Don’t go to Radio Shack
I hate to single them out, but I also hate being screwed.
I had to get an HDMI cable before a big presentation, its a long story but the large screen display they had did not have a DVI port that was on my computer and the VGA output look horrible on the screen.
Also on my emergency list was a USB to AC power adapter for my Verizon MiFi device. The only store within distance was a Radio Shack.
I figured ok, they will screw me for $30 for the HDMI and I saw the list price for the Apple USB power adapter was $29 on the Apple Store web site.
I got into Radio Shack (Oops, I mean “The Shack”) and the cheapest HDMI cables they had were $50, they also had the notorious Monster cables for $129!
The sales guy went into his speech that these cables are premium and the superior picture, then I told him about the Consumer Reports articles how the “The Monster” cables and the $4.95 import brand had no noticeable signal loss. He told me Consumer report is biased. Like I had a choice, I had to get them.
They also had the Apple USB to AC converter for $39, ten dollars ABOVE Apple’s outrageous list price.
Listen people at “The Shack”, you want to stay in the game, at least don’t try to screw everyone coming into the store.
BTW, I would have kept the cables is they were reasonable, but I paid the 15% restocking fee and just returned them, I told the guy the picture on the monitor was fuzzy with the HDMI cable, consider it a rental.
sigh
