Browns garden centre at Three Legged Cross has a display, It's not that far from Campers and Leisure. They've just Re-opened the camping shop after extending it.
There was quite a few tents on display but we couldn't have a proper look cos the field was really water logged
Thanks for the replies. We went to Campers and Leisure a couple of weeks ago. I think they were still finishing their displays, but it is a good place to go.
My dad has a small camper van and is also looking for an awning neither of those places had much of a choice.
Costowld Leisure did a tent exhibtion at a local school last year, I do not know if they are oding one again this year.
We have spent several Sundays doing the rounds of these places morph27 and Campers & Leisure have been head and shoulders above everybody else, including Forest, Hitch 'n' Pitch and every branch of Oswald Bailey (all advertising a tent display upstairs but all strangely with a large staff only sign at the foot of the stairs) within a twenty mile radius of Bournemouth.
Excellent prices, for instance our unit was £40 cheaper than H'n'P, loads of advice both in person and over the phone and a 10% discount on the peripherals! Could not speak highly enough of them.
We went upstairs in Oswald Baileys in Poole a couple of weeks back.
They've got about 6 tents on display, nothing spectacular so i wouldn't make a special trip to visit.
Poole is our local shopping centre thats why we were there
Quote: Originally posted by wendle on 28/3/2008
We went upstairs in Oswald Baileys in Poole a couple of weeks back.
They've got about 6 tents on display, nothing spectacular so i wouldn't make a special trip to visit. Poole is our local shopping centre thats why we were there
Just our luck Wendle !
What do you think of the Hitch 'n' Pitch place in Lagland Street? And whilst we are at it, somebody mentioned a camping shop along Castle Lane, I have never heard of one but do you know different?
Never heard of the Castle Lane shop but hitch n pitch in Poole is ok. Maybe not as cheap as other places but last summer when they first opened we bought a rechargable remote control light.
When we tried to recharge it the remote wouldn't work so i phoned them. They said fine bring it back and we'll sort it.We couldn't get down for a few days and when we did we were told that it was a batch problem and they were waiting for there supplier to sort it.
Anyway to cut a long story short we told them that we needed the light as we were off to France in a couple of days.They said fine , take it to France and we'll exchange it when you come back.
We were impressed with their helpful friendly attitude, which counts for a lot in my book , but as i said you can find other places cheaper, but maybe you won't get the customer service.
We've only bought the light from them so i'm not really an expert. Hitch n pitch seem to favour Gelert. They seemed to have a lot of their stuff on display.They only have 6-8 tents on display but seem to have a good range of other stuff for tents and caravans
I think the camping shop being refered to along Castle Lane is Cotswold Leisure. Last year they had 1 tent outside and 1 inside. They do have a small amount of camping equipment but not a lot. They mainly sell clothing.
My dad went to Hitch and Pitch in Poole last week and said hey were very helpful and even though they did not have the item he wanted were still happy to offer lots of advice. They have another shop on a campsite just outside Wimborne and I beleive have a small tent dislay there.
Thanks Morph, i just asked my hubby he reckons the Castle Lane shop has been there a while but it's small.
I should have said that hitch n pitch had a nice vango on display the diablo 600 i think.
We 've been to their other shop on Merley campsite though not this year. If i remember right last year they had about 10 tents on display.
I have to say the best display is Campers and Leisure at Oakdene campsite.
They had a lot of good tents, the monty and bear lake on display
We drove out to Forest Camping today (Sunday) and they have quite a few tents up, mostly under an inch or two of water, mostly very expensive Cabanons (these did not appeal at all, very kitsch, almost 1970's drapes and curtains) but also a couple of Vangos including an Orchy 500 which looked very soggy
Loads of staff on duty but it does strike me as very pricey. For example, a single ring cooker (which we use as a benchmark for prices) was £14.99 as opposed to a tenner in C&L.
We drove back past Cotswold and they look, from the far lane of Castle Lane, more of a "lifestyle" shop than a camping gaff. Kitting out the masses for the further massacre of my beloved Hengistbury Head I suppose
Went in to Cotswold yesterday and it most definitely is a "lifestyle" shop, to be fair to them they only really pay lip service to campers, and not for me. But this does lead me to a question.
This particular retailer had a single ring cooker up for grabs at a sphincter clenching £20, whilst places such as Oswald Bailey and one or two of the more "swanky" joints retail at £15. Your common or garden camping shop knocks them out for a tenner. How and why? I love capitalism and if folk are daft enough to pay double bubble then that is their fault but do people actually shop there or am I just incredibly tight fisted and people generally just look and laugh?
Also, this is more than one question, I know, how much do these things wholesale for?
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Topic: Tent Displays Dorset
