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04-04-2011, 03:35 PM
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I just got a friend of mine to pick up a 25ft HDMI cable for me as he works at the store. It had a 950% (no, that is not a typo) markup on it. I guess I know where they make their profit.
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04-04-2011, 03:39 PM
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04-04-2011, 03:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | considering I buy 12 footers for about 5 bucks regularly between online retailers, the thought of the uneducated buying into the hype and price is sickenning.
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04-04-2011, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray Salamon This surprises you? :P | A little, but not a whole lot.
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04-04-2011, 03:43 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | I worked for a telecommunications company in the Puget Sound a few years ago. We would get $15.00 for a 3' CAT5 cable that we had one of our guys make from scrap pieces of cable that had already been sold once. At least we used plenum cable sometimes.
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04-04-2011, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound I just got a friend of mine to pick up a 25ft HDMI cable for me as he works at the store. It had a 950% (no, that is not a typo) markup on it. I guess I know where they make their profit. | I can believe that. Stores often have very tight margins on electronics, and they make it up on accessories and cables. |
04-04-2011, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC)
I can believe that. Stores often have very tight margins on electronics, and they make it up on accessories and cables.
| He told me that most tvs are sold at a loss, so that makes sense.
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04-04-2011, 04:04 PM
|  | Funkify your Life | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Bucket, RI. | | Go to monoprice.com HDMI Cable, Home Theater Accessories, HDMI Products, Cables, Adapters, Video/Audio Switch, Networking, USB, Firewire, Printer Toner, and more!
That is where I got a cable 25'. HDMI on one end and DVI on the other. |
04-04-2011, 04:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Colo Spgs, CO-I hate it here!! | | | ^^exactly what he said
Monoprice.com is the place to go.
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04-04-2011, 05:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | I buy all computer or data cables of ANY type from Ebay. Most of the time it's less than 10% of local prices.
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04-04-2011, 05:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Most of my cables are generics... copper is copper. Once the data is digital, as long as it transmits, quality doesn't matter to an extent.
950% is ridiculous, but they're not making much money on the other stuff.
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