HDMI cables from US$5 plus shipping

This was posted 604 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal

mrstoo on 08/01/2009 - 00:57 (www.monoprice.com)

monoprice.com has HDMI cables in various colours for ~US$5. Even with the conversion to AUD and shipping, still cheaper than ~$50 at JB, DSE, etc…

Examples:

3ft Otical Toslink Cable (Product ID 2763) US$3.98
10ft HDMI male to HDMI male Cable (ID 5136) US$4.88
6ft Nintendo Wii Audio Video Component Cable (ID 3566) US$3.52

Full range of their HDMI cables (including colour coded ones)

They do ship to Australia. It’s not a simple process but if you’re buying a few things it pays off given you’re saving quite a bit! From an email from their customer service:

We do ship to (Australia), however before we are able to tell you how much shipping is, we will need you to follow these instructions and place the order. Thanks.

Please place an order for the items you would like to purchase on our website using our zip code 10004 for shipping zip code. During the check out process there is a section called “special instructions”, please indicate that you are requesting a quote for an international shipment and we will get back to you with a quote for that order. If you are paying through pay pal, PLEASE HOLD OFF ON FULLY PROCESSING THE PAYMENT as the order will go through automatically. You will then have to pay additional charges for the order once you have received the shipping quote. If you are paying with credit card, this order will not be charged or processed until we receive a confirmation from you after we give out the quote. Also, Please reply with the CORRECT shipping address.

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Click_It on 08/01/2009 - 04:58 ¶

Price seems fair but also seems lot a lot of hassle just for a cable. We do have cheap places to buy cables from here too, maybe not that cheap but not too far off. I paid $25 for 2m quality cable from http://www.ezyhd.com.au/EZYHD-Shop/ but MSY also have ones for about $11 I think. I’m not giving a neg vote, just pointing out there are local options too. And the fact that this place isn’t just HDMI cables which are perhaps much cheaper than local options (unsure)

mrstoo on 08/01/2009 - 10:09 ¶

Yes, it does seem a hassle “just for a cable”, but I’d suggest it’d be cheaper if you were buying a few. Some of the non-HDMI cables items (such as the Wii component cable or adapters/converters) are still difficult to come by cheaply here.

Also, note the cable lengths. As pointed out, it’s US imperial measurements so 1m = 3.28ft.

sonicentropy on 08/01/2009 - 05:22 ¶

Nice find, another cheap source of “premium” HDMI cables ($12.75US free shipping) http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13187
I have 3 of these and they are as good as any $80 Premium cable at JB, they are really thick and very well made (not usually the case with anything from DX)

twig on 08/01/2009 - 09:03 ¶

DX is a bit of a hit or miss for me
ive bought a ton of stuff from them, and half the stuff either didnt work at all or simply falls apart after a month
some of the other stuff works brilliantly

but hey, free shipping and really low prices
go figure

twig on 08/01/2009 - 09:09 ¶

on a quick note, 10ft = 3m
stupid american measuring system

freddy on 08/01/2009 - 15:08 ¶

How do you pay? They don’t accept foreign credit cards.
And US postage is expensive. It rarely makes sense to buy from the US when you can get the same thing quicker and cheaper from Hong Kong etc.
It this case DX would be worth trying.

sonicentropy on 08/01/2009 - 20:14 ¶

DX accept paypal or visa debit cards, somethings on their site are illegal in Australia, butterfly knives, Lasers > 10mw, crossbows ect. shipping also takes around 3 Weeks +

twig on 09/01/2009 - 06:29 ¶

they used to have pepper spray
my friend managed to get some before they took it off the site =(