A bit of a surprise this weekend and Jessops have gone up slightly in my estimation.
We are at present upgrading our equipment, and were looking for two new camera bodies. Last Saturday we started our quest and dropped into Jessops to investigate, with our usual intention to look and feel but go elsewhere for the best price. Someone at Jessops must have been listening to my gripes, we walked out with a new 5D Mk2 for £1,650.00, a similar price to the internet. By comparison the shop down the High St wanted £200 more for the same product.
Our joy was a little bit tempered by the attitude of the shop assistant, who halfway through investigating the price of a 1DS Mk3, walked away from us to serve someone else. When he finally came back, he confirmed that Jessops could get a 1DS for £3,799.00, but not at this store I would have to travel to collect from one of only four stores in the UK who can handle this piece of kit, one of those being Belfast.
I was not going to be perturbed, I rang the sales line and told them my story, this morning I got a call from Jessops, and after a bit of negotiating I should be the proud owner of a 1DS Mk3 later this week for the all in price of £3,799.00 including postage and packaging.
For price I given them 9/10, in shop customer care 4/10, telephone customer care 8/10.
But as they say on all good TV programmes "to be continued" !
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