On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 06:34:22PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
On 03/13/2016 05:45 PM, phiscock@ee.ryerson.ca wrote:
A buddy of mine worked at one of the large electronics chains and talks of the incredible markup on cables and connectors. So stay away from the Consumer Electronics stores for those items.
A few years ago, while in Future Shop, I overheard a clerk tell a woman she needed some expensive cables. I told her she only needed the much cheaper, basic cables that were on a different rack. For some reason, the clerk was a bit annoyed. ;-)
Hmm... You should refrain from doing that in future. You're interfering with their business on their premise. There are many sides to the issue: - the store lost revenue - the clerk lost comission - government lost tax -- William