RadioShafted

[gobeavs]

Maybe this store is selling their USB to serial cable at $43 because they know we can't find another one on the internet...or this store or this one or this one or even this one. Or maybe they are just charging prices at which they can turn a profit.

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by gobeavs

Maybe this store is selling their USB to serial cable at $43 because they know we can't find another one on the internet...or this store or this one or this one or even this one. Or maybe they are just charging prices at which they can turn a profit.

No, but this store and this store are definitely charging less.

[Chriszuma]

Originally Posted by Adam Richards

No, but this store and this store are definitely charging less.

Not to mention this one, this one, or this one, all under 10 dollars. The list goes on.

[team222badbrad]

Originally Posted by Chriszuma

If they weren't so blinking convenient I would have stopped shopping there a long time ago, but this event pretty much tears it.

You go to the Convenience Mart down the street and buy a soda for nearly double what it costs in grocery stores.

You go up to a soda vending machine and buy a soda for more than it costs in the store.

Why?

You pay for the convenience...

Its not every day people go into Radio Shack looking for the product you need and therefore you pay more.

It costs money to hold inventory...

[MikeDubreuil]

Originally Posted by Chriszuma

Maybe my "view of how things should be" consists of not being completely ripped off for such a trivial item, is that really so much to ask?

Yes. Have you ever heard of the phrase the world does not revolve around you?

You might think Radio Shack is your friend because they sell geek toys. Unfortunately, they are not a friend, they are a company whose goal is to make lots of money.

Radio Shack wants to maximize their profits. Therefore, if RS knows that they are the only ones locally to sell a USB to serial adapter than they will charge as much as "the market can bare." Meaning as much as someone is willing to pay for it before going elsewhere.

That's a perfectly legitimate and legal thing for Radio Shack to do. By returning the USB to serial adapter you are going something illegitimate, buying the product, using it and then returning it fraudulently.

[Chriszuma]

Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil

Yes. Have you ever heard of the phrase the world does not revolve around you?

You might think Radio Shack is your friend because they sell geek toys. Unfortunately, they are not a friend, they are a company whose goal is to make lots of money.

Radio Shack wants to maximize their profits. Therefore, if RS knows that they are the only ones locally to sell a USB to serial adapter than they will charge as much as "the market can bare." Meaning as much as someone is willing to pay for it before going elsewhere.

That's a perfectly legitimate and legal thing for Radio Shack to do. By returning the USB to serial adapter you are going something illegitimate, buying the product, using it and then returning it fraudulently.

I understand that they are not my friend. I however do not understand how they sleep at night. Yes, you pay more for the convenience of being able to buy one, but it becomes unacceptable when the thing doesn't even work because they outsource their software to people who don't know what they're doing. That's not being a company, that's just screwing people over. There are anti-monopoly laws for a reason.

And by the way, it's not illegitimate because I really couldn't get the bloody thing to work. My initial reaction to the price may have been "immoral" but by returning it I'm not doing anything fraudulent. I don't need it and it doesn't work. If it had worked properly I might have changed my mind and made it the official team USB adapter, since the other one is owned by Jacob. I'm just really angry because I was expected to pay 40 bucks for such a piece of junk.

[EDIT] I just made that last paragraph part of the original post because it needs to be said [/EDIT]

[Katie Reynolds]

Alright everyone. I think this topic has been talked to death, for now. Closing the thread; it might be reopened tomorrow.