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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I sent a nastygram to Jaycars MD about this sort of thing a few years ago when the stores first started filling up with fart joke gadgets and other novelty crap.
I would assume that I wasnt alone in doing so, because Next years catalog had a defensive letter from Gary Johnston (The MD) assuring everyone that they were still "Serious about Hardcore Electronics Enthusiasts", but that they had to sell a "broader appealing range of products to meet profit projections etc etc".
Translated - we can make more money selling crap to idiots than we can selling quality electronics to people who know what they are doing and wont buy $2 worth of rubbish for $20.
Since then its been on a steady downhill slide, and looking more and more like a Dick Smith or Tandy Store every day.
I would reccomend heading for Altronics instead these days. Theyre where Jaycar was 5 years ago, and as soon as a Melbourne store opened up down here, half the Jaycar staff immediately left and went to work for them instead. There is only 1 store in each state, but they do mail order as well
http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=cont
or if you're looking for harder to get Small Electronic bits, Rockby Electronics www.rockby.com.au is pretty good these days with a huge stock range, and a fast mail order service. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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