Camera shops diappearing

At present you can still order online from this country,
eventually you will only be able to buy from outside
probably China

I don't think Liverpool have any camera shops left now
which I find very surprising. There used to be two in Dale
St. which is around where all the main commerce is
centred including large banks, stockbrokers and big name
solicitors.

There are non in Wigan, St. Helens, Chorley etc.
Wilkinsons in Preston are still going along with
Mathers in Bolton.

I wonder how long they will last when a big city
like Liverpool has lost at least six large
dealers.

You've saved me an hour ride in the bus Barrie. I used to like Bonsors, always had some 2nd hand pentax gear to look at and sometimes buy. Wonder how long DP Photographics in Gosforth will remain open Will have to check out the shop in Ashington to see if it's still open.

We need something along those lines.Unlike Park Cameras or Morris Photographic, I have not visited SRS but assume they will be similar, in that they have a wide range of goods on display at their premises but sell via the internet.

At the moment we have nothing like them around the North East, that I know of!

Are you sure about Bonsors Barrie i was on their web site yesterday and every thing seemed fine.

Today, around 11.00, the shutters were down and it looked as if any stock had been removed. There was also a note about collecting prints elsewhere, but no other explanation

I am not Barrie, but yes it is true. I heard on Thursday from a former employee.
Re Barrie's comments about the closure of the independent shops in Darlington. I spent a bit of time and a lot of money in them in the nineties.

SNAP......
John

Just been on their site, only a link to clubs working, click on best sellers brings up some things for sale including 2nd hand ?. Haven't tried logging in

That's a pity I suppose they will turn the building into another bar

Well the SRS retail model seems to work in tandem with their web business. Just goes to show what can be done when you get a team of good people together.

Perhaps there'll be an SRS in a High Street near you some time . . .

Competitive pricing, and you can go in and try stuff out if you live reasonably locally. Y'know, like in the good old days.

I go to Watford to try stuff out . . . and I live in Spain.

The shop I miss most is Anglia Cameras that used to be in Ipswich. Always competitive on price, loads of advice and very well stocked and for a town centre shop they also had a small car park. I suspect they were so into film and developing etc. that the digital age pulled the rug.

It's possibly fair to say that SRS might not get as much trade if there wasn't a Sainsbury's car park just across the road.

Now that's what you call an enthusiast

Hey, Barrie I live in Suffolk and I go to Watford. Probably quicker to come from Spain and probably makes a refreshing change.

I've been to Watford once. Definitely worth the visit.
I didn't have time to go last time I was in the UK.

We have a camera shop just down the road. I have no idea how they make their money but they seem to do OK. They don't stock Pentax though so I never go in. There are a couple of others here in my town too, though one is closing as the owner is retiring and he has no-one to take over from him. Not too bad for a town with a population of 45,000.

We have at least three really good photographic shops in the Netherlands, each of which has a real shop and an internet shop. All excellent, but not cheap, and never have special offers on Pentax - but that is more down to the importers than the shops I suspect.
Several smaller shops also have good internet shops but less stock and cost even more, but the do sometimes have interesting stuff.

Ditto

At the time didn't realise there was a camera shop there.

I left.

Can't remember a thing about the town

Bernard