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JB
JasonB
David posted:
I was amazed on Saturday to see Peter Simon enter the Bid studio and eat some of the pizza from a Halogen Oven at just after 5pm. His shift didn't start until 10pm so he had 5 hours to prepare for a 3 and a half hour shift. I think with the compulsory purchase of his house, he might be living at Sit up.


Contrary to what it may appear on TV, a presenter with a 10pm-1:30am broadcast shift doesn't walk through the door at 9:59pm and b****r off out the car park at 1:31am. I'd be surprised if it wasn't anything less than a full-time job with regards to hours put in overall. A 12 hour shift wouldn't surprise me.

With regards to HS2, in all honesty Mr Simon does tend to ramble a bit and I wouldn't be surprised if the story is slightly embellished.


I remember Lisa Brash saying on air once that she had to be in at 1.30pm even though she came on air at 6pm. She said that the three hours prior to coming on air she researches and tries the products.
JB
JasonB
They just keep coming:
http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications/2013/2/sit_up-Ltd/SHP_ADJ_212294.aspx
BA
bilky asko
I have noticed that recently there have been a lot of posts at the Shopping Telly forum that are getting very personal. I'm sure that over here making the personal comments that some over there make would end up with a warning or a banning. Whilst some of the tactics that have been used are misleading and have been dealt with by the ASA, I think that it's getting to the point now where some have nothing to complain about, so start attacking the presenters for various reasons.

It doesn't absolve the company of its wrongdoing, but it does show that some people think that they're free to say what they want about people. It makes me glad for the moderation that goes on here over encroaching into personal matters.
JB
JasonB
It's Lisa Brash's last night on Speed Auction tonight, she's just said that she's moving over to Price-Drop tomorrow.
DA
David
It's Lisa Brash's last night on Speed Auction tonight, she's just said that she's moving over to Price-Drop tomorrow.


That is a shame. She will have to change her presenting style quite a bit when she moves to Price Drop. I quite liked watching her sitting their moaning, laughing or coughing on Speed Auction and using the channel to communicate with her friends and family, especially her Mother (Freeda from South Shields). I expect this won't be encouraged on Price Drop.
JB
JasonB
I wonder if they're slowly winding speed auction down? I wonder how many other speed auction presenters will have their "last shift" in the next few days?
Last edited by JasonB on 16 February 2013 12:17am
WP
WillPS
It wouldn't surprise me; I've watched quite a few times and totted up the revenue taken in an hour, and I've no idea how they can make a profit on it.
BA
bilky asko
It wouldn't surprise me; I've watched quite a few times and totted up the revenue taken in an hour, and I've no idea how they can make a profit on it.

I wonder whether it's better value to run it as an actual channel for training up presenters, rather than training presenters off air. It may also be a useful indicator for how popular an item will be on their main channels.
DA
David
It wouldn't surprise me; I've watched quite a few times and totted up the revenue taken in an hour, and I've no idea how they can make a profit on it.


Interesting, where are you getting the figures from?
JB
JasonB
On bid they're doing 1p p&p right now.
DA
David
Well, I saw this coming...


I pressed record as soon as Charlie 'Charleston' Hopkins said "Let me just rest this on top", it was an accident waiting to happen. Thankfully, no one lost an eye, so it is fine to laugh about it.

It seems that we never learn from history.


I expect however good the ladder is, it isn't the kind of thing that lends itself to be demonstrated quickly on a shopping channel.
BA
bilky asko
What an excellent video. Maybe it will be used in health and safety training for decades to come.

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