Originally Posted by gekke henkie
That would not make sense at all. In that case, Meridian would only want to have the units shipped to them with the highest shipping costs. Secondly, the non-UK buyer would indirectly pay for the non-resale/disposal of his old unit, while UK-buyers would not...

Agreed, but it could be even worse than that. I do not plan to shell out $16K for the upgrade, and will stick with v4 for the time being. But if Meridian do in fact allow dealers to flip traded-in units to the uded market then the resale value of my v4, should I decide to sell it will be in the crapper.

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