[EricRobodox]

I got a simple solution for the future, now that building aint as much of a priority... MAKE YOUR OWN CABLE!!!!! 99 cent store has a light up USB cable to a printer dock. Cut the printer connector, and use that half. Find a crappy serial connector and use that. Find an interface schematic, and build it. Hey, if they cant make it to your standards and you just dont want to deal with them, do it yourself. Oh, and i like RadioShack, as they sell parts, well the 2 near me, that i can use for modding my guitar amp as well as accesories for my soldering iron. The only big dissapointment i have with them is there freaken love for the ColdHeat soldering iron, that things a piece of junk. lol. So, if you cant find a serial-USB interface schematic, IM me at AIM: LAGuitaristGuru and ill get you one. Is not that hard. I make most my cables i cant find, well for audio the quality goes down a little bit, but for normal programing to a robot it can do just fine. Also, maybe use a company other than RadioShack if you think its a rip off, as Adam said, ITS CAPITALISM, you can choose where to buy. Not trying to mean, just letting you know that you had a choice, and you may have chose the wrong one. But now you can maybe learn a little more about electronics and get some soldering practice by building your own if you like, and as posted below, buying from a different place may be good as well.