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1M Micro USB Cable from Dick Smith
$1 and free shipping, maximum of 10 per customer.
24AWG
1 Year Warranty
1M Micro USB Cable - $1 + Free Delivery at Dick Smith
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Brick50 on 07/05/2016 - 08:31 dicksmith.com.au (4283 clicks)
Last edited 07/05/2016 - 11:25 by 1 other user
Last edited 07/05/2016 - 11:25 by 1 other user
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Dick always pops up at the most unexpected times
Hahaha
I love it…. ahh the comment that is. :P
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Let's see what kogan can now do with the Dick.
kogan will be dicking around as usual
Thanks.
Leaves warehouse in 3-4 weeks!
LOL - are they making the cables to order?
More likely drop shipped from China.
Kogan tends to drop ship from Hong Kong.
I just can't really stomach the idea of pretending that Kogan is Dick Smith. Not that I hate Kogan really, but it just seems too much like a hijacking.
i feel exactly the same, ive bought tons from dse and kogan in the past but this just feels somehow dirty and wrong.
It's more like Weekend at Bernie's.
For those who can't entertain the thought of buying from Dick Smith…
what's the difference… same company, probably the same products and distribution network. Literally just a different domain name.
exactly the same product, exactly the same company, comes from exactly the same warehouse, exactly the same online store software. even the last part of the url is the same…
this is a 100% kogan "deal"
If it wasn't for the favicon at the start of my tabs, anyone would think I'd opened the same website twice. Identical.
Even the site layout is the same.
Kogan.com acquired the Dick Smith online business for an undisclosed sum in March.
The product will leave the same warehouse on shipment.
"Your search for "Eneloops" did not match any products that we carry"
this is not Dick Smith…
O_O whaa….. ??? Noooooo !!!!
As much as people complained about the seemingly constant DSE Eneloop deals, I think a lot of us are probably going to miss them now.
Unless someone else picks up the torch of course.
Should have stocked up from Masters. $9.5 for 8 eneloops, probably cheapest price ever.
I do in fact have more Eneloops than I strictly need already. I guess I am just saying that I'll miss the DSE Eneloop fun, and the knowledge that there would likely always be another decent deal just around the corner if I ever ended up needing any more.
'leaves warehouse in 3-4 weeks' - hope you're not in a hurry
If you're ordering from online in the first place, I doubt you're in a hurry
Shipped from HK
Yeah i was going to ask, is this just another shopfront for kogan now? Is there any difference between tricky dicky's and kogan ?
Yeah i was going to ask, is this just another shopfront for kogan now?
Yep
Is there any difference between tricky dicky's and kogan ?
Not yet
No difference. Zero.
To the point that Kogan is pre-selling Dick Smith branded TVs, again to try to fool people
its a way to fool people into thinking that kogan hk is actually an australian company and your items are coming from australia and that they are covered by australian warranties etc.
It is an Australian company. Ships straight from hk to you rather than from hk to harvey Norman warehouse then to you, with that middleman premium. But each to their own….
its a way to fool people into thinking that kogan hk is actually an australian company and that they are covered by australian warranties
Incorrect.. Doesn't matter where you items are coming from they are covered by Australian warranties and you do not need to send them overseas for any warranty issues
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
nup, wrong again.
because you are buying directly from the kogan HK store you only get kogans warranty not the local manufacturer warranty which is bad enough but if/when kogan go bust you are left with only the warranty in the country or original which means you paying for the freight both ways to the country it was originally sold in.
Read the warranty website
https://www.dicksmith.com.au/da/warranty-terms-and-condition…
In the event that You have a warranty claim in respect of a Product delivered within Australia, you will be asked to return the relevant Product to an Australian support centre.
@Roary: another swing and another miss..
an Australian support centre.
not
an Australian manufacturers support centre.
in other words, kogan supports the warranty not the manufacturer
educate yourself, it will save you saying silly things https://www.google.com.au/search?q=kogan+not+covered+by+aust…
:D
edit: in case you also fail at google, just one example taken from http://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/iphone-english-…IMPORTANT RESTRICTION FOR iPHONE AND iPAD SERVICE.
Apple may restrict warranty service for iPhone and iPad to the country where Apple or its Authorized Distributors originally sold the device.It is an Australian warranty.. Not an overseas one which you earlier implied..
Sure some items dont have an Australian manufacturers warranty. I never said they did… I just corrected you when you said it was doesn't have an Australian warranty..
