Dell Computer, Fry's Electronics and Micro Center All Re-up With Apple
Last week Dell, Fry's and Micro Center said they were dropping Apple products. This week, they've come to a new agreement with Apple. Dell says the iPod wil return to their site shortly (or perhaps the new models by the end of the month?).
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http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/04/16/dell/
You can bet that Dell, Fry's and Micro Center ALL balked at the kinds of moves that Apple likes to pull to stick retail partners with old models without credit or discount. I'm sure with new models on the horizon, Apple had to make a better deal for their retail parteners or shove off. YOu can bet that Dell isn't getting stuck with old iPods (unless he can get them a great price)
Article at MacNN here.
I think these were the guys who almost shut down last fall and were complaining about Apple contacting their customers and luring them away. They ended up staying afloat...
I guess they'll be going into some other ventures if they cash in for 5 mill.
However, Elite bought the ComputerWare name and several of its locations. At least the original ComputerWare ownership bowed out gracefully.
And is anybodly realy surprised that Dell, MicroCenter and Fry's re-signed their contracts?