so off to one of the few real electronics stores left to buy another $15 sucker-pen...
Amen to that brother!!
Dick Smith Electronics was the last great hobbyist shop that every electronics whiz kid in the 80's wanted to work in but has now reduced itself to selling TVs & White Goods, who's next Jaycar, Altronics??
I reckon you can thank the Woolies/Coles thing about who has what and in the end we have nothing but no service and no competion . Reckon Dick Smith himself (being a True blue) would shake his head and think OMG.Try buying a set value resistor there now!!!
Unfortunately there is a simple economic reality behind this - people stopped buying components and there is very little business left in that market. Hopefully enough to sustain Jaycar et al!
These days most electronic items are relatively cheap, so putting time in to fix something broken is a low priority for most people when you can run down and get another one so easily.
