I finally got around to shopping at Fry's, after abstaining for three months(!)
Excuses? Oh, I ranted here about Best Buy this morning and how they were selling 6' USB cables for $27.00 to $32.00. Well, I decided I might as well go over to Fry's and buy a couple, to see how much they cost. They're in the $7 to $9 range, as I had expected. I found that I could get them for even cheaper on Ebay. With a couple bucks for shipping, they're still under $5, and that's buy it now, not biddding; if you bid, you can get them for a couple dollars. And the sellers are still making money on them.
Which leads me to believe that the shysters at Best Buy are probably paying a price per cable that's below a dollar, including the packaging. So at $27, they're marking up the price over 2000%, more like 3000%!!!
Anyway, back to reality, I took a look at the 'new' LED xmas tree lights that they had for $10 to $15 at Fry's. I was seriously unimpressed by them; they weren't very bright, and they had that characteristic flicker of half-wave rectified 60 Hz. Each 'bulb' is actually a solid colored plastic diffuser to get the LED in its base to shine the light in all directions. I guess that's why they're not so bright.
I stopped by wal-mart and I forgot to check to see if they had the lights and what the price might be. But after seeing that PBS prog "Is Wal-mart good for America?" I'm not so sure I want to do business with them any more. I left the store without even buying anything this time.
I'll have to check on the 'Net to see if they're available at some websites, and maybe Ebay. Check back later for updates. ;-)
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