Is tricky dicky getting out of the kit business?
All kits are half price this month!
- Rob.
All kits are half price this month!
- Rob.
Is tricky dicky getting out of the kit business?
All kits are half price this month!
- Rob.
A growing number of people are speculating about that....
Wait for the microwaves to go on saleMr.T said:Not so, some are not reduced, some are less than half price. See their web
site for exact figures.
Seems pretty obvious they are reducing their inventory at least. The
Powerhouses got out of kit's already, so it's only a matter of time.
Looks like they may keep some of the beginner kits though, and drop the
magazine projects altogether.
MrT.
Moo Cow said:btw does anyone know someone who sells perlos 96 way euroconnectors?
looking for some for a wire wrapping project.
Moo said:btw does anyone know someone who sells perlos 96 way euroconnectors? looking
for some for a wire wrapping project.
Wait for the microwaves to go on sale
Checked any of their shops or catalogs recently? They even sell vacuum
cleaners.
some resistors and some green caps, 7 members of staff were in eye sight
busy talking amongst themselves and not one came up and asked me if i
needed any help, when i finally got the shits and asked a guy he had no
friggin idea what a resistor actually was. not one of them would have been
over 20 and they sure dont know much these days, i remember when u walked
into a store and people actually knew what the hell you were talking
about, seems like all they want to do now is sell "gadgets"
A growing number of people are speculating about that....
Bob
They have your ESR meter kit for $25:
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/45c4813001749e342740c0a87f9c072c/Product/View/K7204
Dave![]()
Bob said:It raises two questions:
(1) Why are they flogging these kits at a price which must be well below
the cost of producing them?
(2) What are they doing with stocks of the kit which was superceded
about 3 years ago?
DSE's become quite strange since Woolies took over and turned the
chain into a consumer-electronics-oriented version of Big W.
Bob
Who knows, they are motivated by profit and now kits are no longer
profitable due to lack of demand. Hobbyists have long since ceased
to be significant for them, I'd say they'll get out of kits apart
from imported ones if you are lucky.
FWIW I built a MKII this arvo and it worked fine, the kit is a very
good one and it's hard to go wrong with it: a good design and a good
implementation of the design.
That's the original 1996 version of the kit. They're also selling the
2004 version for the same price, see...http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/45c4813001749e342740c0a8...
It raises two questions:
(1) Why are they flogging these kits at a price which must be well below
the cost of producing them?
(2) What are they doing with stocks of the kit which was superceded
about 3 years ago?
DSE's become quite strange since Woolies took over and turned the
chain into a consumer-electronics-oriented version of Big W.
Bob
walked into a dick smith at penrith earlier today, and was looking for some
resistors and some green caps, 7 members of staff were in eye sight busy
talking amongst themselves and not one came up and asked me if i needed any
help, when i finally got the shits and asked a guy he had no friggin idea
what a resistor actually was. not one of them would have been over 20 and
they sure dont know much these days, i remember when u walked into a store
and people actually knew what the hell you were talking about, seems like
all they want to do now is sell "gadgets"
btw does anyone know someone who sells perlos 96 way euroconnectors? looking
for some for a wire wrapping project.
Thanks Bob
I went in and nabbed an ESR Mk2 and a power supply kit (several models
available very cheaply), the last ones in-store at Blacktown.
Haven't bought a kit in at least a decade I think, quite nostalgic!
Can't believe the IC's in the ESR kit are still stuck in the al-foil
covered styrofoam!
Interestingly, the sales lady used to work in the kit department and
said that almost the entire kit department has been shut down and the
employees moved to other roles (no retrenchments apparently), only a
couple of people remain, presumably to mop up, or handle the non-
magazine kits.
Well the Silicon Chip ad says all kits %50 off.Not so, some are not reduced, some are less than half price. See their web
site for exact figures.
Seems pretty obvious they are reducing their inventory at least. The
Powerhouses got out of kit's already, so it's only a matter of time.
Looks like they may keep some of the beginner kits though, and drop the
magazine projects altogether.
MrT.
Well the Silicon Chip ad says all kits %50 off.
"Limited Stock" *
* Which will not be renewed
The end is nigh for another chapter in Aus Electronics hobbying ;-)
Does the grinnig Dick have no say anymore ?
geoff