nospam
plenty of places sell apple products, including best buy and walmart, two huge retail outlets in the usa. there are other stores in other countries that sell apple products. heck there are even vending machines that sell apple products.

as for the price controls, what the stores often do is include other stuff, like gift cards, printers, carrying case, etc., to spice up the deal.

and of course, there are all the non-apple products being sold.

there is *plenty* of competition.

Eric Stevens
There is a lot more competition when you are subjected to an onslaught of choices from a plethora of competing products.