a random complaint rant...

[tobben]

soo .. i left on an adventure the other day in search of a displayport cable, and it reminded me why i never go to stores ..

 

i went to 5 different stores to no avail, each and every one of them had about 20-30 kinds of hdmi cables but not a single displayport cable .. only one of them had minidisplayport, 4 out of 5 people i asked didn't even know what it was .. one asked is that a gaming thing? then went on a rant about how the different kinds of cables are all bussiness and nothing else.

 

the one that really pissed me off .. i asked a guy, he didn't know what it was .. obviously, so he directed me to the so called "computer department", i tell the "tech" guy that im searching for a displayport cable, he replies oh! is that for a ipad or a macbook? to which i reply .. uhhhhm? displayport is displayport so that shouldn't really matter?

(i should have told him, look at me ... do i look like a mac user?) 

anyways .. soon he realised that they didn't have it so he told me to find a dedicated apple store as they have more apple related products there ....  to which i went .. lol sure .. and continued my quest.

 

now, at the last store, i saw the guy behind the counter scrambling through a box full of so dimm laptop ram, trying to help a older gentleman, i thought this is it! this is my savior! i ask him the question i have asked 5 times earlier, immediately after i hear some random guy behind the wall yelling "NORMAL DISPLAYPORT?" to which i reply "yes!"  he obviously yells back "YEAH WE DON'T HAVE THAT!" 

 

 

i do realise displayport isn't the most common thing, but come on ... this is why i don't bother going to stores, or just generally speaking with those kind of people, i ended up returning home in defeat, i had wasted many resources but returned empty handed with a re awakened frustration that knows no end.

[Excon]

What stores did you even go to? Lol that's quite the adventure though and I've had something similar happen in the past.

[FlakeyBanana]

oh man just shop online

[Flyguygamer]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812816071

 

Edit*

The first has bad reviews, here is a better one.   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200205

[Youbetternot]

What is display port? I don't understand

[Recon-UK]

mofocking lick dickslexic

[Flyguygamer]

mofocking lick dickslexic

What?

[Guest Gazzer96]

PC World:

[megadarkwood]

um, Canada Computers and Tiger Direct both have display port cables in tons of sizes...

[tobben]

oh man just shop online

 

What is display port? I don't understand

 

i often find that the normal average person, or even random helper at the store knows more than the dedicated "tech" or "pc" people they hire ...

 

in some cases .. not always.

[tobben]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812816071

 

Edit*

The first has bad reviews, here is a better one.   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200205

haha, thanks, i realised going to a store was futile so i just ordered it online yesterday and decided i would just have to wait ..

[Youbetternot]

i often find that the normal average person, or even random helper at the store knows alot more than the dedicated "tech" or "pc" people they hire ...

Really? 

[Nineshadow]

I once went to a shop to buy a DVI cable cause I couldn't find the one I had before(I still haven't found it).I asked,normaly :

"Do you guys have a DVI cable?"

"Whaa-?What does it look like?"

"...It looks like a VGA cable,just a little different."

"A what?Ah,let me get you someone that might know something about all of this stuff you're asking for."

I was introduced to another guy,and I asked the same question again.

"Oooh,a DVI cable.Yes,we have some of those"

He told me to follow him and showed me some VGA cables.

"But this ain't DVI,this is VGA."

"Well,you're right.We don't have any DVI cables,just VGA."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I don't know."

And that's why I'm still using VGA.

[Guest]

An elderly gentleman went to PC world and they told him that if he bought this set top box, his old CRT TV would be converted into a 1080p TV! Luckily the guy wen to buy a printer and so did not buy the box. But seriously, stores should just hire from forums like these and that way they get knowledgeable people and not just some guy who can change the colour of the squares in excel.

[tobben]

get knowledgeable people and not just some guy who can change the colour of the squares in excel.

i think you are giving them to much credit.

[Art Vandelay]

And this is why I'd just go to Monoprice if I needed a cable for just about anything.

[FireFox]

I have a small rant and it goes like this -----------> Youtube, load the whole video you oversized behemoth, not just part of it because the level of annoyance you bestow apon me is making me laugh with insanity 

[old reece frost]

PC World:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRYtv16_ps

Tesco value

[old reece frost]

Please go to more stores so you can tell us about more adventures you have

[Tommex84]

That's why I don't go to stores anymore, nothing but useless sellers who don't know what they are selling + you get things a lot cheaper online.

[TheProfosist]

And this is why I'd just go to Monoprice if I needed a cable for just about anything.

Monoprice os awesome but theu are always out of 10ft and 15ft DP cables

[Hazy125]

I had a similar adventure when looking for a female to female 3.5mm jack... Not the easiest thing to find

[TheProfosist]

I had a similar adventure when looking for a female to female 3.5mm jack... Not the easiest thing to find

RadioShack but itll cost you an arm and a leg being that its only available in super gold plated. So probably just under $10 or so.

[Hazy125]

RadioShack but itll cost you an arm and a leg being that its only available in super gold plated. So probably just under $10 or so.

Australia...

[ManOfDisguise]

PC World:

NO BEES! lololol