PT Best Buy Inc. has stopped selling Apple Computer Inc.'s iMac while it hashes out a dispute with the company over color schemes. Demand for the different colors is highly variable, and Best Buy has complained about getting stuck with inventory that isn't selling. We've been fortunate. And retailers also have the option of buying their systems from distributors, which charge more, but allow greater flexibility in ordering.
People seem fine with getting it in two days instead of taking it home that day.
Getting flexible Apple has become somewhat more flexible on the issue, announcing earlier this month that it would begin shipping pallets that contained four blueberry colored systems and one each of strawberry, grape, tangerine and lime. If you want to stock inventory you have to take what they have. But there's other things you can do with those. In February, we ran a Valentine's day special with strawberry, on St. Patrick's day we ran special with the green one. It works out.