Most expensive USB cable ever?!!

I.S.T. · 04-01-2008 2:00am #1

I knew they had a reputation for being a tad expensive but this is madness!...

http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?view_product=1&id=22426&sid=11&cid=106&scid=617

gufcfan · 04-01-2008 2:08am

god almighty...

i knew it was a bit on the expensive side, but that's takin the piss

giddyup · 04-01-2008 2:18am

If I wanted to let Peats know this was a little crazy I might order 1000 of them for collection under a pseudonym but my team of legal hotshots have told me not do to this.

fatal · 04-01-2008 2:29am

is this peats's version of the post christmas/january sales???It comes to 84 yoyo's with delivery!!!!
God almighty,theres a reason to NEVER buy ANYTHING from the likes of peats

Hobbes · 04-01-2008 8:34am

fatal wrote: »

This handy little USB extension lead, connects computer peripherals, such as, cmaeras, printers, mp3 players, ect, to you'r compuer.

A lot of transposing. My guess it is 7 euros. Still expensive at that though.

Agent Smith · 04-01-2008 8:46am

I remember having to pay 29.99 for a Usb Cable for a Pentax camara, but 70? **** that!
altho as said, i would Imagine thats 7.00 and someone just messed up

Stephen · 04-01-2008 1:48pm

Someone needs to break that guy's comma key

Archytas · 04-01-2008 2:28pm

Someone needs to break that guy's comma key

ha ha ha - that applies to a good few folks around boards.ie too! ha ha ha

Anyway, there are always things like that happening on that site. Though I've seen it on komplett and dabs too. Good spot OP.

Funny story - komplett sold me 1GB of Corsair RAM for €25 about a year and a half ago. Thing is I reckon they caught their mistake after I bought it and one of the matched pair didn't work so I had to send it back. They said they didn't have any replacements so I got a refund. 2 days later it shows up on komplett again at its correct price! :rolleyes:

Nicely done komplett...

Donny5 · 04-01-2008 9:40pm

agent smith wrote: »

altho as said, i would Imagine thats 7.00 and someone just messed up

I'd love to think that's the case, but Peat's have some ridiculously priced cables, so i'm not so sure...

Tomk1 · 04-01-2008 11:29pm

Do you get a gold foil bag with that.
*Asterisk key*
,comma key,

Capt'n Midnight · 05-01-2008 8:13pm

Qty Order Code Product Page Ex VAT Inc VAT
X21099571 USB Cable 57.85 70.00
To change the quantity of any item in your basket, enter the new quantity in the field provided and click on 'Update Basket' - to delete an item, enter a quantity of '0'

Sub-Total: 57.85
VAT: 12.15
Total: 70.00

Delivery Charges
A delivery charge will be added to the total above - Republic of Ireland: €14.00

will cost €84 to be delivered.

I still think belkin take the biscuit for overpriced cables
and gold plated digital cables - pure snake oil

Gavin "shels" · 05-01-2008 8:38pm

€70 for a USB, you could get one for €10 if you look around. And then €14 for delivery in Ireland:eek: who delivering it Colin Farrell.:D

Capt'n Midnight · 05-01-2008 9:21pm

TBH any place that charges more than a fiver is complete rip off
€2 is what they should be

http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/PC001.html - £1.75 gets you illuminated flashing ones

The Real B-man · 06-01-2008 3:01am

And i thaught €10 was robbery in pc world i agree Capt'n Midnight they should only be a few euro

Capt'n Midnight · 06-01-2008 2:54pm

The old ones are the best.

Peats, the Pirates of Parnell Street.

Kintarō Hattori · 07-05-2008 3:20am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The old ones are the best.

Peats, the Pirates of Parnell Street.

How do you make that out?
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?view_product=1&id=21603&sid=14&cid=106&scid=617

SeanW · 07-05-2008 5:26am

Peats must have gone way downhill, I got a CD-RW drive from them in 2002 for €66 when Dell was charging in excess of €150 for the same thing.

dulpit · 07-05-2008 8:18am

eo980 wrote: »

How do you make that out?
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?view_product=1&id=21603&sid=14&cid=106&scid=617

There's something worrying about an online store where they misspell the word length TWICE in 2 different places... Have they never heard of a spell checker?

Anti · 07-05-2008 1:28pm

dulpit wrote: »

There's something worrying about an online store where they misspell the word length TWICE in 2 different places... Have they never heard of a spell checker?

haha priceless.

Capt'n Midnight · 07-05-2008 9:40pm

eo980 wrote: »

How do you make that out?
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?view_product=1&id=21603&sid=14&cid=106&scid=617

Oh look the price has been changed since the epiphany.

Archytas · 09-05-2008 10:45am

eo980 wrote: »

How do you make that out?
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?view_product=1&id=21603&sid=14&cid=106&scid=617

I don't understand the point of this reply... you re-open a 6 month old thread to point out that they changed an obvious error??

Kintarō Hattori · 11-05-2008 12:40am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Oh look the price has been changed since the epiphany.

I don't believe any price has been changed since anything. I don't know which cable the OP linked too originally but Peat's have been selling USB cables for €2.99 for years.

Archytas wrote: »

I don't understand the point of this reply... you re-open a 6 month old thread to point out that they changed an obvious error??

No I don't believe anything has been changed. As stated above I have no idea what USB cable was linked too originally but I just wanted to highlight that they can hardly be called 'pirates' when they charge €2.99 for a USB cable.

dulpit · 11-05-2008 12:45am

The OP was referring to a USB cable that (judging by the subsequent posts) was priced at €70 or something ridiculous...

I presume that was a mistake, and has been fixed in the 4 months before you dragged this thread back from the dead...