# Shopping channel snark **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226 "2014-12-03T14:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Tranquil1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@Tranquil1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquil1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/201 "2014-12-04T18:59:10Z")
> [@Beauty\_Taint](#): > > ITA also, ownedbysetters. šŸ™‚ > > More on topic, Iā€™ll share my latest ā€œscathingā€ observationā€¦šŸ˜ƒ > > Admittedly, I donā€™t frequent Starbucks, et al, except maybe when Iā€™m at an airport, but is the price of a cuppa really up to $10.91 these days? Just wondering, as Kerstin said the $10.91 Easy Pie for the Lamo boots was the same as a cup of coffee. Gosh, Iā€™m almost ā€œfeeling freeā€ to buy as many as I want! I heard that too Beauty Taint. I thought almost $11 for a cuppa joe? Does it have 24k gold leaf floating in it? They are going crazy with the ez pie, trying to convince everyone that you can afford this! What happens when you are still paying for Christmas gifts in June? On another note I can not look at a picture of the Dutchess now without noticing the crazy eyes and the unnatural neck thrust. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Taint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Beauty\_Taint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Taint)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/202 "2014-12-04T18:59:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Welcome new friends and posters! Thanks, DrDeth! > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Welcome to the Dope, yā€™all! > ā€œDonā€™t be a jerkā€ basically means ā€œAct like a grown-upā€. Donā€™t troll, donā€™t spam, attack the argument rather than the poster (except in the Pit, where almost anything goes), donā€™t threadshit. In other words, as act as though you were having a conversation in real life. Itā€™s a venerable tradition here to bitch about the mods and their jackbooted fascist ways, but really, theyā€™re not heavy-handed at all, and are reasonable and fair-minded - Iā€™ve posted here for twelve years and never even gotten a note. Thanks for the welcome, and ā€œrulesā€ summary. > [@](#): > > If what all yā€™all have posted so far is typical of the viscous snarkery that got you booted from that other site, boy, are yā€™all in for a shockā€¦ Iā€™ve got my pearls at the ready for clutching! I suppose our little gang is really a blend of a chat mixed with some often fairly mild ā€œsnarkyā€ or ā€œhumourousā€ observations. We _can_ get a little mean sometimes, though! For realz! And maybe here, without ever watchful eyes that like to bang the report button for _any_ slight against their favorite TV strangers (and are ā€œrewardedā€ for doing so), weā€™ll eventually feel free to really unleash the beast! :eek: It may be misleading to the established members here, but I appreciate having ā€œsnarkā€ in the thread title, as I assume some cry babies will find their way over here, and it will hopefully indicate to them that they have to deal with it. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![SewSumi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@SewSumi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SewSumi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/203 "2014-12-04T19:05:48Z")
I made it! Honey, thanks for facilitating this, and Beauty Taint, thanks for remembering me via PM. I am usually choking because Iā€™m laughing so hard at your posts. But I sure as hell LIKE everything! I will miss the visual Countdown to Dec. 12. My favorite had to be Teresa Giudiceā€™s wave. Only watching Antonella now because I need to find a cheap bracelet thatā€™s easy on-easy off for my MIL with arthritic hands. Sheā€™s 82 and there really isnā€™t much more she needs or wants. I may well go back and get the Honora stacked pearl set; she loves those things. I just donā€™t know what Iā€™ll do with the extra (sheā€™s tiny, canā€™t stack more than maybe 3 at a time). Ahhh QVCā€¦I wish she read books or something so I wouldnā€™t be forced to do this. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/204 "2014-12-04T19:16:04Z")
ā€œThanks for the Jeffery!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![LauraPalmer72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LauraPalmer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraPalmer72)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/205 "2014-12-04T19:28:24Z")
when does shophq switch over to evine? what a weird nameā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Taint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Beauty\_Taint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Taint)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/206 "2014-12-04T19:42:16Z")
Thanks, SewSumi. I aims to please šŸ˜ƒ Glad you made it over, and could keep your ā€œnameā€. I always liked it. šŸ™‚ > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > ā€œThanks for the Jeffery!ā€ OLD SCHOOL!! šŸ™‚ * * * Emu boots on SHQP. Too bad for them I just ordered practically a shipping container full of Bearpaw boots at a wicked good deal from Amazonā€¦ But I see Connie K has dyed her hair red instead of over processed blond. I like it. Sheā€™s tamed it a little too and it doesnā€™t look like her hair is trying to eat her face for once. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyNewhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@EmilyNewhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyNewhart)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/207 "2014-12-04T19:51:33Z")
