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Thankfully, our local Jaycar store is still staffed by people who know something about what they sell. The manager is an electronics nut and electrical engineer to boot. He's helped me out countless times.
I also remeber when Dick Smith opened his first discrete component electronics store in Gore Hill near St Leonards. He was in our 1st East Roseville scout group, and one of our leaders, Tony Balthazar, helped him get his car radio repair and supply business off the ground back in the late 60's in Artarmon - just up the road. The store was staffed by pencil in the pocket types that REALLY knew their business. Sadly all of that is gone in the interest of running a profitable business - and being owned by Woolworths, you aren't going to get what you want these days - knowledgable staff.
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