Dick Smith phasing out components? - Page 6

SupremeMoFo · 15th July 2009, 7:53 PM

Was working in the Adelaide City store today, which is 27 years old, and still has an OK range of components - it is such a prick to deal with. Good riddance, to somewhere free of n00bs and children!!!

Goth · 7th November 2009, 5:53 PM

I found today that there is still a DSE store out in the suburbs that has not yet been revamped. They still have components stocks that they are desperately trying to flog off for insane prices before renovation... eg. 4 for the price of one on all components.

Bought about 15 tag tantalum capacitors, 4 crystals (usually $4 or so each!), a handful of trimpots, a handful of 3 kV ceramic capacitors, scores of monolithic capacitors, and 4 Motorola MFO71 fibre transmitter modules (just because they seemed cool and were only 50c each or something ridiculous) and some other stuff... and only got charged approx. $5 for everything. Even if you only buy 1 of a component, I think their prices are slashed well below normal ticket prices for all the components...

I'm tempted to go in and see the manager on monday and offer him $50 or so to just take the whole remaining stock, including the component storage shelving unit. (Wheeeeee! It rotates!)

How much do you think a fair offer would be, given that they're already flogging off stock for essentially nothing? $50? $100?

SupremeMoFo · 7th November 2009, 7:42 PM

Goth, they'd probably be happy to do that but the problem would be figuring out exactly you're taking. Guaranteed the stock levels that store has are well below what the point of sale reports as having in stock. Eventually if the store isn't closed altogether all that stock will be recalled to our distribution centre anyway.

Goth · 7th November 2009, 8:42 PM

Yeah, but since that stock is so badly organised, and the true stock levels won't be accurately recorded, they won't be sending it back to the warehouse and having every resistor, capacitor etc. accounted for. A lot of it is all mixed up stock anyway, so it would be of minimal use sending it back to the warehouse.

So, I thought the manager might be able to just accept $50 or $100 or something, and declare *all* that stock sold at that special price at the manager's discretion. I'm not sure. It depends how much discretion a manager has when running their own store.

SupremeMoFo · 7th November 2009, 10:00 PM

They'll be able to ask their area manager whether they can do it or not. Simplest way to do it would be to give you a receipt for $50-100 in "sundries" and just write off everything that fell under the relevant catalogue number ranges.

petercr · 7th November 2009, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaosprophet

Since you live really close to me (Lane Cove) you prob know this already but...
there is a JayCar just a skip down the pacific highway and is well stocked and very helpfull

Little bit late in posting this but I worked in that very same Jaycar back in the early 80's. Was actually the site of the very first Dick Smith Electronics...

7th November 2009, 5:53 PM	#77
Goth They're in the kernel! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 7,721	I found today that there is still a DSE store out in the suburbs that has not yet been revamped. They still have components stocks that they are desperately trying to flog off for insane prices before renovation... eg. 4 for the price of one on all components. Bought about 15 tag tantalum capacitors, 4 crystals (usually $4 or so each!), a handful of trimpots, a handful of 3 kV ceramic capacitors, scores of monolithic capacitors, and 4 Motorola MFO71 fibre transmitter modules (just because they seemed cool and were only 50c each or something ridiculous) and some other stuff... and only got charged approx. $5 for everything. Even if you only buy 1 of a component, I think their prices are slashed well below normal ticket prices for all the components... I'm tempted to go in and see the manager on monday and offer him $50 or so to just take the whole remaining stock, including the component storage shelving unit. (Wheeeeee! It rotates!) How much do you think a fair offer would be, given that they're already flogging off stock for essentially nothing? $50? $100? __________________ "How is anyone supposed to know that this isn't just a bunch of crap?" - Richard Feynman.

7th November 2009, 8:42 PM	#79
Goth They're in the kernel! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 7,721	Yeah, but since that stock is so badly organised, and the true stock levels won't be accurately recorded, they won't be sending it back to the warehouse and having every resistor, capacitor etc. accounted for. A lot of it is all mixed up stock anyway, so it would be of minimal use sending it back to the warehouse. So, I thought the manager might be able to just accept $50 or $100 or something, and declare all that stock sold at that special price at the manager's discretion. I'm not sure. It depends how much discretion a manager has when running their own store. __________________ "How is anyone supposed to know that this isn't just a bunch of crap?" - Richard Feynman.