No need to make fun of Best Buy and their employees. Nowhere in the training does it tell you that cables need to be replaced every month or so. He was either trained by an idiot, spun his own pitch to raise numbers and profit, or told by a superior that the numbers for home theatre are not good and to sell more accessories. I work for a big name electronics retailer. I have worked for two different ones. No need to spell the name out. There are knowledgeable associates and then there are ones who aren't. If he was earnest, then you should have told him to research the fundamentals of analog and digital cables, not mock him in an online forum. He was just probably an *** would doesn't really care about his position or upholding the company's name.
As for the quality for Monster, no need to knock it. It is good cable. Say what you want about them, but they're the Sony of the cable industry, The lawsuit is totally ***, but no need to mock a decent company. People say that their marketing is *** and that a $10 HDMI is as good as the Monster $100 one. Well every cable company makes several styles of cables and they use dumb marketing and buzz words to sell the more expensive brand. Just don't see why everyone dogs them.