Huffer,
another dirt-cheap place to buy cables is Princess Auto. I'm not sure whether you are familiar with PA or not, but they do have stores in Winnipeg. For any other Canadian, it might be worth checking out. They have mostly mechanical goods, but do have a decent electrical section. They had good quality 18" RCA interconnects (perfect for pre-amp to amp connections) for $1 for a pair. The interconnects were made by Rocoton who I believe was the parent company of Acoustic Research before they went broke (please correct me if I'm wrong). I picked up a few pair because you can never have too many RCAs. I also picked up a couple of pairs of more expensive ones for $8/18"pair. They were yellow and looked "cooler" so I'm using them for interconnects right now. All the RCAs were solid/good build quality. Princess Auto also has numerous cell accessories and computer cables on the cheap. Can you say "bargain bin"???
