Jessops

[rectory-rat]

I bought my DSLR from our local Jessops, mainly because I knew nothing about photography and wanted advice not just an eBay bid. Considering I was spending a reasonable amount, I thought staff might've been pleasant, friendly and knowledgable. They were none of those. So I'm not that sad to see them go. Online shopping it is...

 

[Ramsgatonian]

And now HMV too! Very sad, I dread to think what the high street will look like after another 5 years!

 

[lost]

And now HMV too! Very sad, I dread to think what the high street will look like after another 5 years!

Maybe the death of these chains will open up the high street to small independent shops.

 

[Ramsgatonian]

Maybe the death of these chains will open up the high street to small independent shops.

That is a hope, but where I live there seems to be a trade shop opening every month on the high street. They're just full of junkies and chavs selling stolen goods. It's a shame to compare this with the image of Ramsgate in its heyday...

 

[Ace5150]

I think Blockbusters will be gone soon.....ALWAYS deserted, OTT charges per film, and dodgy fuckers like me who get films in advance then flog them on. I had Django Unchained last week...........it doesn't open here till 18th January!!

 

[sweet pea]

well jsssops shops have closed but more on this story as it develops anybody from herts way try srs in watford

 

[magmo]

well jsssops shops have closed but more on this story as it develops anybody from herts way try srs in watford

I used SRS once in Watford. For what I got they were cheeper than what people on Flebay wanted second hand.

 

[sweet pea]

there local to me its family owned and competetive prices

 

[12quidkidinnit]

I dread to think what the high street will look like after another 5 years!

A housing estate probably.

I think Blockbusters will be gone soon....

Wouldn't surprise me. The one near me is rumoured to be closing soon. Bob Holness would be turning in his grave....

I blame the bankers, who are bleeding this country dry by the way they manipulate and control the money supply. By acting the way they do, they will eventually own everything.

http://www.lovethetruth.com/truth_about_money.htm

 

[UrbanX]

Where am I supposed to go to try stuff before buying it cheaper online?

 

[night crawler]

So now Oxford has zero camera shops.

Luckily Reading has a London Camera Exhange and an independent shop called Station Cameras, where I got my second-hand but mint Canon zoom lens late last year...

Think you might be wrong there but I will check.

 

[krela]

I think Blockbusters will be gone soon.....ALWAYS deserted, OTT charges per film, and dodgy fuckers like me who get films in advance then flog them on. I had Django Unchained last week...........it doesn't open here till 18th January!!

Psychic?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21047652

 

[Richard Davies]

Psychic?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21047652

I did hear a while ago that the American Blockbusters had been having money troubles.

The growth of on demand films & cheap DVDs to buy outright have eaten into their market.

 

[Ace5150]

I know! Scared the crap out of me.............if only I could predict the lottery numbers! Its no real suprise though. I think Thorntons will be up soon.....why go to their outlets when ASDA and Sainsburys stock Thorntons at 30% their RRP.

 

[krela]

Incidentally the current chief exec of HMV who went into administration yesterday was chief exec at Jessops up until Nov 2012. Coincidence?!

I doubt he'll get too many job offers any time soon!

 

[Ace5150]

Incidentally the current chief exec of HMV who went into administration yesterday was chief exec at Jessops up until Nov 2012. Coincidence?!

I doubt he'll get too many job offers any time soon!

He'll still have 2 corporate pensions sorted out, you can be sure of that!

 

[Ramsgatonian]

Where am I supposed to go to try stuff before buying it cheaper online?

I've done this for motorbike helmets! My head shape means that I can't just buy any online in my size - they always have tight spots. I've been to my local motorbike shop three times now just trying on helmets! I do feel bad, but it's the law of the jungle out there!

 

[night crawler]

So now Oxford has zero camera shops.

Luckily Reading has a London Camera Exhange and an independent shop called Station Cameras, where I got my second-hand but mint Canon zoom lens late last year...

T4 in Witney is the nearest to you

 

[Angelus]

Never gonna happen! If the company is sold the new owner will collect the debt, otherwise if the company is wound down your debt will be sold on to a third party company who will collect it.

I suspect this is wrong. Jessops already have the money and the customer will be paying off someone else who has already paid Jessops. Its a loan.

 

[Angelus]

I can see Maplin coing that way this year, you only have to go in to see how quiet it is. A little while ago I found a Maplin Catalouge from the 80's... It was a great read....

No chance matey. Maplin have just paid off all their debts and are opening new stores left, right and centre. And they made a profit over Christmas and have done for the past 4 years.