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This story might be a little too Australian to appeal to the broad HN community, but what happened to dick smith was completely criminal. Defiantly worth a read.

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Its worth noting that Dick Smith, the founder/adventurer/pilot, has zero to do with how Dick Smith Holdings is ran as a company.

Dick Smith Foods however, I think he might still have a hand in.

One of their more memorable products, being the Dickheads... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickheads

They never dared move into the cheese market, though.

http://www.dicksmithfoods.com.au/product-range/cream-cheese-...

Pass the Dick Cheese, I stand corrected.

Dick Smith Foods[0] is a separate company that he is still involved in its management.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Smith_Foods

In the 1980s, at their peak, they had a few stores in the US West Coast. They were better than the native equivalent here (Radio Shack) and I never understood why they didn't make it here.

In the UK, DSE became famous for selling dirt cheap consumer electronics on garage forecourts. But I'm not aware of any actual stores (I may be wrong).

If you're not Australian or especially if you are, this is an fascinating talk by Dick Smith (including quite a bit about his round the world helicopter trips!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1eivQNtulE

His energy when he was starting out is amazing: http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/60minutes/videos/103962957600...

I live on the other side of the globe, but found it a very interesting read!

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