What type of USB cable does it take? I'm guessing it's an A-B cable, but I've seen things that require an A-A cable, which is dumb.
A/B cable, look at the pix in the auction looks like i need to crack open the piggie bank a lil more
For what it's worth, I got a quote on monoprice.com for both cables @ $5.70 shipped.
So if you did a bulk buy on monoprice for everyone, the price/person should drop pretty good. Is that an option? Also, do these monitors require a power supply, or just a standard pc power cable?
Standard power cable. I would be hard pressed to imagine that we don't all have one or two of these around somewhere.
There would be no real benefit for a group buy b/c buying 13 makes the average cost $3.50. $2 and change (plus paypal fees) definitely doesn't really change the game much if you're looking to buy the cables anyway.
I fully admit I should have looked into the cable thing first, but I had just assumed that since they were kiosk pulls that they wouldn't be included in either auction. I had approached the original guy and asked him to put up another auction for $550+$100 shipping. He put up one for $625+$100 shipping (both for 10). (which would have been an extra $7.50 each)
So basically, I thought I was getting us all the same deal. In reality, it's $5 on the not as good side. I think the highest I told anyone the shipping would be was $18. For that person, the original monitor could have been purchased for $80+$18 shipping = $98. For this person, the one from me will be $18+70+$6 (rounding up) = $94. Not as good as originally thought, but still a shade better.
At this point, I've already made the purchase and all I can offer is an apology. To those who are closer, your shipping was less and it's still a little better yet. I think I have been upfront enough to show that this wasn't intentional.
If anyone is in need of a power cable, let me know. I have a few extras laying around and an toss on in your package when I send it. I don't know if I have this many though so it would be first come, first serve.