Hi Drew. You misconstrued what Eric said. Plus you make no sense. A
communications director has a thankless job.
1) " I was under the impression that Newer [and other such suppliers] were
"After Market" providers?
Why would you be concerned with what Apple wanted, when you sell aftermarket
upgrades directly to the consumer?"
Eric didn't say they Newer sells to Apple. He said that both Newer and Apple got
their chips from the same source. When Apple stopped ordering from that source
the source stopped making them. Newer alone didn't have the volume.
2) "You have partially answered my concerns and suspicions, stating that you
are
taking, or took, your marching orders from Apple on these issues."
You must be referring to point #1, which was wrong.
3) "Call me a conspiracy theorist, but -it looks and smells like collusion to=
make theconsumer anti-up more bucks to me. "
OK, you're a conspiracy theorist. If you look at their business, Newer makes
money when Apple does *not* come out with new machines. Newer loses money when
Apple comes out with better machines that are cheaper than the upgrade route.
Your conspiracy only makes sense if you assume Apple must "ante up' big bucks to
Newer every month *not* to make upgrades. If this is the case I know a lot of
companies who'd like to get into the business of getting paid not to produce a
product.
yours,
Marc
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