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| krick:
I just spent some time comparison shopping for some "Cables To Go" premium low resitance USB cables for a non-mame related project. The cables I wanted were available at 3 places, one of which was Cables To Go themselves. By shopping around, I found them almost $10 cheaper... all three stores have a $20 minimum Cables To Go $14.99 29650 1m ULTIMA USB 2.0 A-STYLE TO MINI B CABLE $11.99 29140 1m ULTIMA USB 2.0 A/B CABLE $ 7.80 shipping UPS ground $ 2.95 handling fee order under $30 $37.73 total Lastar $11.95 29650 1m ULTIMA USB 2.0 A-STYLE TO MINI B CABLE $10.95 29140 1m ULTIMA USB 2.0 A/B CABLE $ 5.72 shipping UPS ground $ 2.95 handling fee for order under $50 $31.57 total Cables America $10.17 29650 1m ULTIMA USB 2.0 A-STYLE TO MINI B CABLE $10.40 29140 1m ULTIMA USB 2.0 A/B CABLE $ 7.02 shipping UPS ground $27.59 total Because Cables America was so cheap on the 2 cables I was looking for, I browsed the rest of their inventory and ended up picking up some sweet rounded IDE cables that I might use in my MAME cabinet if I decide to go with an exposed motherboard (a.k.a. the sans-case nail-it-to-a-board method). |
| Lilwolf:
I actually had GREAT luck getting cables on ebay last I looked I got a m-m VGA extension (to cut in 1/2 for 2 arcade monitor -> vga connection.) It was 2 bucks + 3 shipping. Thought I did pretty good. |
| bigmoe:
I've had similar good luck getting db9's and serial switchboxes on ebay. DB9s are actually much cheaper in the cell phone sections (and I don't mind used). I've never ordered from them, so I can't vouch for the quality of their generic cables, but here's a place with cheap cables and only a $15 minimum, IIRC (thanks OSCAR!): http://www.mpja.com/listitems.asp?dept=216&main=129 |
| paigeoliver:
Yesterday I went to the computer store to buy a USB extension cable. I walked out with a 4 port hub that came WITH the extension cable, and the 4 port hub was cheaper. |
| jerryjanis:
This place has some cheap USB cables, as long as that's all that you need. 2' USB A/A Cable (Male to Male) Cable New $0.49 6' USB A/B Cable 2.0 For Printer/CD-ROM/Camera (Belkin) New $1.39 10' USB A/B Cable 2.0 For Printer/CD-ROM/Camera New $1.88 10' USB A/B Cable 2.0 For Printer/CD-ROM/Camera (Belkin) New $2.88 http://www.tigersurplus.com/ |
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