|
I remember one time I was helping my parents pick out some electronics at FutureShop. The salesman actually tried telling me that the HDMI cable I picked out (which was their cheapest model on display at a pathetic $60 Canadian) would have a shittier picture than the Monster Cable HDMI cable which was over $120.
I told the guy the signal is digital, there is not going to be a difference. He then made me look at two TVs they had set up side by side, one wired with Monster cable and the other with the cheaper Acoustic Research cables, and said "look at the difference in picture quality!"
I said, first of all, those are two totally different TV sets made by different companies, and second, they are using component video cables, not HDMI.
At that point he knew he wasn't going to get the bigger commission out of me, and he never even bothered to ask about the extended warranty. Fucking idiots. The sad part is my parents would have sprung for the Monster cable if I had not been there.
|