I buy all my camera gear from shops
sometimes online. Amazon isn't the cheapest option by far for expensive camera gear, and Jessops wasn't competitive by any measure. Their shops were generally badly stocked for my needs. So I would just shoot down to Burges Hill to a shop which does have everything I would want to take a look at, or buy from them online.
The internet was not at fault here
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Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 20:50,
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I'm being a massive hypocrite.
I bought a refurbished Pentax through a third-party seller on Amazon Marketplace about a year ago. They threw in a second lens, a few lens hoods and a spare battery and it still cost 100 quid less than a new one.
I guess the fact that they had a shop somewhere goes a little way to smoothing over my conscience. I just think that most people only go to stores now to see what they like the look of, then go home and buy it online, even if it isn't much cheaper.
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