Monster Thieves

One of the ways tech retailers gouge consumers is by selling new technology with outrageously priced cables.

"Congratulations! You bought your first high-definition TV. Now all you need are three of these $150 cables."

Seriously.

Circuit City, Best Buy, all the retailers, really, have the audacity to charge $150 for a "premium" brand called Monster Cable, the biggest ripoff of all time. There is no reason for digital cables to cost this much. The retailers and those fuckers at Monster Cable are cynically and deliberately taking advantage of consumer ignorance.

I have never understood why good-quality cables cannot be purchased for reasonable prices. In my office I have a box of obsolete cables which are worthless now but I estimate cost me about $12,000 over the years.

I have recently discovered MonoPrice.com and I will never buy cables anywhere else ever again, and neither should you. An HDMI cable is $4, not $150. An optical, digital-audio cable is $3, not $70. A 5-port HDMI switch is $60, not $200.

As I slowly get my new high-definition home theater system up to speed I am ecstatic to have found this supplier. The cables are so inexpensive I'm buying extras to save on shipping.