Yeah it's such a shame too, you know my local doesn't even have soldering irons now :/
It really is such a pity. I went to look for a new soldering iron last weekend and the first place I went was my local Dick Smith in St Lukes. There was nothing of the sort. It stocks the same stuff that you can get next door at Noel Leeming pretty much or that you can get down the road at Bond Bond or across the road at the Warehouse. It's quite sad really but I guess that's what the market wants these days. Who wants to fix something when you've got the perfect excuse to just go and buy something brand spanking new? Fewer and fewer people will understand the joy in getting something like a 400p up and running perhaps.