I Always tended to use it more for things like accessories, videotape and more obscure items than actual cameras – hard to explain, but there are things I have found you can only easily get from Jessops if you don’t want to wait for mail order.
Mind you this was more in the late 90s and early 2000s when I was doing more creative stuff, don’t get the time any more.
Stuff like cameras are always gonna be cheaper online, I suspect the main overhead with a place like a camera shop will be security as in an inner city every junkie/pikey type is gonna try and rob something out of it, lots of small but high value items.)
its when the shops are about to be cleared and they find they have more stock than will fit in the remaining stores that the bargain bins will hopefully start appearing,..
