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Ayumi Hamasaki, for anyone that is familiar with her, makes it her priority to be honest at all times. It almost her motto. She would never agree to decieve people, especially her fans, by going along with such a plot.
Ayu didn't feel ready to release A-BEST but Avex shrewdly saw that her fame may be at its peak (They were right, although she is still popular, not as wildly as in 2001) and wanted to capitalise on her fame and make a shedload of money.
Ayu did as much as she could to add value to what she saw a value-less thing (Re-recording) and also managed to express her mental state in the imagary of the release.
Then as soon as it was released she arranged an interview with ROCKIN' ON JAPAN an spectacularly panned the whole thing - leaving few in any doubt as to who was manipulating who during the whole sorry affair.
I think Ayu gets away with a lot as she has built up almost total power over her career and art. So Avex may be uncomforable with her refrences to their power over her career (Dearest PV, evolution, alterna etc. etc.) but they know that at the same time they prove incredibly popular and rake in the cash. Its a paradox that Ayu is often unwittingly the creator of.
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