compared to shopping at retail buying
items online offers several benefits you
don’t have to fight traffic to drive to
the mall and circle the parking lot
online stores are open 24/7 and you can
shop in your pajamas it’s easy to
compare prices between multiple online
retailers product selection is vast and
of course things are shipped right to
your door so what’s not to love we
online hey everyone welcome to gear up
the WatchMojo series that looks at the
latest in gadgets gear and games I’m
Marc Saltzman and in this video I’ll
tell you the top seven tech items you
should only buy online before we begin
we publish new content every day so be
sure to subscribe to our Channel and
ring the bell to get notified about our
latest videos after all stores often
mark up tech items and have to use those
margins to pay for rent utilities staff
and so on but you can often find things
much cheaper online not listed in any
particular order the first thing to only
buy online is cables stores overcharge
for cables all the time when a ten-foot
HDMI cable could be 30 to 40 dollars in
big-box stores you can often find the
very same or similar HDMI cable online
for as low as three dollars plus
shipping believe it or not in some cases
it’s the same brand name while in others
it’s not but many home theater
enthusiasts will tell you it doesn’t
matter as you can’t tell the difference
in video or audio quality and the
longevity is the same to when you’re
talking about a markup of ten times
avoid buying cables out retail same goes
for USB cables lightning cables and
others number two phone and tablet cases
since you don’t need to try it on to
make sure it fits so long as you know
your smartphone or tablet model of
course you can save a mint by buying
phone cases online whether it’s through
a marketplace like eBay Craigslist or
Kijiji or Amazon there’s so much
competition and they want your business
so you can easily get cases for only a
couple of bucks online instead of paying
twenty to thirty dollars each for them
at a kiosk in the mall or at a store
number three computer mice if you want
an example of how much cheaper it is to
buy online
look no further than computer
accessories for example logitech’s MX
Performance Mouse costs about $79 at
Best Buy in store but only 32 dollars on
eBay
brand-new plus shipping or about $50 on
new egg with free shipping compared to
$79 at the store you’re better off with
either option online here the Logitech
MX wireless mouse features darkfield
laser tracking for greater precision
along with for programmable thumb
buttons you can assign commands to
number four memory cards
talk about a markup retailers know you
might pop into the store in a panic to
buy another memory card for your camera
or smartphone and you might be paying
more than you need because you’re
desperate and need to pick it up right
then and there but so long as you don’t
mind waiting a couple of days to get a
memory card shipped to your door you’ll
no doubt save a ton by shopping online
case in point I recently bought a
verbatim branded micro SDXC one class 10
card with 512 gigabytes
that’s half a terabyte on something the
size of my fingernail and it came with
two adaptors one is a full size SD card
and the other a USB Drive adapter all
for $16 yes that’s right
I bought it on the wish app and I got it
in three days no less comparable cards
at retail can be well over a hundred or
even $200 for a 512 gigabyte microSD
card number five digital cameras while
retailers often have seasonal sales or
bundles with accessories you can often
find digital cameras cheaper online
using a shopping comparison engine like
PriceGrabber you can find who has the
lowest price and with free shipping as
an example the panasonic lumix tz5 in
dollars online and with free shipping or
by buying direct at Panasonic comm for
that matter or a retailer like bnh photo
but in-store at Office Depot for
instance I’ve seen it for as much as 179
for that same camera that’s $40 more
number 6 smartwatches
if you go buy a premium SmartWatch from
your local tech store you could be
looking at 275 and up for an Android
wear watch or 329 for
series 3 Apple watch but here’s a tip I
picked up a sweet smart watch from wish
calm for $20 and it’s surprisingly good
the q18 asks pairs with an iPhone or
Android and has a large color
touchscreen camera speaker and
microphone support for a SIM card
support for expandable microSD storage
fitness tracking and much more and did I
mention it’s only $20 while close as
long as you don’t expect the same level
of quality and battery life as you do
the watches that cost 15 times more
you won’t be disappointed with the q18 s
at wish number 7 video games books and
movies finally while many still prefer
media that’s tangible like a DVD blu-ray
disc paperback book or music CD remember
that prices are generally better if you
buy that media digitally therefore a
book lover who owns a Kindle or Kobo
should download books digitally or
borrow for free via your local library’s
website
same goes for video games such as
downloading from PlayStation Xbox
Nintendo or a PC platform like Steam
prices are generally better than buying
it on plastic out retail and you don’t
have to leave home to play streaming
video services like Netflix and Amazon
Prime also give you more bang for your
buck for about 10 bucks a month on
average for as many movies and TV shows
you can watch compared to buying them
individually at retail hey thanks for
watching gear up I’m Marc Saltzman let
us know in the comments section if you
want to add to our list of the 7 tech
items to only buy online or feel free to
let us know what you’d like to see more
of going forward on gear up and for more
tech tastic lists be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com ciao for now do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
