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Well done Gems. Fair play to you for recognizing and appreciating them rectifying their mistakes too.

Peter Simon was very short lived - I can only assume that they thought his "act" was down to Bid TV rather than him personally - and he'd be much calmer on Gems TV. That never happened - Peter went to Gems - and so did his 1980's camp "comedy" (I use the word comedy loosely). Gems have tried...

I can see what you mean about Adina - but I think that sums up the problem about Gems TV's presenters at the moment. Rather than having favourites, it's rather a case of preferring the best of a bad bunch. Adina isn't perfect - but I can watch her simply because she doesn't shout or keep doing...

History mystery - are you referring to gem collector or Gems tv? Gems TV do over-subscibe too often - it's because their products sell in bulk within seconds. Their website, call centre and pre-ordering system tend to get a bit out of sync. On gem collector though, it's very very rare. I've...

I'm not keen on her - I find her personality to be a bit too "mumsy" and patronising. That said, she's one of the better presenters on Gems now. A lot of their best presenters moved to their sister channels Rocks TV, The Lounge or Gem Collector. All of the current Gems presenters now are too...

"Clearance price" means absolutely nothing. It's a way of claiming that viewers are getting a lower-than-usual price, when actually, they can sell it at the same price or higher - and not get into trouble by the ASA. Bid TV regularly did "warehouse clearance" days - and I remember a few...

There's a difference between not liking something and criticising something without even having any experience of what they're criticising. If I said I wouldn't buy a Ford Fiesta because I didn't like Ford's, then fair enough. If I said I wouldn't buy a Ford Fiesta because they handle crap...

I'm not - which would explain why 95% of my posts were about Bid TV :-)

Ordered hundreds of stones from GC. Only had a problem once. I ordered a stone that was showing as in stock - but when the stone was live on air, the presenter dropped it in the studio. The stone couldn't be found - so they couldn't send it. May I ask why you bought from the website? If you...

So you've had a good old rant, without actually knowing much about the channel? You don't have to have your name read out on air. You can easily choose to be anonymous by ticking a box in your Web account or by speaking to the call centre. Simple. Not such a big deal after all. As for the...

There's nothing wrong in having an old Queen outside Buckingham Palace.

Steve Bennett has said on air that the price of the phone call helps cover the overheads - so that the profit from the items can all go to charity. I have no gripe with the phone call cost on a charity channel. It's clear for all to see. It's people's choice whether they choose to phone or not...

Every penny profit goes to charity. http://www.equalworld.com/our-work/ I'm struggling to see why £1.02 per phone call is an "insult" too. It's an option to shop with them. Nobody is obliged to. Nobody forces them too. It's a charity channel. It'll be very obvious to people that it's a...

I don't. They probably gave him the benefit of the doubt - and probably thought that some of his antics were down to the old Bid channel. It's not as if Peter Simon was the only presenter on Bid TV that had some dubious selling methods. It's now obvious that it wasn't all Bids fault though. He...

I doubt very much that it was a short term employment originally. One of Peter's opening lines on his first show was "I'd like to get to know you over the next few weeks, months or years - however long i'm here" - or something very similar to that. Nobody would say that knowing full well that...

Hi can u tell me if Perter Simon is still on Gems or have I just missed him? Hi Sue, we have no immediate shows planned with Peter Simon at this moment in time. Gemporia

Jim Brooman is back on the 11pm until 3am shift tonight - and he said to Rachel that "it was good to be back" - so it looks as if he's back to that time slot on a regular basis - so it's him and Helen Mason covering the 11pm until 3am shifts now. Peter Simon hasn't been seen since last Monday...

I thought this myself earlier today. It seem's very strange that on Monday night, he said that he would be back tomorrow (Tuesday). He was on the schedule on Tuesday night - but then vanished at the last minute and was replaced with another presenter. Last night Matt Bennett covered the...

I completely agree with every word.

That's the one. She's almost as bad as Peter Simon for the over-exagerating, poor acting. They've recently changed channel on Sky to Bid's old channel - and the old channel number will have Steve Bennett's new charity channel when that opens in a few weeks time. I'm sure they said Freeview...