Most people don’t look at the markings on the side of cables, but sometimes I do to see if it is Cat5 or Cat6 and see what other ratings are on it. Today as I was helping my dad with his dying computer, I look at the GeekSquad cable he brought over (I’m not a fan of anything from BestBuy) and start reading. “FIREWIRE 6-6 CABLE-6′ • GEEKSQUAD.COM • IF YOU NEED TO DETAIN A BURGLAR UNTIL THE AUTHORITIES ARRIVE, THIS FIREWIRE® CABLE CAN RENDER APPROXIMATELY THREE PERPETRATORS IMMOBILE WHEN PROPERLY HOG-TIED • 1 800 GEEK SQUAD • © 2004 GEEK SQUAD”
Wow, I wonder how that go through marketing and got put on shelves. What’s more interesting is that the product page for a similar item actually has that text on the page.
Gotta love GeekSquad.
Great. Sort of like that label on a Tom Bin bag that said something about “don’t blame us, we didn’t vote for Bush”