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 | 21 January 2012 00:55 |
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| stevephot Photographer  Location United Kingdom North Yorkshire York |  Quote from Henry_Artist. And Jassups wonder why their sales are falling... I perosnally blame 2.8 million unemployed spending thier money on more important things than new cameras or Jessop prints rather than them stocking an item they are not likely to shift or the manager not knowing about a product he does not stock. |
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| Dont blame me..i voted for the other lot :) | ||
| 21 January 2012 01:40 |
| Renton Photographer  Location United Kingdom London | When I was a student many years ago I worked for jessops in Kingston, the manager had a policy of only hiring students (photography or art) or those interested in photography. Before every shift on a Thursday or Saturday we would spend an hour looking at anything new or training on something. The staff were knowledgable because they had been at the company for years, then in a cost cutting measure (long after I had left) the company made all the assistant managers (who were on good money), that had been on training courses, go and hired much cheaper staff, the result is generally disinterested and unknowledgeable staff. There are still one or two branches that have some good staff in (Richmond) but not many (please do add to the list if you know any (talk to Pete in the Richmond branch), I use Calumet, Jacobs (most) seem good and teamwork. |
| 21 January 2012 02:09 |
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| Fox2006 Photographer  Location United Kingdom Tayside Dundee | Jessops in Dundee is pretty good, most of the guys in there are actual photographers. They give good advice without being pushy however most their prices are above average, though sometimes they are cheaper than the rest, my pocket Canon s95 was cheaper in Jessops than anywhere else at the time. | |
| Erica Von Stein - jealousy does manky things to people. | ||
| 21 January 2012 02:18 |
| oceanova Photographer  Location United Kingdom Essex | I recently bought my mum a panasonic lumix to take on her travels to australia, jessops online was by far the cheapest and got cashback as well, but as previously stated when I was still using bronica, 120 film was a complete non entity in colchester, then my luck changed, the staff found a whole box of mixed 120's, all out of date and he gave it to me for a fiver! Result! |
 | 21 January 2012 02:52 |
| Pixel_Sensation Photographer  Location United Kingdom Nottinghamshire Nottingham/Grantham | In currys once i asked what was the difference between 2 tv's. The answer after a couple of minutes puzzled look was ' one was a sony, the other a toshiba!' |
| 21 January 2012 03:00 |
| Hobbeldehoy Photographer This member has been suspended This member has been reset to pending  Location United Kingdom Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries | They still have a few veteran sales assistants who know their stuff. I can't see them surviving, I much prefer on-line shopping and I suspect the majority of consumers are now thinking the same.  |
 | 21 January 2012 03:04 |
| nige_nw Photographer  Location United Kingdom Lancashire | It's a while since I have been there (same one I guess) - probably about 2 years. I can't remember the actual conversation but at that time I was surprised that the guys in there did actually know about photography (the staff churn had already begun). I guess they have now all left I miss Abbey Photo in Blackpool who shut several years ago now but at least we have Wilkinson Cameras in Preston who as well as knowing about cameras have usually got great prices |
| 21 January 2012 03:26 |
| kenp Photographer  Location United Kingdom Dorset Weymouth | Quote from Chris_G I think it was 16rpm - the idea was to play double the time of a long playing record but it never happened. 16rpm records were widely used for talking books. The low rpm meant a narrow dynamic range, which didn't effect the spoken word to any noticable extent. |
| 21 January 2012 03:38 |
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| mph Photographer  Location United Kingdom Cheshire Crewe | Quote from Pixel_Sensation In currys once i asked what was the difference between 2 tv's. The answer after a couple of minutes puzzled look was ' one was a sony, the other a toshiba!' In a similar instance I asked about the difference between 2 scanners (of different makes and prices) in PC World and was told that one was blue and the other black!  |
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| Amateur - happy to do TF with models with potential and enthusiasm. Website: www.mphodson.co.uk | ||
 | 21 January 2012 03:59 |
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| Henry_Artist Photographer  Location United Kingdom Lancashire Blackpool | Quote from nige_nw It's a while since I have been there (same one I guess) - probably about 2 years. I can't remember the actual conversation but at that time I was surprised that the guys in there did actually know about photography (the staff churn had already begun). I guess they have now all left I miss Abbey Photo in Blackpool who shut several years ago now but at least we have Wilkinson Cameras in Preston who as well as knowing about cameras have usually got great prices The staff used to know a lot about photography but the current lot don't appear to have any familiarity (or interest) with it not even the stock they have in the shop. Their standard answer to most direct questions begins with "Well, if you look on our website..."  I have fond memories of Abbey Photo. I bought my first ME Super from them back in '82. |
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| I may as well do it. I'm gonna get blamed for it anyway. | ||
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