Jessops online relaunch coming soon
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Really?
To coin a phrase....."Am oot!"
Nothing against Peter Jones or whomever he's co-invested with, but I just don't see the point of Jessops being resurrected as an online-only entity.
Forget about nostalgia, buying online and collecting from store, or just walking in and buying something after handling it - the stores are gone.
Jessops becomes a pastiche of WEX, Amazon, etc, etc - is there any real point or need?
But without the costs of stores and their overheads, they really should be able to compete on price. The WEX brand is only really known to full on hobbyist photographers like ourselves. There's a hole left by Jessops for a well known photography specific brand, and without the stores, they should be able to go hard on price.
We wait and see I guess...
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Well I guess they have a brand name that the general public know.
My parents for example only shop 'online' if they have no high street alternative.
Jessops would have been where they went if they needed a camera shop and I suspect now they have none - they would go straight to Jessops online now.
My parents for example only shop 'online' if they have no high street alternative.
Jessops would have been where they went if they needed a camera shop and I suspect now they have none - they would go straight to Jessops online now.
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I hope i can still use my tesco points for vouchers.
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I received an Email from Jessops photo offering a 33% off prints, canvas, photo books and the like. I guess this is a seperate company.
The e mail address is jessops@photo.jessops.com
The e mail address is jessops@photo.jessops.com
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I would agree, I bought a fair amount from Jessops, mostly as collect at store. I don't see any reason or advantage to use them as an online only entity. There are bigger, better alternatives for that.
I'm still disappointed that a core of profitable branches weren't saved and kept open.
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Without Jessops stores, where are people going to go to actually look at something before ordering it online for the cheapest price they can find?!!!
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Precisely!
If we knew the long term aim was to reinstate some stores - say 20 - then there may be a greater welcomed return to the brand.
Unfortunately, those bitten once by the voucher fiasco, will take some convincing to not be twice shy about spending money with the same brand again, albeit under new ownership.
If the only aim is a profitable online entity - then I'd rather Jessops remained a page in the history books, and Jonesy & co started with a new name.
His appeal from being a (bit of a TV) celebrity would be enough to kickstart a new enterprise, without the so-called cachet of Jessops' name.
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Jessops is a brand that is established, why start trying to build a brand when there is a perfectly usable one going begging? Jessops only need to offer a good online service and price to get business, dont forget that there are lots of people out there who think they are evading tax by buying from hong kong, or those that think grey imports wont get them a good repair service, there will be a big market for them.
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that man is due a 
for that comment alone, the intangible benefits of using an established brand are worth it on it's own 
Like Findus beef lasagne .....oops....lol.......
Vive le jessops in my opinion, I can't wait to see if they can make a success - it can only be good for the UK.
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So what about all the original Jessops company creditors who must have been owed a substantial sum of money before they went into receivership. Taking the brand name but no debts is a poor loophole in this country. Whilst I don't like to see anyone lose their jobs, I also don't like to see bankrupt companies starting a fresh by wiping a slate clean and carrying on.
It could be a different company.
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wippers said:
Well where do you think the revenue from the sale of the asset that is the is the "jessops" name and other items that will be purchased as part of the proposed deal will go? That's right to pay off some of what the creditors are due/owed
This is actually a very good deal for them in that they will receive some income from the sale of something doesn't really exist its (intangible asset)
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No doubt they will have a different registration number at companies house, but they're using the Jessops name and everything that goes with it, apart from the debt. :thumbsdown:
Have you got some Jessops vouchers?
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Because there are a lot of people who will not buy from the 'new' Jessops after being shafted by the original Jessops over the vouchers, and delays in returning paid for repairs/unrepaired equipment.
For those, and many more, the name has been dragged through the mud, and Jones & co will be looking to restore the confidence in the brand again.
Peter's high profile is enough to mitigate against struggling to establish a new brand name - it's what he has done since first appearing on the Den (Reggae Reggae remember?).
If the investors didn't include him or anyone else of notoriety/celebrity status, then I'd wholeheartedly agree the brand name could be seen as helping fast track things, but with no stores, I honestly believe the online-only entity will still struggle to make any appreciable gains or in-roads on those who're still in business (online and physical stores alike).
If he's able to make a go of it, and the only thing I can seriously see happening is the brand being built back up to a point where he can off-load it for a handsome profit, then fair play to him and the others behind it - but my gut instinct says it will merely trundle along as just another potential shopping option, when choosing whom to buy your memory card or circ pol lens from.
As that is my projected view, then I reiterate what's the point and why reuse a defunct brand name to be just another bookmarked url?
If, as I mentioned in the administration thread, they absorb the vouchers cost, then I can see the point of resurrecting the name - although they could've just stated that they'd accept the vouchers.
That probably would have more effect in establishing a new entity trading without the crutch of the Jessops name, than its association with one of the Dragons.
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Rico said:
It seems to me there is some scope to compete on price. IME Jessops were often cheaper than Wex and close to Amazon prices (even if it ultimately wasn't sustainable). Take out the shop costs and the "wriggle room" increases, so I don't see a problem competing with Wex. Amazon may be trickier, with their tax advantage, but I'll bet there are a few people who'll pay a small premium just to "stick it to the tax dodgers". Okay maybe not many in that category....
With Peter Jones involved, I find it hard to see this relaunch being more that a re-labeling of his online vehicle expansys. Concentrating, initially, on Camera so I reckon we'll see something like this, but under the Jessops brand: http://www.expansys.com/cameras
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Just had a quick look at that link and Expansys would appear to be pricing themselves out of the market and Peter Jones must one assumes, realise that. Unless of course the prices on their site are vastly different to the ones they offer corporate clients for instance and retail is not essentially their market.
My tuppence too
