[lsc]

What I find interesting is the positioning. Fry's has the $150 hdmi cable at eye level, then a $15 hdmi cable a little bit below that, and then on the bottom shelf, you can dig around and find a $1.50 hdmi cable.

I suspect that the $150 cable is there to make the $15 cable look like the "reasonable" or "middle of the road" choice.

(from experience, the $1.50 cable works just fine.)

[busterarm]

You're lucky. Back when I still worked in an electronics store, the $15 was your only other option. Except back then it was a $30-45 cable.

Aside: Anybody else remember $50 6' USB A-B cables?

[lsc]

I bet best buy and office depot still have $15 as the minimum price for a cable. Last time I really needed an ethernet cable and everything but office depot was closed.... I paid like $15 for a 6' cable.

I think that's just the best buy/office depot "minimum price"

Fry's is one of those places that targets, well, me; They are more expensive than monoprice, but not by so much that I would delay a project to get the monoprice price.

I think they are pretty good at pricing high enough that they are making some money (I mean, I /expect/ to pay more in person) but low enough that I can still go in and buy a hundred cables for a project without it being thousands of dollars.

[busterarm]

oh man, I remember back when my only keyboard failed during my shift (i work from home) and I had to rush out to Staples to get a short-term replacement. There wasn't any available option under $80.

Though I should just shut up. I use a Topre Realforce now and most would consider the cost to be excessive.