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CYBER MONDAY
Cyber Monday is the Internet’s answer to Black Friday deals. The official observance takes place the Monday after Thanksgiving.
While Internet-based companies traditionally offered their best holiday shopping on Cyber Monday to compete with Black Friday deals in brick and mortar stores, things have been changing. However, in more recent years, Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals tend to run together. Some start as early as the week of Thanksgiving and run right through the holiday season. But don’t neglect online deals. There may still be savings to be had.
Posted in Forum: Customer ServiceAgain, HSN presented a false statement, false information, Mispresentation of the BONUS BUY.
I just spoke with Kristine/CS she spoke to her supervisor and said the same thing.I had 3 beekman item in my cart, totaling $85.
After I was talking with Kristine, and Hsn is NOT honoring what they said in life presentation, I had deleted all items from my cart.
I have been with this company for so, so many years. spent Thousands of dollars.
I’m DONE.
OH and Kristine submitted my complaint, also she said, she agreed with me.99.9 percent of items presented on HSN, we can find on AMAZON, EBAY, and more website. oh and also ROSS stores. I purchased a 9oz soap at ROSS for $4.99
NOw, why would I give my money to this company if they can’t even explain correctly the “bonus buy” .
I’m really upset.
Sales, is not just selling, it’s also to keep the customer, and have referrals.
that’s a good sales practice.
Smooth
Song by SantanaMan, it’s a hot one
Like seven inches from the midday sun
Well, I hear you whisper and the words melt everyone
But you stay so cool
My muñequita, my Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa
You’re my reason for reason
The step in my groove
And if you said this life ain’t good enough
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
Because you’re so smooth
And it’s just like the ocean under the moon
Oh, it’s the same as the emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of lovin’ that can be so smooth, yeah
Give me your heart, make it real, or else forget about it
But I’ll tell you one thing
If you would leave it’d be a crying shame
In every breath and every word
I hear your name calling me out
Out from the barrio
You hear my rhythm on your radio
You feel the turning of the world, so soft and slow
It’s turning you round and round
And if you said this life ain’t good enough
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
Because you’re so smooth
Well, and it’s just like the ocean under the moon
Well, it’s the same as the emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of lovin’ that can be so smooth, yeah
Give me your heart, make it real, or else forget about it
Well, and it’s just like the ocean under the moon
Oh, it’s the same as the emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of lovin’ that can be so smooth, yeah
Give me your heart, make it real, or else forget about it
Or else forget about it
Or else forget about it
Oh, let’s don’t forget about it
Give me your heart, make it real
Let’s don’t forget about it (hey)
Let’s don’t forget about it (now, oh, now, oh)
Let’s don’t forget about it (now, now, now, oh)
Let’s don’t forget about it (hey, now, now, oh)
Let’s don’t forget about it (hey, hey, hey)
Get The Heidi Daus Look. 🎈😎
Thank you for the rainbows and the cute pup from yesterday with the purple (my favorite color) wig. He was enjoying every moment.
I did not go shopping. Just didn’t feel up to it. But, yes, I visited hubby and told him about the renovation. He was happy. I also checked Amazon on a bed and they did have a couple that looked promising. My only fear is assembling it myself. Hubby had put our queen bed together. However, what we didn’t know was that the nails and screws were incorrect. There are special ones for beds. Before making a purchase, I will be looking at what is available in Florida. At least now I have the manufacturer’s name and can compare prices. Not sure if we will also need bedside tables. I will be doing a measurement just to be sure that everything fits. I also will be contacting our electrician to install another plug in the wall for the hospital bed. And, I need to be sure that the electrical panel will be able to handle this.
Tomorrow I will be working outside. I need to sweep the carport and then wash it. I also will be going through things for our annual community bazaar which is the second Saturday in December. I have many boxes all set. Each one is market with a “D” for donation. I also will be making more clutter since I need to box everything in two closets. I will probably make a mess in the guest bedroom since it’s opposite the closets.
Before I forget. Hubby’s meal tonight was solid food. No puree. Yippee!!!!!
