Hello Again Bob Walkden rightly wrote "Prestons in Harrogate is the best provincial shop" Sadly this shop is closing down. Large posters are displayed on the windows announcing a "retirement sale". Some Pentax items on display include a FA28-70/4 (now rather difficult to find new), and various lenses for the 6x7. Guess what - two doors away from Prestons a new camera shop has opened. Naturally it is Jessops! Closer to home (for me) in Stockport, Cheshire, there were four individual camera shops until quite recently, including one "swop shop" specialising in nothing but used gear. One of these was Jessops. All four shops held a good selection of used cameras and lenses. Firstly Jessops took over two of the other shops, so there were three Jessops and the swop shop. Next the owner of the swop shop became ill, the shop has now been closed for 6 months or more with little evidence that it will re-open. Jessops' next step was to close down one of their three Stockport shops. So Stockport now has two branches of Jessops, and no other dealers. One of the Jessops shops has recently stopped selling used gear. In Altrincham a long-established small specialist dealer now has a brand spanking new Jessops directly opposite. Which one will survive? Jessops recently won the Practical Photography dealer of the year award. TTFN James Brooks ######################################################################## E-MAILS are susceptible to interference. You should not assume that the contents originated from the sender or the Zetex Group or that they have been accurately reproduced from their original form. Zetex accepts no responsibility for information, errors or omissions in this e-mail nor for its use or misuse nor for any act committed or omitted in connection with this communication. If in doubt, please verify the authenticity with the sender. Visit us on http://www.zetex.com ######################################################################## - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
