Reg Edwards wrote:
I'd been trying to locate a reasonably priced USB cable over the

weekend

It seems that you often pay as much for the cable as you fo for

the

device you are connecting to the computer.


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It's quite legal for traders to charge whatever price they think the
buyer can afford.

Of course. And entirely up to me if I go into the store again.

On the other hand, it is also quite legal for the buyer to haggle
about it. It's entirely up to you if you are unhappy.

I'm trying to guage the reaction from the RS folks if I haggled over
the price!

My main point wasn't the price anyhoo, but the snake oil science used
to sell the "superior" cables. RS has no monopoly on that.

I've had trouble in the past with cables. Once with a too long SCSI
cable. But that was just a velocity vs timing, and a cheap-o video cable
that didn't have good shielding.

But those things make sense, not exotic wire formulations that speed up
or slow down certain frequencies.....

- Mike KB3EIA -