I agree. Maybe HSN did not manufacture them, but they did sell them. I, myself, am not very happy about how the recall is being handling. They are just hoping we will go away. I purchased around seven of those fans. I gave some as gifts and had to tell people about the recall. Nobody I spoke to has Venmo (the company the Chinese planned to go through to reimburse $25 … which is less than what we paid). I made a copy of the recall and gave it to the people I gave the fan to. I understand they want verification that the charging port on each fan is destroyed because that would prevent anyone from charging the fan which could cause a possible fire, etc. I realize it doesn’t seem to matter what I think, but I believe the Chinese Company and HSN could get together on reimbursement. Perhaps we could be offered a HSN gift card and/or HSN Spendable Kash. I like the gift card or Spendable Kash idea because we don’t have to expose any of our banking information to this company (or join Venmo and/or purchase a smart phone just get an app for Venmo which I do not want) plus it would just be easier anyway. But if they did that, they would actually make it too easy for customers to be reimbursed. Meanwhile, I have four of these fans in my possession. Needless to say, while I still like HSN.com, I will NOT be purchasing any more LIVING GLO products (& NOT just because of the way they handled the recall, but the fact that some of the fans actually broke down after about 2 to 2 1/2 months).
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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.
Posted in Forum: BeautySo I made an order for the first time and use the promo code and I’m not the richest person but I had plenty of money on my card and the amount I accepted was different than what they charged and that was over a week ago. I called immediately when I noticed and the representative didn’t say anything about higher authorization and said it was about the shipping and it would remove in a couple of days. It didn’t remove but they actually charged me three more times and sent my account negative. I called back and they offered me $10 cash and said it would remove yesterday but it still hasn’t removed.
I just can’t believe a company that’s been around this long would have software that sucks so bad. Also I don’t think it popped a box to let me know it was going to charge me more either because I generally pay attention to that stuff.
This is absolutely ridiculous and it’s almost 2026 and apparently after doing some research this has been going on for a long time.
I wonder how many elderly people that didn’t know any better have gotten .
Still I Rise
by Maya Angelou (1928-2014)You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.About the Author:
Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Her series of seven autobiographies focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.-
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Posted in Forum: FashionDear HSN,
You are really missing out on sales. WHY don’t you offer Petite, Regular, and Tall in slacks? Take the offer shown today, #914-896 Wide Leg Pin Tuck Pant. Lost my purchase with a 31″ inseam and no other options. The Q caught on a long time ago. You need to meet the needs of many.
Posted in Forum: FashionMost of the clothing sets two pieces three pieces Etc are made with pants. Why can’t they also be made with skirts? I’ve noticed this with all vendors. And I’m tired of buying a pants set and then a matching skirt separately and then having to donate the pants. I don’t wear pants or like I like to say britches and I know I’m not the only one! Benders please help us that do not wear britches and make more of your clothing sets with skirts! Thanking you in advance. PS just because they have a skirt don’t make the set more expensive it’s easier to make a skirt than britches
April 17, 2018. Southwest Flight 1380 was climbing toward cruise altitude when passengers heard a sound no one ever wants to hear on an airplane—a massive explosion that shook the entire aircraft.
The left engine had catastrophically failed. Metal shrapnel tore through the fuselage like bullets. One piece shattered a window. At 32,000 feet, where the air is too thin to breathe, the cabin instantly decompressed.
Oxygen masks dropped. People screamed. A passenger was partially pulled toward the broken window by the violent suction. Chaos doesn’t even begin to describe it.
In the cockpit, Captain Tammie Jo Shults heard the explosion, felt the plane shudder, and watched her instruments light up with warnings. One engine gone. Fuselage damaged. Cabin pressure lost. 149 souls depending on her next move.
She didn’t panic. She went to work.
“Southwest 1380, we have part of the aircraft missing,” she radioed calmly to air traffic control, her voice as steady as if she were ordering coffee. “We’re going down.”
But here’s what most people don’t know: this wasn’t the first time Tammie Jo Shults had faced death in the sky.
Before she was a commercial pilot, she was Lt. Commander Shults—one of the first female fighter pilots in the United States Navy. She flew F/A-18 Hornets as an aggressor pilot, training other naval aviators in combat tactics. The military told her she couldn’t fly combat missions because of the Combat Exclusion Policy. So she became so skilled that combat pilots trained against her.
She’d spent years making split-second decisions at supersonic speeds. Years staying calm when instinct screamed at you to panic.
And on that April morning, every hour of that training kicked in.
