Jessops, where will it all end?
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I got bought £35 worth of Jessops gift vouchers for Christmas, they now won't be accepted!!!!!!!!!!!
Did they really not know a month ago that this was coming? I think it's on a par with fraud, selling gift vouchers dressed up as Christmas presents, then making them worthless 2 weeks after the event!!!
Did they really not know a month ago that this was coming? I think it's on a par with fraud, selling gift vouchers dressed up as Christmas presents, then making them worthless 2 weeks after the event!!!
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I think as a nation we just gradually became saturated with shops and now we're seeing survival of the fittest.
Back when I was a kid we didn't have anything like the retail choice we have now but also shopping wasn't seen as a hobby. Most men wouldn't have chosen to spend their weekends at a retail park, but then it became the default place to go on a Sunday.
Now people either can't afford it or they're realising that cluttering up the house with yet more random stuff isn't the key to happiness. Be nice to think it was the latter, more probably the former.
Back when I was a kid we didn't have anything like the retail choice we have now but also shopping wasn't seen as a hobby. Most men wouldn't have chosen to spend their weekends at a retail park, but then it became the default place to go on a Sunday.
Now people either can't afford it or they're realising that cluttering up the house with yet more random stuff isn't the key to happiness. Be nice to think it was the latter, more probably the former.
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I think as a nation we just gradually became saturated with shops and now we're seeing survival of the fittest.
Back when I was a kid we didn't have anything like the retail choice we have now but also shopping wasn't seen as a hobby. Most men wouldn't have chosen to spend their weekends at a retail park, but then it became the default place to go on a Sunday.
Now people either can't afford it or they're realising that cluttering up the house with yet more random stuff isn't the key to happiness. Be nice to think it was the latter, more probably the former.
Back when I was a kid we didn't have anything like the retail choice we have now but also shopping wasn't seen as a hobby. Most men wouldn't have chosen to spend their weekends at a retail park, but then it became the default place to go on a Sunday.
Now people either can't afford it or they're realising that cluttering up the house with yet more random stuff isn't the key to happiness. Be nice to think it was the latter, more probably the former.
Many moons ago, someone once sang...
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When your life's possessions start to get you down.....
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When your life's possessions start to get you down.....
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Local councils love shopping centres and and retail parks as they charge a fortune in rates. Mine in particular seem desperate to remove all small local business from the city and only let the big chains flourish, for that reason alone I really do not care when the big chains go under as perhaps it leaves a chance for a family run or small business to keep trading.
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I think as a nation we just gradually became saturated with shops and now we're seeing survival of the fittest.
Back when I was a kid we didn't have anything like the retail choice we have now but also shopping wasn't seen as a hobby. Most men wouldn't have chosen to spend their weekends at a retail park, but then it became the default place to go on a Sunday.
Now people either can't afford it or they're realising that cluttering up the house with yet more random stuff isn't the key to happiness. Be nice to think it was the latter, more probably the former.
Back when I was a kid we didn't have anything like the retail choice we have now but also shopping wasn't seen as a hobby. Most men wouldn't have chosen to spend their weekends at a retail park, but then it became the default place to go on a Sunday.
Now people either can't afford it or they're realising that cluttering up the house with yet more random stuff isn't the key to happiness. Be nice to think it was the latter, more probably the former.
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Agreed. Recently we bought a new fridge/freezer from a local independant. The guy knows everything about fridge/freezers and told us that the model we were after was fine, except swapping the door hinges (we wanted it to open the other way) was a right pain..........but he would do it for us for free. You dont get that on the internet.
But in general, highstreet shops simply cannot complete on price with that on the internet.
And more often than not, internet ordering will work out quite fine.
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Thing is you don't need a hands on approach to buying things now. just a quick google search brings up all the reviews you could wish for on nearly everything, this is why amazon works well!
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Admittedly most pros will go to a camera show or a specialist independent, but I cringe when I wonder how we are all really going to manage when there is nothing but the Internet left for the purchase of some items.
How many people honestly by a TV online without popping along to Currys, John lewis or until lately Comet to have a look at it first?
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Trouble is Ant if you are a pro or semi pro photographer you do need to hold a camera in your hands before you buy it as how it feels in your hands matters a lot when getting that all importntn shot and no amount of online reviews can tell you that information.
