Hi FBN and welcome to late afternoon Trivia……….:) I had a feeling that you may have had a storm and lost the Internet connection. We all look forward to seeing you Friday night and hopefully the cable connection will be better. If it’s any consolation, the same thing happens to us. However, it usually means no internet, no wifi, no telephone (a good thing) and no cable.

I am also a Jay King fan. Yes, he has some of his items put together in China. If you notice, sometimes, the very boxes that HSN uses are made in China. And, other shopping channels are the same. From what I have seen over the years, Jay does visit the mines and picks what he can use and makes items from scratch and yes many are absolutely downright gorgeous. Unfortunately, with today’s cost and the amount of items that he must make to bring a show together each and every month is difficult I am sure he does not have the man power to put together hundreds of products for the shows. He has to go elsewhere. If he didn’t, those beautiful finds would be at least 3X or 4X the costs you see on TV or on your computer. In other words you would be paying the same price as a retail store. The cost for manpower today is really expensive. Foreign countries pay less on our dollar and that is why you see made in China, made in Mexico, etc. etc.. My only real problem with Jay, is that once the product comes together, he should have better quality control experts examining every piece. I blame the vendor and the Shopping Retailers not doing their jobs.

Good evening to you RosaTowwen. Yes, both of us are trying to be safe as one can be under these circumstances. I haven’t shopped at my usual haunts since this thing started and eating at a restaurant isn’t our cup of tea at the moment. Thank goodness the markets are no more than 15 minutes away as are the Wholesale clubs, though Sams is just up the street. We are still discussing a trip North but not sure when. We are hearing horror stories on the hotel rooms. Question now is how to choose. We also need to drive through other states that have the same predicament as Florida. Those are Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Some hotels in Virginia are not accepting reservations from these States. Not sure of eating out either when we are on the road. Loads of questions, no answers.

Thanks for the kind words RosaTowwen. As far as I can tell the Mods have not been around for the last 8 hours or so. Enjoy the rest of your evening. You probably are enjoying some sunshine still while we are in darkness. Be well and stay safe.

Thanks Sheba. Yes, it was an interesting evening.

Take care pipman. You are missed. Please stop by and stay awhile if you can. Enjoy your walk.

Hi MzKatz and welcome to Trivia. So sorry that we are having some problems during your first visit. Hopefully, we will have everything straightened out soon. I would like to think that the customer service people/Mods will come up with an answer soon. Not like them to not respond.

Sanibel, thanks for helping out. I saw your posts to customer service as well.