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Jbc223456 · 03-21-2013, 11:36 AM

I will never understand how local places like Staples, Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc can charge so much for cables. A 6' HDMI cable from any of those places costs anywhere from $20-40 where I'm at. The same goes for RG6-QS cable and Cat5e/Cat6 cables as well - if I wanted anything longer than 25', the prices were through the roof. I would just as well buy it from eBay/Newegg/Monoprice and pay the possible $4 in shipping along with around $10 for the cable.

03-21-2013, 11:36 AM	#7
Jbc223456 Member (8 bit) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: KY, USA Posts: 234	I will never understand how local places like Staples, Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc can charge so much for cables. A 6' HDMI cable from any of those places costs anywhere from $20-40 where I'm at. The same goes for RG6-QS cable and Cat5e/Cat6 cables as well - if I wanted anything longer than 25', the prices were through the roof. I would just as well buy it from eBay/Newegg/Monoprice and pay the possible $4 in shipping along with around $10 for the cable. __________________ ASUS P7P55D-E \| Intel I5-760 @ 2.8GHz \| Corsair XMS3 8Gb @ 1333MHz \| WD Caviar Black 1TB \| HIS Radeon 6850 \| Corsair 750TX 750W \| ASUS 24x DVD Burner \| Antec Nine Hundred \| ASUS VW246H 24" \| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit