I never realised you were in Oxford, Cotty. My sister and her
boyfriend now live there, so if I ever cross the pond to visit them
I'll give you a shout.
As for the topic at hand, the old adage still holds true: If you can't
bet 'em, join 'em.
Cheers,
—M.
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A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment
On 9 January 2013 17:16, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote:
> On 9/1/13, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>It seems that old fashioned camera stores can survive better than huge
>>faceless chains. It just requires /work/ , and probably a bit of
>>masochism. Milford Photo, seems to be surviving very nicely, at least
>>for now. It probably helps that every other camera store in a 100 mile
>>radius has dried up and blown away.
>
> There used to be a fantastic independent photographic shop in Oxford
> called Morris Photographic - in fact many a PDMLer who has made the trip
> to Oxford was dragged in there by me at some point..
>
> <http://www.highstreetuk.com/oxford/Oxford_high_street.jpeg>
>
> (blue building)
>
> but for quite some years now they closed the shop and evacuated from
> Oxford, retreating from extortionate rent and lack of decent trade.
> Sure, tourists would come in and buy the odd case and batteries, but the
> real money is in the high value items.
>
> Instead, they set up in a business unit about 45 mins drive away right
> up in the cotswolds near a village called Chipping Norton, where they
> still are. They revamped the website and are now a major online
> retailer. The joy is though, they still have an aladdin's cave showroom
> chock full of lowepro bags and manfrotto kit, not to mention cameras of
> all types. No appointment necessary, if you make the trip you just turn
> up like any old shop. Brilliant.
>
> So rather than try and beat the web business, they embraced it, and survived.
>
> <http://www.morrisphoto.co.uk/about.html>
>
> Just sayin
>
>
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> Cotty
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