Admittedly most pros will go to a camera show or a specialist independent, but I cringe when I wonder how we are all really going to manage when there is nothing but the Internet left for the purchase of some items.
How many people honestly by a TV online without popping along to Currys, John lewis or until lately Comet to have a look at it first?
Admittedly most pros will go to a camera show or a specialist independent, but I cringe when I wonder how we are all really going to manage when there is nothing but the Internet left for the purchase of some items.
How many people honestly by a TV online without popping along to Currys, John lewis or until lately Comet to have a look at it first?
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A camera shop goes bust because it didn't adapt to market conditions. Shock horror.
It's not as if camera phones have only just cropped up either.
It's not as if camera phones have only just cropped up either.
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Maybe it's a bad thing maybe not but surely this is more driven by trends rather than the state of the economy. On-line shopping is the here and now, unfortunately the likes of Jessops who have the overheads of a store front just can't compete. Doesn't mean there is less stuff getting sold just the methods of selling it are different.
My old dear wanted a new camera for Christmas, quick bit of Googling, looking on Amazon, decided that a fairly basic Panasonic Lumix was probably the best option for a point and shoot for her. Checked prices, Amazon were cheapest, ordered along with memory card etc. and delivered to my work next day. Sod faffing about going into town for that, even an out of town retail park or supermarket seems like hassle especially around Christmas time.
My old dear wanted a new camera for Christmas, quick bit of Googling, looking on Amazon, decided that a fairly basic Panasonic Lumix was probably the best option for a point and shoot for her. Checked prices, Amazon were cheapest, ordered along with memory card etc. and delivered to my work next day. Sod faffing about going into town for that, even an out of town retail park or supermarket seems like hassle especially around Christmas time.
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Trouble is Ant if you are a pro or semi pro photographer you do need to hold a camera in your hands before you buy it as how it feels in your hands matters a lot when getting that all importntn shot and no amount of online reviews can tell you that information.
Admittedly most pros will go to a camera show or a specialist independent, but I cringe when I wonder how we are all really going to manage when there is nothing but the Internet left for the purchase of some items.
How many people honestly by a TV online without popping along to Currys, John lewis or until lately Comet to have a look at it first?
Admittedly most pros will go to a camera show or a specialist independent, but I cringe when I wonder how we are all really going to manage when there is nothing but the Internet left for the purchase of some items.
How many people honestly by a TV online without popping along to Currys, John lewis or until lately Comet to have a look at it first?
But that's just me
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People in these prudent times will always buy the cheapest. This is why the high street retailers are failing, they are not price competitive with online only retailers.
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Exactly. Even here in the City where people are less concerned with what they spend on small items like cards, there came a point (about a week after the collapse of Lehmans) when people just said enough is enough. And companies like MoonPig were all too happy to fill the void. Sign of the times.
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Nail on head. People are going to Jessops, looking at the Camera getting all the info from the staff and seeing it in the flesh. They are then going home and ordering it on line and saving a load of cash in the process.
People in these prudent times will always buy the cheapest. This is why the high street retailers are failing, they are not price competitive with online only retailers.
People in these prudent times will always buy the cheapest. This is why the high street retailers are failing, they are not price competitive with online only retailers.
We buy groceries on-line but all veg is local and delivered, same for meat, fish and wine (local wine merchant - clearly it's not actually made locally!). I hate this whole "save 2p at any expense" BS. It's killing our country and is flaming selfish.
If you really need to save money, don't buy that two grand sofa, that 50" TV or go on two expensive holidays a year.
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Agree with what you say, Matt, up to a point. Up to the point where i ask if there's any room on the price. And if there isn't, i walk out 99% of the time. Physical shops need to get smarter. Not sure what the answer is, but hoping that a bit of face to face advice will make people sign the dotted line at a higher price is redundant for the majority of people now.
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PC World has it right... you can reserve stuff online, then pick it up an hour later in store at the online price.
That's how to make the most of a brick & mortar presence - offer those customers who would otherwise have bought online from someone else the best of both worlds.
That's how to make the most of a brick & mortar presence - offer those customers who would otherwise have bought online from someone else the best of both worlds.
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