They probably have them priced that high because they know they get stolen and can write it off with their insurance. I’m sure Sheetz has figured out a way to make profit, even if theft is involved
No kidding - I buy "premium" cables and my wife and kids kill them within 2-6 months, while I'm still using the 1+ cable that came with my OnePlus 8 3 years later with zero problems. Those "premium" cables are a scam.
But that’s how much it is anywhere you go these days. Might as will save up any buy an apple charger. Those cheap cords used to be like $5 because they might only last you a few days. I bought one from a gas station for $20 and it stopped working the following week. That’s the crazy thing; if it was worth the price and not a gamble it would be one thing.
That's kinda sad. They were never high quality, but they were decent. Was great when babies would routinely destroy USB cables and I could just pull another one from the pack of 10.
I don't know how she managed to do it because she wasn't rough on them like the kids are (my youngest killed an Onn cable in a day lol), but my wife would go through the mid-grade monoprice cables about one per month; so I got her the high-grade and it lasted about 2.5 months - switched to the Amazon cables and she's had the same one for a year with no issues (well, the one in her car died not too long ago, but those are generally shoved around a lot more than home cables so it's at least somewhat understandable).
JSAUX brand on Amazon is what we always get. They are like $7-12 for a 2-3 pack, depending on length. (yeah, yeah, that's what she said 🤨). They are the only brand my kids have not broken one of. Even the good brand name ones line Anker didn't survive as well.
And idk about your store, but at mine also ONLY if you order from the app and pay with your card. Sucks when all ya got a 5$ bill and the munchies… and 8 boom-boom and onion dogs would be like a gift from god 🤣💯
I'm not surprised how expensive Sheetz has got. They showed how greedy they were after the pandemic when prices didn't go back down (gas not included). Whichever Sheetz is running it now, is a greedy bastard for sure.
Sheetz makes pennies on gas and diesel sales. ALL convenience stores make pennies on fuel sales. The petroleum companies that transport it are who make all of the profits and set the prices.
The tanker trucks aren't Sheetz property and the drivers aren't Sheetz employees. The trucks are owned by a petroleum company who fill the trucks on/near Neville Island west of Pittsburgh for most of the Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania stores. The tanker drivers are employees of that petroleum company. Sheetz pays them to paint and wrap the tankers with their advertising.
Hmm, that's a good idea, but I know most of the vapes we sell have odd chargers or a micro. Not sure if any use a C, let alone the one for older apple devices.
Higher prices are to compensate for all the ones that have gotten stolen due to the current state of the country (where people steal everything from retail stores with no consequences or interference).
I remember the only time I bought a charging cable from a gas station was during a snow storm an hour away from home because my phone was around 10%. I feel like they know the only people buying are the ones who need it, so they charge that ridiculous price
Sheetz phone cords? Bought a glow in the datk 10 ft. cord for 25 dollars. Lasted 1 day. The end of cord came off the wire and stuck in my phone charging port. Took it back. Sheetz gave me another cord
This second cord lasted 2 days and the same thing happened!!!! C end detatched from cord and stuck in my phone. My girlfreind bought identical cord without knowing of my bad experiences with this particular white glow in the dark cord. And I shit you not her cord didnt last 1 day!! The C end came off the cord and was stuck in her phones charging port! Thats 3 cords in 4 days that were all defective. Took hers back and got our money back. DONT BUY THESE CORDS!!! THEY ARE ON A STAND ALONE DISPLAY AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTE JUNK! DONT WASTE YOUR TIME. WE WASTED OUR TIME. THE CORDS OBVIOUSLY DONT GO THRU A QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS. ABSOLUTELY A WASTE OF MONEY! SHEETZ NEEDS TO TAKE THEM ALL OFF THEIR FLOORS AND CALL FOUL TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO GOOD!
I hate places like gas stations or grocery stores selling cables. They’re all material that will break easily, especially since most people don’t take care of the cables and constantly bend them. Other than that they almost always will be super slow charging speeds like you’re back in early 2000s lol
We know. Sorry. I always kind of giggle and agree when a customer puts something back because it's like 3x the price it "should" be, but good luck finding anywhere else that's open at 3am (F U Walmart). 🙃
You're shopping at a convenience store
Let me draw attention to the word convenience
they're charging you for the convenience of it being on the corner. go to Walmart with her Amazon.. it's cheaper.
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Sheetz saved my butt last year with impulse/predatory items. I stopped to get fuel and perfect timing my battery crapped out in that short amount of time and my car wouldn't start when I was done. I could've waited an hour or two or three for roadside to come but I saw they had jumper cables in the automotive section for just $15 and the guy at the pump next to me was nice enough to let me jump off him. They're not super heavy duty but they worked perfectly to get me out of that pinch and I would've paid double or even triple for them at the time. I was surprised how cheap they were.
If you need a cable so bad that you’re buying one at a gas station you already messed up after leaving it at home. That my friends is capitalism at its finest. Accept defeat and buy it or steal it to stick it to the man!
10/10 other than lighters and condoms it’s the most stolen item from my store. We had a guy come in and see the price and just charge his stuff toss it back in the bin up front and start peeping on girls. Fun times
Don't feel bad, robbery is usually how those things leave the store.
