Quote Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy View Post
Dick smith have been going downhill for years now. They are owned by the same bunch as Tandy (which have always been crappy IMO) and the two shops have been interchangeable for the last 5 years at least. Its almost getting to the point where they wo't even have circuit borads and fuses to buy. Just crappy rmote control cars and cheap (quality) electronics...
You can thank Woolworths for that, as they are the parent company of both Dick Smith and Tandy.

My Father went into Dick Smith a month or so ago to get some things, as he couldn't find them where they had been only a week prior, he was promptly told by a 17y/o staff member, quite obnoxiously, that Dick Smith hadn't stocked that sort of thing for months and that if he wanted it? go to Jaycar.

Woolworths has gone on record as saying it wants to compete with Harvey Norman in regards to Electronics - I guess they're gonna use Dick Smith to do it?, here I was thinking that maybe Big W was the most suitable - then I remembered that Woolworths wants to compete with Harvey Norman in White Goods too.

Did you know that Woolworths is also it's own insurance company?
(I shit you not, they are - so they can handle claims against them "Internally")