Ah man, tell me about it. Aside from driving from Mt Eden to DSE-Powerhouse Manukau on the hottest day of summer, to be told that the part I'm looking for is at the non POWERHOUSE DSE about 2km away, only to have the manager at that store bring me a cardboard box full of broken electronics, then asking me to take my pick and pay $170 when the listed price on the site was $160... DSE have never done anything right.
A friend of mine worked at their North Shore distribution centre, he had nothing but spite for their systems. Tales of critically borked DVD players (hardware issues causing 1-2 second video/sound delays, loose drives, dodgy wiring (mmm, smell that PCB burn)) etc etc being re-boxed and put back on the shelf...
I guess DSE is useful if you need some Cat-5 or a stereo jack, but yeah otherwise... avoid at all costs.
Stu
· 1 year ago
Oddly enough I find Dick Smith actually have competitive pricing these days on a lot of electronica.
But yeah I'm only ever a walk-in customer. I only use their online store for comparative pricing.
And yeah caveat emptor and always check the box seals.
Richard Smith
· 1 year ago
In future don't be such a lazy fuck and walk to the store, you proberly need the exercise, but you would proberly complain about something on the way!
Andrew Johnson
· 1 year ago
I brought a wireless router from them and 9 mths later it just stopped working and I had to wait 3 weeks with no internet before they "fixed it" but instead they gave me brand new one. Then 6 mths later that thing broke and I had dramas getting them to honour the consumer rights warranty since they insisted it was over 12 mths ago I brought the original new one, go figure! They told me they'd fix it under duress and if it breaks again then sad luck...but hang on isn't a router a product you expect to last years.....isn't there a consumer act they should adhere to? Never ever ever again will I buy anything from DSE
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A friend of mine worked at their North Shore distribution centre, he had nothing but spite for their systems. Tales of critically borked DVD players (hardware issues causing 1-2 second video/sound delays, loose drives, dodgy wiring (mmm, smell that PCB burn)) etc etc being re-boxed and put back on the shelf...
I guess DSE is useful if you need some Cat-5 or a stereo jack, but yeah otherwise... avoid at all costs.
But yeah I'm only ever a walk-in customer. I only use their online store for comparative pricing.
And yeah caveat emptor and always check the box seals.
Never ever ever again will I buy anything from DSE