Thank god there's still Jaycar, who haven't lost the plot.
Dick Smith stores have been nothing but a painful reminder of what happens when corporate money vampires get control of a business that once had vision. VK3DRB, I went through the same experience, of working at a place that got taken over by idiot ghouls, who cared for nothing but share price pump & dump. It was horrific. I couldn't quit due to high salary, very close to home, and being in the process of rapidly paying off a mortgage. Took me a couple of excruciating years to get made redundant, and I swore to never work for corporates ever again. (The mortgage was paid off OK.)
It was a relief when the Bankstown DS store closed a few years ago, as going there always left me with a depressed 'world's going to shit' feeling. Like seeing an old friend turned zombie.
There's another Dick Smith store not far away from me. I've never been there, but think I'll go have a last browse. For closure.