Woot! has
3' Amazon Basics 60W USB-C to USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 Fast Charging Cable (Black) for
$3.99.
Shipping is free w/ Amazon Prime or is otherwise a flat $6 per order.
Thanks to Community Member
FaithfulTank7166 for finding this deal.
Note: Limit 3 per customer. If you're a Prime member and you don't see free shipping on the order page, look for a "Use this address" button and tap/click that. The order page will finish loading and shipping will update.
Features:
- Designed to work with any device that uses a USB-C port
- Connects USB Type-C enabled devices (MacBook, Chromebook Pixel, Galaxy Note 7, etc.) with standard USB Type-C enabled devices (smartphones, car/wall charger, multi-port adapters, etc.)
- Supports fast charging up to 60W (20V/3A) and data transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps. Do not exceed recommended load (60W, 20V/3A).
- Tested to bend 95-degrees 2,000 times
- Easily insert the Type-C connector into any Type-C enabled device (does not matter which side is up)
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I was using it with my Samsung S22 Ultra for DEX that has zero problems with any of the many other cables that I own for this function. No USB C cables should ever require this much effort to make them work. The beauty of the form factor is the simplicity and ease of use. I originally praised this deal as a great find. However, these cables are junk and will probably never be used or simply thrown out.
My guess is that Amazon had a large batch of potentially defective cables from a manufacturer and used Woot! to offload them since that seems to be the best use of Woot! as a service nowadays. I wouldn't have thought that I would be getting bad USB C cables but that is truly what these are. You have been warned. Steer clear!
EDIT: I contacted Woot! for a return/refund and they responded today letting me know that they were issuing a full refund and didn't see any need for me to ship the cables back. This further supports my theory that these are defective or poorly designed cables that Amazon was using Woot! to offload at such cheap prices, most people wouldn't bother trying to return them.
Woot has turned into Amazon's dumping ground for items owned by them which they also suspect are sketchy. Anything on woot should be considered a potential fraud knockoff or a suspect quality which they didn't want to attach to Amazon's "great" reputation.
Like I wouldn't ever by a big dollar purchase from them, no phones, no laptops, not even a Sonos 5 for $300 (for example).
All 3 of the cables I ordered are defective in the exact same ways. Of course they don't want them back. It would cost them too much to return but they are also likely offloading these just to get them out the door.
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