Beauty Taint! I got my order of two pairs of bearpaw boots, they are fabulous!! IMO they are cuter than my grey ugg cardigan boots. Iā€™m surprised I really like the black pair, I think you need to get them too. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/208 "2014-12-04T19:58:24Z")
> [@Friedbaloney](#): > > I posted over there this morning, lol. I probably wouldnā€™t want to go back though if I were one of the ones who had been told off. The accusations of ā€œstalkingā€ and ā€œracismā€ were ridiculous! > > I donā€™t think Dave (whom I suspect thinks weā€™re all loons) really wants us there. And itā€™s only a matter of time before he shuts down the forum permanently. To the delight of the shopping channel host sycophants, who run screaming for the report button every time one of their idols is insulted. I just wanted to make it clear that I wasnā€™t one of the ones told off. Lol I was one of the ones who rarely ever snarked on Lisa even. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/209 "2014-12-04T20:03:53Z")
So how many hours a day do you watch those shopping channels? (FYI, my only exposure to them comes from the clips shown on The Soup.) ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Taint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Beauty\_Taint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Taint)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/210 "2014-12-04T20:06:59Z")
> [@EmilyNewhart](#): > > Beauty Taint! > I got my order of two pairs of bearpaw boots, they are fabulous!! IMO they are cuter than my grey ugg cardigan boots. Iā€™m surprised I really like the black pair, I think you need to get them too. Right?! Iā€™m glad you love them! I already have the black, I ordered the purple too after you talked me into it. šŸ˜‰ All told, I got 6 pairs I think, for me and Xmas gifts - for about the price of 1 pair of Uggs that I was eyeballing. Good quality, too, IMO. Yeah baby. Now my problem is that is practically 80 here this week now that I have them. ā˜¹ I was tempted to wear them out anyway. Hey, if our fave fashionista LR can wear full head-to-toe leather in the Hamptons in _July_, it must be OK for me to wear my new fuzzy boots in warm Dec weather here, right? ---
**Author:** ![Friedbaloney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@Friedbaloney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Friedbaloney)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/211 "2014-12-04T20:12:45Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I just wanted to make it clear that I wasnā€™t one of the ones told off. Lol I was one of the ones who rarely ever snarked on Lisa even. šŸ™‚ Sorry, I didnā€™t mean to imply that you were, lol. That was bad phrasing on my part. What I meant was, Daveā€™s remarks seemed to be directed at everybody and anybody who had something snarky to say about Lisa. And before her, Shawniepoo-poo. I think the only one I ever really bashed was Yum-Yum. (But only because I hadnā€™t gotten around to anybody else yet, lol). ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Taint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Beauty\_Taint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Taint)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/212 "2014-12-04T20:18:14Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So how many hours a day do you watch those shopping channels? > > (FYI, my only exposure to them comes from the clips shown on The Soup.) For me, I just leave them running on the teev a lot just for background noise, not really watch, per se. Itā€™s kinda like an endless Soup clip. Although, Iā€™m relatively new to posting about it. I broke my leg this past summer, and had very limited mobility for a while, so started posting about them while stuck on my couch a lot of the time under Dr.'s orders. Better now, but enjoy the people Iā€™ve found to BS with on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![GirlyDiva53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GirlyDiva53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GirlyDiva53)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/213 "2014-12-04T20:19:11Z")
> [@Imadancer](#): > > I may have a couple to send to you, my ninja big container doesnt work any more so i only got the little ones, i ordered a vitamix tired of buying disposable blenders Oh that would be very nice of you! ---
**Author:** ![SewSumi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@SewSumi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SewSumi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/214 "2014-12-04T20:30:45Z")
Can we cuss here? Because I can let it rip like a sailor. šŸ˜ƒ That Basshole TSV is godawful, unless youā€™re 6 feet tall and weigh 110. I canā€™t imagine it on my curvy 5 foot, 125 lb. body. #disaster Is there a happy medium between the Giggly moto jackets and these baggy schmattas? Anyone? Bueller? As for the other place, I just read the comment. Racist? Stalking? What the actual f\*\*\*? ---
