Post AQ3JSf7Yl0GctVDpbM by skquinn@octodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AQ3I3HvBm8gXkSlxke by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
       2022-11-28T05:03:45.043996Z
       
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       officeworks: five ethernet cables will be $120everywhere else: five ethernet cables will be $50
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3IEVi8qXndhY1N2m by skquinn@octodon.social
       2022-11-28T05:05:01Z
       
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       @izaya Is there some other compelling reason to buy from this Officeworks store then? That's a huge markup.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3IEWNcMKybmBQUgy by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
       2022-11-28T05:05:46.342323Z
       
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       @skquinn big chain with a store nearby vs an online store in sydney, 800km away
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3IzzqQczhYlmXYgq by skquinn@octodon.social
       2022-11-28T05:12:22Z
       
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       @izaya That's rather odious markup, to be honest. Do you guys have stores like Best Buy or Micro Center? Or maybe even the Aussie version of Target (which I know is a completely different company)?
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3J00OoZ9CuUQd1Hs by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
       2022-11-28T05:14:20.190067Z
       
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       @skquinn Some of the big supermarkets have ethernet cables occasionally.I'm just gonna buy the cables online, but for little things it's a lot easier to get them locally, and they kill you by inches."Oh, what's $15 for an ethernet cable?" Double the price.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3JGnFEj95ccB9ZNw by skquinn@octodon.social
       2022-11-28T05:16:59Z
       
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       @izaya Supermarkets I wouldn't count on, but your electronics/computer stores should definitely carry them. Walgreens here in the US sometimes has them too, I'm not sure what the Aussie equivalent would be.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3JGnkQrA2kAvkU0e by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
       2022-11-28T05:17:23.647476Z
       
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       @skquinn officeworks is the electronics/computer store here
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3JJRqoj2b38DztjM by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
       2022-11-28T05:17:53.174263Z
       
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       @skquinn (outside of the capital cities, anyway. there are some smaller chains that operate in sydney and brisbane but not out here in the sticks)
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3JSf7Yl0GctVDpbM by skquinn@octodon.social
       2022-11-28T05:18:53Z
       
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       @izaya Ah. I can see how "out in the sticks" is probably the issue here.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3JSfaH2FEgKYelMG by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
       2022-11-28T05:19:32.266155Z
       
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       @skquinn yeahthere were some dedicated small computer places around here but they've all been wiped out by the floods
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3KFhXYYDNQaSlWBE by izaya@social.shadowkat.net
       2022-11-28T05:28:25.227861Z
       
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       @roboneko @skquinn I considered doing that but I was never very good at crimping cablesI could get twice the cable for the same price though, so that's certainly appealing
       
 (DIR) Post #AQ3cU8a2bypjgBxe4G by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2022-11-28T08:52:39Z
       
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       @izaya wait, you're paying more than $1/m for ethernet cables?