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Old 01-02-2009, 06:46 PM
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Re: Video Cable on Ebay

I paid a premium for the same thing at around $40 something... I had even tried some of the things that were recommended here first, from people claiming to have some sort of superpower of getting super special deals. lol
It took weeks for items to come in from ebay to test out the special deals I was led to believe would work with modification...only to be let down when it didn't.
I guess it's the internet and people can say whatever they think makes them look smart.

I guess not many will come on here talking about how they botched their attempt to mod things, or how they were duped into buying something cheap that doesn't actually work. Even the cheap rca cables most people are buying aren't exactly perfect. If it's not the right type you have to swap the red and yellow for it to work...and hard to determine quality without a real comparison. I botched up my first OEM multi-adapter when trying to open it and then had superglue running down the sides when trying to get it back together. Superglue and this plastic has an immediate and permanent reaction btw.

I suppose I paid a premium because it was an auction and the market was declaring how much we were going to pay. All in all, I'm still satisfied with the product... it does appear to have slightly better quality than the one my friend purchased from Hong Kong. Also, Hong Kong put my family out of business with HongKongs cheaper and inferior lead poisoned products, so I'm kinda sensitive to this.

Hopefully the price will come down a bit from what I last seen it in the $40 range, but this one is at least better than any of the pricier alternatives... also, I like having the ability to hook it up to 2 tv's at the same time to display Excel status sheets on the big screens at work..and then using the switch to use it immediately for taking any incoming calls. I agree it was pricey, and sure I'd be happier if the phone just shipped with it or something like it in the first place! But yeah, I'd still recommend it for what it's worth.
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