Selling monitors without cables |
Loading ...Purchasing a new flat screen monitor? Be sure to ask if it comes with a cable. Guess this is yet another thing Joe Consumer has to inquire about before leaving the store.
Mentioned in my last post that I bought a new Westinghouse flat screen monitor; a cherry breaker. Unfortunately, I couldn’t completely hook it up last night though because it did not come with a monitor cable.
C’mon manufacturers, don’t be silly. The thing doesn’t work if you can’t plug it into the computer.
Not a huge deal, I suppose, had I actually known that but of course I didn’t. And I wonder how many others bought the monitor and had the salesman more concerned about selling a highly profitable and not completely neccessary extended warranty plan and totally forgetting to sell a totally necessary VGA or DVI-D cable?
So I had to make another trip back to the store today to buy one for $14.99 USD. Why not charge $245 USD and include the monitor cable instead of $229 without? Who buys a flat screen monitor and has extra monitor cables laying around? Yeah, I see people having those laying around their offices and homes all the time.. Extra mice, extra keyboards, extra speakers, extra pens, paper, toner, maybe an extra couch or chair, and yeah, can’t forget the extra monitor cord!
All our CRT monitors have the monitor cable going directly into the back of the monitor, so am I supposed to go all McGuiver and cut it off and wire in the female end? Maybe I should ask Westinghouse?
I suppose it’s nice that Westinghouse allows for either VGA ($15 USD) or DVI-D (digital, $50 USD approximately) connectivity, but not even including at least the VGA cord is … well, not hmm, but grrr.
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okay…I got the part about you buying a Westinghouse flat screen monitor but what exactly is a cherry breaker? I’m feeling so dumb right now that I have to ask.
Comment by Janine — October 9, 2005 @ 5:48 pm PST
Hi Janine - it’s a virginal reference. See my last post
Comment by TDavid — October 9, 2005 @ 7:06 pm PST
Many computermanfactures are doing that for cheap hardware, buy a cheap printer and you don’t get a cable or toner/ink.. same goes with monitors and other hardware..
That is why you don’t go for the cheapest hardware out there
Comment by Forser — October 10, 2005 @ 3:10 am PST
I don’t think they are keeping the price down much including a $15 (retail) cable. I’d be surprised if their unit cost is less than a buck on something like that.
The monitor itself seems to be decent quality, despite the cheap price. I haven’t seen many 17″ flat LCD wide screen monitors for under $230 without any rebates. I’ve seen 15″ normal LCD around that price and I’m guessing those came with cables.
Comment by TDavid — October 10, 2005 @ 7:33 am PST
I’ve run in to a similar issue when buying printers as well. At the bulk rate and prices manufacturers can buy items, I think they should be included. Would I be willing to pay an extra $5-$10 to have the cables there when the product is unpacked? You bet I would! There nothing more annoying than opening a new toy in the late evening hours, or on a Sunday only to find you can’t play with it!
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