The Consumer Show

amdublin · 13-09-2010 7:43pm #1

I'm embarassed for the audience. The state of them in their GAA jerseys.

Whinge whinge whinge.

The leprachaun accountant is cringe.
Keelin Shanley is waaaaaaaaay too serious.
The other one isn't too bad - natural enough.

The quality of VT while the consultant doctor was talking!

Is this rubbish live????!!!!! Soooooo bad!!!!!

pog it · 13-09-2010 8:19pm

No I highly doubt it's live.

But I think the chemistry between eddie and keelan is off and that's the main reason why this isn't living up to expectations. I'm a fan of Eddie Hobbs, think he's great on TV, and Keelan is well able to do the primetime stuff, but overall I agree, she is coming across as a bit too serious.

And all this 'Keelan you've been researching this haven't you', 'Yes, Eddie I have', 'Thanks for that Keelan. After this Christine will talk us through... etc. etc.'

amdublin · 13-09-2010 8:22pm

pog it wrote: »

I'm a fan of Eddie Hobbs, think he's great on TV,

Is this a windup? :eek:

I learnt nothing from this silly program

Consumer Issue: that my TV Licence money is paying for this.

Luis21 · 14-09-2010 3:17pm

Did Eddie Hobbs say "I think you're a cracker" to the hot girl that did the shopping ?

JonathanAnon · 15-09-2010 9:18am

Not sure why they have Tina Leonard standing about ten feet away from them with a laptop...

Dymo · 15-09-2010 10:25am

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Tina Leonard standing about ten feet away from them with a laptop...

That's enough information, I'm not ever going to watch it now.

losthorizon · 15-09-2010 10:34am

Dymo wrote: »

That's enough information, I'm not ever going to watch it now.

I actually thought it was quite good and I'm no fan of RTE usually.

But, the item on the way Supermarkets get you to spend money was informative and you did learn something from it.

And as someone who has a tracker mortgage Eddie Hobbs comments about going onto a fixed rate sometime in the future were interesting. Thats definitely worth checking out. Getting advice about going on a tracker has saved me litterally thousands in the past. Anyone who has a mortgage should tune in if they want to save a few bob.

JonathanAnon · 15-09-2010 10:41am

losthorizon wrote: »

But, the item on the way Supermarkets get you to spend money was informative and you did learn something from it.

Yeah, I thought this was interesting as well... They should focus on the practical stuff like this... cant say bringing Tina Leonard onto the show adds to the credibility of the show, but 'sexing' up Keelin Shanley was certainly a good move..

Minstrel27 · 15-09-2010 11:34am

Luis21 wrote: »

Did Eddie Hobbs say "I think you're a cracker" to the hot girl that did the shopping ?

He didn't mean it in a "wow you're hot" way.

Elmo · 15-09-2010 11:36am

Get rid of the audience its hard to get them going. Eddie was nearly telling them what to say about doctors fees.

JonathanAnon · 15-09-2010 11:58am

Elmo wrote: »

Get rid of the audience its hard to get them going. Eddie was nearly telling them what to say about doctors fees.

Elmo, almost forgot to mention that... It looked like the had flagged down a bus on the way to a match, crammed them in to a storage room in RTE and brought in the cameras... packed in like sardines they were.

Our man in Havana · 26-09-2010 1:07pm

They have useless Tina Leonard on it. Gawd help us all.

FreudianSlippers · 28-09-2010 3:04pm

I watched this show for the first time last night. I have to disagree with the previous criticism (perhaps something has changed since then) but I found the show to be very good on the whole. Hard hitting interview with a guy from the pharmacist board and good practical advice.

Also, they mentioned the housing market in a sane way talking about how prices have reached an artificial low in some parts of the country.

I'll have to watch it again to see if it's always good, but I enjoyed it.

Elmo · 28-09-2010 10:03pm

OisinT wrote: »

Also, they mentioned the housing market in a sane way talking about how prices have reached an artificial low in some parts of the country.

Sorry this is a bit of topic.

I was watching a stand up comedy show (Roadshow on BBC, happened to be on RTÉ anyway not the point) but one of the comedian raise a very good point about Negative Equity and that perhaps he might live in the house rather than doing the secondary thing about worrying weather or not the price had fallen or dropped. Obviously he did this in a very entertaining and funny way, unlike this post. Just look at the Video

Also Negative Equity is really difficult when you have no money and are forced out of your house.

Perhaps I should just post the Youtube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y65H3u1fJO8

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