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Thread ID: 123058	2012-01-31 17:49:00	100 Dick Smith stores face closure - founder on warpath	Trev (427)	PC World Chat

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1256798	2012-01-31 17:49:00	Here. (www.nzherald.co.nz) The one down here always seems pretty busy. :)	Trev (427)
1256799	2012-01-31 18:55:00	Their mistake was getting rid of all the electronic components and just selling tv's and iPods. I used to spend literally hundreds of dollars at DSE before they changed all their stores. Now they just sell the same stuff you find in all the other stores. Such a shame. I goto Jaycarr now...	Disco_Dan (16576)
1256800	2012-01-31 19:13:00	"Mr Smith said he feared the chain would be sold to a foreign-owned company. "I'll rubbish them the whole time. They wouldn't want to pay much," he told the Sydney Morning Herald. He later told AAP he would not go that far and warned the Woolworths' decision was a sign Australia was moving closer to the point when everything would be foreign-owned." Harden up, Dick. We're almost at that point with regards to Aussie ownership of Kiwi firms. :mad:	WalOne (4202)
1256801	2012-01-31 19:44:00	Our Dick Smith just moved...	pcuser42 (130)
1256802	2012-01-31 20:03:00	When Dick Smith Electronics first started in NZ I welcomed them because they so widely outpaced the customer value offered by the indifferent slackers that existed locally. The "service" offered by Woolworths/Dick Smith has for years been outshone by many others. They have become just another double-named toaster shop, and can't even compete in that regrettable group. A pity, on occasions they had staff members that showed great skills, but the system ground them down.	R2x1 (4628)
1256803	2012-01-31 20:18:00	A pity, on occasions they had staff members that showed great skills They still have at least one at Takaknini, I went to school with one of them :p	pcuser42 (130)
1256804	2012-01-31 23:02:00	When Dick Smith Electronics first started in NZ I welcomed them because they so widely outpaced the customer value offered by the indifferent slackers that existed locally. The "service" offered by Woolworths/Dick Smith has for years been outshone by many others. They have become just another double-named toaster shop, and can't even compete in that regrettable group. A pity, on occasions they had staff members that showed great skills, but the system ground them down. Yep, any one decent never stayed long at dickies	Gobe1 (6290)
1256805	2012-01-31 23:15:00	I used to frequent Dick smiths and David Reid Electronics way back when, these days as someone mentioned Jaycars is the only store of that type around. Trying to become an appliance store basically puts them in direct competition with the huge chain stores, that was always going to be a challenge.	dugimodo (138)
1256806	2012-01-31 23:29:00	Their mistake was getting rid of all the electronic components and just selling tv's and iPods. I used to spend literally hundreds of dollars at DSE before they changed all their stores. Now they just sell the same stuff you find in all the other stores. Such a shame. Totally agree with that Years ago (showing my age now) used to be only a couple places to get electronic components etc here in Dunedin, and David Reid Electronics was the best. Then 20 years ago Dick Smith bought the chain, and tho it too was good for a while, as DD says, it started being less and less an electronics store, and more and more a cell phone and cheap(?) own brand computer seller there's not much I'd go to DSE for these days...... (not many, if any :) )	bevy121 (117)
1256807	2012-01-31 23:59:00	Their mistake was getting rid of all the electronic components and just selling tv's and iPods. I used to spend literally hundreds of dollars at DSE before they changed all their stores. Now they just sell the same stuff you find in all the other stores. Such a shame. I goto Jaycarr now... Many years ago I was able to buy computer parts from Dick Smith. Now days I buy through the internet from ComputerLounge or Ascent. I have also been to Jaycars on occasions looking for parts.	Bobh (5192)
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