"...a local cable manufacturer’s office this week, seizing more than $600,000 — worth of cables...Apparently, officers were a bit more realistic and did not value cables much more than those from Home Depot.
"Officers seized more than 42,000 cables..."
It still remains that the company was preparing for, guessing it, 20000 customers for their cables. That is a lots of people for one manufacturer of a product that is, at best, used for entirely non-essential indulgence at high price.