Now who is the silly one?? and failing at google? Pity you can send me more abusive private messages anymore because I blocked you from that also..
@Roary: its not an australian manufacturers warranty, as everyone except you seems to know is a LOT different, and as many people in the latest kogan deals have also pointed out.
you are so desperate to win at least once after the whole multi sided whooping you got in the hoverboard deal huh? lol. must have really burnt you hard in that for you to waste so much time perusing every comment i make :) you can tell how butthurt someone is by how hard they try to win back bwahahahahaha
lol any more insults you want to throw my way? A mod has already asked to to rest the hoverboard, but yet you bring it up again.
I know the different between a manufacturers warranty and a retailers warranty. There is not a lot, you get your device fixed/replaced or refunded all under Australian law.. You dont seem to know the difference between an Australian warranty and and overseas one..Putting this argument to rest. Everything you buy from Dick Smith comes with an Australian warranty and not an overseas one which you implied..
I done trying to help you here… Go ahead and argue more..
A mod has already asked to to rest the hoverboard, but yet you bring it up again.
with a whole first page on your profile doing little more than trying to stir shit with me across numerous different deals your hardly in a position to make claims of innocence hahaha
besides, the mod asked you to stop that losing line of argument, it has been proven time and time again you were 100% wrong and you would not let it rest. it was me that asked them to come in to put an end to it because i was sick of having to prove your indefensible position. now you are starting up the same shit in 3 different, completely unrelated deals.
I know the different between a manufacturers warranty and a retailers warranty.
no, no you dont
There is not a lot
and once again, just like in the hoverboard thread, you seem to be the only one that thinks that…. but hey carry on, obviously even blinding facts arent going to change your opinions.. as for me, opinions are like arseholes, everybodys got one, dosnt mean every opinion is correct however ;)
Everything you buy from Dick Smith comes with an Australian warranty and not an overseas one which you implied..
only while DSE/kogan is
1) in existence, in fact i imagine any time DSE online decides to shut down you will be left without a warranty at all because your warranty is held by DSE not kogan in a legal sense, tho im not a lawyer so i may not be correct on this one.
2) decides to honour it, which they have not done in the past with other people on OzB… one person had to take it all the way to ACCC and fight there iirc to get an australian item honoured with koganso again, any warranty DSE offers is barely worth the paper its written on, its possibly even weaker than kogans warranty which is well known to be a little bit shit.. a little scary.
I done trying to help you here…
you never started to help anyone.. you have helped no one, specially me. you would have to come from a position of MORE knowledge and understanding on a subject to help someone, specially me. all you have done is try and find a way to nit pick any tiny way you can no matter how pointless it is.
Yeah, I'm interested in this too.
I've always thought it's a risk to buy a brand that's gone down the gurglar, as people might associate negative things with that brand, or perhaps people might not trust the brand anymore. But I don't think Kogan would have signed off on the deal if they thought that it wasn't going to be financially viable.
I'd consider that DS is now just a plaque on a side door of Kogan, so to speak. The products are called DS but I'm confident that all of the back end policies are the same as Kogan.
24awg wires should be able to handle 2.4a? Bought 3 anyway.
Tell us about the connectors in a coupla months time.
Probably take a couple of months before he even gets it. Leaves warehouse in 3 to 4 weeks and then it's got to ship over from Hong Kong so perhaps give it another 2 weeks after that.
I cant quite remember the search terms but there are plenty of sites that tell you how many watts each of the AWG wires can take.
24AWG is for charging or data?
Should say delivered at Kogan, as they now owns the Dick Smith web site domain. It's basically just the Kogan web site with a colour refresh.
Also see the notice that says the USB cable leaves the warehouse in 3 to 4 weeks. Got to LOL at that. It's coming from Hong Kong for sure but even then the warehouse doesn't have it in stock.
So don't mistake that Dick Smith online is selling 100% Australian stock any more as it's now owned by a completely different mob called Kogan which often ships from Hong Kong. There's no way that this is Australian stock as otherwise the postage price alone would be just about the $1 that they're charging for the USB cable and delivery and probably shipping via the very slowest international delivery method. This is coming from Hong Kong.
