Looking at the forum threads and the contradicting comments that are placed in general, it is easy to see that no one is perfect and knows everything. To me you should research something thoroughly yourself before you buy if your serious about what you do, taking stock of all that is said, and then make your own mind up. Jessops staff like any other store staff are only human. Yes some are good and some are not so good, just like the customer. They have to put up with a lot of flack from both sides of the counter. You normally find that alot of problems stem from the higher levels of management. It is the same whatever your own field of hobby/profession is. I get alot of rubbish spoken to me in equestrian circles, I also get some good. You have to sort the wheat from the chaff. I think alot more people today have got into cameras as a secondary asset to their pc, and are not from the old school SLR days. Ten years ago only a fraction of homes had computers and were on the internet and digital cameras were hardly heard of. Now with the explosion of digital and everyone joining the band wagon, the market is more competitive and the previous specialist shops are having to give way to trends to keep up. I know ten years ago I probably wouldn't have been able to go to Currys to buy a camera if I'd wanted to. This is where I believe the problem lies. Oh! and by the way I don't work in a shop I just try to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. No pun intended.
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