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Why Buy From China?

It seems to me that China is now the only place to get various parts at a realistic price. Now with the demise of Dick Smith Electronics and Tandy being long gone, when it comes time to find a replacement chassis mount female RCA jack the only place is Jaycar.

Now you might be thinking if I can get them from Jaycar why the post? Well I'll tell you. I compared the Jaycar version with an eBay Chinese version and in short I wouldn't be surprised if they came out of the same factory. The only difference I could see was Jaycar's version was just under 2 bux for one and the eBay Chinese version I could get 10 of (5 black & 5 Red) for an additional 97 cents (free postage).

I'm not saying that Jaycar shouldn't be making a profit on the goods they sell but that sort of markup is the reason people buy from places like eBay. If the jack was 50c or at a stretch, a dollar I would have bought 10 from Jaycar and not have the extended wait time to get them from China.

I support local business as much as I can but there comes a time when I need to draw the line. $20 versus $2.97. I suppose I could go the cheap way at 95c each and not use gold ones but again why if the originals are gold.

Oh and I'm not raggin' Jaycar, bought from there before and will again, just not in this case.

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Comment by Paul Craig on January 12, 2016 at 8:31pm: Hardly anything is made in the US these days. This country used to have a large manufacturing industry that employed a lot of people. If it wasn't for Tech and Distribution jobs, most of America would be unemployed.

This response sounds like it should be in the Curmudgeon Group. Hahaha

Comment by Carl on January 12, 2016 at 4:45pm: I'll use them now and then Darryl, that's a given. Personally I'd rather not have to order stuff from China. Perhaps now that Dick Smiths have all but gone Jaycar will follow through or atleast get the opportunity to, with DSE landlords and take over their premises under the Jaycar brand.
It offers an out for the DSE landlords and expands Jaycar, pity they have no interest in the ones located in Westfield Shopping Centres though.

Comment by darryl kernaghan on January 12, 2016 at 3:19pm: Jaycar,and it's overseas equivilents,[radio shack etc] can be a bit expensive Carl,but it is important we continue to use them now and then,if not more.Otherwise when you need that 1 diode or capacitor or whatever to finish a project,the only option will be a wait for the slow boat.Certainly order bulk stuff from China,but drop a little change in your local stores now and then,we'll miss them when they are gone