[Hack&Lube]

So what if monoprice has stopped carrying them? Monoprice sources all their stuff from the Fast East and Chinese Factories not far from the factories that make the real Apple products anyway in ShenZhen and Guangzhou, etc. You might as well just buy them from Dealextreme.com, etc. although I admit their might be more care and better service @ Monoprice.

I bought an iphone dock for my mom and they sent the EU plug SKU instead but they sent me a US one to replace it and now I have two docks and two extra iphone USB cables and I can use the EU one for travelling or as a spare with the travel adapters DE has sent me by accident before as well.

I agree some of these 3rd party products may cause some issues but again, just like much of what Jobs spouts day to day about Apple, iphone reception, flash, etc. it's all a corporate smokescreen for: "we want to make more money and continue ripping our customers off by overcharging for our products and increasing our monopolistic domination"