Phone calls live to studio

[csi]

I haven't been watching too much qvc for a good while. It stops me from falling for the sales pitch esp beauty items. Have they stopped live phone calls to studio now??? x

 

[Suki 1]

Yes haven't done them for a long time

 

[Toril]

They spend all their time reading out fawning tweets nowadays. It was far more interesting when people rang the studio because you never knew what they might say.

I’m not sure that twitter and iPads are necessary ”tools” for tv shopping, unless some of the presenters need their egos stroking (a few names come to mind.) Imagine how well the shops on the High Street would do if the shop assistants stood behind the counter tweeting etc. Well, they’d probably go out of business.

 

[Silver Fox]

They could be very embarrassing , cringeworthy or entertaining depending on how you look at them.As a presenter a nightmare in the making you never knew how things would go.Agree the constant iPad checks are annoying and boring, bring back the callers!

 

[Dame Fondacox]

The one that I'll always recall is the woman who rang during an SBC hour and asked if the arnica bath soak could be used in the shower, as she didn't have a bath. Alison Young told her not really, and to get the full benefit you needed to have lay in it for around 30 minutes or so. Never one to let a sale go by, AY told the caller she could use it in a bowel of water, to soak her feet. "I haven't got any feet.", the caller replied. AY's face was frozen with panic before she eventually blurted out, "Oh, well...it's probably not the product for you then...but keep watching, we've got the gel coming up which you could use.".

 

[Dame Fondacox]

Bowl of water!

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

The iPad and Twatter have become the crutch of the lazy presenter .... all of them.

 

[Brissles]

They hardly use them at all on the rival channel.

 

[donna255]

Happy days when we got a Stan phoning in raving about their favourite presenter asking for signed photos. The dreaded "You're my favourite! Remember when I phoned you about (whatever)", you could see the terror in the presenter's eyes. I remember way back phoning in to order and asked if I wanted to talk to the studio and presenter. No!

Some total classics the woman who said she was so excited to phone in she tripped over her oxygen tank!

 

[Dame Fondacox]

Another good one was when a caller told Tova she'd named her new Siamese cat after her. The smile remained fixed on Tova's mouth but it instantly drained from her eyes and was replaced by a look of total disdain. AY quickly chipped in to say that it was a Siamese cat and they're renowned for being svelte and elegant. Tova still didn't look impressed.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Yes there was the odd corker but I used to mute them as the sick bucket was too far away.

 

[SusieSue]

Such a shame they stopped taking live calls, I'm just thinking what our Pat of Arsebook fame would say

 

[Loveinamist]

Oh God I needed that laugh

 

[donna255]

There was a famous one on youtube for years a studio caller to QVC US about a TV TSV. He said it was brilliant for watching porn very clear picture The presenter did not catch the word porn and rambled on for a while before no doubt being told over the earpiece what was said.