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Electronics Forum / Electronics / July 2008Jaycar are DESPERATE!
Full page ad in todays Telegraph - "Sydney's Jaycar Electronics is DESPERATE! We need the cash and we need the space"! Carpark sale in Sydney at their old wharehouse, ends this Sunday: http://www.jaycar.com.au/desperationsale/ All your favourite farting toys up to 80% off. Dave. > Full page ad in todays Telegraph - "Sydney's Jaycar Electronics is > DESPERATE! We need the cash and we need the space"! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Dave. Excellent - will have to rush there ASAP and stock up on their extensive range of fart gadgets !! "David L. j.rkoff" > Full page ad in todays Telegraph - "Sydney's Jaycar Electronics is > DESPERATE! We need the cash and we need the space"! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > All your favourite farting toys up to 80% off. ** Wot no fancy de-soldering stations for 80% off ??? There is however a " Farting Electronic Keychain" for $3.95. So now you can get a cheap fart from an old fart called GJ. BTW DLJ needs to get a spell checker. A " wharehouse " = a Maori hut. ..... Phil >Full page ad in todays Telegraph - "Sydney's Jaycar Electronics is >DESPERATE! We need the cash and we need the space"! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Dave. Hmm, weather station XC0332 RRP $299, sale price $120. In-car 4 input TFT monitor QM3772 RRP $249, sale price $115, Now this is wierd... BBQ tongs with LED light GG2309 RRP $14.95, sale price $6.95. The sale is only in Sydney...dammit.... dmm >> Full page ad in todays Telegraph - "Sydney's Jaycar Electronics is >> DESPERATE! We need the cash and we need the space"! [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > dmm Their 150mm Plastic Vernier Caliper (TD2081) is down to "only" $9.95. I bought a couple of them from Rockby for about $2.00 each a while ago. No idea why Rockby were selling Jaycar branded plastic calipers. Just in case anyone's interested, Aldi will be selling nice looking digital calipers for $19.99, starting tomorrow May 22. See http://www.aldi.com.au/au/html/offers/2827_5082.htm I'll be there. :-) > Just in case anyone's interested, Aldi will be selling nice looking > digital calipers for $19.99, starting tomorrow May 22. > I'll be there. :-) Hope you were there by 9AM. Most of their specials are sold out by 9:05AM! (obviously laws against bait advertising don't apply to Aldi) MrT. > > Just in case anyone's interested, Aldi will be selling nice looking > > digital calipers for $19.99, starting tomorrow May 22. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > MrT. A workmate went down to Aldi at lunchtime and bought a caliper. It looks quite reasonable. It comes in a foam lined wooden box with a spare battery and appears pretty repeatable and well made. Has no auto off though, he says. Has an auto on when you move the slide though. > A workmate went down to Aldi at lunchtime and bought a caliper. It > looks quite reasonable. It comes in a foam lined wooden box with a > spare battery and appears pretty repeatable and well made. Has no auto > off though, he says. Has an auto on when you move the slide though. I went there at lunchtime and bought 5 of them for me and workmates without any problems. I'm quite impressed by the quality and even the spare button cell. For $20 you can't go wrong. I just left mine turned on, sitting undisturbed and it turned itself off after about 5 minutes. >> A workmate went down to Aldi at lunchtime and bought a caliper. It >> looks quite reasonable. It comes in a foam lined wooden box with a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I just left mine turned on, sitting undisturbed and it turned itself >off after about 5 minutes. Grumble. Wonder when Aldi are going to reach the wild west. > I went there at lunchtime and bought 5 of them for me and workmates > without any problems. I'm quite impressed by the quality and even the > spare button cell. For $20 you can't go wrong. > I just left mine turned on, sitting undisturbed and it turned itself > off after about 5 minutes. Read that Bob, went and had a look and ended up buying two. Interesting 4 contact serial output port on the side, just above the battery, yet there is no schematic, or detailed info that I could see. yes, how can you go wrong at $20 Cheers Don...  SignatureDon McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Intelligent 2.83" AMOLED with touch screen for micros: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/product.php?productid=16699 > Read that Bob, went and had a look and ended up buying two. