Really Best Buy? … Really?
So I ran out to Best Buy tonight to purchase three items:
- a PCIe gigabit ethernet card
- a SATA cable
- and a Music CD
Best Buy in Attleboro does not carry the ethernet card. The music isles were such a mess and so disorganized that I decided to just grab the CD on Amazon. But, the thing that got me angry enough to post this was the SATA cable. I did not check the price before checking out and it didn’t hit me that I had been robbed until I left the store. They charged $19.99 for the SATA cable (see receipt below). This wasn’t a Monster Cable or a gold plated uber cable. It is a generic store brand garbage Dynex cable. Currently NewEgg.com has more than 20 different SATA cables for under two dollars. I knew BestBuy charges an arm and a leg for accessories, but I was amazed that Best Buy had the stones to mark up the cable by 900%. I have since purchased both the cable and the ethernet card from NewEgg. I will return the cable tomorrow.
