Jessops to go into administration ?

shaggyd said:
PCWorld could be next. The state of the store in Bangor has been on a downhill trajectory over the past 3-4 years. Gone from being PC specialists, they went the way of selling tat iPap accessories and Wii gizmos nobody wants. Now, the store is taken over and PCWorld have moved into the back of Curry's, selling tablets and discounts software such as Myst or Bejewelled.
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Dixons Retail plc has owned PC World since the 90s.

They have already started changing the brand to Currys PC World.
 
I dunno if it's to do with how they're financed or just how they're managed? But Curry's seem to know what's going on and are downsizing.

I suspect they'll still be going in 20 years time, but with many less stores. Think Wimpy or Little Chef.
 
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There idiots if they 100% believe that.
 
I do find the instant reaction to blame Amazon et al slightly strange, it's all the internet's fault etc, yet specialist camera places seem to be doing quite well, and also, especially with HMV, people feeling nostalgic etc about high street record stores, well I am sure the bulk of them buy their media from Tesco, Play, Sainsburys, Amazon etc...now we're going to get a silly "revolt" against Amazon, like against bankers. To be honest, Amazon are often not the cheapest, but I use them because a) their customer service is pretty much the best I experience and b) their despatching is brilliant (i.e. out on time, dispatch at all ours etc). People also forget they employ a large amount of people in the UK...


I didn't have an issue with Jessops personally, seemed very helpful, stores I visited anyway and the people in there were passionate about photography, but when you go into their stores there was too much emphasis on shifting a £39.99 camera, and like many others have said rarely do you see more mid-high end kit.

You only had to see all the posters plastered on the windows focusing on the low end of the p&s ranges
 
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Yeah I've got to admit, I've not bought much in the way of camera gear from Amazon other than cheap accessories.

The majority of stuff I've bought has tended to come from independent retailers that have an online presence.

Though I would imagine many people buying point and shoots and their first entry level DSLR would go to Amazon.
 
Mines have come from a mixture, mainly Amazon, Calumet, Clifton, Jessops, and odd bits from the drop shippers on ebay (battery grips, batteries and extenders). Sometimes paid a slight bit more versus cheapest online, but very wary of warranty situations etc.
 
Only ever bought 1 body and 1 lens from Amazon, I have bought more from WEX than anyone else, most of my camera gear comes from Kerso and my flash stuff from Calumet. Only this year I started using Digital Rev.

In fact I bought 3 SLR bodies from Jessops in the past and spent god knows how much developing photos with them.
 
I always found shopping at Jessops to be a pretty painful experience. In the old days you would go in to buy some developer or paper of something and have to wait 20 minutes because all the staff were dealing with camera buyers with 10 different open boxes in front of them.

More recently, I wanted a Plustek film scanner and the jessops price was pretty good on the web site, so I gos to the shop: 'no sir, you CANNOT have it for that price sir, unless you reserve and collect, sir!' so I meekly go home, click, back again 'yes, sir, no problem, sir!' Sigh.

More recently still you couldn't go in without being pounded on by mutiple sales people, the opposite of 20 years ago but just as irksome.

On the plus side, I got several OM mount lenses very cheap when analog was becoming the minority just before they stopped selling s/h altogether. On the minus side, their 360AFD flash was a piece of junk.
 
ElDude said:
Blockbuster just announced they've gone into administration too. All the cool kids are doing it!
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It's ridiculous that it's "BBC Breaking news" too. We'll have this every few days now until they are all gone. Maybe bookies should start advertising bets on the next major one. I'd say purple shirt place can not last another year.
 
englishpremier said:
I thought that Blockbuster went under 5 years ago?

Their stores around here closed down a long time ago.
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You are right that the American operation went bust, but I believe the UK part was a separate franchise and so remained. They did cut a hell of a lot of their stores a few years back though.
 
londonbairn said:
I do find the instant reaction to blame Amazon et al slightly strange, it's all the internet's fault etc, yet specialist camera places seem to be doing quite well, and also, especially with HMV, people feeling nostalgic etc about high street record stores, well I am sure the bulk of them buy their media from Tesco, Play, Sainsburys, Amazon etc...now we're going to get a silly "revolt" against Amazon, like against bankers. To be honest, Amazon are often not the cheapest, but I use them because a) their customer service is pretty much the best I experience and b) their despatching is brilliant (i.e. out on time, dispatch at all ours etc). People also forget they employ a large amount of people in the UK...


I didn't have an issue with Jessops personally, seemed very helpful, stores I visited anyway and the people in there were passionate about photography, but when you go into their stores there was too much emphasis on shifting a £39.99 camera, and like many others have said rarely do you see more mid-high end kit.

You only had to see all the posters plastered on the windows focusing on the low end of the p&s ranges
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Since the whole tax thing I've stopped going to Starbucks. I go to Costa instead. Same price, yet Costa pay their tax.
For food I like Pret A Manger, as they donate their unsold at the end of the day to the homeless.

