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Oh I would LOVE to make fun of you all day long - but I did the very same thing with my first opitical cable some 12 years ago. It did look like it was part of the cable, and I just didn't understand how it wouldn't fit right.
Keep in mind with optical cables - they are fragile. Not extremely fragile, mind you, but if you do bend them sharply, they can break inside. It's pretty much just a fiber optic line in the middle of some insulation.
I think having your own retail space is what drives you to have to make more money on stuff like cables.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winsomemore
That was going through my mind too. I remembered reading that they are more fragile than other types of cables. I thought if I damaged the darn thing Fry's wouldn't take it back.Quote:
Originally Posted by dgrycan
True. But Monster has been charging ridiculously high prices for years now. Way before fiber optic, HDMI, et al...their audio cables were way overpriced.Quote:
Originally Posted by dgrycan
They're price fixed at retail - nothing more than that. It's like Apple - you pay for the branding (errr . . . R & D costs . . . yeah, that's it!). I used to work at Best Buy, and at cost +10%, which is what employees pay, Monster cables were roughly about 35% of retail price. That goes to show you the markup on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winsomemore
Buy low, sell high! heh!
