Re: Dick Smith

From	felix <me@nothere.biz>
Newsgroups	aus.computers, aus.electronics
Subject	Re: Dick Smith
Date	2016-01-06 15:56 +1100
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On 06-January-2016 10:53 AM, Clocky wrote:
> On 6/01/2016 4:51 AM, Je�us wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 00:37:02 +1100, felix <me@nothere.biz> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>
>> Care to cite an example? You seem to have an inexhaustible supply of
>> absolute crap at your disposal.
>>
>
>
> I think felix is just trolling

every time I post something someone says that. get over yourselves..

> so he can provide examples himself since there are a few of them but 
> it depends on how you look at it.

I couldn't care less if you believe it or not, but the fact is that 
Dicky imported cheap poor quality electronic parts, plugs, connectors, 
you name it, from Asia and China. until then the market was supplied 
with quality (and more expensive) components mainly from Germany and 
Europe, but businesses selling those parts then had to compete with 
Dicky, and since they couldn't match his prices, they were forced to buy 
and sell the same crap. Radio Parts being a prime example. I recall 
trying to use RCA plugs where the plastic was so brittle that they broke 
apart in use or assembly, and the metal parts so flimsy that they came 
off when you tried to solder them. they were not tinned like the German 
products were, and needed to be scraped for the solder to take, and 
needed so much heat that they often just melted off the plastic if you 
weren't careful.

>
> Dick often sold a cheaper alternative to the popular and mainstream 
> and provided a gateway for more people to get into radio, computers 
> and technology that they otherwise would not have had.
>
> The kits gave a lot of people their start in electronics also and for 
> those reasons and more, most glass-half-full people would look at what 
> Dick Smith achieved in a more positive light.
>
>

yes, his kits were instructional but expensive for what you got.

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      Re: Dick Smith DBR <DBR@NOTHANKS.com.au> - 2016-01-05 22:08 +1030
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            Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-06 07:51 +1100
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                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-06 11:26 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 11:47 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-06 12:45 +1100
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                Re: Dick Smith "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-06 11:06 +0800
                Re: Dick Smith keithr <no-one@nowhere.com.au> - 2016-01-06 22:45 +1000
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-07 08:03 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith keithr <no-one@nowhere.com.au> - 2016-01-07 21:46 +1000
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                Re: Dick Smith jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 18:59 -0800
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                Re: Dick Smith "Robert" <robert@no.email> - 2016-01-10 09:25 +0800
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                Re: Dick Smith felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-06 15:56 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-01-06 18:02 +1100
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                Re: Dick Smith F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-06 19:06 +1100
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                Re: Dick Smith jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 21:04 -0800
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          Re: Dick Smith Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-05 22:18 +0800
    Re: Dick Smith felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-06 00:37 +1100
    Re: Dick Smith "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 17:47 +1100
  Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-05 23:44 +1100
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    Re: Dick Smith "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-06 09:14 +0800
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      Re: Dick Smith Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-06 22:03 +1100
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