DLR wrote:
(snip)

> I made a patch cord once. Then decided I had the cash to buy them. With
> hooded and/or snag proof ends no less. At a price that valued my labor
> at $1 or $2 an hour.

I have bought bags on eBay for less than $1/cable,
hooded with snag proof ends.

For unusual length, though, sometimes making one is the
best way.

-- glen