How does Office Max makes all their money?

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I needed a usb cable for my Mother’s computer so I went to Office Max.  They wanted $25 for the cheapest USB cable.  I started looking around for something that included a usb cable.  I found a 4-port usb hub made by the same company (Belkin) and purchased the hub for $20.

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So I saved over $5 and got a hub I didn’t want.  What a scam!

SECWA meeting

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I did get some swag from the secwa meeting.  I figured out I needed to check my insurance, stopped by Erie Brush, JBS said they would call me and save me some money and gave me a tshirt.  I got a free secwa journal and some pens.  I also talked to some people and purchased a changer from Jimmy Branch.

Pictures from the 2008 SECWA convention

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Check out my 2 picture pages at: PAGE1 PAGE2

I would just like to say I have been going to the SECWA show for over 10 years.

I was disapointed with the meeting but I guess it might be my fault.  I thought there would be over 400 booths and was so large it needed to be at the “Georgia International Convention Center”.  Instead it was a smaller then normal SECWA meeting with only “68 exibitors”.  It cost $20 for the exibit hall which was a little high at $.30 an exibitor?  While talking to the exibitors my favorate line was “What do you expect from a group with only 150 members?”.  It was fun talking to Jimmy Branch and Marcus and I collected some pens and a tshirt from JBS.

SECWA Convention?

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Is anyone going to the secwa convention?  I imagine the gas prices will put a damper on the attendance.  I guess the show will start Monday and end on Tuesday?  For more information checkout secwa.com or you can save on gas and I will post some pictures (if I wake up on-time tomorrow)!