the fact that the presenters get paid commission answers a lot of questions, but it brings up a whole lot more too!!
It would be interesting to know, if they do get paid on comission, who decides then what extra (requested) pieces they will show... anyone ever noticed if they bring more expensive items to air? but then how would we know?
It seems to me though, when I ask for specifics, I never get what I am really looking for .. if I ask for a cluster ring for under a specific amount, its always a whole lot over
if theres an (for example) under £100 hour, if you mail in and ask eg 'will you have a white gold bracelet for sale in the under £100 hour?', to me this means, you got white gold under £100? ... they say on air they will have what I am looking for ... then show a bloomin Iliana with 5cts of diamonds (have sat up until after 1am in the morning to have this happen to me!!)
and when they say 'I know you have a budget of £1000, and this is slightly over your budget (sometimes by at least £500) but it would be worth it .. ' is that the presenter being greedy? looking for more commission?
I know this post has veered away from the original topic .... but, if they ask for texts live, you go to the bother (and sometimes cost) to send one in.. and then they dont even bother answering
as for the PS service ... only had a good result once and that was when Jim answered my email .... had posted on the forum before about all the negative points I found with the service
I used to hear quite a lot though that they thought they had something in stock but PS had sold the last one ... or that they hadnt sold them all on air, they would bring something back, but now there are none left ... (does that mean the shopper then sold the last pieces, and how does that work if its late at night?)
I wish they would decide on a set of rules and stick to them ...
dont know about the rest of you but, if I have my heart set on something and they told me a time and then sold it out from under me, I would be fuming too ... its disappointing enough if you dont get in there in time on the live auction but for that to happen is soo unfair ...
dont they get that we love sparkles, they make us happy, when we get messed around we turn over, buy from elsewhere ?????
The explanation given was that the presenters are on commission and will alter the schedule if they think they can sell an item. So that doesn't work either and I've given up now with the ps service. 