She manually controlled the crippled 737, fighting asymmetric thrust from the single working engine. She communicated with air traffic control. She coordinated with her first officer. She executed a rapid emergency descent—dropping altitude fast enough to reach breathable air, but controlled enough not to tear the damaged plane apart.
Twenty-two minutes after the explosion, she landed the aircraft in Philadelphia. Smooth. Controlled. As if she’d practiced it a thousand times.
Passengers later said she walked through the cabin afterward, calm and composed, checking on every single person. “Nerves of steel” was the phrase they kept using.
One passenger, Jennifer Riordan, had been critically injured by the window failure. She died later at the hospital—the only fatality. It was a tragedy. But 148 other people walked off that plane alive because of Shults’ skill, training, and unshakeable composure under pressure.
Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenbergger—the pilot who famously landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in 2009—called to praise her handling of the emergency. When Sully calls to say you did good, you really did good.
Southwest Airlines commended her. Aviation experts analyzed the flight data and said her decisions were textbook perfect. Passengers wrote letters calling her their hero.
But here’s the detail that gives you chills:
Tammie Jo Shults wasn’t even supposed to be flying that day.
She’d swapped shifts with her husband, also a Southwest pilot, to accommodate their schedules. A routine trade. The kind pilots do all the time.
Which means 149 people boarded a plane that morning with no idea that the woman in the cockpit had been specifically, almost impossibly, prepared for exactly what was about to happen.
You can call it luck. You can call it fate. Or you can call it what it actually was: decades of competence, training, and grit meeting the one moment where all of it mattered most.
Tammie Jo Shults didn’t ask to be a hero that day. She just showed up, did her job with extraordinary skill, and brought almost everyone home.
She proved what she’d been proving her entire career—that competence doesn’t care about gender, that the best person for the job is simply the best person for the job, and that sometimes the person standing between disaster and survival is someone who refused to accept the word “can’t.”
She broke barriers in the Navy. She saved 148 lives in Philadelphia. And she did both the same way: by being so good at what she does that no one could argue with the results.
Sometimes heroes don’t wear capes. Sometimes they wear pilot wings and speak in calm, measured tones while manually landing a crippled aircraft.
And sometimes, they’re exactly where they need to be—even when they weren’t supposed to be there at all.
NATIONAL CAT DAY
National Cat Day on October 29th is the purrfect day to give extra attention, treats, and appreciation to the independent, often hilarious, felines who grace our lives.
Cats make excellent, if opinionated, companions. They rarely miss you, but when they do, you certainly know it—usually in the form of a synchronized head- , a sudden case of zoomies at 3:00 AM, or a perfect loaf positioned exactly where you need to sit. National Cat Day is a celebration of all these unique cat quirks and the joy they bring.
National Cat Day also serves as an awareness day with a serious purpose to urges pet lovers to adopt from local shelters and reminds us that neutering and spaying our furry companions helps reduce the abandoned population.
Shelters are full of cats and kittens in need of forever homes. These feline fur babies come with as many personalities as they do colors and coats. They curl into our hearts and will just as quickly remind us they decide who they love. Whether they were born in the shelter, surrendered or abandoned, 3.4 million find their way to a shelter.
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Milton Hershey knew what it felt like to fail.
Before he became the “Chocolate King,” he’d failed spectacularly—twice. His first candy business in Philadelphia went bankrupt. His second attempt in New York collapsed too. At 30 years old, he was broke, in debt, and living back with his parents in rural Pennsylvania.
Most people would have quit. Milton tried again.
By 1900, he’d finally succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. The Hershey Chocolate Company was making him millions. He’d built an entire town—Hershey, Pennsylvania—around his factory, complete with homes, parks, and trolley lines for his workers. He married Catherine “Kitty” Sweeney, the love of his life, and they built a mansion overlooking his chocolate empire.
They had everything. Except the one thing they wanted most: children.
Kitty couldn’t have biological children. In an era before adoption was common among wealthy families, the Hersheys faced a choice: they could live out their lives in comfort, or they could do something radical.
In 1909, they chose radical.
Milton and Kitty founded the Hershey Industrial School—a boarding school for orphaned boys who had nowhere else to go. Not a charity that sent monthly checks. Not a foundation with their names on a building. A real home where children without families could live, learn, and build futures.
The school started with just four boys. Milton and Kitty personally interviewed each one, making sure they felt wanted, not pitied. The boys lived in homesteads with house parents, attended classes, learned trades, and—crucially—were treated with dignity and love.
