The slow death of Jaycar?

[SmallCog]

I then had to convince them that I indeed did have a suitable crimping tool to do the job I was doing. It's like they wanted to pre-qualify me to buy the parts.

Surely that isn't what they were doing. Sounds like a very uncharitable slant to spin. They probably deal with lots of people who may have no idea what specialist tools may be needed and they were trying to forestall common eventualities.

Nah it was odd and I was being quite diplomatic describing it.

I told them I had the crimp tool and they grilled me with questions rather than just take my money.

[jonovid]

Jaycar walk in convenience has a quality all of its own.
as mail-order can be so..so slow at times.

[robzy]

The Jaycar PDF catalogues used to be so useful.

They don't seem to have them on their website anymore.

"I have checked, however after the introduction of the new website, the link to the 2021/2022 engineering and scientific catalogue is no longer there, apologies. We haveno  new catalogue out yet, No ETA."

[johnboxall]

The Jaycar PDF catalogues used to be so useful.

They don't seem to have them on their website anymore.

"I have checked, however after the introduction of the new website, the link to the 2021/2022 engineering and scientific catalogue is no longer there, apologies. We haveno  new catalogue out yet, No ETA."

They broke a lot, a lot of stuff with the new website. Click and collect died for a while. The project content went missing. They seem busy riding the motorised esky around their new head office.

Anyhow, I have pdf catalogues. DM me your email address.

[Sal Ammoniac]

I visited a Jaycar store in a small town in New Zealand a few months ago and I was amazed at the breadth and depth of their products. I live in Silicon Valley and we have nothing that's the equivalent of that Jaycar store despite this area having about 20x the population.

[fzabkar]

Anyhow, I have pdf catalogues. DM me your email address.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210404171432/https://www.jaycar.com.au/medias/sys_master/root/9371026128926/Jaycar-2020-Catalogue-AU.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20221025032537/https://www.jaycar.com.au/latest-catalogues

https://web.archive.org/web/20221025032537/https://www.jaycar.com.au/medias/sys_master/root/9588302020638/Jaycar-2021-catalogue-AU-Front.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20221025032537/https://www.jaycar.com.au/medias/sys_master/root/9588302118942/Jaycar-2021-catalogue-AU-Back.pdf

[Brumby]

I visited a Jaycar store in a small town in New Zealand a few months ago and I was amazed at the breadth and depth of their products. I live in Silicon Valley and we have nothing that's the equivalent of that Jaycar store despite this area having about 20x the population.

It is that very breadth and depth of their products that has allowed them to survive in smaller population areas and which has caused some to question their future.  Motorised eskys and fly guns make a true electronics fan wonder ... but it is this sort of offering that can help put enough money in the till to keep the doors open.

I don't mind it, but I tend to walk straight past that stuff to grab that connector or piece of heatshrink I need there and then.

[5U4GB]

Another thing with them is that you know what you're getting.  Recently ordered some PG9's from a local distributor and got sent some Chinese crap where the sealing ring was so rigid it was halfway between a PG11 and PG13 with maybe 1mm of movement from least to most tight.  So I went to the local Jaycar and paid around 10x the price but got genuine PG9s that worked as they should.

[MickeeYay]

My local Jaycar plays that annoying NOVA FM on the speakers at the front entrance. If that is a ploy to draw in a younger customer, it ain't working. The shop had a few retired techos in their late 60s wandering the aisles looking annoyed at the loud racket blaring from the speakers.