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Going to guess that Isomers was able to get some sort of favorable deal to allow them on multiple home shopping or home shopping-like formats but as many have said it’s confusing to see the variances in prices. ShopHQ, HSN and ShopLC (Manuela’s product but using a different label) all were once competitors but now it seems they are all willing to take the sales they can get.
On the other hand, this is not totally out of the norm as Elizabeth Grant was sold simultaneously on ShopHQ, ShopLC and QVC in the past and I’m sure there are other examples, too.
Posted in Forum: FashionI was an avid shopper with HSN and since this move the clothing line is ZERO! The only decent designers now are C Wonder and Sebastian Since this move from Florida, quality is down, models are horrible, stylist sucks! Need to bring back Iman, Anthony. I mean how many pairs of jeans can a person wear? The clothing line has gone down, shoes aren’t that great anymore. It’s like shopping at Walmart! Do something, stop looking like QVC with the homemade look!!
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Thanks for the reply. I didn’t realize the total impact. Lesson learned. I’ll try to buy only items that have free shipping if I continue . If I decide don’t want something I will probably donate. So I will be shopping much less on QVC and HSN. I find it hard to believe they need that much money to process or ship items.
I am right in line with the rest of you. I am a mature lady who always dressed stylishly in well fitting clothes, not tent dresses or baggy shapeless clothing that is unflattering. There was a time my entire wardrobe came from HSN. I sew, so my criteria was if it was cheaper on HSN than I could make it myself with the escalating costs of good fabric and notions I would buy it. I too remember Maggie Sweet, Slinky, Carolyn Strauss, Terry Lewis (I still have her mink coat , a beautiful caramel colored leather coat with removable fur collar and several leather jackets and of course the incredible Randolph Duke. Because I sew, I appreciated the attention to detail in his clothing. One of his jean jackets I own had all the princess seams accented with closure hooks, Another had all the seams bound in seam binding to prevent freying. Such attention to detail was unheard of in ready-to-wear. I still have most of these clothes and they remain timeless and beautiful. I don’t even look at fashion any HSN. I always thought QVC clothes were for old ladies, so I never ordered much clothing fom that channel, mostly household items and their prices were always much higher than HSN which was a determining factor. If I hadn’t started card crafting recently, I would be spending very little money with HSN. Now with the transition from Florida to Pennsylvania the crafting seems to be falling off, too. I will be saving tons of money in the future if that is the case. Sadly we may be seeing the end of our best online shopping merchant.
Since original post, I had time to research Nancy Brinker, the 2013 salary debacle in which Brinker’s salary was made public causing severe decrease in donations, decisions made since then, and Komen’s expansion into November for fund raising.
It appears that Komen is struggling to obtain the massive funding pre-2013. That could be due to a number of issues.
Brinker’s recent interests moved to trans community as many of them complained about both Komen not recognizing that anyone can have breast cancer, not just women, and the bright pink campaign color.
HSN’s gaudy pink set design is not based on Victorian period Christmas trees and decorations imo. My neighbor researched Victorian era Christmas designs & decorations then replicated it in her own home 3 years ago. Her design was period correct to every detail and beautiful. Victorian era Christmas was muted palettes that didn’t eliminate green, red, and blue.
The other possibility is that the Barbie brigade or a designer’s influence is strong at HSN manager & newer hosts.
I do recall HSN’s set design changed to acknowledge black and hispanic history months but do not ever recall HSN devoting set design to celebrate men’s health awareness month with set design of all blues etc. This makes HSN seem prejudicial in regards to recognizing causes and people.
We will never know why HSN execs & set design changed to this in your face intrusion in your television viewing experience.
All I know is that is different from HSN post Qurate purchase and VASTLY different from pre-Qurate purchase.
It is so in your face that it takes your attention away from product demonstration.
After years of happy, fulfilling HSN television shopping, the past 3 weeks I’ve longingly watched QVC’s television programming.
But since it appears that since HSN is more interested in being a pantone, Barbie, and whatever else sycophant rather than focus on the preferences of the majority of their customers I’m done with HSN.
If some execs plan was to disregard all the shoppers that kept HSN profitable for decades and send them elsewhere, they are succeeding.
I think Mary Beth likely taught the mechanics of doing the job. What cameras to look at, how to handle different products, etc.
