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Default OT(ish) - delivery from eBay of small electronic components

On 22/01/2018 10:23, dennis@home wrote:
On 22/01/2018 07:10, wrote:


I don't treat them as a source at all. Last time I went there they
were selling leads for north of £20 a piece. I can pay a tenth of
that elsewhere.


If they are HDMI then they are £1 in poundland.


Yes but the HDMI lead I bought from Poundland led to strange things
happening because the internal wires had no screening or twisting. I
eventually went crestfallen to pay Maplin's ransome. I minimised this by
being adamant with the salesman I didn't need gold plating.
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