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I hope not, I went into a UK Woolies once. It's more like Klint's Krazy"Ross Herbert" <rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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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?
"Ross Herbert" <rherb...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:17:10 +1000, "Wayne." <ab...@hotmail.com> wrote:
:Mr.T wrote:
:> "Sylvia Else" <syl...@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?
The only advantage DSE have had over Jaycar/Altronics for the last decade orIn article <4a63c1bf$0$9713$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
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Jeßus wrote:
In article <4a62ba6c$0$9754$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
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Mr.T wrote:
"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
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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.
I hope not, I went into a UK Woolies once. It's more like Klint's Krazy
Bargains.
Lets face it, there is lot more profit in iPods, TVs, laptops etc thanIn article <4a63c1bf$0$9713$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
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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
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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.
And the former usually have a bar code for the check out chick to scan!Lets face it, there is lot more profit in iPods, TVs, laptops etc than
resistors, capacitors, and chips.
I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
I hope they have another clearance sale of kits etc like they did a year orOn Jul 19, 11:40 am, "Wayne." <ab...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.
I was in a QLD DSE store on Friday, and noticed that the section
where they used to have the components such as knobs, switches fuses
terminal blocks etc, had been completely cleared out and other stuff
was being stacked in its place. For example (As you can see in the
bottom) that looks like boxes of CFL's of all things.
Maybe Im not observant, but I didnt know DSE stocked standard 240v
Bulbs or CFL's in the past.
took this pic.
http://www.geocities.com/kenreed1999/DSE.jpg
The area in the next aisle where they had the kits, blank pcb and
"bigger" stuff was also at the beginning of being dismantled. The 3rd
aisle with the tools, (like soldering irons, CRO, wires and cables)
was untouched.
Whether this was a permanent dumping of these items from stock, or
just a routine store re-arrangement of stock, stock take, or cleaning
exercise I don't know.
NOTHING else in other "departments" of the store appeared to have been
dropped from stock or moved around.
I will take a look in a week or 2 if I need anything there.