Remember that QVC and HSN continue to hire actors and newscasters, who – if they were really good at acting or broadcasting – probably would have never found their way to home shopping channels…. Mary Beth couldn’t magically give these ladies talent they never had…
It is ashamed that things appear to be headed in the wrong direction. I have the idea that HSN is not so fun. I feel rather bad for people who are employed there. I still want to like HSN. I believe that their concept of making it a nice place to shop is a good one. I think that HSN is being absorbed by QVC unfortunately. And not to offend, but I just could not get into shopping with QVC. Last month, I did an exchange with HSN on a readers set and HSN sent me the wrong magnification. Well, I understand that mistakes happen sometimes. However, I sent the set back as an exchange and, for some strange reason, HSN treated it as a straight return when I had clearly INDICATED ON THE PAPERWORK that it was an EXCHANGE. Hopefully, after a phone call and 5 or more chats, it has been straightened out. HSN did reinstate the flex pays they took off (when they treated it as a return, NOT as an exchange AS indicated on the paperwork). However, today, I spotted two additional charges on my HSN credit card that are pending that I do not recognize. I have NO idea what HSN is doing. I wonder if they know what they doing? If and when these charges are posted, I guess I will find out as they seem to fill in the description after charges being posted, not while pending (credit card website in “activities”). In the meanwhile, I am in limbo. I wanted to purchase some particular items from HSN, but until everything is straightened out (AND I MEAN everything), I will NOT be purchasing anything at all. Hopefully, things will fall into place, and I can go ahead and order. But, if not, other merchants do carry what I need.
I think it was Joan Rivers who started the “ladies who lunch” term, not Lisa.
I once preferred QVC — better jewelry, better makeup (I still miss those Bare Minerals TSV’s with Leslie Blodgett). HSN had Tootie. Now I shop elsewhere; I think tv shopping is dying.
I have always preferred QVC to HSN in the past because I felt that their quality was superior. But since the move, I am shopping more at HSN. Why? The pricing is better. They are shipping faster, etc. I find that QVC’s pricing is getting out of control, and if one of the two goes out of business, it will be QVC and not HSN.
I also have been shopping with HSN for decades. I found it better than the Q, though my mom would have begged differently. The set designs are not always interesting and the amount of space per segment just seems cramped. I remember the first time I was able to watch HSN without the use of cable and the excitement that ensued. Then with the advent of QVC, HSN became a loose end. The owners could care less what happened to that shopping network since all $$$ were going into QVC. My mom (may she RIP) would always comment on HSN being a nothing and QVC was the Cadillac or in those days “Lord & Taylor.” She would always remark “how can anyone in their right mind purchase something from a basement store.” She didin'[t like Filene’s Basement, but give her Lohman’s, Oh MY !!!! I remember when Barry Diller came along and bought what was left prior to a bankruptcy of HSN. Things changed for the better. Good designers for clothing. Great gold and sterling pieces. Electronics and home decor were next and the rest was history. .Shopping was quite the experience. I used to spend loads and never questioned what I purchased. Today, not so much. I have found other designers where the shipping is free and so are the returns no matter what the reason. The Home Shopping Channel for the most part has been a letdown for the last three or four years. Oh, yes, I was the one who said that the move probably was because of the many hurricanes we have had over the years. But guess what, that move probably cost them more than those hurricanes and now, beginning October 1st, no taxes on a business which would help to save the necessary $$$ for better quality items, or in case of a hurricane, additional $$ to go towarss expenses. So sad.
Martinc, I definitely will miss HSN, but I will miss the HSN of yesteryear. All the Reps were perfectly nice when I recently contacted them in regard to HSN messing up my exchange, but I really don’t believe that the customer should have to do HSN’s accounting for them. Obviously, HSN did know something was amiss because they sent me two emails, but if they would have looked a little closer, they should have been able to catch their error. I tried shopping at QVC some years ago and they seemed to be a bit unorganized in their methods. I do not have the time or the inclination to put up with this sort of baloney. I am retired. (And when I did work, I got paid for my work).
The exact same thing happened to me. Received several fashions rolled into a ball stuffed into a plastic bag. We deserve better so I finally changed my shopping habits. I now visit much better websites with more attractive fashions and much much easier returns with NO FEES! Look around, Ladies.
We all deserve better than what we are getting from HSN and QVC.
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I feel that QVC has changed a lot over the years, too. QVC sells a lot of fashion and shoes, same as HSN. QVC seems to sell a lot of food — expensive food. TV shopping has to adapt.
Frankly, I miss gold jewelry. Big Bold Gold every Wednesday. Oh well.