Kitty poured herself into the school, visiting constantly, learning the boys’ names, asking about their dreams. She saw them not as charity cases but as the children she’d never have.
When Kitty died suddenly in 1915 at just 42 years old, Milton was devastated. Friends assumed he’d abandon the school project—it had been their dream together, and now she was gone.
Instead, he doubled down.
In 1918, Milton Hershey made a decision that shocked the business world: he transferred the majority ownership of the Hershey Chocolate Company—valued at $60 million at the time—into a trust for the school.
Not a portion of his wealth. Not his personal fortune. The entire company.
Every Hershey bar sold would now fund the education of orphaned children. Every Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, every Hershey’s Kiss—all of it feeding into a trust that would care for children long after Milton was gone.
Business associates thought he’d lost his mind. “What if the school fails?” they asked. “What if the company struggles?”
Milton’s response was simple: “If I wanted to build monuments to myself, I would have done it already. I want to build futures for kids who have none.”
He expanded the school, building more homesteads, hiring more teachers, admitting more students. Boys who’d been living in orphanages or on the streets now had warm beds, three meals a day, education, healthcare, and a genuine chance at life.
When Milton Hershey died in 1945 at age 88, he’d given away virtually his entire fortune. He died modestly, in a small apartment in the Hershey Hotel, surrounded by photos of the children his school had helped.
But here’s what makes this story extraordinary: it didn’t end with his death. It got bigger.
Today—79 years after Milton died—the Milton Hershey School serves over 2,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Every single one attends completely free. No tuition. No fees.
The school provides:
Housing in family-style homes with house parents
All meals, clothing, and school supplies
Medical and dental care
College prep and vocational training
Extracurricular activities and athletics
Career counseling and college scholarships
And the Hershey Trust? It now manages over $17 billion in assets, making it one of the wealthiest educational institutions in America. Every year, millions of chocolate bars fund thousands of childhoods.
The school has evolved too. It’s no longer just for orphaned boys—it serves students from low-income families, single-parent homes, and challenging circumstances. Boys and girls. All races and backgrounds. Any child who needs a chance gets one.
Over 11,000 alumni have graduated since 1909. Doctors, teachers, business owners, military officers, artists, engineers—children who started with nothing, given everything they needed to build something.
Because one man remembered what it felt like to fail. And when he succeeded, he didn’t ask, “How much can I keep?” He asked, “How many lives can I change?”
Milton Hershey never had biological children. But he’s a father to thousands. And every time someone opens a Hershey bar, they’re participating in a century-long act of generosity that shows no signs of stopping.
There’s a statue of Milton Hershey on the school campus. He’s not depicted as a wealthy industrialist in a suit. He’s shown kneeling beside a young boy, eye to eye, hand on the child’s shoulder.
That’s how he saw them. Not as charity cases or tax deductions or PR opportunities. As his children. The ones he and Kitty never had biologically, but loved just the same.
The chocolate empire is still massive. The Hershey’s brand is known worldwide. But Milton Hershey’s real legacy isn’t candy—it’s the thousands of children who grew up knowing that someone they never met believed they deserved a chance.
Most billionaires leave their money to children who’ll inherit comfort. Milton Hershey left his entire company to children who’d inherit nothing—and gave them everything instead.
That’s not just philanthropy. That’s love turned into institution. That’s grief transformed into hope. That’s one couple’s dream of parenthood becoming thousands of childhoods worth living.
Every Hershey bar is sweet. But the story behind it? That’s even sweeter.
@avaka, I also wonder why companies make the roots dark. Maybe it’s a “thing” that they think customers will like? Perhaps HSN and the wig company will read your comment and take action. They won’t know if we don’t let them know, so I think it’s a good move on your part to communicate.
Posted in Forum: BeautyI’ve been wanting to get a be very blonde wig but every one of them is ROOTED…YUK! Not everyone wants to look like they either don’t have the money to get their hair done or are the just too lazy to I get it done. They don’t do that with the dark colors! Does it say that only blonds don’t have the money or are lazy to get their hair done? PLEASE, GIVE US SOLID VERY LIGHT BLONDE WIGS … NO ROOTS! Every wig company does this to us. It’s not fair. I just want s light blond wig with no roots. I never had roots in my life and I’m not going to start now just because some stylist says so.
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