A J Purdy

[petrolhead]

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I see they have closed down

[hollis_f]

Yeah, bummer. They were only about 10 minutes from me, so it was handy if I needed something in a hurry. They were planning on opening a big new showroom. Obviously the economic downturn coincided with them trying to expand too fast. A great shame.

[Brownie127]

Pity, they were often best on price. But I did a collection there once and found they appeared shakey two years ago.

[EOS_JD]

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I see they have closed down

I bought my 40D from them! Best price on the web at the time and equal in price to the USA!!! My brother used them too.

I think most small independant stores are feeling not only the credit cruch but the web is ruling at the moment.

A shame though :(

[Bill Roberts]

I bought a 20D off them some years ago. Excellent price and good service. I agree, it's a shame that they've gone out of business.

[NinetyEight]

:shock: - Didn't know about this. Bought my Siggy 70-200 from them a couple of years ago.

[troutfisher]

Sad-They were good on price and delivery, just paid for a Spyder Pro bought from them

[cptkoi]

Real shame, great prices and service.

[hollis_f]

I wonder what they're planning to do with all their stock. A Woolies-like sale would be quite attractive.

[GSH]

I wonder what they're planning to do with all their stock. A Woolies-like sale would be quite attractive.

They already had a 25% off sale going although i had no idea they'd actually shut down.

I'm suprised they're the first to go (my money was on Jessops) but they certainly won't be the last.

[petrolhead]

I was in the local Jessops, complete joke of a shop with nowt in.

[GSH]

I was in the local Jessops, complete joke of a shop with nowt in.

I bought my first "long" lens from Jessops in the Metro Centre - a Canon 75-300 USM (woo!)

I've learnt many things since then..amongst them are.1 Jessops suck. 2. So did that lens :D

[petrolhead]

75-300, oh dear they were a bum lens

Actually I bought my Id at Newcastle but only because they price matched RGB in Middlesbrough and it was easier than going down there

[Bill Roberts]

Well normally I'd agree that Jessops are prety much a joke, but just now and then they come up with a really decent deal. I bought a 24-105 from them last June with a 10% discount and then another £50 off from Canon. This came out at around £580 which wasn't bad at all.

But most of the time they're way too expensive.