Mmmm - yeh and no.
If AMD customers are fully happy then all is good. But the days of a single distributor for anything are sliding away fast.
Years ago in Australia you had no choice but to use a single distributor, but anyone can contact companies these days and should be able to buy direct with an MOQ. Ive got suppliers in my industry who just refuse to bring in what the end customer wants simply because they don't want to.. doesn't mean there isn't demand though.
Ive started to bring in my own supplies and because of the MOQ it forces me to distribute also.. all a bit stupid really.
 Whats with the AMD 6 month warranty?.. by Australian law, 12 months is mandatory. 12 months is bugger all.. 6 months is half of bugger all and not legal.
 Doesn't bother me.. im not a buyer of NIB but I can see why people go it alone given the costs and " lack of" mandatory warranty