What is with DSE lately?

[Wayne.]

I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.

 

[Sylvia Else]

Wayne. wrote:

I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.

Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.

But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
have stock.

Sylvia.

 

[Mr.T]

"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

Wayne. wrote:
I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.

Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.

But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
have stock.

I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business now.
Your comment was true for many years though.

MrT.

 

[Wayne.]

Mr.T wrote:

"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
Wayne. wrote:
I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.

But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
have stock.

I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business now.
Your comment was true for many years though.

MrT.

Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?

 

[Ross Herbert]

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:17:10 +1000, "Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com> wrote:

:Mr.T wrote:
:> "Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
:> news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
:>> Wayne. wrote:
:>>> I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
:>>> various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
:>> Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.
:>>
:>> But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
:>> problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
:>> have stock.
:>
:> I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business now.
:> Your comment was true for many years though.
:>
:> MrT.
:>
:>
:
:Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?


Not since he sold it to Woolworths in 1982...

 

[Ross Herbert]

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:54:07 GMT, Ross Herbert <rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

:On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:17:10 +1000, "Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com> wrote:
:
::Mr.T wrote:
::> "Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
::> news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
::>> Wayne. wrote:
::>>> I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
::>>> various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
::>> Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.
::>>
::>> But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
::>> problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
::>> have stock.
::>
::> I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business now.
::> Your comment was true for many years though.
::>
::> MrT.
::>
::>
::
::Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?
:
:
:Not since he sold it to Woolworths in 1982...

It seems that he sold 60% to Woolies in 1980 and the remaining 40% in 1982.

 

[Mr.T]

"Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4a62ba6c$0$9754$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...

Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?

Dick hasn't owned it for a couple of decades!

MrT.

 

[Davo]

Ross Herbert wrote:

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:54:07 GMT, Ross Herbert <rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

:On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:17:10 +1000, "Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com> wrote:
:
::Mr.T wrote:
::> "Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
::> news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
::>> Wayne. wrote:
::>>> I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
::>>> various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
::>> Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.
::
::>> But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
::>> problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
::>> have stock.
::
::> I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business now.
::> Your comment was true for many years though.
::
::> MrT.
::
::
::
::Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?
:
:
:Not since he sold it to Woolworths in 1982...

It seems that he sold 60% to Woolies in 1980 and the remaining 40% in 1982.

I think this newsgroup will be blaming all their problems on Dick Smith
well beyond the term of his natural life.

 

[Wayne.]

Ross Herbert wrote:

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:54:07 GMT, Ross Herbert <rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

:On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:17:10 +1000, "Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com> wrote:
:
::Mr.T wrote:
::> "Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
::> news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
::>> Wayne. wrote:
::>>> I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
::>>> various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
::>> Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.
::
::>> But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
::>> problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
::>> have stock.
::
::> I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business now.
::> Your comment was true for many years though.
::
::> MrT.
::
::
::
::Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?
:
:
:Not since he sold it to Woolworths in 1982...

It seems that he sold 60% to Woolies in 1980 and the remaining 40% in 1982.

I thought he still had a controlling interest.

 

[David L. Jones]

Davo wrote:

Ross Herbert wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:54:07 GMT, Ross Herbert
rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:17:10 +1000, "Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com
wrote:
Mr.T wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
Wayne. wrote:
I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering
in various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer
doing so. But since their component stock control has collapsed and
died,
the problem at your particular store may just be that they think
they still have stock.

I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component
business now. Your comment was true for many years though.

MrT.



Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?


Not since he sold it to Woolworths in 1982...

It seems that he sold 60% to Woolies in 1980 and the remaining 40%
in 1982.

I think this newsgroup will be blaming all their problems on Dick
Smith well beyond the term of his natural life.

Not at all, most people know DSE hasn't been serious in the hobby/component
business for at least the last 10 years (that's being generous!)
No new news here at all, it's well overdue. I'm surprised they persisted for
so long actually.

Dave.
--
---------------------------------------------
Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast:
http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/

 

[David L. Jones]

Wayne. wrote:

Ross Herbert wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:54:07 GMT, Ross Herbert
rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:17:10 +1000, "Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com
wrote:
Mr.T wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
Wayne. wrote:
I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering
in various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer
doing so. But since their component stock control has collapsed and
died,
the problem at your particular store may just be that they think
they still have stock.

I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component
business now. Your comment was true for many years though.

MrT.



Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?


Not since he sold it to Woolworths in 1982...

It seems that he sold 60% to Woolies in 1980 and the remaining 40%
in 1982.

I thought he still had a controlling interest.

Nope, none at all, very common knowledge that he sold the lot in 1982.
Woolies bought the right to continue to use the name and DickHead face etc.

Dave.
--
---------------------------------------------
Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast:
http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/

 

[geoff]

Wayne. wrote:

I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.

It's not "lately", it's been progressively for years.

geoff

 

[geoff]

Wayne. wrote:

I thought he still had a controlling interest.