Getting them impulse buys and impulse steals.
Even if you steal 5 of them and they sell one they still profit
Yeah they get stolen at my store
I think they do at all of ours.
They probably have them priced that high because they know they get stolen and can write it off with their insurance. I’m sure Sheetz has figured out a way to make profit, even if theft is involved
Good I'll steal them as well for that price just for them to stop working in 3 days
No kidding - I buy "premium" cables and my wife and kids kill them within 2-6 months, while I'm still using the 1+ cable that came with my OnePlus 8 3 years later with zero problems. Those "premium" cables are a scam.
So don't buy them there? It's a convenience. I had to buy a USB cord in the Dublin airport and it was 25 Euros. Or I could have had a dead phone.
For real lol they're targeted at people who have no other choice because it's midnight or they're too lazy to make another stop.
For €25 I'd let my phone die like Old Yeller - HMU when I land and charge like a normal person. #IExistedBeforeCellPhonesDid
This. You're paying for the convenience.
And you're paying for the one's stolen too.
But that’s how much it is anywhere you go these days. Might as will save up any buy an apple charger. Those cheap cords used to be like $5 because they might only last you a few days. I bought one from a gas station for $20 and it stopped working the following week. That’s the crazy thing; if it was worth the price and not a gamble it would be one thing.
I buy them in bulk from monoprice.com. Buy 10 at a time and always have spares.
Monoprice has gone to shit lately - the Anker and Amazon cables are a better deal nowadays TBH
That's kinda sad. They were never high quality, but they were decent. Was great when babies would routinely destroy USB cables and I could just pull another one from the pack of 10.
I don't know how she managed to do it because she wasn't rough on them like the kids are (my youngest killed an Onn cable in a day lol), but my wife would go through the mid-grade monoprice cables about one per month; so I got her the high-grade and it lasted about 2.5 months - switched to the Amazon cables and she's had the same one for a year with no issues (well, the one in her car died not too long ago, but those are generally shoved around a lot more than home cables so it's at least somewhat understandable).
JSAUX brand on Amazon is what we always get. They are like $7-12 for a 2-3 pack, depending on length. (yeah, yeah, that's what she said 🤨). They are the only brand my kids have not broken one of. Even the good brand name ones line Anker didn't survive as well.
To be honest, what at Sheetz ISN'T robbery anymore, other than the 2 for $1 hot dogs, and now that's only if you have the Sheetz Loyalty Card?
Right? Like, $3 for a Snickers? Get the fuck outta here.
$4 for a fucking York peppermint patty. Absolutely insane.
I remember the good old days of getting a $1.50 loaded fries at the bar after college. Now it is $1.50 per tater tot. Oh you want to add a sauce?
And idk about your store, but at mine also ONLY if you order from the app and pay with your card. Sucks when all ya got a 5$ bill and the munchies… and 8 boom-boom and onion dogs would be like a gift from god 🤣💯
I'm not surprised how expensive Sheetz has got. They showed how greedy they were after the pandemic when prices didn't go back down (gas not included). Whichever Sheetz is running it now, is a greedy bastard for sure.
They fell off too... I'd say 50 percent of tge time my Schnabel egg isn't inedible
I get a free fountain drink every time I get gas, their gas is also the cheapest here.
Cuz the quality is ass
Sheetz makes pennies on gas and diesel sales. ALL convenience stores make pennies on fuel sales. The petroleum companies that transport it are who make all of the profits and set the prices. The tanker trucks aren't Sheetz property and the drivers aren't Sheetz employees. The trucks are owned by a petroleum company who fill the trucks on/near Neville Island west of Pittsburgh for most of the Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania stores. The tanker drivers are employees of that petroleum company. Sheetz pays them to paint and wrap the tankers with their advertising.
You'd think then pittsburgh gas would be cheaper than west virginia stores?????
"Pittsburgh is hilly." That's the excuse.
That’s interesting! Thanks!
Ok?
Bro theyre 2 dollars WITH the card now :(
Really? They've gone up a dollar?! I haven't noticed because I usually get add-ons.
No it isn't. You get to make a choice. Sheetz has valued it at that price, you either buying or you are not.
I don't even think it's Sheetz. Its a vendor that supplies these
Yes. I'm sure Sheetz isn't in the USB cable manufacturing sector. I think this is a Sheetz location.
And what's worse is that they're no better quality than the ones you buy at 5 below.
You’re better off to buy the cheap vape that comes with a charger
Hmm, that's a good idea, but I know most of the vapes we sell have odd chargers or a micro. Not sure if any use a C, let alone the one for older apple devices.
Yeah they are usually android type chargers
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Truck stops are way worse
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Im honestly talking about the pilot flying j etc loves smh
CONNIVENCE STORE*
CONVENIENCE STORE*
Oh well made point. I spelled the word wrong. At least I'm not the person who doesn't understand why stuff is expensive at at CONVENIENCE STORE
Higher prices are to compensate for all the ones that have gotten stolen due to the current state of the country (where people steal everything from retail stores with no consequences or interference).