I've tried, where possible, to boycot Amazon... over and above my previous "No I'm not buying a Blu-Ray from you, you've got my money from Lovefilm and this is because Lovefilm don't have the movie I want!". That said, at least Amazon was cheaper to the customers compared with Starbucks who pay no tax but are just as expensive as their competitors!

Last audio CD I bought was the Les Mis soundtrack (on the way back from the Cinema and got it in HMV).
Camera body came from London Camera Exchange (LCE) local retail store. Lenses came from various retail stores.
 
SickAsAParrot said:
More recently, I wanted a Plustek film scanner and the jessops price was pretty good on the web site, so I gos to the shop: 'no sir, you CANNOT have it for that price sir, unless you reserve and collect, sir!' so I meekly go home, click, back again 'yes, sir, no problem, sir!' Sigh.
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idiotic employee who can't be bothered to use the web system to create the order themesleves. There is however, *no* way without manager override to sell at the web price without a collect at store being put through the website.

Idiotic, I know.
 
Westyfield2 said:
Since the whole tax thing I've stopped going to Starbucks. I go to Costa instead. Same price, yet Costa pay their tax.
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Trouble with that is that you are actually screwing over genuine business owners who do pay their tax. It's something Boris Johnson highlighted, telling people to continue buying their coffee from them.

Back when it surfaced, BBC Question Time discussed it and actually had a Starbucks owner/manager on. What he pointed out was that while Starbucks doesn't pay their tax, not all Starbucks are equal. He, like many other business owners in the country are franchised by Starbucks and he fully pays his UK taxes.
 
Westyfield2 said:
Since the whole tax thing I've stopped going to Starbucks. I go to Costa instead. Same price, yet Costa pay their tax.
For food I like Pret A Manger, as they donate their unsold at the end of the day to the homeless.

I've tried, where possible, to boycot Amazon... over and above my previous "No I'm not buying a Blu-Ray from you, you've got my money from Lovefilm and this is because Lovefilm don't have the movie I want!". That said, at least Amazon was cheaper to the customers compared with Starbucks who pay no tax but are just as expensive as their competitors!

Last audio CD I bought was the Les Mis soundtrack (on the way back from the Cinema and got it in HMV).
Camera body came from London Camera Exchange (LCE) local retail store. Lenses came from various retail stores.
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You do realise that Amazon, Starbucks, Play and countless other thriving retailers are profiting from specific tax legislation introduced by none other than Gordon Brown. And, despite moral outrage today, they're still operating under the same laws.

Making a stand is more difficult these days. How do you think Pret write off their spoiled stock at the end of each day...
 
I don't understand people say Starbucks el all don't pay tax. There are lots of ways they can avoid it, from spending every profit penny on investment to moving money to Luxembourg. We have no idea what percentage is what. And the bottom line is that both Starbucks and Amazon's parent company is in the US, so paying taxes or not, money is going offshore anyway.

And it is better that they are here than not, how many more people will be out of work if they close up and leave?

When Starbucks decided to pay £20 million back, they announced they cut their staff paid lunch hours and paid breaks. It is their workforce, people in this country that suffers.
 
its a shame to loose another national retailer but i do think modern companies tend to get too to top heavy and focus on hyperthetical profit margins per sale instead of asking customers opinions.

my local bank used to have 12 counters and when busy, back office staff stepped up and manned to reduce cues. They have now replaced 6 counters with 4 self service machines. No one seems to like useing the machines so they have bank staff on the floor trying to convince people to use them whilst the delay due to cues at the counters gets worse each week. It the same at supermarkets with the self service bleep fest that goes on. They remove checkouts and replace the with bleep machines and at christmas i saw people with full trollies walking away and leaving there shopping due to the backlog created by the lack of checkouts, Non of these companies seem interested in asking customers their opinion they just think if we put in a machine to replace a job we can have a new servant on the yacht.

They all blame the internet instead of focusing on the things that shops could offer like , expert advice given by experienced staff , showing you the product , convenience being able to collect, payment options and a decent returns/ customer service process.

hay ho
 
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Nexus said:
Dixons Retail plc has owned PC World since the 90s.

They have already started changing the brand to Currys PC World.
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They won't go under either as they are now one of the few national chains that offer try before buy on products. You can't do that in argos, that sells a lot of the same products, nor get advice on them etc. When someones washing machine breaks and they need a new one, they often won't try order online, instead they'll get in the car and try and pick one up the same day, especially if they have a family.

Theres a few little independent shops in hull and none of them have closed on very popular streets as they cater to a specific demand for products. They aren't the cheapest by far, but you can get what you want there and then. I hope the small businesses now thrive due to the decline in the large stores on the high street.
 
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