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Re: Jaycar out of stock of SC.

Last time I went into my local DSE (fully owned store, not a stockist),
they had maybe half a dozen IC's in stock, and only 1's and 2's of
those. They didn't even have 555's. I noticed half the resistors and
caps were gone too. They used to have 3 stands of components, now it is
only 2, and many of the drawers of those 2 are empty. So it would appear
they are clearing out of components so they can focus on gadgets. I'm
sure Dick would be ashamed of what it has become since he sold out to
Woolworths.
I went into DSE on a recent monday morning, and was the only customer in
there (when they had components, they were always fairly busy) - after
browsing their piddly range I left in disgust without buying anything. A
quick look at jaycar's website revealed that there is now a local
stockist, so I went in there. It is an out-of-the-way shop tucked into a
minor shopping centre, yet there were half a dozen people in there
buying components when I went in. Seems to me that DSE are in their
death throws, while Jaycar are going from strength to strength.

Re: Jaycar out of stock of SC.

I doubt very much if Dick Smith himself cares about anything other than
making money and telling us what a great Australian he is - after ripping us
off for years, stuffing up the aviation industy etc etc. Ask anybody
involved in Air Traffic Control what they think of him!

I heard a runour that Tandy (also owned by Woolies) is taking on the
'electronic' side of things, while Trickie Dickies is doing the gadgets etc
like Tandy have done in recent years.
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