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Thread ID: 127964	2012-11-24 18:57:00	Dick Smith's website is broken	Digby (677)	PC World Chat

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1314564	2012-11-25 00:33:00	Sad when Dick Smith stopped with the hobby electronics, Jaycar has everything but they're a ripoff for a lot of it. Cheaper usually to buy in bulk from RS or Farnell, or eBay(!) which is what I do now. The demise of home electronics hobbying is more or less world wide. "Electronics, a dying hobby/job?" aardvark.co.nz "What Happened to the Electronics Hobby?" www.hawestv.com I think that may be a bit out of date... Companies like Adafruit, Sparkfun and Arduino are doing well, there's projects posted all the time on sites like Hackaday etc - and Silicon Chip still publishes projects every month!	Agent_24 (57)
1314565	2012-11-25 00:33:00	. They are exactly the same at every other shitty electronics peddler in NZ. Electonics? They haven't done that since David Reid. They've been an appliance shop for ages, an overpriced one. Look at what they charge for a USB cable or printer cable.	pctek (84)
1314566	2012-11-25 01:28:00	Yeah, those cable prices are shocking. Some of their stuff is priced ok.	Renegade (16270)
1314567	2012-11-25 01:44:00	Yes Dick Smith have always put HUGE markups on small consumable items such as cables! Lucky for us there is Jaycar.	Digby (677)
1314568	2012-11-25 02:58:00	The demise of home electronics hobbying is more or less world wide. "Electronics, a dying hobby/job?" aardvark.co.nz "What Happened to the Electronics Hobby?" www.hawestv.com I suppose we have to be grateful that Jaycar set up branches in NZ, though when I want anything it is easier to go online than to drive into Wellington. There can't be much incentive these days for youngsters to get into the hobby. I think it may have picked up a bit in the last couple of years with the Arduino (Mindkits are good to deal with there) and now the RaspberryPi.	mikebartnz (21)
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