[ampersandy]

Assuming 2 day shipping, you probably lose ~2 real hours of time, but have no working cable for at least 4 days.

- a few minutes to order the cable

- 2 days for the cable to arrive

- ~2 hours to realize it does not work, complain, initiative a refund, print a return label, and drop it off at a post office

- another 2 days to wait for the next cable.

[DaiPlusPlus]

If you're in a large city you can often get same-day delivery to an Amazon locker that should be a short drive away though