How many people who haven't been keeping up with things are now going to become confused thinking that Dick Smith online is still the old 100% Australian seller Dick Smith?. Not so any more it's Kogan. I bet a lot of people are going to get caught out and find out that their order is shipped from Hong Kong when they thought they were getting Australian stock. It doesn't say any where on the product pages that it's shipping from Hong Kong yet you can bet the items are. That is really sneaky. The only way to find that this online store is selling products offered by Kogan Hong Kong is to dig deeper and find the Website Terms and Conditions which says so. https://www.dicksmith.com.au/da/terms-and-conditions/
Yet as i said none of the product pages states that this particular product is being offered by Kogan Hong Kong or Kogan Australia for that matter. I think Kogan is being rather sneaky.
Some Products You Order on the Website are offered and supplied by:
Kogan Australia Pty Ltd ABN 53 152 570 351 T/A Dick Smith (Dick Smith); and
Kogan HK Limited (Company Registration Number: 1659337) registered in Hong Kong T/A Dick Smith Electronics (Dick Smith Electronics);so going by that everyones thought that everything is going to come from china and not aus seems to be correct. DSE is now a wholly owned HK company.
sounds dodgy as shit to me. they are trying to be deceptive by hiding behind an australian company to bolster their legitimacy
Kogan.com acquired the Dick Smith online business so its all pretty much the same.
DSE is not a Hong Kong owned company and as long as Ruslan Kogan owns it, it will never be owned by someone outside of Australia.
Gotta love how 80% of the people here are blinded to the fact that most of your so called "Brand name" electronics are made in Hong Kong or China, sometimes even Japan. Even Australian made electronics are packed with Chinese made components, yet, you will happily pay top dollar for those items. The moment you actually realise that the item is coming straight to you from Hong Kong or the like, you have a grey import hissy fit moment because you have had to acknowledge that the Samsung S7 etc you just bought for a great price due to Samsung Australia not touching it with there ridiculous sale price increase hands, you scream blue murder that the product is not 100% legitimate, when in fact it is.
Before having a hissy fit about this post, think a little about it and read about the guy with a brain who refuses to pay top dollar to the companies selling brown box goods that come to them with no brand and are purely branded and slapped into a pretty box for companies to double their investment on: Education
It's just a fact that Kogan ships a lot of the products from Hong Kong. It's not about the products are made in China it's that the items are shipping from overseas instead of local Australian sourced stock. Of course it's going to arrive quicker if it's Australian stock and not if it's from overseas.
@hollykryten:
Not an entirely complete statement. I bought an S4 Active from Kogan when they first came out, at the time they were $699 at the local Telstra shop. I bought mine from Kogan and it was shipped from Hong Kong at a price of $499 with express delivery. It arrived at my rural QLD address 4 business days later, which is actually faster than I get things from WA.As a true bargain hunter, I won't justify paying companies $200 for having brought the product into the country for me.
Yet we are talking about a $1 USB cable with free shipping. There's no way this one will come with express international delivery. So shipping will be slow as a wet wig for this one.
Fair comment, I will buy my $1 cable and you go buy your $20 "Australian made" (which it won't be) cable, using your $5 in fuel to get to and from the shop to purchase it, while I go grab a works burger, drink and chips from the local takeaway with what I saved ;)
All I am saying is there is no point hating on Kogan for his cheaper products from Hong Kong. This is obviously a deal for stocking up on a back-up charge cable, not for the I need it now problem.
edit: Just realised that my phone, (the S4 Active) , is charging from the exact same cable on offer here, that I bought from a previous deal for the same price….or maybe from Kogan's site some time ago.
The difference is the retailer's location affects our warranty and consumer guarantees. The product might be 100% identical but buying from an Australian retailer gives me more legal protection if things go pear-shaped.
(In theory, anyway. How much difference it actually makes is hard to quantify.)
$20?. Not quite. More like $6.10 local Australian stock Jackson branded, pick up over the counter the same day instead of waiting possibly months through snail mail from Hong Kong. https://www.masters.com.au/product/100257410/jackson-usb-2-0…
$8.95 postage because I have no Masters near me. Ok, so I won't get the drink :P
This product is actually really cool, and ships from Australia: https://www.dicksmith.com.au/da/buy/2m-reversible-micro-usb-…
@mapleice: $11? I got some good ones from aliexpress for like $3 each. Same china quality as Kogan sells :P
Your 100% correct. The only advantage one gets by buying local is the Australian warranty thing. Other than its the same box with the same contents.
Reminded me that I still haven't received my $1 Kogan micro-USB cable from months back :-( Sent a complaint.
Kogan replied - sending replacement.
