Jessops in trouble...

[Alex H]

http://tinyurl.com/aeevp6

Would be a shame to lose them, they're good for trying stuff out before buying online; maybe that's the problem!

 

[Josh220]

Would be a shame to see them go. They are great for advice and trying before you buy as you said.

However, once you've tried them and decided what you want it's quite often cheaper to buy online or somewhere else. I actually felt guilty about paying less for my D40 elsewhere after they had given me some good advice.

 

[Fletcher]

Shame if they do go under, I've pretty much bought all of my camera equipment from them.

 

[Revels]

Theyre not that bad really. Some of the stuff is cheaper there and can only be competed with by companies in China.

My 50mm lens was £80 there I think or £77 from China. Easy decision TBH.

 

[Marky_]

A shame like you say, but hardly surprising. They already closed quite a few branches recently-ish iirc.

 

[aliengravy]

I bought my D40 there as it was the cheapest place! Cheaper than anywhere on the net! Most stuff from china is fake tbh! I even bought my tripod from Jessops when i knew it was cheaper online, as if you have a problem with anything, it's so easy to take it back!!

 

[James105]

Recently got my stuff from them aswell!

 

[Lee]

They've been struggling for a while, mainly due to places online selling stuff cheaper, even though they're often imports.

It would be a real shame to lose them. I've bought a lot of my gear from Jessops, but have also spent hours chatting to the staff in my local Jessops. They've always been very helpful.

 

[richy22]

They've been struggling for a while, mainly due to places online selling stuff cheaper, even though they're often imports.

It would be a real shame to lose them. I've bought a lot of my gear from Jessops, but have also spent hours chatting to the staff in my local Jessops. They've always been very helpful.

Agree A few of my friends have worked in them and they left a couple of years ago and the company was struggling. Said friends are now professional photographers (if you can call them that??!) and only did it whilst in uni etc.

Be a shame though as I like going in there and playing/chatiing with the guys in my local one.

 

[Ian]

I've been expecting to see this thread for a while tbh, hope they don't go under. Makes me wonder how other companies like Jacobs are doing too.

 

[Brown.]

lol at the first post.... too true though, they would'nt be in this position if returns policy' were the thing of dreams