When the iPhone was introduced, Apple gave one to every employee. After the price drop, Apple gave early adopters a $100 store credit. It was noted in a few articles that Apple employees would not get any rebate on their free phones. As many as 800 retail employees succeeded in cashing in their credits anyway — and reportedly got fired. No surprise. Why Jobs's smoothly tuned retail machine didn't prevent the rebates from being issued is the mystery here. We call for an SEC investigation! (Photo by Daniel Shaw-Cosman)

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