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On 06-January-2016 6:02 PM, Xeno wrote:
> On 6/01/2016 3:56 PM, felix wrote:
>> 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
>
> I used to get a lot of stuff from Radio parts. One of my 
> responsibilities was the media room in the college and Radio Parts was 
> the best source of good quality gear in the 80s. Used their Nth 
> Melbourne store most of the time

I used to go in there a lot. may have bumped shoulders with you 
sometime.. :)

> but occasionally used their Carnegie store. I remember well the Radio 
> Parts decline. They still have their Nth Melbourne store. 
> http://tinyurl.com/zluxvkd   I wonder if they have improved? Haven't 
> been back for a good decade and a half at least.

they did a 'Dick Smith'. went out of electronic parts and into retail of 
hifi, tv's, antenna's, home security, car alarms, etc.,

>
> One of the more interesting electronics hobbyist stores in Melbourne 
> in the 80s was Rod Irving Electronics. They kept a lot of good stuff 
> and I bought my first computer from them back when they only had their 
> Northcote Store. I knew Rod to talk to but he wasn't a very personable 
> chap. He spent most of his time up on the Mezzanine floor at his 
> Northcote Store, away from customers. I knew his manager, Greg Boot, 
> quite well. Greg opened up the A'Beckett Street store in Melbourne and 
> he eventually split it into 2 sections, the usual hobby stuff and, 
> upstairs, a computer software store. Not sure what the arrangement was 
> but it looks like Greg's little software business folded up too;
> http://tinyurl.com/humu8qw
>
>> trying to use RCA plugs where the plastic was so brittle that they broke
>> apart in use or assembly,
>
> I remember those well. You only had to breathe near the plastic covers 
> and they would crack. Kid glove treatment needed all the way. I used 
> to hate those aftermarket RCA plugs and sockets as I was always 
> modifying audio stuff.
>
>> 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.
>
> Yep, done that too.
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
> I used to buy a few mail order items from Dick Smith back in the 70s 
> when I was working in the mines in WA. Apart from various kits, one of 
> the items I bought was my Yaesu FRG7. After WA, I took the FRG7 to 
> Indonesia. That beast still exists and lives in Vic. I sold it to a 
> friend when I left Indonesia.
>>>
>>
>> yes, his kits were instructional but expensive for what you got.
>>
> Apart from the standard EA type kits he sold, a lot of his kits were 
> for kids. I was more into computers in the 80s anyway.
>
>
>


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    Re: Dick Smith "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-06 08:24 +0800
      Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-06 12:50 +1100
        Re: Dick Smith "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-06 10:24 +0800
          Re: Dick Smith French <pw_112@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 14:57 +1000
            Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-07 07:54 +1100
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          Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-07 07:51 +1100
          Re: Dick Smith Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-07 12:31 +0800
  Re: Dick Smith Trevor Wilson <trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> - 2016-01-05 20:49 +1100
    Re: Dick Smith French <pw_112@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 20:52 +1000
      Re: Dick Smith DBR <DBR@NOTHANKS.com.au> - 2016-01-05 22:08 +1030
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          Re: Dick Smith felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-06 00:37 +1100
            Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-06 07:51 +1100
              Re: Dick Smith Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-06 07:53 +0800
                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
                Re: Dick Smith French <pw_112@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 12:17 +1000
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-06 13:37 +1100
                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
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-08 07:40 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith keithr <no-one@nowhere.com.au> - 2016-01-08 22:46 +1000
                Re: Dick Smith jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 18:59 -0800
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-10 08:05 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith "Robert" <robert@no.email> - 2016-01-10 09:25 +0800
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-10 12:53 +1100
                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
                Re: Dick Smith felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-06 22:29 +1100
              Re: Dick Smith F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-06 15:07 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 16:09 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-06 19:05 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 19:23 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-07 08:02 +1100
            Re: Dick Smith French <pw_112@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 12:25 +1000
              Re: Dick Smith French <pw_112@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 12:27 +1000
                Re: Dick Smith felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-06 16:07 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-06 19:06 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 19:24 +1100
              Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-06 13:34 +1100
            Re: Dick Smith jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 18:38 -0800
              Re: Dick Smith French <pw_112@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 14:49 +1000
                Re: Dick Smith Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-07 12:33 +0800
                Re: Dick Smith jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 21:04 -0800
                Re: Dick Smith XR8 Sprintless <xr8_sprint@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-07 20:30 +1000
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                Re: Dick Smith "Robert" <robert@no.email> - 2016-01-08 10:01 +0800
                Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 13:48 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith XR8 Sprintless <xr8_sprint@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-08 13:14 +1000
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-08 18:58 +1100
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                Re: Dick Smith "Robert" <robert@no.email> - 2016-01-09 11:41 +0800
                Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 15:00 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 17:03 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 18:00 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 19:28 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-10 08:08 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 08:36 +1100
                Re: Dick Smith XR8 Sprintless <xr8_sprint@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-09 14:20 +1000
                Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-08 19:45 +1100
          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
    Re: Dick Smith "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 17:51 +1100
  Re: Dick Smith Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-05 22:54 +0800
    Re: Dick Smith "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-06 09:14 +0800
      Re: Dick Smith Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-06 12:48 +1100
      Re: Dick Smith jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 23:12 -0800
      Re: Dick Smith Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-06 22:03 +1100
        Re: Dick Smith "Andy Wood" <woodag@trap.ozemail.com.au> - 2016-01-07 15:15 +1100

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