Replacement received.
fml that took forever
@holyland:
As soon as it arrived - tested on old tablet. Charged at 1.25A on 2A supply, about maximum tablet draws. Expect would do higher. Haven't got higher load to check. (Some of my old Android phone cables charge at 1/3 - 1/2 that, so are no longer in use.)
I need some new usb cables for ps4 controllers can anyone recommend something decent? I few cheaper ones I have don't seem to want to play nice and won't charge.
yeah i can recommend something: trade in the PS4 and get an XBONE :)
I can recommend something: sell the XBONE and get a PC :)
Buy a WiiU. It's Nintendo's new console. It will be around for years! I promise.
Might even get a new zelda game…
Why would you downgrade? The PS4 has higher specs than XBONE and runs the games at better resolution/framerate.
Come back in a few months when you actually get it and tell us what the USB cable is like. I bet it's cheap and poor quality crap.
Like most of Kogan's crap $1 cables that die after a few months. So yes.
You are selling your soul for $1!
This is purely a way to get the dse name back in the market for cheap. Also to build up the customer list, to add to Kogan's list.
Cause really if you think about it Kogan didn't buy much good will, he bought a popular/known domain name and the customer list.
Question. Can you use these in quick charge chargers eg. Qualcomm 2.0 or 3.0
Got these last time they were on sale, not even worth the $1. All 5 broke within a month.
You're welcome to try and abuse the "1 year warranty", but we all know how Kogan's warranty department is. Best case you end up with your money back after wasting a good 15-30minutes of your time.
Downvoting so people (hopefully) see this. Seriously, spend the few dollars extra for a blitzwolf cable or something.
Edit: Also, 3-4 weeks is correct. I got mine after around 3 weeks.
Ditto experience.
Yeah I may be complaining a little considering they're $1 each… But at the end of the day I spent $5 for around 2 months of USB cables when I could've bought a Blitzwolf cable or something for around the same price ($5) and got easily a year+ out of it. I assumed each cable would last a few months each and I'd end up with easily a year+ in total out of all 5 - not at all the case.
if you need bulk cables, these aren't the worse. Keep one in your backpack, car, few spare at home, few at work, etc… They'll do well for the day(s) you forget your actual cable. Beyond that they're useless - they're simply not high enough quality to replace any kind of actual microUSB cable, despite the fact they're falsely advertised as 24AWG.
Yeah I may be complaining a little considering they're $1 each…
but if its not fit for purpose then its a much bigger waste than a $100 cable that is flawless (not that id ever buy a $100 usb cable, but you get the idea)
Yeah, that's my logic with what I mentioned below it. I used a $5 Blitzwolf cable as an example though.
I more said I may be complaining as these cables may actually be more targetted for backup/spare cables rather than actual everyday cables. In that situation (1 or 2 days use a month) they're fit for purpose.
I got couple of these for free from Kogan about 2 years ago, they are ok for data but charge lot slower than my original phone cable. It took about 2 months to arrive from HK.
Getting a cheap, low-quality cable from HK that'll probably die in a couple of months? Not worth it for $1 and waiting 3 weeks.
Cheap Quality cable not worth it. =/
I have sorry had these and they are utter garbage.
I know what Ruslan did last summer…..
He bought Dick's online and flogged his Kogan krap under Dick's name.Ruslans finally got a Dick.
Ah ya ya ya ya oh look it's Kogan selling Dick in slow m-ocean.
Some of the electronic components that we see are also made in Taiwan ( resistors and such)just FYI
These can be of decent quality
I think where people are going to be confused is Dick Smith Foods are all Aussie Made,Aussie Ingredients and Dick Smith the man is still involved in charity work, so trading on the name(brand) still invokes national pride in people who know no better
Ruslan Koran is an Australian entrepreneur importer just like Dick Smith was
Just grey imports so no manufacturer warranty support
As I understand
Happy to be correctedRuslan Koran is an Australian entrepreneur importer just like Dick Smith was
…
Happy to be correctedOK. Happy to correct you. It's Kogan not Koran.
Couldn't resist.
That's what I meant. Ha!
Concentrating on getting the first bit right
I think Ruslan Kogan in Australian translates to Peter Russell Clark anyway so….
Correct me if I'm Penny Wong.
ThankS bought five
any1 know if this support fast charge (ie 2 amp) or if the plug is long enough so you can leave your phone case on when you plug in for charging?
Back from the dead!!! But too soon for my liking.