clearly some jesspos shareholders here trying to defend this blatant thievery. Can only hope people come to their senses and go elsewhere.
There are some very strange attitudes being shown on this thread
Who's supporting them? I'm merely making the point that everyone has a choice and there is no need to be insulted or be reduced to accusing business of thievery just because you are offered a low p/x price. There are people throwing there hands up in horror who would probably never contemplating buying from Jessops, but they'll have a moan anyway. How bloody futile and what a waste of energy!There sure are. Seems very strange that any reasonable person would support a retailer offering well below market value for equipment.
I'm not sure you should keep assuming things about who would and wouldn't consider buying stuff from Jessops. You did the same thing earlier in the thread and both myself and Hugh pointed out that you were wrong.
It seems that you have an issue with people pointing out how crap the Jessops trade in offers are. They're not just low, they're ridiculously low. That's a fact based on market value gauged from the other used equipment dealers. The fact that no one has to use them isn't really much of a defence for it either as that's the type of reasoning trotted out by the payday loan brigade.
So now you are comparing Jessops to a Payday loan company ??? Christ it gets better this! My point is that people are insulted and calling a company a thief for daring to offer low px prices. You then state that other dealers offer better prices! So tell me why not just say the Jessops offer low px prices rather than saying that they are insulting you or that they are thieves? The fact that you are shopping round for prices shows you have an idea of what the market offers so why use hysteria to deride a business.
To call a business a thief verges on libel and to say a px deal insults you shows an extreme lack of emotional control. I think maybe if looking at equipment websites generates this level of emotions in you then maybe you ought to start trainspotting instead! Get a life, I'm wasting my breath, enjoy your Daily Mail in the morning!
being able to walk in to a high street store play with new kit and part ex their old kit for it on the spot!
Stuart I'm not directing my comments at you, just at the thread which to be honest has been blown way out of proportion with some pretty sensational claims.
To summarise - Apparently Jessops part ex prices aren't good! Solution -don't use them! I am 99.9 % sure that when setting up the facility Jessops were neither seeking to insult potential customers or to be called thieves! They are looking to increase their sales, Im even more sure that as they start understanding the px model more, these figures will change.
What most people don't seem to want to realise is that there is a cost to being able to walk in to a high street store play with new kit and part ex their old kit for it on the spot! Its not thievery its called profit and essential to a business continuing.
Steve
Thanks for the Business Mantra and the word 'defunct' rings strong when you mention Business Link having ha experience of that woeful organisation. When you've finished blowing your own trumpet and airing your pomposity( I actually cant remember asking for your CV) perhaps we can get the thread back on track!
Jessops have started offering a px scheme - if you think the prices are too low, don't use them - simples - why are they thieves and after insulting people? Get Real
A forum just brings out the worst types of tyre kickers and whingers who have nothing better to do than deride things. If that's what you want to do then fine, but don't whine or pontificate when I put my point of view over too.
Have a nice day yourself
PMSL
Repeating your nonsense just paints you into your own sad little corner.
Your constant whining on about people not understanding business actually prints the word Whinger all over you after you spat your dummy out.
Have a wonderful life.
Anyway back to the real world.
Stuart I'm not directing my comments at you, just at the thread which to be honest has been blown way out of proportion with some pretty sensational claims.
To summarise - Apparently Jessops part ex prices aren't good! Solution -don't use them! I am 99.9 % sure that when setting up the facility Jessops were neither seeking to insult potential customers or to be called thieves! They are looking to increase their sales, Im even more sure that as they start understanding the px model more, these figures will change.
What most people don't seem to want to realise is that there is a cost to being able to walk in to a high street store play with new kit and part ex their old kit for it on the spot! Its not thievery its called profit and essential to a business continuing.
I agree, Jessops won't have set out to insult potential customers. However the reality from reading this thread is that they appear to have managed to do so. Jessops still have a brand that's worth protecting, and although some short term profit may be realised through this new p/x aspect of the business there is a real risk of damaging future business, through putting potential customers off completely with low offers and also by running the risk of alienating those customers that do deal with them. I'm sure people will be happy with an on the spot trade in, however if they find out how much extra they could have got by selling their kit elsewhere that happiness is likely to quickly change. Yep, many people will trade in with Jessops and never know the value they could have achieved elsewhere through nothing more than a phone call and waiting in for a courier to collect their stuff. However for those that do Jessops may well go from being a respected business to somewhere they're unlikely to shop again. That's the biggest risk. People like the forum members here know the value of our stuff so will simply avoid places that in our opinion are lowballing it. However more average (I dislike using that but for want of a better term) consumers often don't until someone points it out. However once it gets pointed out they tend to react strongly. In this day and age companies need to do all they can to protect their brand, it doesn't take much to damage it but it's hard to get that trust back, if it ever gets recovered at all. Surely this is particularly relevant to somewhere like Jessops given the competition they face from online and grey markets ?
As an example, I know someone that will never buy a used car from a particular national retailer again because they feel that they got ripped off previously. Yes, they were happy to do the deal at the time but that turned to regret later. For the sake of short term gain they lost the potential multiple custom of at least a half dozen people. Leave someone feeling that they got a crap deal (even if they find out 6 months later) and the business has lost far more than any profit made from it.
Regarding the "cost to being able to walk in....". Most of these costs (premises, rates, staff, storage) will already be covered through Jessops normal business. Obviously there's depreciation until the items are sold however with the very big difference between Jessops offer and other used kit dealers they could have a quick turnaround by selling onto them and still make an easy profit that would far outstrip what would have been made on a straight sale of the camera.
Am I missing something here? Jessops offer a recycling facility or trade in but they don't say what they do with them and I can't find any used equipment on there site, so what do they actually do with them strip them for parts, send them back to the manufacturer?
OK guys, put the handbags away and concentrate on the posts,
not the poster Fanx awfully
And then again possibly not, but just a few days too lateUmmm possibly the wrong thread Cobra?
You might want to revisit the thread (your own contributions especially) and rethink that comment.Ummm possibly the wrong thread Cobra?
And then again possibly not, but just a few days too late
You might want to revisit the thread (your own contributions especially) and rethink that comment.