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[hatchbox90]

Well i purchased a 50' network cable and this shit is expensive as hell. i didnt have my tools at the time and i didnt want to drive to work to get them.

I have tools and CAT5E to make the network cable, my question is...would anybody be interested in buying them if i were to make some? I can only imagine half the people on this site are wireless

I can make them in whatever lengths you would like, i need to figure out a rate though per foot

[glustic]

Wireless pwns... 802.11n FTW

[E-b0la]

Wireless pwns... 802.11n FTW

wired>wireless

wired = HMT cheap and effective

wireless = lazy and $$

[1Fast68]

My shits wired, but I already have 75 feet of CAT5 cables laying around, don't need any more.

[E-b0la]

any store will rape you for a pre-made cable.

[shadow]

11 dollar convenience fee?

[TunerToys]

best buy wants $13 for a sata cable, 18" long.

newegg wants 1.49

I paid 19 for a 6' cable for ran eSata external drive.  Shit aint cheap, but then I don't have tools for putting one of those together.

[Jorsher]

best buy wants $13 for a sata cable, 18" long.

newegg wants 1.49

Damn, you got a good deal.  I had to pay $19 + tax for a fucking 12" sata cable because I needed it immediately.

I was so glad my motherboard came with 4 sata cables.

[SQ is the SQUAD]

i work at best buy. most of the cables are hell marked up. the best buy employee discount is 5% above cost. when i was hooking up my girls 42" lcd we went to go get hdmi and audio cables. i brought all the cheap dynex shit. all the cables at regular price came up to $175, when i put in my employee discount it droped down to $17

i was looking at a cheap wall mount the other day. it was $119 wuth my discount it was $19. best buy makes almost no money on selling tv. sometimes they loose money selling computers. all there margin is in accessories.

[SloS13]

i work at best buy. most of the cables are hell marked up. the best buy employee discount is 5% above cost. when i was hooking up my girls 42" lcd we went to go get hdmi and audio cables. i brought all the cheap dynex shit. all the cables at regular price came up to $175, when i put in my employee discount it droped down to $17

i was looking at a cheap wall mount the other day. it was $119 wuth my discount it was $19. best buy makes almost no money on selling tv. sometimes they loose money selling computers. all there margin is in accessories.

HDMI cable at Best Buy = ~$100
online = ~$5

a place across town from me sells nothing but cables.  25/50/100ft cat5's are cheap as dirt.

[E-b0la]

i work at best buy. most of the cables are hell marked up. the best buy employee discount is 5% above cost. when i was hooking up my girls 42" lcd we went to go get hdmi and audio cables. i brought all the cheap dynex shit. all the cables at regular price came up to $175, when i put in my employee discount it droped down to $17

i was looking at a cheap wall mount the other day. it was $119 wuth my discount it was $19. best buy makes almost no money on selling tv. sometimes they loose money selling computers. all there margin is in accessories.

Yeah one of my friends works at staples and he's always saying how cables of any kind are just marked up a ridiculous amount.

[junkyard racer]

I pulled about 20ft out of the garbage and ran my desktop with that.

[5thgenlx]

i already have a few hundred feet worth of cat5 cables, and to top it off i'm set up wireless anyways

[HiProfile]

My dad scored a few 1000' boxes of plenum-rated Cat5e, he wired up shit at some Sears store remodel. They were throwing out maybe 10k feet total. Crimpers are $10-15 on ebay, connectors are $5/20 or something. Needless to say my room is well-wired.

I think your best bet would be to sell on craigslist, but people probably already do that.