No. At most he probably gets some money each year for the use of his name.
And likeness.

geoff

 

[Andy Wood]

KR <kenreed1999@gmail.com> wrote:

On Jul 20, 8:48=A0am, "geoff" <ge...@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote:
Wayne. wrote:
I thought he still had a controlling interest.

No. At most he probably gets some money each year for the use of his name=
.
And likeness.

geoff


Except that now they don't use his face anymore, and with the change
from "Dick Smith Electronics" to "DSE", they technically might not
even be using his name. ?

The recent change seems to have been from "Disk Smith Electronics" to
just "Dick Smith" so they are still using his name (unless you are
going to say he was "Mr Electronics").
Andy Wood
woodag@trap.ozemail.com.au

 

[Jeßus]

In article <4a62ba6c$0$9754$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
01.iinet.net.au>, abuse@hotmail.com said...

Mr.T wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
Wayne. wrote:
I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.

But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
have stock.

I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business now.
Your comment was true for many years though.

MrT.



Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?

Oh dear.

 

[KR]

On Jul 20, 8:48 am, "geoff" <ge...@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote:

Wayne. wrote:
I thought he still had a controlling interest.

No. At most he probably gets some money each year for the use of his name..
And likeness.

geoff

Except that now they don't use his face anymore, and with the change
from "Dick Smith Electronics" to "DSE", they technically might not
even be using his name. ?

 

[Wayne.]

Jeßus wrote:

In article <4a62ba6c$0$9754$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
01.iinet.net.au>, abuse@hotmail.com said...
Mr.T wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
Wayne. wrote:
I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.

But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
have stock.
I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business now.
Your comment was true for many years though.

MrT.


Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?

Oh dear.

I just shop there.

 

[Atom Egoyan]

"Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com> writes:

Ross Herbert wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:54:07 GMT, Ross Herbert <rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

:On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:17:10 +1000, "Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com> wrote:
:
::Mr.T wrote:
::Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?
:
:
:Not since he sold it to Woolworths in 1982...

It seems that he sold 60% to Woolies in 1980 and the remaining 40% in 1982.

I thought he still had a controlling interest.

Although Dick 'sold out' to Woolworths many years ago, so that he could go into the aircraft
and Australian biscuit business, he still made time to visit all the stores with his
face on them. For the staff, Dick was a constant presence. His smiling bespectacled visage
was a constant reminder of the principles of quality, service, and product knowledge [not
to mention obscene mark-up] on which the chain was originally founded. When Dick arrived,
staff would be relentlessly quizzed on whether you could use 10% tolerance resistors with
Zener diodes, or how long it the LED discharge cycle was with a 10K or 5K ohm resistor
in series. My, how they laughed at his antics.

But the new breed of beancounters at Woolworths, Australia's most aggressive and cost-conscious
retailer, were not so amused. When all efforts to prevent Dick from randomly turning up at
stores around the country failed, the clever marketing people at Woolworths noticed that
he only appeared at the ones with his face out front. A new plot was hatched: re-branding. No
longer 'Dick Smith', now it's 'DSE'. It was good enough for Kentucky Fried Chicken [sorry, I
mean KFC]. And the smiling bespectacled face was out of step with modern merchandising theory.
Geeks don't spend enough money; let's move those boxes, boys. And it has worked. Dick is no
longer seen prowling the shelves checking for 100 microfarad capacitors, and his ghost is
no longer seen munching on his tuckerbag. He's gone a-waltzing matilda.

Atom Egoyan
Melbourne Australia
[i.e. not the Canadian filmmaker]

 

[ian field]

"Ross Herbert" <rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:ung565pcar4paf7ap271v7l1vvqig11t05@4ax.com...

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:17:10 +1000, "Wayne." <abuse@hotmail.com> wrote:

:Mr.T wrote:
:> "Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
:> news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
:>> Wayne. wrote:
:>>> I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
:>>> various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
:>> Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.
:
:>> But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
:>> problem at your particular store may just be that they think they
still
:>> have stock.
:
:> I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business
now.
:> Your comment was true for many years though.
:
:> MrT.
:
:
:
:Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?


Not since he sold it to Woolworths in 1982...

Is there any connection between the Australian Woolworths and the UK
Woolworths that went bust earlier this year and seems to have re-emerged as
an internet only seller?

 

[Jeßus]

In article <4a63c1bf$0$9713$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
01.iinet.net.au>, abuse@hotmail.com said...

Jeßus wrote:
In article <4a62ba6c$0$9754$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
01.iinet.net.au>, abuse@hotmail.com said...
Mr.T wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:00aafe0a$0$17822$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
Wayne. wrote:
I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
Some stores that previously stocked components are no longer doing so.

But since their component stock control has collapsed and died, the
problem at your particular store may just be that they think they still
have stock.
I think they are *deliberately* getting out of the component business now.
Your comment was true for many years though.

MrT.


Isn't DSE no longer owned by Dick Smith?

Oh dear.

I just shop there.

Most of here do (or more likely /did/).
For me, I think DSE went past the point of no return sometime around
1990.