> >> >"Frank" writes:
>> >>has anybody seen the Jaycar fathers day flyer,
>> >>any father that gets & enjoys some of those items in the flyer must be a
>> >> few cans short of a six pack, a dancing hula girl WOW!!!
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> >It's a shame that Gary Johnston and Bruce Routley have to resort to selling
>> >so much of the shit that Altronics brings into the country via Jack
>> >O'Donnell's Chinese business connections. 8-) It's worse than Dick Smith
>> >being, as most people know, just another arm of the Woolworths supermarket
>> >chain these days. That's saying something!
>>
>> >But I guess the idea is that most of it gets shifted through the Gadget
>> >Central outlets and the 'left over' will be sold through the real Jaycar
>> >stores and via the online ordering system. Perhaps the crazy Asian tourists
>> >will buy a heap of the gadget garbage and take it back with them to get rid
>> >of it out of Australia... One can only hope..
>>
>> I went into Jaycar the other day to buy a 12V fan. The store was
>> packed with people and kids looking at and purchasing the 'Junk'.
>> There was about 2 people looking at electronics gear. I would estimate
>> the ratio to be at 1:15. So I guess Jaycar is being smart. They still
>> sell the electronics, do you get that at Tandy and DSE? You should be
Our local Tandy store sells Tandy, DSE, and Jaycar stuff. I can't say I've noticed any of that toy crap stuff in there. But they do have a wall full of digital cameras and phones. :-)
Because they wanted to continue servicing the local computer market for requisites and peripherals, they stayed with Tandy/DSE when most of the other Tandy outlets in FNQ went over to some other chain.
> glad that the have supplemented a dying industry with a way to make
>> money. Jaycar should be praised that they still sell electronics. If
>> they dont get customers through the door, they wont make money. If
>> they dont make money, the doors close. Then what? No electronics for you.
Cheers, Phred.