Jessops in Manchester is located at the end of Market Street, near enough opposite two large stores in Debenhams and Primark, although this store is dwarfed by both of them, it is still quite a large store, over three floors. After passing Jessops on countless occasions as a frequent visitor to the city centre of Manchester, I thought I'd call in today to take a quick look around the store, especially with it recently re-opening after the refurbishment. The digital photo printing machines were okay, they still were slightly old and didn't stand out, they didn't seem as posh, vibrant and up to date, they just lacked, which one wouldn't expect from a store of this kind. The staff seemed a little too helpful, which was annoying, there was too many staff and they all seemed overally enthusiastic even when one member of staff had asked if I could help, someone else did, which I can't understand, it felt like the staff were trying to out-do each other and trying to run a pool out of which one the customers prefer. There is a small lift and staircase connecting the floors, however, i remained on the ground floor, the ground floor was slightly small and I would have preferred everything to be on one floor for ease. There was a small, decent range of cameras, I'm not a photographer and with my excellent camera on my Iphone 7 Plus, which is amazing the photos it can capture, I sadly don't feel the need for this expensive equipment with my phone but obviously there is a small market for it now, it is actually ironic Apple often use the space above this store and Market Street to advertise their phones and products including the camera. Overall, slightly frustrating service and other issues mentioned, I sadly feel this branch of Jessops only warrants a slightly generous two star rating. read more

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They really are utterly useless. They claim to be experts in photography...........and yet their staff in the Manchester branch are beyond clueless - you really have to do your own research - don't ask them for help - they just "guess". And although this can be quite amusing it is quite annoying if you actually want advice on a camera. They are VERY overpriced. They claim to price match the competition which makes you think "Ah this is going to be a good deal"......but no.....it turns out they won't match any of the other local camera shops.....let alone Amazon (Amazon was ALOT cheaper). Delivery time.....lets say you get past the cluesness and the overpicedness and buy something from them and think "sod it I'm here now". Don't expect anything they claim will "get delivered the next day" to show up anytime soon.......or indeed at all.......infact they won't even tell you when it will show up. Will your new camera arrive tomorrow, in a week, in a month, in a year......who knows. Well maybe they do know but they sure as hell won't share that information with you. Now onto the good stuff.......they LOVE their insurance. It's very hard to talk to them about anything without them trying to charge you extra to insure it. Camera, Lens, Memory Card, Bag of Crisps a set of photographic dog turd bags. You name it they want to sell you insurance for it. And they don't like "no" as an answer. Honestly don't bother. Wex Photography are just down the road and they have people who have not only have seen a camera before but actually know how it works (and they are much cheaper). read more

As you enter the store, it is on three levels. On the ground floor, they have lots of cameras, telescopes and very knowledgeable staff. On the first floor, there is a photo development department, where you just go to the kiosk, connect your phone to the Wi-Fi and send your picture. They are ready in an hour or you can pick it up in 24 hours. Staff were very friendly, although they weren't very busy and my photo were ready in 25 minutes. read more

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Selling a great range of digital cameras, they also sell camcorders, tripods, printers and any other accessories you may need for all your photography needs. They also offer a printing service for digitals prints and have a one hour service. I bought my digital camera from here and i got a really good package for a very reasonable price and the member of staff who served me was very helpful and knowledegable. they always have great offers in store and when they have sales on its really worth looking in as you can pick up a great bargain. In my personal opinion its the place to go if you want a digital camera/camcorder and arent sure whats right for you. read more

Jessops - Photography Stores & Services Near Me

Used to have such a great staff that always went the extra mile to help you, now they do such a neglecting attitude towards help you, they pretty much send you away without giving any help what so ever. read more

Just popped in to pick up holiday photos and a photo book. Staff were quick to direct me upstairs but reminded me that I was welcome to browse the cameras downstairs too. Good quality photo book made using the downloadable Cewe software. It was easy to use for creating the book and also for dragging and dropping the photos for printing. They lose one star for not actually using their own barcode system to notify me by email about arrival of my product but but but! New registrants get 25% off photo book and £5 off prints and it's free delivery to your nearest store! read more

Jessops sell everything to do with photography. They have a massive selection of products but the only problem is the price. I would recommend to any photographer to buy second hand. There are two secondhand phography shops is manchester where you can buy much cheaper. But if you are looking for brand new or cutting edge electronics go to Jessops. They do have some good deals, their telescopes are cheap and great value for money. The staff are helpful but be wary of them trying to sell you the most expensive products read more

We needed a Camera for our holiday to California so we went into Jessops on Market Street in Manchester for a look around, At Manchester Pride the previous weekend we noticed a guy using a Samsung Galaxy Camera which had awesome facilities and an incredible viewing screen at the back and we noticed it straight away in the shop, No one came around and asked if we was ok, i guess if we needed any help we would have gone to ask one of the members of staff, and theres nothing worse than pushy sales assistants, We deiced to go home and see if we could get the Camera any cheaper but no luck so we went back to the shop to purchase it. The guy who served us was quite abrupt and quite pushy in trying to sell us the insurance for the camera. we declined but he was still trying to sell it to us, We got a great camera at a great price from a recently struggling Camera shop what seems to be pretty good at their prices, they do sell more than cameras though which include photo processing,Camcorders,Binoculars and many other things and Its great that theres still camera shops around when so many people now use there cameras on their smart phones. read more