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It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew you
could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 16:16:06 +0800, "Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew you
could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
might differ from store to store
They seemed to concentrate on computers and they had good prices and
someone seemed around to help
Everywhere else in store which was pretty big you could fire a gunshot
and no one would notice!
Just bad store operation Imo.
Best practice in their case would be to have a "maître D'" to assign
someone to be served.
Most shoppers are just doing price checks to then buy on line, but
their computer TV section showed me they could be competitive with
online.
Just needed to go back to a entrance desk personal with checkout.
Roaming sales people don't work in this case.
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
Like Jaycar?
Sylvia.
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 20:05:12 +1100, Sylvia Else
sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
Like Jaycar?
Sylvia.
Don't think JayCar competed with Dick Smith seemed different emphasis
JayCar are more like the old Dick Smith when owned by Dick Smith.
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
**It deserved to fail. I popped in just before Christmas to pick up four
small items. None were in stock. I walked around to the nearest Big Ben
computer store and managed to get 3 out of 4 items. The Big Ben store is
around 30 sq Metres and the DSE store is closer to 300 sq Metres. DSE
has been owned and run by idiots for the last few years.
On 5/01/2016 8:42 PM, Petzl wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 20:05:12 +1100, Sylvia Else
sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
Like Jaycar?
Sylvia.
Don't think JayCar competed with Dick Smith seemed different emphasis
JayCar are more like the old Dick Smith when owned by Dick Smith.
**Jaycar mostly sell cheap, Chinese toys now. I don't buy anything from
them, unless it is absolutely necessary. The quality is far too low.
Mind you, when DSE sold components, their stuff was absolute crap too.
It's Element14, RS Components and WES only now. X-On and Rockby as well.
Woolworths sold them to an investment group. They then managed to listOn 05-January-2016 7:49 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
**It deserved to fail. I popped in just before Christmas to pick up four
small items. None were in stock. I walked around to the nearest Big Ben
computer store and managed to get 3 out of 4 items. The Big Ben store is
around 30 sq Metres and the DSE store is closer to 300 sq Metres. DSE
has been owned and run by idiots for the last few years.
Woolworths idiots.
French wrote:
On 05-January-2016 7:49 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
**It deserved to fail. I popped in just before Christmas to pick up four
small items. None were in stock. I walked around to the nearest Big Ben
computer store and managed to get 3 out of 4 items. The Big Ben store is
around 30 sq Metres and the DSE store is closer to 300 sq Metres. DSE
has been owned and run by idiots for the last few years.
Woolworths idiots.
Woolworths sold them to an investment group. They then managed to list
it and make a packet on the deal just before puling out and leaving the
business in a mess. At least that was the basics as described on ABC
radio today
On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 20:52:36 +1100, Trevor Wilson
trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote:
On 5/01/2016 8:42 PM, Petzl wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 20:05:12 +1100, Sylvia Else
sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
Like Jaycar?
Sylvia.
Don't think JayCar competed with Dick Smith seemed different emphasis
JayCar are more like the old Dick Smith when owned by Dick Smith.
**Jaycar mostly sell cheap, Chinese toys now. I don't buy anything from
them, unless it is absolutely necessary. The quality is far too low.
Mind you, when DSE sold components, their stuff was absolute crap too.
It's Element14, RS Components and WES only now. X-On and Rockby as well.
Yes I only go to JayCar as last resort.
And yes the original DSmith you had to be careful with also.
Since WW's took over DSmith became total tossers and not improved.
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew you
could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
On 05-January-2016 9:38 PM, DBR wrote:
French wrote:
On 05-January-2016 7:49 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will
start
opening up?
**It deserved to fail. I popped in just before Christmas to pick up
four
small items. None were in stock. I walked around to the nearest Big
Ben
computer store and managed to get 3 out of 4 items. The Big Ben
store is
around 30 sq Metres and the DSE store is closer to 300 sq Metres. DSE
has been owned and run by idiots for the last few years.
Woolworths idiots.
Woolworths sold them to an investment group. They then managed to list
it and make a packet on the deal just before puling out and leaving the
business in a mess. At least that was the basics as described on ABC
radio today
I hadn't heard that news.
The otherwise good name of Dick Smith got totally f*cked over.
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
**It deserved to fail. I popped in just before Christmas to pick up
four small items. None were in stock. I walked around to the nearest
Big Ben computer store and managed to get 3 out of 4 items. The Big
Ben store is around 30 sq Metres and the DSE store is closer to 300 sq
Metres. DSE has been owned and run by idiots for the last few years.
On 5/01/2016 8:42 PM, Petzl wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 20:05:12 +1100, Sylvia Else
sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will
start
opening up?
Like Jaycar?
Sylvia.
Don't think JayCar competed with Dick Smith seemed different emphasis
JayCar are more like the old Dick Smith when owned by Dick Smith.
**Jaycar mostly sell cheap, Chinese toys now. I don't buy anything
from them, unless it is absolutely necessary. The quality is far too
low. Mind you, when DSE sold components, their stuff was absolute crap
too.
It's Element14, RS Components and WES only now. X-On and Rockby as well.
On 05-January-2016 9:08 PM, Petzl wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 20:52:36 +1100, Trevor Wilson
trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote:
On 5/01/2016 8:42 PM, Petzl wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 20:05:12 +1100, Sylvia Else
sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you
knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will
start
opening up?
Like Jaycar?
Sylvia.
Don't think JayCar competed with Dick Smith seemed different emphasis
JayCar are more like the old Dick Smith when owned by Dick Smith.
**Jaycar mostly sell cheap, Chinese toys now. I don't buy anything from
them, unless it is absolutely necessary. The quality is far too low.
Mind you, when DSE sold components, their stuff was absolute crap too.
It's Element14, RS Components and WES only now. X-On and Rockby as well.
Yes I only go to JayCar as last resort.
And yes the original DSmith you had to be careful with also.
Since WW's took over DSmith became total tossers and not improved.
Didn't WW also take over Tandy?
On 05-January-2016 9:38 PM, DBR wrote:
French wrote:
On 05-January-2016 7:49 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 5/01/2016 7:16 PM, Max wrote:
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will
start
opening up?
**It deserved to fail. I popped in just before Christmas to pick up
four
small items. None were in stock. I walked around to the nearest Big Ben
computer store and managed to get 3 out of 4 items. The Big Ben
store is
around 30 sq Metres and the DSE store is closer to 300 sq Metres. DSE
has been owned and run by idiots for the last few years.
Woolworths idiots.
Woolworths sold them to an investment group. They then managed to list
it and make a packet on the deal just before puling out and leaving the
business in a mess. At least that was the basics as described on ABC
radio today
I hadn't heard that news.
The otherwise good name of Dick Smith got totally f*cked over.
It's so sad to see this store go. It was a niche store where you knew
you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.
What's the bet some small privately owned electronics stores will start
opening up?
On 05-January-2016 11:36 PM, French wrote:
On 05-January-2016 9:38 PM, DBR wrote:
The otherwise good name of Dick Smith got totally f*cked over.
good name? he got rich selling poor quality overpriced junk