I've been pulling my hair out today in my attempts to spend cash at a local
shop.  In my town there are two (yes, 2!) Jessops stores, one each end of
the town (with not much between).

I've been toying with buying one of three cameras; a Sony DSC-P200, a Canon
A620 or a Canon S70.  Those in the know will be aware that the latter camera
is discontinued but some shops, including Jessops, still have stock.

On the interweb I can buy an S70 for about £220 from a pukka dealer
(ebuyer).  My local Jessops have one left and want £379 for it!  In the old
days they would be flexible on price, even for web prices.  In the good old
days I would buy readily from them [Jessops] but today all I encountered was
an arrogant and dismissive attitude.

So I bought from Ebuyer.

Just for the record I did try another couple of shops including Link Cameras
who were, frankly, just dopey.

In none of the shops did any of the sales people try to encourage me to look
at alternatives or even try to retain my business.

Also, when I was queuing (yes, I wasted my time waiting too!), I heard the
sales people spouting total nonsense to unsepecting newbies who were being
hypnotised into buying cameras with too many pixels and poor optics at vast
prices.

Rant over.  Had to get it off my chest.

Jessops - you've lost another customer.