Comments on: "I really hope he announces a crappy product now so I can hate him again."

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by: materielinformatique

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:08:20 +0100

No, I never bought Monster cable. One of my friend has told me that monster cable is suing an American automotive manufacturing company in the middle of a recession. I don't have much idea about it but ready to know.

by: Jonadab

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:41:41 +0000

The only steaming piles of marketing I'd seen was the usual stuff on the packaging that just sort of _implied_ the cables were better, mostly by making factual (albeit irrelevant to function) statements about them. Sure, people who don't know any better may think maybe the platinum-plated triple-shielded cables are better than the regular aluminum ones, but if the package says they're gold-plated and triple-shielded, and they are in fact (needlessly) gold-plated and triple-shielded, that's a stupidly expensive product, but I don't see how it's a scam.

I was not aware of the phony demonstrations, though. That's smacks of scam, certainly.

Maybe I'm behind the times, because it's been a few years since I've seen a Monster cable package. (I don't _go_ to places like Best Buy. Those places don't sell *anything* at less than 20% markup over its actual value, usually more like 40%, and I'm just more frugal than that.) Perhaps they've become more audacious while I wasn't watching closely.

I still say the markup on Monster Cables isn't any more insane than the markup on name-brand clothing (which I also don't buy).

by: Tim

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:38:51 +0000

I'm surprised that Best Buy now only carries the Monster cables (been a while since I've bought anything from them, it seems) - they used to carry a good selection of their in-house Dynex branded cables of various sorts. Time marches on, I guess.

by: RichVR

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:53:50 +0000

Oh, and a follow-up. The reason that I had to go to BB the last time was because I was putting together a new computer for the kid. I needed a power supply and a case.

After the salesperson helped me out she suggested that I go over to where my girlfriend was waiting in line to make a return. I said I'd rather wait and ring it up at her register in the computer department. I didn't want her to lose the commission. She laughed and told me that they didn't get commissions. Only the managers got them.

That surprised me.

by: RichVR

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:43:47 +0000

Red, I wasn't aiming that comment at you. I understand your point. No snark intended, just an anecdote.

by: Red October

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:54:23 +0000

Well Fuzzy gets my joke, at least. There was a Dilbert cartoon that talked about "Steaming piles of marketing" -i.e. bullshit. My example with my Corvette is basically that while I own a product with a lot of hype and advertising, while it's still awesome, it's not as awesome as the hype makes it out to be. Right now, however, the new Corvettes are very cheap but compete very well with the US$250,000 sportscars even though they run from about US$40,000-90,000 (the latter for the quite costly ZR1), so they're more like the store-brand gold cables -only slightly less as good as the Monster, but costing so much less that it becomes academic which is "better".

by: FuzzyPlushroom

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:35:23 +0000

RichVR, that's the sort of thing I mentioned above.

And Red, don't step in the marketing!

by: RichVR

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:04:42 +0000

When I got my Sharp Aquos the girlfriend ran to Best Buy to get an HDMI cable while I set up the TV. She came back with a $100 Monster cable. I thought she was smarter than that and said so.

She said that Monster was all they carried. Of course I apologized profusely.

The next time I went to Best Buy I checked. It's true. Monster branded cables only.

That will be the last time I shop at BB. I knew they sucked but not the degree of suckitude.

by: Duriel

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:55:15 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up Red.
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