I kind of get it, I have bought items from presenters I like and have garnered entertainment from but the product has to be competitively priced and at least something I have a minor interest in
This is where Gemporia just don't seem to get it.
Last week, they did a lovely Gem Auras Ocean Scene Tealight Holder with Blue Aventurine & Clear Quartz. It sold for Ā£20 and was worth every penny. It looked really nice and the quality was excellent. Really good value for money.
Then they do tacky stuff like these 'couture' cretins that look hideous and wouldn't look out of place in a tacky tourist shop window for a fiver in Blackpool next to a kiss me quick hat.
Yet these cretins cost as much as the much better Gem Auras item.
I don't think they know who their target customer base is these days. One minute they're selling high end stuff - then an hour later, they can be selling complete tat.
They refer to buyers as connoisseurs - yet they're bunging most of the stones in gold tone.
They say they don't sell brass and glass - but then they come on selling Hattie's brass brooch's and these glass cretins.
Some presenters distance themselves from all this 'healing / chakra' nonsense - then another will come on and tell us it can awaken the dead if you place it on their forehead.
They tell us they save money by cutting out the middleman - yet they pay Dave Sloth and Toby Cavill to tell us stories, which is an unnecessary wage.
They had a silver locket on Gem Collector for four days on the trot this week. Why have they got jewellery on a channel for loose gemstones?
They've had jewellery making gem strands on Gem Collector - and loose gemstones on Jewellery Maker.
Its just a complete mess - they seem to just sell a bit of everything on any of their channels now. Steve seems disinterested so I don't think he's passionate enough to sort it out any more. Each time he appears on Gems TV, it's for health related stuff rather than jewellery.
I give them 6 months.
...what is Gemporia thinking if at all!
