Originally posted by: scottws
Maybe he's buying it at Best Buy. They mark up all their cables like 1300%+.
I recently got a 6 ft. 4-pin to 6-pin Firewire cable from Best Buy. Retail it is $31.99. My friend who works at Best Buy bought it for me with his employee discount, which is 5% over store cost on anything in the store. It cost him $1.97. That means the cable cost the store about $1.88. That's a 1700% markup on that particular cable. Crazy.
Originally posted by: sjgmoney
Anybody ever use a long S-Video cable (50 feet-ish)? Any problems? I wnat to run one from my computer to my TV.
Not to hijack the thread or anything but....
Originally posted by: Cheetah8799
I'd also like to say that $60 for 100ft of CAT 5 is insane expensive... You'd be better off buying a 500ft spool and the tools to make your own custom-length cables...
I've heard this several times on this board. Why is that? Is it a lack of trust that the person doing the crimping knows what order to put the wires in? Or is there a general problem with the tools and connectors utilized in self-crimping?Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Cheetah8799
I'd also like to say that $60 for 100ft of CAT 5 is insane expensive... You'd be better off buying a 500ft spool and the tools to make your own custom-length cables...
As long as the cable is put into jacks that's fine. It's when people start crimping ends onto the cable that causes trouble.
Originally posted by: scottws
I've heard this several times on this board. Why is that? Is it a lack of trust that the person doing the crimping knows what order to put the wires in? Or is there a general problem with the tools and connectors utilized in self-crimping?Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Cheetah8799
I'd also like to say that $60 for 100ft of CAT 5 is insane expensive... You'd be better off buying a 500ft spool and the tools to make your own custom-length cables...
As long as the cable is put into jacks that's fine. It's when people start crimping ends onto the cable that causes trouble.
I ask because I've crimped RJ45 connectors onto CAT5 cable a few times and never had any trouble with the resulting cabling not working.