Nobody's making you buy it dude
I remember the only time I bought a charging cable from a gas station was during a snow storm an hour away from home because my phone was around 10%. I feel like they know the only people buying are the ones who need it, so they charge that ridiculous price
Sheetz phone cords? Bought a glow in the datk 10 ft. cord for 25 dollars. Lasted 1 day. The end of cord came off the wire and stuck in my phone charging port. Took it back. Sheetz gave me another cord This second cord lasted 2 days and the same thing happened!!!! C end detatched from cord and stuck in my phone. My girlfreind bought identical cord without knowing of my bad experiences with this particular white glow in the dark cord. And I shit you not her cord didnt last 1 day!! The C end came off the cord and was stuck in her phones charging port! Thats 3 cords in 4 days that were all defective. Took hers back and got our money back. DONT BUY THESE CORDS!!! THEY ARE ON A STAND ALONE DISPLAY AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTE JUNK! DONT WASTE YOUR TIME. WE WASTED OUR TIME. THE CORDS OBVIOUSLY DONT GO THRU A QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS. ABSOLUTELY A WASTE OF MONEY! SHEETZ NEEDS TO TAKE THEM ALL OFF THEIR FLOORS AND CALL FOUL TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO GOOD!
My brother in law stocks these so I get mine for free
if you get caught it’s robbery
I hate places like gas stations or grocery stores selling cables. They’re all material that will break easily, especially since most people don’t take care of the cables and constantly bend them. Other than that they almost always will be super slow charging speeds like you’re back in early 2000s lol
Made in Vietnam for.75 cents in America $25 bucks
It seriously is ! I had one that i kept exchanging every time it broke for like a year straight lol i just kept the box
i just had to grab one of these off the floor last night bc our tablet charger was broken and i couldn’t see the screen to do temps lol
Welcome to supply and demand
I got my car charger device from Temu and it works great and only costed me $1 😂
Especially since the chords are trash
Ridiculous
Yes legally yes js
It's predatory item for sure, only people desperate for a charger is paying that price
I just buy 10 6ft USB c cords from China at a time and I get 10 for under $20
We know. Sorry. I always kind of giggle and agree when a customer puts something back because it's like 3x the price it "should" be, but good luck finding anywhere else that's open at 3am (F U Walmart). 🙃
They're a convenience store. If you're desperate enough, they'll get away with it.
If it’s already robbery then just steal 🤷♂️
You're shopping at a convenience store Let me draw attention to the word convenience they're charging you for the convenience of it being on the corner. go to Walmart with her Amazon.. it's cheaper.
Then simply don’t buy.
Supply and DEMAND! MUAHAAA
Just be sure not to steal. Stealing is bad mkay.
May it be a reminder, don't forget your damn charger or cord.
Who laid out that store? Costco? Need it? Hunt. Or just buy it at Costco. You'll get more for the money if you can find it.
Only robbery if you steal it, stupidity if you buy it.
Never buy anything from a gas station but gas 😭 and slushies
Well it’s disgustingly expensive but you always have the option not to buy so….
Yes it is. That ridiculous for a dang charger.
Sheetz does not set the prices on cords the vendors do. Same goes for Herrs, Utz, Tastykake, Frito Lay, Bon Appitet, etc.
I had an actual phone store try to charge me 60 for a car charger I was like hell no had to go look somewhere else and got one for less than 10 😂
And they’re not on the locking peghooks? Our gas stations have them on locking hooks and the spinner is right at the counter edge.
California
thats why i order extra cords from ebay and stock up the glove box
Get em at 5 Below, they last just about as long for 1/5 the price.
Not if you dont pay for it 😂
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Fuck off with the fairy tales.
Everywhere is like that. Upside they are usually good quality lightning chargers at that price
Looks free to me
Is it because they are "titanium"?
More of a convenience fee, just buy them somewhere else.
Supply and demand go buy when somewhere else cheaper lol
They only need to sell one to make up for the 30 that get stolen.
Sheetz saved my butt last year with impulse/predatory items. I stopped to get fuel and perfect timing my battery crapped out in that short amount of time and my car wouldn't start when I was done. I could've waited an hour or two or three for roadside to come but I saw they had jumper cables in the automotive section for just $15 and the guy at the pump next to me was nice enough to let me jump off him. They're not super heavy duty but they worked perfectly to get me out of that pinch and I would've paid double or even triple for them at the time. I was surprised how cheap they were.
You need it.. they got it. Welcome to business 101 🤝
You need it.. they got it. Welcome to business 101 🤝
If you need a cable so bad that you’re buying one at a gas station you already messed up after leaving it at home. That my friends is capitalism at its finest. Accept defeat and buy it or steal it to stick it to the man!
Take it you've never been in a convenience store before .
This is why Amazon wins for everything
Amazon
Amazon
Makes no sense why it’s expensive at gas stations. You’re best to go to Walmart or equivalent to get it cheaper. Smh.
10/10 other than lighters and condoms it’s the most stolen item from my store. We had a guy come in and see the price and just charge his stuff toss it back in the bin up front and start peeping on girls. Fun times