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Subject: Re: A sheckle for that USB cable you must be mad

From: "lcdpublishing" <lcdpublishing@...>
Date: 2006-07-25

Based on all the "Super shopper" comments I got about my USB cable,
perhaps someone knows where I can buy some USB Hubs at good prices?

I recall them being fairly cheap a few years ago and they seem to be
going UP in price rather than DOWN.




--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:04:07 +0200, Andrew <andrewm1973@...> wrote:
>
> > I realy doubt that big places like wally world
> > and home office dungeon realy pay 3 $ for a USB
> > cable.
> > That is just proposterous.
> > 3 $ is way too much.
> > I pay $16.50 (Australian = $13 USD) for 10 of
> > 1.5 meter USB A-B cables.
> > Thats 1.65 $ ($1.30 USD) each and I am only
> > buying 10 at a time. I would imagine that the
> > big guys would pay sub $1 :D
> > It amazing they can survive on only 97% GP
> > markups isn't it :S
>
>
> Same here, i bought a LAN cable at the wrong store for a
similarly
> incredible price.
>
> ST
>