Designing Spaces

I spent an hour with someone who said they were the "assistant producer" of the Designing Spaces show.

They are actually a marketing company and do not say that anywhere in their talk. They only wanted $14,700 from me.

Its a marketing scam that cost me an hour of my life. Lesson learned and I should have known when they use one number to call you nd tell you to call them back on another number.

Its a shame people have to skate on the thin ice of truth in order to make a buck.

If the product was as good as they say, why not just be upfront about it? Apparently they have to mislead you into getting your business. That's never a way to do business and how people like this sleep at night is beyond me.

O well lesson learned and hopefully this little review will save you an hour of your life.

While Designing Spaces is a real TV show that people are filming in Florida, it is also running an extremely sketchy advertising program behind the scenes. While probably not technically illegal, it is eyebrow raising.

Telemarketers phone up suppliers of home improvement products on behalf of the show's producer, and offer to showcase a product on the show, like a mini-infomercial. The telemarketer's sales pitch lasts a good 45 minutes. At the end of the sales pitch, a price tag of $49,700 is revealed. For a 1 to 3 minute spot. Which will be seen by virtually no one. Their viewer numbers are not available anywhere, but a 7:00 AM home improvement show on an unpopular cable channel is likely to reach somewhere in the hundreds of viewers, possibly less.

Since this network was acquired by A&E in 2009, I am sincerely surprised that this practise is allowed to continue.