WHY Your Finding It Hard to Buy New DJ Kit Supply Chain Issues

0:01 Exactly the similarities between that

Right, ladies and gentlemen, in this video I'm going to explain exactly the similarities between that, that light I use on my bike, a hairdryer, and this thing here, the XDJ-XZ. Now, of course, a while ago we had the pandemic, and there were a lot of issues with, you know, businesses stopping, people out of work, and so on and so on. Now, I don't really want to put my tin hat conspiracy theorist kind of thing on, but what I can tell you is factual. There are a lot of issues now with BPM. There are a lot of issues now with buying different kinds of electrical items, and it's because of one thing. Now, some of you in the United States of America, or practically everyone in the USA, knows them as chips.

1:40 Three hundred in each item

You sort of crunch them, eat them, you know, and they have salt all over them. Over here in the UK, we know chips that you have with fish, you put salt and vinegar on them, and so on. Whereas chips, really, or silicon chips, are the sort of thing that if you put salt and vinegar on them and try to eat them, they probably get stuck in your throat. Which, you don't really want to do that. Probably not very tasty. But what is happening is that there is an issue with microchips. There's not enough of them. And practically every single electrical item will have one, two, three, seven, a hundred, two. Three hundred in each item. In fact, some cars probably have hundreds of them dotted around somewhere. I mean, that's probably why they're very difficult to fix now, because you have to take it to the doctor car mechanic who plugs something in and tells you what's wrong with it.

Whereas back in the day when I had my first car, if it needed something doing, I could do it. Digressing slightly, but I think it's Audi or BMW. They're kind of the same thing. Their cars are so up to date and so modern that if, let's say, a headlight stops working, you can't just take the bulb out and do it yourself. You've got to take it to the garage and they have got to do it for you via the computer. Now, there's quite an irony there because apparently in France, when you go to France, you should legally have a triangle. You should have a high visual jacket and also a set of lights. You should have light bulbs in the event that one of your light bulbs goes so you can fix it. But if you can't physically change a light bulb in a car, then you're stuffed.

Don't go to France. So in that hairdryer, there's probably one or two chips and I'm sure one of them says, oh, time to break. So the person who bought it has to buy a new one. And as you can see, I need a hairdryer. Actually, that's for Blaze. If I put that over there and then I have the torch there for the bike. In here, it can change sort of light intensity and so on. So there has to be some kind of silicon chip in there. But you may have found that a lot of shops and stores around the world now are finding it difficult to get bits of kit like this. And it's because of the supply chain issue and also the fact that the factories can't get the chips to put inside them to manufacture them. Now, I haven't looked online recently,

4:18 I've spoken to a few people who've messaged me

But I would hazard a guess to say that if I put this on eBay or put it for sale, it would sell practically straight away and it's in very good condition. So I might even get what it's worth brand new, even though it's now second hand. So my advice is this. If you do have a piece of kit, you're thinking of selling it to get something else. But you need the money first before you get that something else. Then my advice is don't sell it because you may find that the something else you want to get isn't available because no one wants to sell it or it's not in the shops or stores. I've spoken to a few people who've messaged me. I won't mention who they are and they said they're trying to get something like this, but there aren't any.

And it is because of the supply chain issue and also the fact that the company that manufactures the products like this, other DJ products can't get the chips. Now, also, apparently if we dig down the rabbit hole a little bit, apparently there is this is what I believe. Please in a comment to tell me if I'm right or wrong here. But there there's a company in Germany that manufacture or I get this. The machines. That manufacture the silicon chips. And there was a fire there. Now, if there's only one or two of these companies and bearing in mind that these machines that actually manufacture the silicon chips are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, pounds and euros. Now, if that factory has had a fire, it may take many years to get it back

Up to standard, which means they can't manufacture the machines that manufacture the chips, which again could mean a long delay in getting them. So simple advice. If you've got a piece of kit and you're thinking of selling it, make sure one hundred percent that the item you want is there and it's readily available to buy. Alternatively, go and buy it, then sell what you've got. Do not sell what you've got and then think I've got the money. Let's go and buy something because you could be very disappointed they may not be out there for sale. So it brings down to one thing, really. You look after your kit and your kit will look after you practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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