Jessops to go into administration ?

Quite a shock as they have just moved store and re-vamped their image in Eastbourne anyway.

Wanted to get a new flash from them this year as i can pay monthly! :(

Where else does that?
 
I dont think Jessops are that bad, I find them pretty friendly and non obtrusive in stores I have been to. The one near I work in the city is always busy and the staff are nice. I did always think how they can make money as they push out £50 cameras etc, probably like TVs with HDMI cables, the margin was in the memory card, case etc...
 
TheAnimus said:
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/04/26/dslr-sales-surging-despite-onslaught-from-camera-phones/
A few months back my mum wanted a DSLR, so I figured I'd buy her one whilst I was at my parents, jessops the logical choice. The sales person just didn't understand we needed one with Live View, that lasted a while on battery. Kept firmly informing us that its not as good etc. My mum is diabetic and so finds her eyes change a lot, making the SLR viewfinder a bit useless some days. This sales person was unable to grasp that, and intent on trying to sell a nikon.
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This is why I couldn't work at Jessops, just wouldn't have the patience that sales guy obviously had lol. :p
 
It's a shame but inevitable until they actually start paying attention to all the parcels arriving marked as toys from digital rev. I'm actually going to write to the customs people and ask them how they get through so often and easily.
 
D.P. said:
All current Nikon's have Live View, and have for some time so the sales person was indeed selling you a camera that has Live View.
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This was a few months back.... ie, years. I feel old now. Thanks. *sighs and goes back to working out which is the best remortgage deal, before meeting pension advisor and other old things* It was only a sony in budget, that had a simply to flick to live mode (using the big switch on the top) fyi.
An Exception said:
This is why I couldn't work at Jessops, just wouldn't have the patience that sales guy obviously had lol. :p
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I have to love my mother. I don't expect a jessops drone too. I do expect them to competently do their job thou.
 
I just got the perception that they are expensive, it doesn't even cross my mind to check if I could buy it cheaper there nor get it today in hand if I just walked into town. The perception, right or wrong, is so strong that I stopped going in. The last time I went in to the local one it doesn't have anything that I wanted, lenses or flashes, filters cost twice as much, everything need to be ordered. In that respect I might as well buy online.

They might be useful in an emergency if you need some batteries or cards, or film but in general, they don't offer anything (knowledge or service) that I couldn't find online.
 
Jimmy1983 said:
Better use my voucher pretty quick!
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to late it says in the article that there not excepting vouchers or returned goods anymore..

I found them fine, when I got my D5100 I could only have got it cheaper as a grey import and I like to buy in the uk if im spending that sort of money for piece of mind
 
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dannyjo22 said:
It's a shame but inevitable until they actually start paying attention to all the parcels arriving marked as toys from digital rev. I'm actually going to write to the customs people and ask them how they get through so often and easily.
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That will be a popular move. :p
 
An Exception said:
How can they stop accepting vouchers that have been bought and paid for?
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Its always one of the first things that is pulled when a company goes into administration, as its effectively money that has already been paid to the company which they can capitalise on because they won't have to give out anything in return.

The main reason why they can get away with it is that gift cards aren't regulated by the Financial Services Authority so they can largely do what they like. If you look at the terms and conditions on most of them, they will say that they can also change the terms whenever they like.

Depending on what happens though, they may change back to accepting them if an investor comes forward or such. A similar thing happened with Comet, even though they failed and also GAME last year.
 
An Exception said:
How can they stop accepting vouchers that have been bought and paid for?
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Was wondering that myself. I'm sure any folks that have been given them as Christmas presents would be a bit annoyed. Thankfully I don't have any but I can imagine their sales staff will have to put up with some very angry people arguing about it. Think a few people might just lift something to the value of the voucher and say cheerio.
 
Nexus said:
Its always one of the first things that is pulled when a company goes into administration, as its effectively money that has already been paid to the company which they can capitalise on because they won't have to give out anything in return.

The main reason why they can get away with it is that gift cards aren't regulated by the Financial Services Authority so they can largely do what they like. If you look at the terms and conditions on most of them, they will say that they can also change the terms whenever they like.

Depending on what happens though, they may change back to accepting them if an investor comes forward or such. A similar thing happened with Comet, even though they failed and also GAME last year.
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Not that I ever buy vouchers, but I certainly won't be buying them as gifts. Would rather send a cheque, or an actual present.
 
Tachyon said:
Was wondering that myself. I'm sure any folks that have been given them as Christmas presents would be a bit annoyed. Thankfully I don't have any but I can imagine their sales staff will have to put up with some very angry people arguing about it. Think a few people might just lift something to the value of the voucher and say cheerio.
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I would.
 
An Exception said:
Not that I ever buy vouchers, but I certainly won't be buying them as gifts. Would rather send a cheque, or an actual present.
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Yeah Gift Vouchers as a present are mostly a bit of a cop out really.

It sounds like a great idea giving somebody the option to buy whatever they want, but ultimately it also has no real effort involved, so it seems a little like the person couldn't be fussed finding something.

The other issue is that many gift vouchers can be totally pointless if they end up being for stores that you don't usually shop at, or can't find anything you like. Can't recall how many I had as a kid. We used to get given some by relatives for Beatties (who were a great toy shop) but the cards were actually for another retail chain called Beatties which wasn't a toy retailer and there were none near us! They sent them every year, but my parents never had the heart to say anything.

I've got a least three gift cards lying around and the last one I tried to use had expired. I think thats supposed to be pretty common that shops make their money on the cards and many never get redeemed.

It would be better to just give cash/cheque, but I think people obviously think that a gift card at least makes it look like some effort went in.
 
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