MacSweenys closed down.

CabanSail

I have just been on the phone to Denis MacSweenys to try to get my Gear Bag returned. It was being repaired under warranty.

The Phone went through to their Cork shop. The girl told me that the Dublin shop has now closed. It seems to have been very sudden.

Just hope they can get my Bag back to me as I need it to load my stuff into as carry on luggage.

Anyone know why they have shut their doors?

OREGATO

CabanSail wrote: »

I have just been on the phone to Denis MacSweenys to try to get my Gear Bag returned. It was being repaired under warranty.

The Phone went through to their Cork shop. The girl told me that the Dublin shop has now closed. It seems to have been very sudden.

Just hope they can get my Bag back to me as I need it to load my stuff into as carry on luggage.

Anyone know why they have shut their doors?

I was in their Dublin store a few months back looking at their DSLR range. I had the 500D picked out and the gentleman said he'd ring me back the following day to tell me when the camera was going to be in stock (either before the weekend or after)

I never got a call back, needless to say, I went somewhere else.. If that's the level of customer service they're giving to people.. I'm not surprised...

DaireQuinlan

CabanSail wrote: »

Anyone know why they have shut their doors?

Something to do with an exploding gear bag apparently.

Where is/was macSweeneys in Dublin ? Was it the place on Dawson street ?

CabanSail

Yes .... Dawson Street near Stephens Green.

.Longshanks.

Priced a polarising filter MacSweenys shortly before easter. Got another price in the camera shop at top of grafton steet (forget name) and was it about 50% more expensive and was told it was because MacSweenys were closing down soon......
Needless to say I bought one in the end up in Gunn's

Kbeg3

They had a shop in Clonmel as well but that closed down a while ago

gerk86

well speaking from experience the mac sweeneys in Cork have amazing customer service and know their stuff.

PCPhoto

Denis himself passed away a small number of years ago ... pity his empire didnt survive.

PS. I've never found the Dublin shop but have been in both of the Cork stores (think they are still in Merchants Quay and Princess street) ...anyways - most of the staff were very friendly and knowledgeable.... and discounts were always available.

Bought my first SLR and first DSLR from McSweeneys in Cork.

swingking

The guy in macsweeneys in Dublin was really nice. He let me borrow a lens for a weekend without paying a penny; Just a refunded deposit.

VisionaryP

swingking wrote: »

The guy in macsweeneys in Dublin was really nice. He let me borrow a lens for a weekend without paying a penny; Just a refunded deposit.

Hmmm, I wonder why they went out of business.

CabanSail

Have been onto the Cork store & they assure me my Gear Bag will be returned by courier tomorrow.

Fingers crossed.

I did find them quite easy to deal with.

Ricky91t

From what I've heard the Cork branch anyway is a total rip off... They charge €2.50 for 6x8's and €5 for 8x10's and use the same equipment as harvey norman..

hbr

Ricky91t wrote: »

From what I've heard the Cork branch anyway is a total rip off... They charge €2.50 for 6x8's and €5 for 8x10's and use the same equipment as harvey norman..

hbr wrote:

They have been selling off their stock of lenses for "half price". I know
people who got some great bargains there in the last few weeks.
Unfortunately, this probably means they won't be around much longer.

Disregard my comment. I was referring to a different shop in Patrick's St.

hbr

CabanSail wrote: »

Anyone know why they have shut their doors?

For the last two hundred years, camera manufacturers have worked
on making cameras smaller, lighter and more portable. This makes
them very easy to buy on-line or from a mail order catalogue.

Record shops are going the same way and for the same reasons.

High Street travel agents are another group that are rapidly becoming
redundant as more people buy direct from the airlines.

DotOrg

i used the dublin branch quite often when i had big stacks of 6x4's to get done, always super friendly staff and a decent price for prints.

sadly, every time i was in there the majority of their business seemed to be taking passport photos which isn't enough sadly to keep a business open in the city centre of an expensive city

gerk86

hbr wrote: »

They have been selling off their stock of lenses for "half price". I know
people who got some great bargains there in the last few weeks.
Unfortunately, this probably means they won't be around much longer.

Really? are you sure you're not thinking of spectra photo on Patrick street because they're offering the same deal...?

hbr

gerk86 wrote: »

Really? are you sure you're not thinking of spectra photo on Patrick street because they're offering the same deal...?

Doh! That's exactly who I'm thinking of. Thanks gerk86.

Paddysnapper

Kbeg3 wrote: »

They had a shop in Clonmel as well but that closed down a while ago

Yes it was January 2years ago. I was in the shop and said to the guy behind the counter that I was sorry to see the shop was closing to which he replied "we are not closing down" I pointed to the BIG notice in the window to that effect!..His reply was "well nobody told me":rolleyes:

Fionn

there was another photo shop in Clonmel down the road from McSweeneys thats gone bust too - the recession is biting i guess.

Paddysnapper

Fionn wrote: »

there was another photo shop in Clonmel down the road from McSweeneys thats gone bust too - the recession is biting i guess.

That's right! Clonmel Photo Centre......Was a very good well stocked shop, until it went instant print, and the amount of equipment it sold diminished. It did close very suddenly, no closing down sale there:(

CabanSail

Got my Bag back yesterday ..... well it wasn't my bag it was a new replacement one. So all is good .... packing it up now for my hand luggage. Have my Bodies in there along with my most expensive lenses & the SB600. That brings it up to 9kg. Have to put in the Macbook yet.

Ohhh the joys of moving.

Kbeg3

Paddysnapper wrote: »

That's right! Clonmel Photo Centre......Was a very good well stocked shop, until it went instant print, and the amount of equipment it sold diminished. It did close very suddenly, no closing down sale there:(

Whenever I was in there they never seemed to have much, only compacts and stuff

wasper

OREGATO wrote: »

I was in their Dublin store a few months back looking at their DSLR range. I had the 500D picked out and the gentleman said he'd ring me back the following day to tell me when the camera was going to be in stock (either before the weekend or after)

I never got a call back, needless to say, I went somewhere else.. If that's the level of customer service they're giving to people.. I'm not surprised...

The Cork branch has all their staff on part time basis. So to say they are closing because of bad service is wrong. It's the economy stupid!