Digital Cameras Force Film Off Dixons' Shelves

ngibbons writes "BBC News story regarding digital camera sales: 'High Street retailer Dixons, which started by selling 35mm cameras, is to stop stocking the items because of the popularity of digital cameras.' Digital cameras will out-sell 35mm cameras in the UK by a ratio of 15:1 this year."

Comments

Re:only a matter of time

[SimilarityEngine]

...the way they tread a returning customer...

Ouch.

True Dixons story

[Stephen Williams]

I once bought something from Dixons. It was a pile of junk, so I returned it. My conversation with the chavette at the checkout went something like this:

Me: "I'd like to return this item, please."
Her: "Why?"
Me: "It's of substandard quality."
Her: "You didn't need it. Have you opened it?"
Me: "Yes."
Her: "You said no."

The girl was clearly too lazy to process the return properly, so she just filed it as an unwanted, unopened item. Fantastic.

-Stephen

Re:Not to mention the Extended Warrenty hardsell

[Nept]

I must be partially British. I hate hanging up on Sales People too. So I just put them on hold.

"Can you hold half a minute?"
"Sure ..."

Natch, I just set the phone down and walk away.

Re:Not to mention the Extended Warrenty hardsell

[xSauronx]

Thats terrible, have some fun with it at least. A salesmen once called me while i was putting some new towel bars up in my bathroom, so i had a cordless drill out. I was in a strange mood, and instead of hanging up the phone, i just let the drill whirr at her...it took her almost 2 minutes of this before she hung up. She was terribly, terribly confused.