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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Saving money on cables with Monoprice

In that article I wrote on December 1, 2012; I told you I would provide information on saving money on video adapter cables. Apple charges Beverly Hills prices for these, and you shouldn’t pay them if you live in Northridge.

The secret? Monoprice.com

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For instance, let’s look at those PS/2 to USB adapters that I mentioned in the previous post. I paid $12.99 at Fry’s, which is a heckuva lot cheaper than Staples.

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But look at what Monoprice charges for them!

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Let’s look at video adapters, where Apple makes a killing.

First, Apple’s prices:

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$29 to $34.95! Now you see how they can charge just 19.00 for Mountain Lion. They make it up in hardware accessories.

Now let’s look at Monoprice:

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Easily a quarter of the price.

So save some money.

Tom Briant

Editor and Media Manager, MacValley UG

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