Did anyone watch 'Shop Well for Less'?

maman

I watched the programme this evening. It's to the same format as 'Eat Well for Less' but with clothes and other items.


They reviewed shampoo and waterproof jackets and told you where they came from. Unfortunately, when it came to clothes they didn't say where they had been bought.


I don't think I'll be watching again.

JIL

It was so very like eat well for less.
Being told how to save and spend money by two very well paid presenters.
I am a bit more nosey, I wanted a bit more, how much did they earn, how much they repaid each month on them credit cards in relation to their earnings and if they paid any interest.
What else did they spend their money on?
Because if they earned megabucks, and could afford to do what they were doing without it affecting their lives, then all it achieved was a TV programme that was relatively cheap to make.

C_J

I thought it was a bit silly really - both the parents were fairly reckless spenders but there wasn't much clue as to whether this was putting them into any financial difficulty or whether they could afford to live that lifestyle easily. The husband did mention briefly that he wasn't used to seeing any money left in his bank account at the end of each month, but there was no hint that they were wildly overdrawn or anything.

I was slightly amazed that they could spend so much on tiny designer dresses for their 15 month old daughter, and both their sons seemed very young to be having their own iPads (or am I just old and out-of-date? Do all 6 year olds have these nowadays??). Instead of explaining to them that they could buy high street clothes more cheaply than deigner labels (who knew, eh?) I would have thought someone ought to have sat them down and told them they need to just stop spending on things they didn't actually need.

It would have made for a much better programme if the family had been shown logging into this forum and having all us OSers knock them into shape

maman

JIL wrote: »

Being told how to save and spend money by two very well paid presenters.

I thought that exactly!:D


I found it rather sad that the whole family (except maybe the toddler..yet!) seemed totally driven by consumerism and labels. Not sure how old the mum was but she looked very drawn so it's not doing her much good.

fuddle

It was light entertainment for me and enjoyed looking into spending habits of those that have more disposable income than I do and thought to myself I'm really not missing out.

I'm not going to bash the women presenting because it was a refreshing change to watch a woman from Middlesborough and a woman from Carmarthenshire talk in their accents on the BBC. Well paid now but maybe not always? Succeeding now but maybe against all the odds? Maybe those presenters know very well how to stay within their means when they have to?

It was easy TV yes but I felt it wasn't patronising at all. It was about making savvy choices for me and that labels don't always mean the best. I think it did a good job at putting the point across that there's a good feeling to be had to get a good deal rather than go with 'I want it' feeling and then leave in its bag for 2 weeks.

I'll watch again... if I'm in the mood for a bit light entertainment.

jackel

Hi - Switched it on, saw a little of it - so good I went to sleep ! jac.xx

ScotinLondon

i watched the programme. It wasn't anything new and quite similar to those other debt programmes from back from the early 2000's on C4.

They did say every now and then that the kids clothes were from the supermarket or H&M but i think that was it.

However, I do think that the parents were both as bad as each other and not knowing where their money was spent or how much was spent too. No wonder they can't afford to their bathroom!

It was weird watching the programme, as we tend to save up for everything and by a mixture of high street & upmarket brands - depending on what we need to buy. We do put in to the CC but we pay it off straight away, as we have saved up for it. I use a points based CC - so the more vouchers we have the more it goes towards the cost of purchasing the next big ticket item we need.

The kids having an ipad each? That is a bit much I think.

However I do agree - it was easy TV and no need for thinking about it.

dickturpin

Dont s'pose anyone remembers the name of the 89p green sensation shampoo and where you can get it

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Silly programme about silly people spending far too much on silly unnnecessary things. Interesting about the shampoo's though Whos in their right mind would pay £54 for a bottle of shampoo though.And why would a six year old have an Ipad for goodness sake

ScotinLondon

i think that 89p shampoo was either from Aldi or Lidl - can't remember which. Sorry

iris

dickturpin wrote: »

Dont s'pose anyone remembers the name of the 89p green sensation shampoo and where you can get it

Aldi - HTH