Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: "You get what you pay for"

If you buy the cheapest cable, I guess it shouldn't be a surprise when it dies on you sooner than you'd expect, but it still sucks. I used to buy very expensive name-brand cables, but have slowly been going cheaper and cheaper. I've learned for some cables that see a lot of daily wear and tear (think: USB charging cables), it's more cost effective to buy 2 or 3 that are cheaper than a name brand counterpart because they last nearly as long at a fraction of the cost. This particular cable did not see a lot of daily wear and tear, in fact nearly none, yet it failed after about 6 months. I suppose the nice thing about digital cabling is that they either work or don't. There's no in-between. I've since replaced it with a name brand cable that was 3x the cost, I guess we'll see if the next step up was worth it 18 months from now ;)