Sally Jacks the biggest mistake ever made by Ideal World

ohnonotshoppingagain said:

I wish I knew what I was missing, but the truth of the matter is that I loathe Ideal World, what do you all get out of it?

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ohnonotshoppingagain said:

I wish I knew what I was missing, but the truth of the matter is that I loathe Ideal World, what do you all get out of it?

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historymystery said:

ohnonotshoppingagain, unless you have seen an hour presented by either the lovely, slim and beautiful (well, in his opinion, anyway) - Howard, or "Pope" Peter Simon, you haven't lived. I've laughed my head off watching it (never bought a thing from the channel itself). IW presenters are better than any so-called "comedy" programme of the past 10 years or so, and the biggest laugh of all is that they all think they are so wonderful. Where else can you see a presenter (Pete) who has a mother who is either reported as being alive or dead, depending on what he is selling, who switches between unfunny, sexist 1970's style "humour" to imitating a deeply religious and spiritual being - often all in the same day? I flick between the shopping channels mainly in the evening when I'm free - but I usually only stay watching IW if Pete's on, as he's by far the funniest - can't watch the females, as they're all seemingly incapable of anything other than screeching.

I think one of the funniest posts I saw on here was someone saying...."Pete, the 1970's called - they want their jokes back!"

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Muttley said:

You are absolutely right about Pervy Pete's two styles of presenting. There is nothing funnier than him doing his reverential act. He wears his comedy jacket with the green and blue check and sometimes a bow tie. He then speaks very slowly and quietly. No leaping about or hand on hip Larry Grayson style. He saves this for the wonderful Worry Angels (not seen on IW but Bid TV viewers will know what I mean), or Thomas Kinkaide pictures which are still being churched out by the thousand even though the "artist" is dead, or Elvis memorabilia. I am surprised comedy writers have never satirised Shopping Telly for a comedy show. They could do a fly on the wall send up like Ricky Gervaise did in The Office. Maybe I will write one myself, there is certainly a lot of good material out there!

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merryone said:

Well i'm pleased, I didn't even know she was coming to IW . Tuned in today and they had the product description on the screen,and I thought, I recognise that voice, it's Sally. Yay....that's all I can say. I like her!

And going back to an earlier post...what exactly is/was a zhuzh dress? And what was the scandal?

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Mommabear said:

Television Advertising Complaints Reports

These reports are case summaries of complaints which appeared to raise issues of substance in relation to the interpretation of the ITC Advertising Standards Code. Summary statistics of non-substantive complaints can be found in the full reports which are obtainable from the ITC.

IDEAL WORLD HOME SHOPPING

Complaint from: 2 viewers

Background

A "Pick of the Day" launch on Ideal World Home Shopping featured a "Zhuzh" dress. The presenter, Steve Whatley, talked on a number of occasions about the dress being the first ever of his own design. Viewers complained that the feature was misleading because, although it gave the impression that he designed the dress himself, it had originally been an unwanted retail outlet sample.

Assessment

The ITC had initially dismissed complaints after receiving assurances from Ideal World about the origins of the dress. However, on receipt of a further viewer complaint, and after assessing the advertising, the ITC again took the matter up with Ideal World. At this point Ideal World told the ITC that although there had been no intention to mislead, on reflection, "it would be fair to say that the impression the viewer would get is that he, Steve, sat down with a designer and physically drew the original design."

Whilst the ITC was prepared to accept that there was no deliberate intention to mislead viewers, it nonetheless judged that the way in which the dress had been described in the live presentation could have given viewers a misleading impression of its origins. It therefore warned Ideal World of the need to consider carefully every claim, illustration and description of its products and to clarify on air, any ambiguities which may occur as a result of presenters "getting carried away" with the products they are promoting.

Conclusion

Complaints upheld.

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shopperholic said:

I don't know why shopping TV tries to deceive the customer, liars always get found out.

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