Component Prices Rip off in Australia

"Bob Parker" <bobp.deletethis@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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One wonders what Dick Smith himself thinks about what Woolies have
done to his chain
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I think as long as he can still fly his helicopter, he doesn't give a rat's
:-(

MrT.
 
"Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
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"Bob Parker" <bobp.deletethis@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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One wonders what Dick Smith himself thinks about what Woolies have
done to his chain

I think as long as he can still fly his helicopter, he doesn't give a
rat's
MrT.

Somehow, Bob, your message didn't appear on my newsreader, (via
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Optusnet), only Mr. T's reply.
Anyway, I don't think that Dick Smith would be too pleased with the way
things have gone. Way back when it mattered, I believe that he had pretty
high ideals. Woolworths have done to DSE what they do to everything.
It would be very interesting to hear what DS himself has to say about it
all, but that's unlikely.
Despite the "fresh food people" label, have you seen the quality of many
of their veges etc.? Lettuces full of some sort of flies, sausages that have
almost no real meat and so on ...... No wonder that DSE is f......
... Steve
 
"Bob Parker" <bobp.deletethis@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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One wonders what Dick Smith himself thinks about what Woolies have
done to his chain which was successful only because it was supported
by people like us.
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The 'Dick Smith Way' by Ike Bain touches on this a bit.

Two points:

1. Woolworths is an Australian company. Dick doesn't much care if things
are made overseas, but he has a thing about Aussie ownership.

2. Dick was always on top of new trends. I think he would probably rather
see the company change and grow than not change and remain small.

Although during his Australian Geographic days he was very critical about
whether to go for growth or not. Eg he wanted to limit subscriber numbers
but was convinced otherwise.

Peter
 
"Bob Parker" <bobp.deletethis@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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It's interesting if sad to read the Wikipedia entry about DSE
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Thanks Bob; I wrote a fair chunk of it. If there's anything you wish to add
it's easy to do so, even if you're not a registered contributor.

Peter
 
Mr.T wrote:
"Bob Parker" <bobp.deletethis@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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One wonders what Dick Smith himself thinks about what Woolies have
done to his chain

I think as long as he can still fly his helicopter, he doesn't give a rat's
:-(
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Doesn't Garry Johnson fly an F4 Phantom?
Nice one-upmanship on Tricky Dick! :->

Dave :)
 
Peter Parker wrote:
1. Woolworths is an Australian company.
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Funny. Wonder who owns the Woolworth's in Frankfurt then,
where I bought my alarm clock?

Dick doesn't much care if things
are made overseas, but he has a thing about Aussie ownership.
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B&^% idiot. It matter more where things are made (value created)
than where they're sold. Buy Australian? Humbug! I've always
thought it was more important to *sell* Australian. You can
sell all the imported crap in Australia you want, and barely
add a cent of value to the value of Australia. But OTOH when
you make something here that the world wants to buy, that's a
different story.

Clifford Heath.
 
"Peter Parker" <parkerp@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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1. Woolworths is an Australian company.
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Are you really sure?

Dick doesn't much care if things
are made overseas, but he has a thing about Aussie ownership.
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Yes, he wants an aussie (himself) to own as many overseas goods as possible.
(And the distinction is rather stupid otherwise)

MrT.
 
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:19:03 +1000, "Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote:
I think as long as he can still fly his helicopter, he doesn't give a rat's
:-(

MrT.
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Mightn't be that easy to get out of the Powerhouse museum...
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=110000&search=90-816&images=&c=&s=
 
"Bob Parker" <bobp.deletethis@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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I think as long as he can still fly his helicopter, he doesn't give a
rat's
:-(
Mightn't be that easy to get out of the Powerhouse museum...

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=110000&search=90-81
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6&images=&c=&s=

Are you saying he has flown no other helicopters beside that one?
(But it was really meant to be metaphorical rather than literal anyway)

MrT.
 
"Mr.T" <MrT@home> wrote in message
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"Peter Parker" <parkerp@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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1. Woolworths is an Australian company.

Are you really sure?
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http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/aboutus/ourcompany/index.asp

http://bosswatch.labor.net.au/display.php?type=cmp&cid=143

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.W._Woolworth_Company

Peter
 
"Peter Parker" <parkerp@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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1. Woolworths is an Australian company.

Are you really sure?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.W._Woolworth_Company
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OK, didn't know that, that's why I didn't say you were wrong :)

MrT.
 
Mr.T wrote:

"Peter Parker" <parkerp@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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1. Woolworths is an Australian company.

Are you really sure?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.W._Woolworth_Company

OK, didn't know that, that's why I didn't say you were wrong :)

MrT.
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It is an Australian Company:

"The similarly named Woolworths supermarkets in Australia and New
Zealand are operated by Woolworths Limited, a separate company with no
historical links to the F. W. Woolworth Company"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Limited
 
<philinoz@gmail.com> wrote in message
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"Peter Parker" <parkerp@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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1. Woolworths is an Australian company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.W._Woolworth_Company

It is an Australian Company:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Limited
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Must be an echo on the line :)

MrT.
 
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