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Electronics Forum / Electronics / May 2007Dick Smith doing business with Jaycar's Gary Johnston?
I caught the end of some doco on ABC tonight about Tricky Dick Smith. They were filming him working in his office and he was showing how he didn't need nor use a computer, and dictated all his stuff to the secretary. He demonstrated this by reading a memo into the dictation machine something along the lines of "To Gary Johnston. I am not happy with a 30% margin and am looking for 40%" or something to that effect. Could be some other Gary Johnston of course, or he could have just made it up on the spot, but I thought it was a pretty co-incidental name. Anyone know? BTW, he mentioned that DSE now a billion dollars turnover, and that he would love to see DSE be around long after he's gone. Dave. >I caught the end of some doco on ABC tonight about Tricky Dick Smith. > They were filming him working in his office and he was showing how he [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Dave. But I thought he was now into peanut paste and choccy biscuits :-)  SignatureCheers .......... Rheilly P "David L. Jones" > I caught the end of some doco on ABC tonight about Tricky Dick Smith. > They were filming him working in his office and he was showing how he [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Anyone know? ** Gary Johnston used to work for Dick - he was Dick's NSW manager. Dick taught Gary "everything he knows" before Gary turned traitor ...... ....... Phil > ** Gary Johnston used to work for Dick > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > ....... Phil Says who? Where's your proof Toaster Boi? > ** Gary Johnston used to work for Dick > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > before Gary turned traitor ...... Was that before or after the yank joined him and stopped him going broke? I'm just wondering who taught whom what. Gary Johnston = Philanthropist ?? http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2006/apr/water_chair.html Shame, its all a wet dream ..... http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/guide/opinions/opindex.html Maybe Gary should try towing " icebergs " into Sydney harbour next ? Dick can show him how to do that, too. ...... Phil "Phil Allison" > Gary Johnston = Philanthropist ?? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Dick can show him how to do that, too. ** Fact is - Gary Johnston was ON BOARD the infamous Dick Smith iceberg, as it came through Sydney Harbour. April 1st, 1978. ...... Phil >BTW, he mentioned that DSE now a billion dollars turnover, and that he >would love to see DSE be around long after he's gone. putting that another way, I'd like to see him gone before DSE - and I'd like *that* to be sooner rather than later. > >BTW, he mentioned that DSE now a billion dollars turnover, and that he > >would love to see DSE be around long after he's gone. > > putting that another way, I'd like to see him gone before DSE - and I'd like > *that* to be sooner rather than later. WHY ? > > >BTW, he mentioned that DSE now a billion dollars turnover, and that he > > >would love to see DSE be around long after he's gone. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > WHY ? Indeed. What's wrong with Tricky? Dave. >> >BTW, he mentioned that DSE now a billion dollars turnover, and that he >> >would love to see DSE be around long after he's gone. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >WHY ? something to do with his contribution to spectrum anarchy, followed by his "contributions" to aviation in Australia - which are regrettably ongoing. >I caught the end of some doco on ABC tonight about Tricky Dick Smith. >They were filming him working in his office and he was showing how he [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Dave. Hi Dave, Gary was an employee of DSE in the late 70s and early 80s. Some sort of falling out between the him and Dick saw him leave and start Jaycar. I think there was mention of him in Dicks biography by Ike Bain, infact I recall that Gary posted a "right of reply" about some statements made in the book through an edition of Silicon Chip. Mike "Mike Paull" > Gary was an employee of DSE in the late 70s and early 80s. Some sort of > falling out between the him and Dick saw him leave and start Jaycar. ** In fact "Jaycar " already existed - as the trading name of John Carr & Co. A