I'm sure someone brought this up....
For the people who have recieved a refund of $200, is it a flat $200 or is it adjusted for taxes (e.g.: $216.25, inclusive of estimated NY sales tax)?
Theoretically - say that Apple gives you a flat $200 refund without refunding the proper tax adjustment, they could claim the remaining tax dollars to the SEC/U.S. Government and say that they "issued a refund" and recieve a tax break on sales of the original iPhone price. Basically, I am saying that you should have recieved more than $200 for tax-adjusted purposes.
Estimation (NY Based):
100,000 iPhones sold in NY (could be higher/lower, but I'm not too sure of exact sale numbers - using 10% (decent assumption) of 1,000,000 total units sold to represent sale figures in NY)
X-amount of iPhone users x $16.25 (tax that you paid on that $200) = claim amount
100,000 X $16.25 = $1.625mn Apple netted in illegal tax-benefits (theoretically).
I am not making a FUD proposal, I own an iPhone (bought it on iDay) and I also am an Apple stockholder.
Any thoughts on this...?