Microsoft Overcharging Us Yet Again

BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
edited February 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">Xbox SystemLink</div> I was recently looking fo the <a href='http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/hardware/systemlinkcable.htm' target='_blank'>Xbox SystemLink Cable</a> and found it on the xbox website for £19.99 (about $12 US). But then I came across <a href='http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product%5Fcode=50021790&pfp=CAT3' target='_blank'>these</a> (CAT-5E) cables which is the same exact thing as the SystemLink cable, except the CAT-5 cable cost only about $6.00. Whats up with that?!

Oh yeah, by the way, its my brithday. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • KhaimKhaim Join Date: 2002-06-28 Member: 841Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    happy birthday, nice sig, and Cat-5 cables are pretty dang common, so it doesn't supprise me that they're cheaper. the system link cable probably comes with a 6$ idiot guide or something. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • GadzukoGadzuko Join Date: 2002-12-26 Member: 11556Members, Constellation
    edited February 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->£19.99 (about $12 US).<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    First off, your figures are screwy. It'd be more $US, not less. But anyway...

    I checked the US side of things, just to be sure, and guess what? <a href='http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/xboxsystemlinkcable.htm' target='_blank'>$19.99</a> for the cable. Anyone else find that odd?
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  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    Congratulations!

    Welcome to the world of capitalism, the big world of business and the effects of brand names.
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    Or you could go to home depot, buy the cable and the little attachment thingies for about a buck, and make it yourself.
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  • SuperTeflonSuperTeflon Join Date: 2003-12-31 Member: 24893Banned
    Um, this is a surprise to you? You've never seen the generic controllers for sale about $15 or $20 less then the real deal?
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    I bought the XBOX lan party kit and it comes with a hub and 4 cables...it was only 39.99! I thought it was a great price, considering I use it for my xbox lan parties and computer lan parties <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mullet+Feb 20 2004, 04:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Feb 20 2004, 04:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I bought the XBOX lan party kit and it comes with a hub and 4 cables...it was only 39.99! I thought it was a great price, considering I use it for my xbox lan parties and computer lan parties <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Where can I get that now? *want* 4 hubs!? Yayayayayayay!
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    The cable is probably not just a cat 5 but crossed wiring (as I suppose it's a direct link)
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    It's a crossover cable. I make them all the time... just on one end instead of splitting the blue pair around the green pair, split the orange pair.
    What you want is Cat5 (or Cat5e, Cat6, etc) cable, and a pair of RJ45 caps and a crimper. That or hit Fry's, buy a crossover cable for $3-7, and be happy.

    Heck, I could make these things out of scraps from work, sell 'em for $10 a pop, and be in business! Of course, I'd have to deal with idiots. Ah well.
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  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Mmmm... crossovers....

    *Pets his Firebox 700*
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  • roachemsroachems Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15148Members
    "Mr. Gates when did you realize you were creating a monopoly?"
    "Monopoly is just a game senator, I'm trying to take over the f***ing world"
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  • Aries8Aries8 Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10719Members
    Can you use a normal ethernet type cord to connect two xbox's? Or do you have to buy this?
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    I am asuming that the XBox HAS the nic in it, all you need is a piece of crossover.


    /me resists urge to make witty coments about microsoft overcharging and the xbox <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Umbraed_MonkeyUmbraed_Monkey Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9922Members
    You do realize that you were waaay undercharged for the Xbox itself right?
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  • Hand_Me_The_Gun_And_Ask_Me_AgainHand_Me_The_Gun_And_Ask_Me_Again Join Date: 2002-02-07 Member: 178Members
    Yep, cables can be ridiculously expensive. I saw USB cables for (I think) £17 yesterday, which was doubly impressive because they were opposite USB optical mice for a bit over £20, and presumably the mice come with their own lengths of USB cable...
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