It used to be that if you knew what you wanted you could go to Best Buy and pick it up for a reasonable price. Today I went to get an HDMI cable, a USB cable and an ethernet cable. They wanted 25 bucks for an ETHERNET CABLE. I want a 2 dollar cable, for pete’s sake. I don’t need gold-plated braiding to get from my router to my computer. I was thinking it would be outrageous to have to pay $7.99 but I was willing to do it for the convenience of having it now. We’re talking about 6′ here. The signal loss from the cheaper cables will be undetectable. The HDMI ranged from $100 to $50.Outraged, I gave up and left.
I went online, Newegg in this case, and got all three cables plus shipping for less than they wanted for the blasted ethernet cable. I can wait three days to avoid being ripped off like that.
Not So Fast 
My usual reaction to electronics stores these days (including Fry’s): anger.
Wooo Newegg…..spent way too much money there the past few years. Best Buy is good for nothing more than to demo items…..then purhase them for 50 to 75% off online.