[DM-MUG] Computer Cable Prices and Retailers

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Any national retail place is going to mark up their cables. There's mark up in everything because the economic model we have is based on capitalism. Retailers loose money on sale items and promotional events. Selling the extras is how they profit and continue to generate revenue to attract new customer base not to mention keep the loyal ones happy. Some companies let the employees in on how the margin and product pricing structure works, and other places like Wal-Mart run a tight ship so few have a clear idea of what the products' true value is vs what it's being sold at. The local stores may price cables cheaper, but not always. DIT computers is not much less as far as cables and accessories go. Online will always be the cheapest for cables and accessories. 

It was depressing to close the CompUSA store that was by Kohl's in 2008. I
worked there 2.5 years before the company was liquidated. Even though the name
is still around, it was swallowed last minute by Tiger Direct. Tiger
Direct only bought and revamped the locations in TX, FL and a couple other
southern, Mexico border states which were the first few CompUSA Carlos Slim launched. 

--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

From: Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>
Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] where in town can I get an FW400 to 800 cable?? today??
To: "Des Moines Mac Users Group" <dmmug at dmmug.org>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 2:17 PM

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Jon Thompson <jon at mac-consultant.com> wrote:
> Actually, I offered a solution to that off list. I was just posting
> the portion that would be useful for others.
>
> For those that would rather purchase from the Apple Store, Best Buy,
> Staples, etc... go right ahead. I'm just suggesting a solution that is
> much less expensive. When I worked at CompUSA (over ten years ago), we
> would get cost on the printer cables... A $30 cable was $3. It's just
> that simple. Cables pay the bills. I certainly understand supporting
> small local businesses, but also see a reasonable balance that needs
> to be made. When there is a 900% markup on an item, it's time to look
> elsewhere.
>

I know what you I mean, worked at best buy myself about 10 years ago
and saw the same thing. However I really miss having a compusa
locally. I enjoy going to best buy to look at monitors and things to
buy. If they don't make money somewhere then they'll close too.

My reply was a bit more confrontational sounding than I meant it to
be, please forgive me. My intent was to say that "because they profit
from it" isn't really a good reason not to buy it. If you have the
time to shop around it's certainly the wise thing to do.

-- 
Matthew Nuzum
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