers did the same, instead of begging HSN to continue craft days, we might be better off. then if HSN ended craft days, they might not miss them at all!
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I was thinking about getting into the TSV but when I saw the high costs of shipping, I felt I better re-evaluate this purchase – so I didn’t buy.
I am glad that so many folks feel the say way. Could I get some advice as a newbie that likes to sew and craft though I haven’t done so much since my daughter died suddenly a couple of years ago, she was my only child and rheumatoid arthritis has slammed me hard. With meds its a day at time gradually processing.
So which machine is better to purchase- I don’t want to have a bunch of machines but might like to have a machine that could cut fabric for me, maybe do some cards, craft projects. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Does HSN/QVC really have good prices on these types of machines? What about JoAnn fabrics vs. Craft Companon/Cricuit itself.
I want a machine that has some umph, my umph has got up and gone – wrists weak Thank you so much for your time. Be well 🙂
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I do think the Cricut Maker would be the best machine for what you want. IT has the option of using a rotary blade for cutting fabric. Generally the prices on HSN are the list price but they do sometimes have good deals. The Cricut Maker bundle they has for today’s special was actually a great price and came with a bunch of extras. There are no Michaels or Joanns near me so I don’t know if they ever have great deals on the machines. The Cricut website sometimes has sales on them but they never seem to be discounted that much. If I didn’t have a Maker already I definitely would have jumped at it today.
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I don’t think hsn’s prices are good at all. I can almost always do better by buying from the company whose product it is or almost anywhere else on the item price alone, and for sure better because of not having to pay shipping and sometimes no tax. All the ones I like have websites. Amazon, as much as I hate them, have usually got better prices on machines than hsn. Even as a platinum member of crafter’s companion, unless they’ve got a great sale, craftstash have got better prices. I don’t have a machine like a cricut or silhouette so I don’t know about them, but I think they may cut fabric. I have an ebosser, which is a large platform electronic die cutting and embossing machine which I’ve had for over 7 years, and would probably buy again if I could get one and needed one because it does the same things as a gemini machine (but the gemini I think has more pressure). In addition, it takes thicker dies like sizzix bigz. I haven’t really tried cutting fabric with it, but I have some dies that do that. They are multi media dies that are a bit thicker than thin metal dies but are still thin metal dies. I think ordinary thin metal dies are usually supposed to cut through thin fabric. The gemini may do a better job of cutting fabric than my ebosser because of thr pressure, but I don’t know that for a fact. I use all of my dies for papercrafting. I would definitely go online and do some searches and find out about what machines do what and see who has got the best prices and what their return policy is. The last place I would buy a machine of any kind is hsn. If something goes wrong with it after the money back period, they won’t do anything about it from what I’ve read.
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Thank you so much for the Info. So very helpful. Much appreciated, be well
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I stopped buying from hsn when they stopped the $5 shipping. I switched off this time again as soon as I saw that they hadn’t brought it back.
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I’m not purchasing anything from HSN, with shipping charges the prices are too high!
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eat. Will be surprised if HSN brings back $5 shipping and if they do watch the prices start going up to make up for it. We all can beg them, complain to them or even threaten to not buy from them anymore, things probably won’t change. We all are savvy shoppers so start shopping! Elsewhere that is! CC website is great with great sales and tutorials all week. Amazon and Ebay are great sites with great prices and free shipping. So let’s stop complaining and move on.
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Well, I’ve heard a few comments from hosts saying something vague about the “issues of postage being due to…..”the situation” (seriously?) Blaming the virus for increased shipping costs?!?!?! I wouldn’t think so……BUT if that’s the case….why is all Korres being shipped for free today????? Somethings not right with this picture. A LOT of the craft items are fairly lightweight UNLIKE heavy bottles of lotions, etc…….what gives, HSN…..I’d really like to know. THIS is not the way to “appreciate” your customers.
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I totally agree.. The first thing that I thought when I saw the subject. was that dies, most card packages, etc….are lightweight.
Yesterday I had paced an order totaling almost $300.00 for Anna Griffin products. . Then…I saw how much I was going to pay in postage, and cancelled it.
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Its so insulting that HSN didn’t consider their customers dismay over the shipping cost on last craft day. I hope HSN does free shipping day when Stephanie Barnard goes on next month.
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Yes, please bring the $5.00 shipping for all back–you have just lost me as a customer, as I wanted 3 items, but shipping was 7.50 EACH item. I decided it was not worth the price. Will try to find the items in question elsewhere, or go without!
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When I saw there was no fill your cart for $5.00, I decided to purchase just the one item, which I had promised my granddaughter. This is crazy, you can buy quality crafts online at many different stores and get free shipping, in many cases, for as little as a $35.00 order. Shop around ladies, many times you not only can get free shipping they will also have coupons and clearance priced items.
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I dont think we will see $5 shipping ever again and maybe not even 24 hr Craft Days. QVC owns HSN and they dumped crafting off of QVC and are likely going to get rid of it on HSN at some point. QVC sucks
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QVC does NOT OWN HSN ! Why do people keep posting that QVC owns HSN?
Just because people keep saying, posting , and believing this – will not make true!
QVC , Zulily and HSN are all owned by Qurate retail Group.
However folks if want to keep the story going that QVC owns HSN.It is rather comical
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Ummmmm….QVC DID acquire HSN….in 2017. You must’ve missed the “hoopla”…..QVC owned about 38% of HSN for the longest time, before they acquired the other 68%. You’re smart not to believe everything you see in posts…but….look it up, check it out. Factual not comical.
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Iamshortdiva is correct. Google qurate to see what they own. The companies Iamshortdiva lists are all there on the Web site.
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Thanks @mspaper People really will believe what they want to . The facts really don’t matter .
For those that want to go by the facts – QVC and HSN are owned by Qurate Retail Group.Hugs (:
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Exactly @iamshortdiva. They can’t even pick up on the clue when HSN, refers to QVC as “our sister network.” If QVC owned HSN, wouldn’t they say our “parent company”?
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Or…you know….Google who owns HSN…..which says….QVC. Or even scroll to the bottom of this page which says “HSN…a part of Qurate retail group”.
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I agree ABC sucjs.
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Diamond press have a website. It is possible that they will have the items you want, whether now or later. I found something there just the other day that has been sold out on hsn since it was on last year.
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09.19.20 12:58 PM
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