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Cheers Don... A few of the automotive engineering-type blokes I work with got them, and all were impressed by the general construction and repeatability, not to mention the nice wooden case and even a spare button cell. Equal to professional digital calipers selling for 3x the price, one of them said. Yeah, I noticed the connector too. I some net searching and found a few sites with info on the communication protocol and electricals, and how to build an interface for it. Handy if you're doing a lot of measurements you need to record. Regards Bob >> Read that Bob, went and had a look and ended up buying two. >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Regards >Bob Care to share? - Franc Zabkar SignaturePlease remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. >>> Read that Bob, went and had a look and ended up buying two. >>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > - Franc Zabkar Frank: http://www.compendiumarcana.com/caliper/ Cheers Don... SignatureDon McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Intelligent 2.83" AMOLED with touch screen for micros: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/product.php?productid=16699 >>>> Read that Bob, went and had a look and ended up buying two. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >Cheers Don... Thanks. I found this page as well: http://rchobby.gmxhome.de/elektro/pic/caliper/calip_eng.htm - Franc Zabkar SignaturePlease remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. >> A workmate went down to Aldi at lunchtime and bought a caliper. It >> looks quite reasonable. It comes in a foam lined wooden box with a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I just left mine turned on, sitting undisturbed and it turned itself > off after about 5 minutes. Jaycar have stainless steel digital calipers (TD-2082) for $25.60+GST if you buy from Electus. $21.60 for 5+ Their "carbon composite" cheap type digital caliper (TD-2081) are only $8.95 Tons on Ebay for similar prices too. Dave. >>> A workmate went down to Aldi at lunchtime and bought a caliper. It >>> looks quite reasonable. It comes in a foam lined wooden box with a [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Dave. Thanks Dave, Believe it or not, I'd trust Aldi more than Jaycar to sell high quality stuff. :-) Bob >>>> A workmate went down to Aldi at lunchtime and bought a caliper. It >>>> looks quite reasonable. It comes in a foam lined wooden box with a [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Believe it or not, I'd trust Aldi more than Jaycar to sell high quality > stuff. :-) Betcha they come out of the same factory, and since when has either sold quality stuff!? :-> The Jaycar one is pretty good, for the price. Feels solid enough, repeatable, and matches the accuracy of better units. At least you'll be able to buy it next week. You'll never see that Aldi one again! Dave. > At least you'll be able to buy it next week. You'll never see that Aldi one > again! Yeah but on the plus side, at Aldi you don't have to fight your way past screaming pencil holders and idiotic toys which give electric shocks. :-) Also Aldi have a 60 day refund policy so they must be pretty confident about what they sell. If you don't like the product, just take it back. I doubt I'll be doing that with the calipers. >> At least you'll be able to buy it next week. You'll never see that >> Aldi one again! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > confident about what they sell. If you don't like the product, just take > it back. I doubt I'll be doing that with the calipers. I went to Airport West ALDI, and they still had 30-40 in the box. I got one for my friend Mick, but he had beaten me to it, but he grabbed the extra from me to sell at work, as they were chasing them also. Don... SignatureDon McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Intelligent 2.83" AMOLED with touch screen for micros: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/product.php?productid=16699 > >> At least you'll be able to buy it next week. You'll never see that > >> Aldi one again! > > > Yeah but on the plus side, at Aldi you don't have to fight your way > > past screaming pencil holders and idiotic toys which give electric > > shocks. :-) Well, I was in Aldi about 40 minutes ago, didn't see any farting keyrings, but Aldi go one better, and at a cheaper price ! in the next aisle, for only 49c, you can get a tin of baked beans that should be good for a few genuine farts, and as a bonus - unlike Jaycar - come complete with smell (large quantity of huge ugly female tattooed things too, but we wont go there) ----------------- Excellent calipers though, especially for the price, even comes in a