It's a fair comment and no doubt many of us would love to know who the guilty party is.

I suspect, though, that there is a Non-disclosure agreement that Outlaw must sign when entering into a partnership like this. High end companies releasing products for thousands of dollars do not want it known that you can get mostly the same component from an internet direct company for a big discount off the steep price.

Of course this case is somewhat different in that there was a third party involved, the factory. How it was that they were able to bring Outlaw on board for the 978 when either they shouldn't have, or the parent company changed its mind, we will probably never know. But I'm sure the bottom line is that Outlaw was kicked to the curb, and warned not to disclose a thing as per the contract they signed, or there would be lawsuits flying back and forth as everybody lawyered up.

And Joe consumer gets stiffed by the man.