Random musings and general banter.

[Slipalong Trevaskis]

I wonder how much the buyer has paid for the Regatta clothing. It must be end of line stock, hence why Regatta has it on sale.

 

[Dr Quincy MkII]

Wonder why Paul B hasn't been tempted back, is it a distance thing?

I reckon its a money thing. he can probably earn more doing voice-overs from his kitchen than on-screen for 4 hours on Ideal World

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Isn’t he some sort of life guru now? Although they still use one of his ancient promos regularly. You know…the one where home essentials can easily be misheard…

 

[Jazzydrury]

One presenter who I find strange IW never tried as a presenter was Joe Remblance, he presents on C&C and does a good job I feel

Maybe they thought it would be strange, having one of there Star Chefs Presenting

 

[Hammy60]

Only sally could tell us she couldn't afford Regatta until ideal world started selling it despite her telling us she uses £40 room sprays.
Ideal regatta Jacket £34.99
Regatta website£20.95

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It's a really strange statement to make, especially as Regatta are not an expensive brand, they're a fairly affordable brand and as you say she spens quite a lot on other things.

 

[Herring]

Isn’t he some sort of life guru now? Although they still use one of his ancient promos regularly. You know…the one where home essentials can easily be misheard…

Every. Single. Time. Makes me laugh .

Paul is indeed doing coaching/talks/seminars etc and making decent coin doing it. He was doing it alongside IW mk2 as well. I doubt he has any desire to sully his reputation by flogging plastic lamps, walking canes, and 3 packs of Scotch video cassettes (okay, one of those I made up).

 

[Keep Going]

"All you need to find today is £6.66" how patronising.

 

[Herring]

"All you need to find today is £6.66" how patronising.

"find". Jesus wept. If viewers need to FIND £7, should anyone be encouraging them to buy useless tat?

"I can walk with you to the ATM so you can draw it out"

 

[Craftalot]

"I can walk with you to the ATM so you can draw it out"

Or maybe just sign this cheque: you don't need to worry filling out the rest. We're your friends - we can do that for you.

 

[Latearrival]

Just got an email listing yesterdays forum activity on here, I presume that’s a new feature

 

[Herring]

Or maybe just sign this cheque: you don't need to worry filling out the rest. We're your friends - we can do that for you.

Some of the sales techniques on this channel are dripping in "I'm doing this for your benefit, Doris. I wouldn't want you to miss out on this deal. Is there anything else I can do to get you to sign today?" pressure selling vibes.

 

[Ali Kamman]

Speaking of misheard words, I'm sure I hear "Shop at Best" whenever the "Shop the Best" promo ad appears.

Of course neither one makes much sense, really.

 

[Herring]

Just got an email listing yesterdays forum activity on here, I presume that’s a new feature

Yeah, same. Noble intentions; great for those who frequent different sections. But I'm only interested in one specific sub-forum …which pretty much has only one active thread

 

[Keep Going]

Just got an email listing yesterdays forum activity on here, I presume that’s a new feature

Yeah its a new, you can turn it off.

 

[Jazzydrury]

I see a administrators progress report come out on 10 Feb

 

[Jazzydrury]

QVC got the Sky EPG slots for £300,000. TJC bought other assets including the brand name, intellectual property, customer database and Freeview LCN for £1.125m (£200,000 of which was for the Freeview LCN).

 

[Professor Branestawm]

Plus you can add that it's probably got a basic Ronda quartz movement, the fact they don't tell you what movement is in it is telling also, then even £449 is steep.

Just to give a point of comparison, a real one, you can get one of Rondas most advanced quartz mechanisms - the Ronda 5940E - it’s a chrono with day and date and an analogue 1/10 second dial (almost spins as fast as the Bulovas - but not quite!) AND 300m water restistance for £210.
That was from a microbrand ‘Xezo’ doing exactly the same as most of the IW crew, but it shows how enormous their markups are,

This was it…it’s a bit pricier on Amazon now, still far less than IW, but I’ll bet it’ll be reduced again at some point.

 

[Latearrival]

She just said the heater will keep you cool in the winter and warm in the summer

 

[Jazzydrury]

She says Peter Simon joins you at 6pm can’t wait

 

[Duke of Cheese]

"All you need to find today is £6.66" how patronising.

666 - The coinage of the Devil.