**Author:** ![Friedbaloney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@Friedbaloney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Friedbaloney)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/215 "2014-12-04T20:31:12Z")
Speaking of boots, Iā€™m waiting on a pair of Earth Spirit ankle ones from QVC. To my disgust, according to the UPS tracking they were dropped off at my local post office today instead of being delivered to me directly. That means Iā€™ll have to wait two more days to get them, and whatā€™s worse, my irate mailman-- who seems to resent having to carry anything heavier than a postcardā€“will be sure to fling the box over my gate and into my shrubs! :mad: This seems to be happening more and more with all the shopping channels. They must get a discount when they donā€™t have UPS make home deliveries. But we donā€™t get a discount! Plus, doing things this way makes it easier for stuff to get lost or stolen. Thatā€™s what happened to another pair of boots I ordered last month. Somewhere between the UPS and the postal service they disappeared into the hemisphere. UPS says the postal service has them, the postal service says UPS has themā€¦ HSN refunded me, but stillā€¦ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/216 "2014-12-04T20:52:55Z")
It is beyond strange to a thread on the board Iā€™ve been a member of for such a long time and not get any of the in-jokes and references! I feel like Iā€™ve stepped into a parallel SDMB. None of you are wearing ā€œevil-Spockā€ goatees, are you? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/217 "2014-12-04T20:58:22Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So how many hours a day do you watch those shopping channels? > > (FYI, my only exposure to them comes from the clips shown on The Soup.) I switch to QVC during commercial breaks on other shows, or if they are showing something that catches my interest and thereā€™s nothing else on, I will keep watching for a little while. I like it because itā€™s one big commercial so there are no commercial breaks! šŸ™‚ My pet peeve was mentioned above ā€“ silly/inaccurate color names. ā€œThis is our turquoise. Really itā€™s an olive green but weā€™re calling it turquoise. And our coralā€¦itā€™s more of a tomato redā€¦ā€ ---
**Author:** ![kittygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@kittygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/218 "2014-12-04T21:10:31Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I switch to QVC during commercial breaks on other shows, or if they are showing something that catches my interest and thereā€™s nothing else on, I will keep watching for a little while. I like it because itā€™s one big commercial so there are no commercial breaks! šŸ™‚ > > My pet peeve was mentioned above ā€“ silly/inaccurate color names. ā€œThis is our turquoise. Really itā€™s an olive green but weā€™re calling it turquoise. And our coralā€¦itā€™s more of a tomato redā€¦ā€ Thatā€™s what I do. Drive by. Check during commercials. Thereā€™s always plenty of good material. Even a few seconds of some of the hosts can be way tooooooo loooonnnngggggg!!! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/219 "2014-12-04T21:16:37Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > It is beyond strange to a thread on the board Iā€™ve been a member of for such a long time and not get any of the in-jokes and references! > > I feel like Iā€™ve stepped into a parallel SDMB. > > None of you are wearing ā€œevil-Spockā€ goatees, are you? > > šŸ˜ƒ I know, right? Itā€™s so weird. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Taint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Beauty\_Taint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Taint)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226/220 "2014-12-04T21:17:00Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > It is beyond strange to a thread on the board Iā€™ve been a member of for such a long time and not get any of the in-jokes and references! > > I feel like Iā€™ve stepped into a parallel SDMB. > > None of you are wearing ā€œevil-Spockā€ goatees, are you? > > šŸ˜ƒ Evil Cartman ones, maybe. šŸ™‚ That must be weird for you. Keep checking in, weā€™ll get you up to speed maybe. There are worse ways to waste precious time. Well, maybe not, but here we are. > [@gigi](#): > > I switch to QVC during commercial breaks on other shows, or if they are showing something that catches my interest and thereā€™s nothing else on, I will keep watching for a little while. I like it because itā€™s one big commercial so there are no commercial breaks! šŸ™‚ > > My pet peeve was mentioned above ā€“ silly/inaccurate color names. ā€œThis is our turquoise. Really itā€™s an olive green but weā€™re calling it turquoise. And our coralā€¦itā€™s more of a tomato redā€¦ā€ Yes, wrt the no commericals commercial. Thatā€™s exactly why I started leaving them running for background noise. Less annoying than the same loud, yammering TV commercials over and over. Iā€™m glad it makes sense to someone else, too. šŸ˜ƒ The colors stupidity is baffling. Iā€™ve heard hosts say they have _huge_ meetings about what colors to call things, and they STILL canā€™t get it right. WTF? How hard is it? A 10yr old with a 64 count box of Crayolas could do a better job. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark/706226.md?page=12)