wooden box with spare battery. Very pleased. > > Also Aldi have a 60 day refund policy so they must be pretty > > confident about what they sell. If you don't like the product, just take [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Don... > -- > Don McKenzie [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Intelligent 2.83" AMOLED with touch screen for micros:http://www.dontronics-shop.com/product.php?productid=16699 >>> Full page ad in todays Telegraph - "Sydney's Jaycar Electronics is >>> DESPERATE! We need the cash and we need the space"! [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > I'll be there. :-) **Nice catch Bob. I bought two. Stainless steel and as accurate as my $150.00 Mitutoyo. Nice big digits and a bargain at the price. Thanks for the heads-up. SignatureTrevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au > **Nice catch Bob. I bought two. Stainless steel and as accurate as my > $150.00 Mitutoyo. Nice big digits and a bargain at the price. > > Thanks for the heads-up. No worries - happy to share useful info with my electronic mates here. :-) I read on a woodworking newsgroup that Aldi sell these calipers on special every so often. Maybe they're trying to entice engineering blokes to shop in their stores? Bob SignatureTrevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au >> >> **Nice catch Bob. I bought two. Stainless steel and as accurate as my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > special every so often. Maybe they're trying to entice engineering blokes > to shop in their stores? **Maybe. I get their newsletter each week and there's often some interesting stuff therein (I managed to overlook the callipers). You need to be careful though. I bought a $70.00 reflecting telescope from them. It's big, has a nice tripod and lots of eyepieces. It even has a nice chart and stuff. The telescope, sadly, is absolute rubbish. My cheap and cheerful, $50.00 Taiwanese binoculars are far better. I see a number of their products returning every few months. Things like their garden pumps and cake tins appear to be more or less regular items. SignatureTrevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au >>> **Nice catch Bob. I bought two. Stainless steel and as accurate as my >>> $150.00 Mitutoyo. Nice big digits and a bargain at the price. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > **Maybe. I get their newsletter each week and there's often some > interesting stuff therein (I managed to overlook the callipers). I used to get the newsletter, but every time I went in there to get something they were ALWAYS sold out, you could count on it. So I eventually gave up. Dave. > The > telescope, sadly, is absolute rubbish. My cheap and cheerful, $50.00 > Taiwanese binoculars are far better. the ad image capture bonoculars once. Absolute crap. Reminded me of stuff that you could buy decades ago branded "made in japan". Neighbour purchased the hedge trimmer a few months ago and already it sounds clapped out. > **Maybe. I get their newsletter each week and there's often some interesting > stuff therein (I managed to overlook the callipers). You need to be careful [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I see a number of their products returning every few months. Things like > their garden pumps and cake tins appear to be more or less regular items. This is only the second time I've been to Aldi. The first time was a few months ago when I bought a USB video grabber on special which left the others I tried for dead. Thanks for the caution that not everything they flog is good quality. Looks like I've just been lucky so far. Bob > Full page ad in todays Telegraph - "Sydney's Jaycar Electronics is > DESPERATE! We need the cash and we need the space"! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Dave. i went there yesterday was ripped of totally a torch that was down to $11.95 they charged at$ 25.95 charged for 3 color cubes instead of 2 over charged $30 was charged $495 for $414 as products weren't discounted at register be ware this sale is not good if you get burned like this no ph number to call to question details my ph no is 02-65591234 if you want more details regards kevin went to this sale yesterday was over chargerd buy $45 plus as prices went discounted @ register this is illegal and fair trading needs contacting watch it this sale is a scam need the money yeah rip folk of @ the register when they buy bulk my no is 02-65591234 > Full page ad in todays Telegraph - "Sydney's Jaycar Electronics is > DESPERATE! We need the cash and we need the space"! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Dave. |
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