Re: Dick Smith

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From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote

>> It's so sad to see this store go.  It was a niche store where you knew
>> you could pick some items that the big electrical stores didn't have.

>> What's the bet some small privately owned
>> electronics stores will start opening up?

They never stopped doing that.

One of ours went bust a month before Dick Smith did.

> might differ from store to store
> They seemed to concentrate on computers and they had good prices and
> someone seemed around to help
> Everywhere else in store which was pretty big you could fire a gunshot
> and no one would notice!
> Just bad store operation Imo.

Their prices were never anything to write home about.

> Best practice in their case would be to have a
> "maître D'" to assign someone to be served.

No one does it that way.

> Most shoppers are just doing price checks to then buy
> on line, but their computer TV section showed me they
> could be competitive with online.

> Just needed to go back to a entrance desk personal with checkout.

JB HiFi who ate their lunch, dinner and breakfast don't do it like that.

> Roaming sales people don't work in this case.

Bullshit. Works fine for JB HiFi.

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Dick Smith "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-05 16:16 +0800
  Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 19:31 +1100
    Re: Dick Smith "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-05 16:39 +0800
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        Re: Dick Smith "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 15:36 +1100
          Re: Dick Smith F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-10 21:28 +1100
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  Re: Dick Smith Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-05 20:05 +1100
    Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 20:42 +1100
      Re: Dick Smith Trevor Wilson <trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> - 2016-01-05 20:52 +1100
        Re: Dick Smith Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 22:08 +1100
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            Re: Dick Smith not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-01-06 21:52 +0000
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                Re: Dick Smith jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 20:16 -0800
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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
              Re: Dick Smith French <pw_112@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 10:57 +1000
          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
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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
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                Re: Dick Smith keithr <no-one@nowhere.com.au> - 2016-01-07 21:46 +1000
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                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
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                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
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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 "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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