[neurotech1]

I had the pleasure of meeting Dick at a Christmas party many years ago.

Buying locally made, locally owned is a major priority of his and should be for every Australian.

[siquick]

Ironically the Dick Smiths brand is now owned by Kogan who specialise in importing and selling grey market goods in Australia.

[nikau]

> Ironically the Dick Smiths brand is now owned by Kogan who specialise in importing and selling grey market goods in Australia.

Bit ironic to make a fortune importing shit from HK in the 80s, then selling off your name and face as a brand, and then complaining about people not buying Australian.

[siquick]

I’d take 100 Dick Smiths over 1 Harvey Norman

[PickledHotdog]

Yeah I'd take 100 Dicks over Gerry Harvey too

[runsonrum]

This is what I see too! Glad to see that I'm not the only one that does.

[jacquesm]

It should be everywhere in the world, not just in Australia. But that ship has quite literally sailed and we buy stuff from all over the world for a fraction of what it would cost to produce locally. If you want to reverse that expect to pay a very large multiple of what you are paying today for goods.

[Grimburger]

> locally made, locally owned

Why exactly? Can you elucidate on this viewpoint. Australia has a huge proportion of dirty coalfired power so anything energy intensive would be better produced elsewhere, Australian emissions per capita are among the highest in the world, so supporting more workers is again a bad argument, the world needs far less Australians given their rate of consumption.

Does it simply just boil down to stonecold nationalism?

[desertraven]

Wholeheartedly agree. Your comment gives me Aussie vibes, yet it looks like you’re in the US. Did you relocate?

[neurotech1]

Yes. In the US now.