items online offers several benefits you
don’t have to fight traffic to drive to
the mall and circle the parking lot
online stores are open 24/7 and you can
shop in your pajamas it’s easy to
compare prices between multiple online
retailers product selection is vast and
of course things are shipped right to
your door so what’s not to love we
online hey everyone welcome to gear up
the WatchMojo series that looks at the
latest in gadgets gear and games I’m
Marc Saltzman and in this video I’ll
tell you the top seven tech items you
should only buy online before we begin
we publish new content every day so be
sure to subscribe to our Channel and
ring the bell to get notified about our
latest videos after all stores often
mark up tech items and have to use those
margins to pay for rent utilities staff
and so on but you can often find things
much cheaper online not listed in any
particular order the first thing to only
buy online is cables stores overcharge
for cables all the time when a ten-foot
HDMI cable could be 30 to 40 dollars in
big-box stores you can often find the
very same or similar HDMI cable online
for as low as three dollars plus
shipping believe it or not in some cases
it’s the same brand name while in others
it’s not but many home theater
enthusiasts will tell you it doesn’t
matter as you can’t tell the difference
in video or audio quality and the
longevity is the same to when you’re
talking about a markup of ten times
avoid buying cables out retail same goes
for USB cables lightning cables and
others number two phone and tablet cases
since you don’t need to try it on to
make sure it fits so long as you know
your smartphone or tablet model of
course you can save a mint by buying
phone cases online whether it’s through
a marketplace like eBay Craigslist or
Kijiji or Amazon there’s so much
competition and they want your business
so you can easily get cases for only a
couple of bucks online instead of paying
twenty to thirty dollars each for them
at a kiosk in the mall or at a store
number three computer mice if you want
an example of how much cheaper it is to
buy online
look no further than computer
accessories for example logitech’s MX
Performance Mouse costs about $79 at
Best Buy in store but only 32 dollars on
eBay
brand-new plus shipping or about $50 on
new egg with free shipping compared to
$79 at the store you’re better off with
either option online here the Logitech
MX wireless mouse features darkfield
laser tracking for greater precision
along with for programmable thumb
buttons you can assign commands to
number four memory cards
talk about a markup retailers know you
might pop into the store in a panic to
buy another memory card for your camera
or smartphone and you might be paying
more than you need because you’re
desperate and need to pick it up right
then and there but so long as you don’t
mind waiting a couple of days to get a
memory card shipped to your door you’ll
no doubt save a ton by shopping online
case in point I recently bought a
verbatim branded micro SDXC one class 10
card with 512 gigabytes
that’s half a terabyte on something the
size of my fingernail and it came with
two adaptors one is a full size SD card
and the other a USB Drive adapter all
for $16 yes that’s right
I bought it on the wish app and I got it
in three days no less comparable cards
at retail can be well over a hundred or
even $200 for a 512 gigabyte microSD
card number five digital cameras while
retailers often have seasonal sales or
bundles with accessories you can often
find digital cameras cheaper online
using a shopping comparison engine like
PriceGrabber you can find who has the
lowest price and with free shipping as
an example the panasonic lumix tz5 in
dollars online and with free shipping or
by buying direct at Panasonic comm for
that matter or a retailer like bnh photo
but in-store at Office Depot for
instance I’ve seen it for as much as 179
for that same camera that’s $40 more
number 6 smartwatches
if you go buy a premium SmartWatch from
your local tech store you could be
looking at 275 and up for an Android
wear watch or 329 for
series 3 Apple watch but here’s a tip I
picked up a sweet smart watch from wish
calm for $20 and it’s surprisingly good
the q18 asks pairs with an iPhone or
Android and has a large color
touchscreen camera speaker and
microphone support for a SIM card
support for expandable microSD storage
fitness tracking and much more and did I
mention it’s only $20 while close as
long as you don’t expect the same level
of quality and battery life as you do
the watches that cost 15 times more
you won’t be disappointed with the q18 s
at wish number 7 video games books and
movies finally while many still prefer
media that’s tangible like a DVD blu-ray
disc paperback book or music CD remember
that prices are generally better if you
buy that media digitally therefore a
book lover who owns a Kindle or Kobo
should download books digitally or
borrow for free via your local library’s
website
same goes for video games such as
downloading from PlayStation Xbox
Nintendo or a PC platform like Steam
prices are generally better than buying
it on plastic out retail and you don’t
have to leave home to play streaming
video services like Netflix and Amazon
Prime also give you more bang for your
buck for about 10 bucks a month on
average for as many movies and TV shows
you can watch compared to buying them
individually at retail hey thanks for
watching gear up I’m Marc Saltzman let
us know in the comments section if you
want to add to our list of the 7 tech
items to only buy online or feel free to
let us know what you’d like to see more
of going forward on gear up and for more
tech tastic lists be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com ciao for now do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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