Comments on: Selling monitors without cables

By: Brother MFC-240C scanning » Make You Go Hmm

Brother MFC-240C scanning » Make You Go Hmm — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:42:19 +0000

[…] last thing. This printer didn’t come with a USB cord. This reminds me of when I bought a Westinghouse LCD monitor and it didn’t come with the cord. We had a couple extra USB cords laying around so this […]

By: Make You Go Hmm: » LCD ghost images, fuzzy fonts and image persistence

Make You Go Hmm: » LCD ghost images, fuzzy fonts and image persistence — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:35:32 +0000

[…] A couple weeks ago my friend Lestat got a new LCD monitor and said he had problems with ghost images. He asked if I had experienced similar problems with the Westinghouse LCD I recently purchased. I did have some LCD ghosting issues, particularly around the Windows shortcuts, but it wasn’t such that it bothered me much. Text seemed to be OK. […]

By: ^Lestat

^Lestat — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:18:06 +0000

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!

By: TDavid

TDavid — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:33:49 +0000

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.

By: Forser

Forser — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:10:38 +0000

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

By: TDavid

TDavid — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:06:17 +0000

Hi Janine - it’s a virginal reference. See my last post

By: Janine

Janine — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:48:57 +0000

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.