I don't think karma has much to do with products and money (not when you're trying to steal pennies from a huge company anyway).

If that's the worst karma you've got, count yourself lucky. I'm still paying for slamming into that little old lady in the other turn lane, after I paid about a grand for her car repairs, not to mention feeling terrible about it.

It's more plausible that Apple activated their secret "_break." code, using your call to trace to their product so they can have you publicly singing thier praises after they send you a new set of 'buds. I can see it's working already.