Having been connected to the industry for some time I'm not even slightly surprised
Average cost to the retailer for 6 foot Monster cable of any type. $6 or less Average cost to the consumer $60 or more
Average margins for store branded cables are the same or worse.
When in doubt, that pimply faced clerk knows nothing. They probably got hired yesterday and stuck on the floor this morning with their only training being "Sell our 'services' and attach top dollar accessories, our customers leave spending less than they intended to, don't let them"
Do your homework, price shop online first. Be sure you know enough to know if the sales clerk is full of crap, just because they aren't on commission doesn't mean they have no hidden agenda.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Having been connected to the industry for some time I'm not even slightly surprised
Average cost to the retailer for 6 foot Monster cable of any type.
$6 or less
Average cost to the consumer
$60 or more
Average margins for store branded cables are the same or worse.
When in doubt, that pimply faced clerk knows nothing. They probably got hired yesterday and stuck on the floor this morning with their only training being "Sell our 'services' and attach top dollar accessories, our customers leave spending less than they intended to, don't let them"
Do your homework, price shop online first. Be sure you know enough to know if the sales clerk is full of crap, just because they aren't on commission doesn't mean they have no hidden agenda.