# Shopping Channel Snark..Mostly QVC **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395 "2024-03-03T13:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![artisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@artisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artisto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/1 "2024-03-03T13:46:13Z")
So…the Primetimer Shopping channel forum is clamped shut… This looks like a good relocation site… I see Booney on here…from a few years back… ---
**Author:** ![Unicorn7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/cc9497/32.png) [@Unicorn7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unicorn7)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/2 "2024-03-03T15:12:45Z")
Thank goodness you posted this in the qvc forum. I was in withdrawal. I wonder what happened. ---
**Author:** ![artisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@artisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artisto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/3 "2024-03-03T15:31:52Z")
I’m pretty sure that the Primetimer Forums have become vanilla/bland and heavily censored. Nothing creative or snarky is permitted…Imagine if artists such as: Tennessee Williams; Dashiell Hammett; …Lilliann Hellman had posted…The Primetimer Forums can’t handle the truth… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/4 "2024-03-03T15:33:26Z")
Welcome to the Straight-Dope Message Board. We ask you please keep this to one thread and that you at least [peruse our rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857). We have one guiding principle: Don’t be a jerk . The most important rule is “Don’t attack other posters”, though of course you can challenge their posts. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/5 "2024-03-03T15:51:53Z")
So, let me understand. Y’all watch shopping channels and yak about what you see? Do you purchase a bunch of stuff? Is that a topic of discussion? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/6 "2024-03-03T16:13:27Z")
For more context, here is a link to the previous thread from the last time around (2014 - 2016). > [@Shopping channel snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226): > > I am creating this thread for a bunch of refugees of a recently shuttered snark forum. Everyone is welcome, of course. Snark away my friends. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/7 "2024-03-03T16:24:16Z")
I read about 20 posts past the ‘hellos’ in that thread. Y’all (snarkers) actually do buy the stuff and talk about it. Hmmm? I may have to watch QVC. I like shopping. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Unicorn7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/cc9497/32.png) [@Unicorn7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unicorn7)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/8 "2024-03-03T19:25:22Z")
Mostly I watch it for the bland and snark effect. Bland because it’s not depressing news. Snark because there is SO MUCH to snark about lol. ---
**Author:** ![imarocker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b4bc9f/32.png) [@imarocker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imarocker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/9 "2024-03-03T21:12:48Z")
Glad you posted here. ---
**Author:** ![artisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@artisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artisto)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/10 "2024-03-04T11:04:28Z")
In a word…yes We snark about QVC and apparently we are offensive to the moderators of Primetimer forums. ---
**Author:** ![LadyJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@LadyJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyJ)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/11 "2024-03-04T15:51:35Z")
That was an abrupt ending. I miss it ! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/12 "2024-03-04T16:02:35Z")
I for one welcome our new snarkers. We don’t get cable and don’t get QVC, but I used to like watching it from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/13 "2024-03-04T17:35:20Z")
I’ll start. What’s up with the old guy that is selling antique jewelry from a rotating display with a bunch of over-priced rings and stuff and he claims the old quality is much better then the new stuff and the artistry cannot be compared and the diamonds and rubies are way better then the ones at Macys or Walmart but he only has one of each because they are from dead peoples estates and he can’t get anymore so you have to hurry to spend your thousands of dollars but I don’t see any certificates of quality for the cut, color, clarity and weight so I’m not sure if they are good buys or not wait they are not good buys they are come-ons I guess what do you think? Oh, wait. That’s Jewelry TV. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/14 "2024-03-04T18:07:53Z")
I’m still at Primetimer (and I’ve been with just about all its iterations stretching back to Might Big TV), and I enjoy it. But there are times I want to say something with just a little more oomph than their moderators allow. Anyway, I’ve never watching those shopping channels except for fleeting seconds on a surf-by, so I won’t have much to contribute to this thread – although I love me some good snark. My older sister got hooked about 10-15 years ago for about a year or two. She mostly bought silver jewelry. It wasn’t terribly expensive, but I thought the quality was somewhat lacking and reflected the low-ish prices. Didn’t like the design/styles either. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/15 "2024-03-04T18:34:53Z")
OMG, I remember you guys from a few years ago! Y’all are awesome, and I look forward to the snark! I might need to start watching QVC, just so I can get in on the fun. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Grannysouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9a28c/32.png) [@Grannysouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grannysouth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/16 "2024-03-06T20:23:34Z")
Hello all. Just checking in after PT shutdown. I was kittygirl there. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395/17 "2024-03-10T01:20:19Z")
may I invite the new members over to “the pit” - for some quality snark?