small components and audio kit with a shop in a secluded lane in the back of Haymarket in Sydney. Remember the ETI 8 channel "Master Mixer" and the ETI 100 watt " brick " power amp ?? I was a regular customer of that " Jaycar " back in the early/ mid 1970s. Well, GJ bought the business and closed up the Haymarket shop. Set up HIS first *cheap and cheerful* components shop in Clarence Street in Sydney. Stocked with mostly surplus parts. Euphemism for junk. Set a trend - that did. ....... Phil . . . >A small components and audio kit with a shop in a secluded lane in the back >of Haymarket in Sydney. Secluded lane? I remember them being in Sussex street. Andy Wood woodag@trap.ozemail.com.au "Andy Wood" >>A small components and audio kit with a shop in a secluded lane in the >>back >>of Haymarket in Sydney. > > Secluded lane? ** Yes. > I remember them being in Sussex street. ** Only much later, with GJ as the owner. ....... Phil . . . >> I remember them being in Sussex street. > >** Only much later, with GJ as the owner. They were at 405 Sussex street as far back as 1979. Wikipedia says GJ became owner in 1981. Andy Wood woodag@trap.ozemail.com.au "Andy Wood" "Phil Allison" ** Replacing the MISSING context and MISSING parts of quotes: " ** In fact "Jaycar " already existed - as the trading name of John Carr & Co. A small components and audio kit with a shop in a secluded lane in the back of Haymarket in Sydney. Remember the ETI 8 channel "Master Mixer" and the ETI 100 watt " brick " power amp ?? I was a regular customer of that " Jaycar " back in the early/ mid 1970s. " >> Secluded lane? I remember them being in Sussex street. >> >>** Only much later, with GJ as the owner. > > They were at 405 Sussex street as far back as 1979. Wikipedia says GJ > became owner in 1981. ** So no conflict with my story, which relates to the " early / mid 70s. " ....... Phil >"Andy Wood" > "Phil Allison" [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >** So no conflict with my story, which relates to the " early / mid 70s. >" True, no conflict with your original story. However your subsequent claim that they were only in Sussex street later with GJ as owner is false (unless the date of 1981 given by Wikipedia for the takeover is wrong). Andy Wood woodag@trap.ozemail.com.au "Andy Woodduck" >>** So no conflict with my story, which relates to the " early / mid >>70s. >>" > > True, no conflict with your original story. ** Then why the f.ck did you contradict it - arsehole . ? > However your subsequent > claim that they were only in Sussex street later with GJ as owner is > false (unless the date of 1981 given by Wikipedia for the takeover is > wrong). ** So you say. ...... Phil "Phil Allison" > ** In fact "Jaycar " already existed - as the trading name of John > Carr & Co. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I was a regular customer of that " Jaycar " back in the early/ mid 1970s. ** A simple ASIC search turned up this: http://www.search.asic.gov.au/cgi-bin/gns030c?acn=000_087_347&juris=9&hdtext=ACN &srchsrc=1 John Carr and Co Pty Ltd ( originally incorporated in June 1950 !! ) morphed into Electus Distribution Pty Ltd. ....... Phil I was working for Dick at the time and Dick sent Gary out to investigate this company; he came back and said it was not worth it and then he bought it; On his weekly Dick's Video, Dick was not a happy camper; flack jackets were issued. Ike Bain is a canadian and he was responsible for moving the company on from 10 stores in 1979. We also had a goose parading as the marketing manager, he left and started up ZAP electronics; I think it lasted a ZAP! AB >>I caught the end of some doco on ABC tonight about Tricky Dick Smith. >>They were filming him working in his office and he was showing how he >>didn't need nor use a computer, and dictated all his stuff to the >>secretary. He demonstrated this by reading a memo into the dictation >>machine something along the lines of "To Gary Johnston. I am not happy >>with a 30% margin and am looking for 40%" or something to that effect. This looked like an exhibition of Dick's wry sense of humour; abit of a poke in the eye for Gary, I would think! LOL!. >>Could be some other Gary Johnston of course, or he could have just >>made it up on the spot, but I thought it was a pretty co-incidental [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Mike |
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